2011 FIA WTCC Race of China

2011 FIA WTCC Race of China
Race details
	Round 11 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Tianma Circuit in Shanghai, China.
Date	6 November, 2011
Location	Shanghai, China
Course	Tianma Circuit ; 2.063 kilometres (1.282 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	25
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of China was the eleventh round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the maiden running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was held on 6 November 2011 at the Tianma Circuit in Shanghai, China.

Background

Arriving in China, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Fabio Fabiani switched from Proteam Racing to Liqui Moly Team Engstler while Charles Ng moving to DeTeam KK Motorsport where he would race a BMW 320 TC.^[1] Hong Kong racer Philip Ma joined Proteam as Fabiani's replacement for the final two rounds.^[2]

Race report

Testing and free practice

Menu was fastest in the opening test session having spent the later part half of the session trading best times with Colin Turkington and Robert Dahlgren. The red flags came out towards the end of the session as Javier Villa had beached his Proteam BMW in the gravel at turn four.^[3]

Chevrolet driver Robert Huff was quickest in the first free practice session on Saturday morning, overtaking early pacesetter Tom Coronel at the top of the times at the midway point. As was the case in testing, the SUNRED cars were struggling to be competitive with Gabriele Tarquini their best placed driver in 12th.^[4]

When practice resumed in the afternoon, Huff was quickest once again. A BMW was second quickest once again, this time courtesy of Zengő-Dension Team's Norbert Michelisz. Aleksei Dudukalo got a SUNRED car into the top time for the first time that weekend while fellow SUNRED driver Fredy Barth required an engine change and would take a five–place grid penalty for race one.^[5]

Qualifying

Menu took pole position for the second round in a row as he shared the front row with team–mate Huff. Qualifying took place on a wet track but a dry line began to emerge as the session went on. This was unfortunate for those drivers which were running a wet set–up, Polestar Racing's Dahlgren finished the first element of qualifying 13th. Another notable driver who missed Q2 was Yokohama Trophy leader Poulsen. Huff finished the first session in tenth place to secure the pole position for race two where he would share the front row with Tarquini.

Menu set his best time in Q2 late on as Huff was unable to produce a quicker time. Turkington was the fastest independent driver in third and Michelisz, who was running second in the Yokohama Trophy behind Poulsen, was fourth. Muller was seventh after going off on his last flying lap. SUNRED got four cars through to Q2 after a poor showing in testing and practice, Tarquini was their best placed driver in fifth while Tiago Monteiro, Pepe Oriola and Barth where eighth, ninth and tenth.^[6]

Warm-Up

Proteam Racing's Mehdi Bennani set the pace in Sunday morning's warm–up session while pole–sitter Menu was fifth.^[7]

Race One

Menu started from pole position as the top five drivers got away without exchanging places. Muller managed to pass Tarquini on the second lap to take fifth position, a lap later the SUNRED driver then dropped further down the order as he was passed by Monteiro, Coronel and Poulsen, he later pulled into the pits with brake problems. Lap four saw Huff and Turkington come together although no positions were exchanged until lap thirteen when Turkington passed Huff to take second place. Having held on to his position, Michelisz lost a place Muller and to Coronel and independent rival Poulsen. By lap twenty Turkington had closed in on race leader Menu and the pair were nose to tail, Menu responded by upping his pace and increasing the gap to half a second. Michel Nykjær and Charles Ng clashed two laps from the end and bamboo–engineering driver Yukinori Taniguchi was hit as a result, on the following lap the Japanese driver crashed as a result of suspension damage incurred during the incident. At the end of the race, Menu won ahead of Turkington who took the first podium finish for Wiechers-Sport. Huff was third and Muller fourth which saw the gap between the pair in the championship reduce slightly.^[8]

