2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

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Flag of Italy.svg 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy
Race details
Monza track map.svg
Date23 May, 2010
Location Monza, Italy
Course Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
5.793 kilometres (3.600 mi)
Race One
Laps 9
Pole position
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM
Time 2:00.672
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM
Second Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport
Time 2:01.590
Race Two
Laps 9
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Second Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SR-Sport
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM
Time 2:01.860

The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Yokohama Race of Italy) was the third round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy on 23 May 2010. The two races were won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team RBM and Yvan Muller for Chevrolet RML.

Contents

Background

After the second round of the season in Morocco, defending champion Gabriele Tarquini was leading the drivers' standings by seven points over Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Kristian Poulsen returned to the championship with his self–run Poulsen Motorsport team. [1] He last raced with Liqui Moly Team Engstler at the 2009 Guia Race of Macau. Meanwhile Scuderia Proteam Motorsport added a third BMW 320si to their team for Italian driver Fabio Fabiani. [1] Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden joined the grid for the Italian round, running a Chevrolet Cruze LT for TC 2000 Championship driver Leonel Pernía who became the first Argentine to race in the World Touring Car Championship. [2]

Report

Testing and free practice

BMW Team RBM driver Augusto Farfus was the fastest driver in Friday's test session, beating the Chevrolet of Muller and the SEAT of Tom Coronel. Championship leader Tarquini was fourth and Pernía was thirteenth on his first run in a Super 2000 car. Priaulx suffered a brake disk failure at the end of the pit straight and nearly collided with Alain Menu while Fredy Barth, Sergio Hernández and Mehdi Bennani all saw reduced running due to technical issues. [3]

Tarquini topped the times in the first practice session on Saturday morning, two–tenths of a second ahead of Priaulx. Jordi Gené was third and Robert Huff was the fastest Chevrolet in fourth. Andrei Romanov required an engine change and as a result incurred a ten–place grid penalty for race one. [4]

Chevrolet were fastest in the final practice session with Huff beating the BMW of Priaulx by less than a tenth of a second. Morning pace setter Tarquini was third while Huff's teammates Menu and Muller were fourth and fifth respectively. [5]

Qualifying

Tarquini was fastest in Q1 for SR-Sport, ahead of the Chevrolet pairing of Huff and Muller. In Q2 the diesel-powered SEATs followed each other round the circuit to use teamwork and slipstreaming to get good times. However, Tarquini ran wide at the second Lesmo with Barth also following him into the dirt. This ruined their laptimes, resulting in the BMWs and Chevrolets locking out the first two rows of the grid, with Augusto Farfus on pole position ahead of Huff, Priaulx, Menu and Muller. Gené was the first SEAT in 6th, with Tarquini in 7th. [6]

Warm-Up

Priaulx topped the Sunday morning warm–up session with pole sitter and teammate Farfus fourth. Pernía and Hernández had problems meaning they couldn't set competitive lap times. [7]

Race One

Huff moved past polesitter Farfus at the start of Race One. Tarquini, meanwhile, moved from seventh to second in the run to the first chicane. Behind, many drivers cut across the grass at the chicane, while Kristian Poulsen and Darryl O'Young collided, both limping back to the pits to retire. Tarquini passed Huff at the start of the second lap and the pair began to stretch the gap back to third-placed Priaulx. However, on the final lap, Tarquini suffered a front-left puncture on the run down to the Ascari chicane. As Huff moved out to pass him, he also suffered a front-left puncture. The pair limped down the following straight, with Priaulx and the following pack closing them down. However, the leading pair could not be passed initially, with yellow flags out at the beginning of the Parabolica after Leonel Pernía had slid into the gravel on the previous lap. Once the green flags were shown, Priaulx and Farfus passed the slowing Tarquini and then Huff, to take a dramatic one-two finish for BMW. Behind, Michel Nykjær had also suffered a puncture. Huff limped past the line to finish third, ahead of Muller, Coronel and Barth. Tarquini and Nykjær finished seventh and eighth, ahead of Tiago Monteiro and Bennani. [8] Bennani however was given a 30-second penalty after the race for cutting the first chicane on the opening lap, handing tenth place and a first Independents' Trophy victory to Harry Vaulkhard. [9]

Race Two

Nykjær made a good start from pole position in Race Two, while Muller moved up from fifth to second before the first chicane. Tarquini regained second from Muller and briefly took the lead of the race from Nykjær. Tarquini was then awarded a drive-through penalty for creeping forward on the grid before the lights had gone out. Bennani was also given a penalty having made a much more obvious jump start. Before Tarquini could serve his penalty though, he was re-passed by Nykjær at the first chicane. The Dane led the race until the last lap when he suffered a puncture, pulling off the track and retiring at the second chicane. This handed Muller the victory, ahead of Coronel, Huff, Farfus and Priaulx. Having served his drive-through penalty, Tarquini returned to the pits to retire on the following lap. [8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2
110 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:01.1262:00.672
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:00.7752:00.697
311 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:00.9412:00.807
48 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:01.0912:00.899
56 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:00.8342:01.078
64 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.6292:01.400
71 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:00.6902:01.544
85 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.0062:01.731
918 Flag of Switzerland.svg Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.5812:01.926
103 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:00.8622:01.927
1117 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.765
1220 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y2:02.186
132 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:02.235
1419 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y2:02.384
1534 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Pernía Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:02.441
1621 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y2:02.829
1724 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y2:02.834
1815 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y2:02.983
1926 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y2:03.276
2025 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y2:04.260
2116 Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y2:04.327
2233 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y2:08.144

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 918:32.008325
210 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9+0.248118
37 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9+1.653215
46 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9+1.820512
52 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+2.2711210
618 Flag of Switzerland.svg Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+2.30898
71 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+2.37576
817 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+2.726104
93 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+3.243152
1019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y9+9.032131
1126 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+10.00019
1225 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+11.57520
1316 Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y9+30.32022
1421 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y9+33.97216
1533 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+59.15521
164 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8+1 Lap6
178 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 8+1 Lap4
1834 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Pernía Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 7+2 Laps14
195 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 7+2 Laps8
Ret15 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y3Engine18
Ret20 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y1Race incident11
Ret24 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y1Race incident17

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 918:29.805525
22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+0.512418
37 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9+0.822615
410 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9+1.001712
511 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx' BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9+1.742810
64 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+3.495168
73 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+4.19796
85 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+4.580184
98 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9+5.099172
1034 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Pernía Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 9+9.918201
1126 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+11.85612
1220 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y9+13.49919
1319 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y9+14.36811
1418 Flag of Switzerland.svg Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9+14.5063
1524 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+14.83621
1625 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+15.26613
1721 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y9+33.55710
1833 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y9+49.45415
1917 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8+1 Lap1
201 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 6+3 Laps2
Ret16 Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y2Oil pressure14
DNS15 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y0Did not start22

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