2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany
Race details
	Round 8 of 11 in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Germany.
Date	5 September, 2010
Location	Oschersleben, Germany
Course	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben ; 3.696 kilometres (2.297 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	14
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany was the eighth round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Germany. It was held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben near Oschersleben, Germany on 5 September 2010. Race one was won by Alain Menu of Chevrolet RML and race two was by Andy Priaulx of BMW Team RBM.

Background

After the Race of the Czech Republic, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship by a reduced margin of five points of Gabriele Tarquini. Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Harry Vaulkhard was forced to miss the event and the rest of the season having run out of finances.^[1] His replacement was Japanese racer Yukinori Taniguchi, who had previously driven for N. Technology in the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season.^[2]

Report

Free practice

Tarquini set the pace in the opening free practice session, leading Chevrolet driver Robert Huff. Jordi Gené was third and Andy Priaulx was the fastest BMW in fourth. The session was red flagged twice, firstly when Stefano D'Aste stuck his Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si into a tyre wall. The red flags were out for the second time at the end of the session when Tiago Monteiro went off at the Hasseroder Curve as rain started to fall, bringing first practice to an early close.^[3]

Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2 in the second practice session on a drying track. Menu was second and Monteiro was the fastest SEAT driver. Michel Nykjær survived an off to go sixth fastest as the best Rookie Challenge driver.^[4]

Qualifying

Augusto Farfus took his second pole position of the season in qualifying, beating Chevrolet's Huff by a tenth of a second. All of the SR-Sport, RML Chevrolet and BMW Team RBM cars made it through to Q2, as well as the Zengő-Dension Team car of Norbert Michelisz. Monteiro damaged his front right wheel at the end of Q1 and was unable to take part in Q2, he therefore lined up tenth.

With rain starting to fall, the remaining cars went out to set a time straight away. Huff, Tarquini and Gené required a second lap to set a competitive time. By the third lap, the rain was heavier and caught out Huff who spun and collided with team mate Menu. Tarquini lost control and hit a wall while Michelisz cut across the grass. The rain induced incidents brought out the red flags with three minutes remaining. The session was not restarted, so Priaulx put his BMW in third in the manufacturer's home race and Menu was fourth. Michelisz was fifth and Tarquini was sixth while Tom Coronel, Muller and Gené completed the top nine ahead of Monteiro.^[5]

Warm-Up

Chevrolet finished 1–2–3 in the foggy conditions of Sunday morning's warm–up session with Huff leading Menu and Muller. Priaulx stopped out on track while D'Aste damaged the rear of his BMW in a separate incident.^[6]

Race One

Farfus started from pole position but ran wide at turn one after clashing with Huff who had been tapped by Menu. Farfus dropped down to fourth as Huff took the lead followed by Menu and Coronel. Tarquini was caught up the first corner contact and was forced to retire with damage to his SEAT León 2.0 TDI. Further back, Fredy Barth collided with Jordi Gené while Andrei Romanov and Taniguchi did likewise. Huff was later given a drive–through penalty for his part in the clash with Farfus, he failed to serve his penalty within the required three laps and was black–flagged. Farfus had passed Coronel and was closing in on new race leader Menu but couldn't catch him before the finish, finishing second with Muller finishing third. Coronel was fourth, Monteiro was fifth and Priaulx was sixth having started third. Michelisz finished eight to claim pole position for race two and Kristian Poulsen was independent winner.^[7]

Race Two

Starting from third on the grid, Priaulx passed pole sitter Michelisz to take the lead of the race at the first corner. Monteiro bumped off both Nykjær and Michelisz and later served a drive–through penalty. Monteiro's penalty promoted Farfus into second and Muller into third. Towards the end of the race, Menu and Michelisz had been running seventh and eighth but were being caught by Huff, Tarquini and Gené. Huff tapped Michelisz wide at turn one and the Zengő driver dropped to eleventh and out of the points behind the advancing trio. Huff went on to catch Menu at the end of the race as the BMW Team RBM pair finished 1–2 on home turf with Muller the final podium finished and Poulsen repeated his Independents' Trophy victory from race one.^[8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	10	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		1:36.228	1:38.070
2	7	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:35.518	1:38.176
3	11	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		1:36.326	1:38.186
4	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:36.174	1:38.445
5	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.131	1:38.634
6	1	Gabriele Tarquini	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.027	1:38.796
7	2	Tom Coronel	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.509	1:38.810
8	6	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:36.111	1:38.869
9	4	Jordi Gené	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.071	1:39.994
10	3	Tiago Monteiro	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.537	no time set
11	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.654
12	18	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:36.844
13	26	Stefano D'Aste	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:36.881
14	25	Sergio Hernández	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:37.282
15	15	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:37.309
16	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	1:37.532
17	24	Kristian Poulsen	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:37.579
18	21	Mehdi Bennani	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	1:38.091
19	72	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	1:38.203
20	16	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:39.190
21	33	Fabio Fabiani	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:41.877

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		14	22:50.427	4	25
2	10	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		14	+0.491	1	18
3	6	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		14	+4.738	7	15
4	3	Tiago Monteiro	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+7.428	9	12
5	11	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		14	+7.845	3	10
6¹	2	Tom Coronel	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+36.835	6	8
7¹	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+43.063	10	6
8¹	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+46.187	15	4
9¹	24	Kristian Poulsen	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+46.449	17	2
10¹	25	Sergio Hernández	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+47.897	13	1
11¹	18	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+50.146	11
12¹	4	Jordi Gené	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+50.584	8
13¹	15	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	14	+1:02.077	14
14¹	21	Mehdi Bennani	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+1:04.005	18
15¹	26	Stefano D'Aste	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+1:04.164	12
16¹	16	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	14	+1:06.208	20
17¹	72	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	14	+1:15.550	19
18	7	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		10	+4 Laps	2
NC	33	Fabio Fabiani	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	6	+8 Laps	21
NC	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	5	+9 Laps	16
Ret	1	Gabriele Tarquini	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		0	Race incident	5

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

^1 — Coronel, Gené, Michelisz, Franz Engstler, Romanov, Nykjær, Barth, Mehdi Bennani, Poulsen, Hernández, D'Aste and Taniguchi all received 30–second post race penalties for breaking the speed limit during the rolling start.^[9]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		14	22:51.499	3	25
2	10	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		14	+2.729	7	18
3	6	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		14	+8.740	6	15
4	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+10.304	2	12
5	2	Tom Coronel	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+10.982	5	10
6	24	Kristian Poulsen	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+11.989	9	8
7	7	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		14	+16.691	17	6
8	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		14	+17.243	8	4
9	1	Gabriele Tarquini	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+17.919	20	2
10	4	Jordi Gené	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+19.193	12	1
11	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+20.295	1
12	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	14	+22.964	19
13	25	Sergio Hernández	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+23.582	10
14	72	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	14	+35.324	16
15	15	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	14	+38.679	13
16	26	Stefano D'Aste	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+47.949	15
17¹	16	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	14	+1:02.831	21
18²	3	Tiago Monteiro	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		14	+1:04.318	4
19	33	Fabio Fabiani	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	14	+1:28.517	18
20	18	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+1 Lap	11
Ret	21	Mehdi Bennani	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	0	Race incident	14

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

^1 — Romanov was given a 30–second penalty after the race a 10–place suspended grid penalty for the next two events for causing a collision.^[10]

^2 — Monteiro was given a 30–second post–race penalty in addition to the driver–through penalty he served on lap six for a collision.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Yvan Muller	229
1	2	Andy Priaulx	218
1	3	Gabriele Tarquini	196
	4	Robert Huff	173
	5	Alain Menu	145

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sergio Hernández	111
	2	Stefano D'Aste	86
1	3	Darryl O'Young	76
1	4	Colin Turkington	73
	5	Franz Engstler	70

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	508
1	2	BMW	453
1	3	SEAT Customers Technology	447

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

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References

Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems

↑ Paice, Simon (31 August 2010). "Vaulkhard Set To Miss Remainder Of WTCC Campaign". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (1 September 2010). "Taniguchi to replace Vaulkhard at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (4 September 2010). "Tarquini fastest at Oschersleben Free Practice 1". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
↑ Lennstrom, Ola (4 September 2010). "Chevrolet in command in second practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
↑ English, Steven (4 September 2010). "Farfus tops dramatic qualifying". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 8 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (5 September 2010). "Chevrolet 1-2-3 at foggy Oschersleben warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
↑ Allen, Peter (6 September 2010). "Menu Wins Race One After Huff Is Black-Flagged". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
↑ Allen, Peter (6 September 2010). "Priaulx Wins Again In BMW 1-2 In Germany". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (5 September 2010). "Twelve penalties given for false start in race one (update)". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (5 September 2010). "Coronel loses fourth place finish". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

External links

World Touring Car Championship official website

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[1] Paice, Simon (31 August 2010). "Vaulkhard Set To Miss Remainder Of WTCC Campaign". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[2] Hudson, Neil (1 September 2010). "Taniguchi to replace Vaulkhard at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[3] Hudson, Neil (4 September 2010). "Tarquini fastest at Oschersleben Free Practice 1". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[4] Lennstrom, Ola (4 September 2010). "Chevrolet in command in second practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[5] English, Steven (4 September 2010). "Farfus tops dramatic qualifying". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[6] Hudson, Neil (5 September 2010). "Chevrolet 1-2-3 at foggy Oschersleben warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[7] Allen, Peter (6 September 2010). "Menu Wins Race One After Huff Is Black-Flagged". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[8] Allen, Peter (6 September 2010). "Priaulx Wins Again In BMW 1-2 In Germany". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[9] Hudson, Neil (5 September 2010). "Twelve penalties given for false start in race one (update)". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[10] Hudson, Neil (5 September 2010). "Coronel loses fourth place finish". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany

Contents

Background

Report

Free practice

Qualifying

Warm-Up

Race One

Race Two

Results

Qualifying

Race 1

Race 2

Standings after the event

Related Research Articles

References

External links