Race Two

Huff started on pole position for race two but was passed straight away by a fast starting Tarquini. Michelisz was then spun around the front of Monteiro in an incident which eliminated Michelisz, Monteiro, Villa and Darryl O'Young. Further round the lap, Tarquini and Huff came together with the latter hopping across the grass to rejoin in fourth place. Muller had taken second from Turkington and on lap two the Wiechers–Sport driver lost another place to Huff. Tarquini held the lead until lap four when Muller passed him and the Chevrolet driver pulled away. Turkington lost more places on lap ten when he locked up at the first corner. Tarquini was now leading a train of cars stuck behind the SEAT, in the middle of the group Turkington took fifth place from Menu. By lap twenty the group of cars stuck behind Tarquini extended all the way down to Franz Engstler in eighth place. On the penultimate lap Menu pushed Turkington but was unable to pass while on the final lap, Turkington gained fourth from Coronel after the ROAL Motorsport driver made contact with Huff. Muller won the race with Tarquini second and Huff third. Turkington was the independent winner once again. Ng finished tenth to score his first point in the championship.^[8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		1:06.854	1:05.555
2	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		1:07.331	1:05.700
3	29	Colin Turkington	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:06.919	1:05.712
4	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:06.795	1:05.738
5	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		1:07.287	1:05.743
6	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		1:06.690	1:05.803
7	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		1:07.168	1:05.920
8	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		1:07.018	1:05.922
9	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	1:07.006	1:06.591
10	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	1:07.180	1:06.741
11	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:07.555
12	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:07.710
13	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 Drive		1:07.770
14	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	1:07.771
15	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:07.836
16	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:08.004
17	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	1:08.069
18	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	1:08.317
19	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	1:09.274
107% time: 1:11.358
–	21	Fabio Fabiani	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:12.641
–	23	Philip Ma	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	1:14.194
–	51	Charles Ng	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:14.947

Bold denotes Pole position for second race.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	28:05.718	1	25
2	29	Colin Turkington	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+1.222	3	18
3	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+5.065	2	15
4	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+8.005	7	12
5	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		25	+9.010	6	10
6	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+9.921	10	8
7	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+15.487	14	6
8	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		25	+22.630	8	4
9	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 Drive		25	+26.204	13	2
10	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+27.118	11	1
11	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+28.291	4
12	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+28.539	16
13	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	25	+38.072	18
14	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+53.157	17
15	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+59.011	13
16	51	Charles Ng	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+1:41.155	22
17	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	24	+1 Lap	9
18	21	Fabio Fabiani	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	24	+1 Lap	20
19	23	Philip Ma	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	24	+1 Lap	21
20	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	23	+2 Laps	19
21	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	21	+4 Laps	15
NC	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		15	+10 Laps	5

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	28:19.599	4	25
2	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		25	+10.518	2	18
3	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+11.385	1	15
4	29	Colin Turkington	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+11.812	7	12
5	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		25	+12.140	10	10
6	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+12.896	8	8
7	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+13.336	11	6
8	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+13.612	16	4
9	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 Drive		25	+22.279	13	2
10	51	Charles Ng	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+24.172	22	1
11	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+33.725	15
12	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+36.977	3
13	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+43.090	6
14	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+46.761	17
15	21	Fabio Fabiani	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	24	+1 Lap	19
16	23	Philip Ma	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	24	+1 Lap	20
17	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	23	+2 Laps	14
Ret	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	2	Race incident	21
Ret	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		1	Race incident	5
Ret	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	1	Race incident	9
Ret	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	0	Race incident	12
DNS	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	0	Did not start	18

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Yvan Muller	400
2	Robert Huff	380
3	Alain Menu	323
4	Tom Coronel	203
5	Gabriele Tarquini	177

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kristian Poulsen	127
2	Norbert Michelisz	104
3	Michel Nykjær	98
4	Franz Engstler	97
5	Javier Villa	92

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	890
2	BMW Customer Racing Teams	537
3	SR Customer Racing	475
4	Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team	154

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

↑ Hudson, Neil (30 October 2011). "Fabio Fabiani moves across to Engstler BMW". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ Meissner, Johan (25 October 2011). "Philip Ma joins Proteam for final two races". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ Abbott, Andrew (4 November 2011). "Menu fastest in Tianma testing". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ Abbott, Andrew (5 November 2011). "Huff beats Coronel in China first practice". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (5 November 2011). "Huff quickest in final practice as Michelisz closes". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ Glendenning, Mark (5 November 2011). "Alain Menu and Rob Huff take World Touring Car poles in China". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (6 November 2011). "Mehdi Bennani fastest in China warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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[1] Hudson, Neil (30 October 2011). "Fabio Fabiani moves across to Engstler BMW". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[2] Meissner, Johan (25 October 2011). "Philip Ma joins Proteam for final two races". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[3] Abbott, Andrew (4 November 2011). "Menu fastest in Tianma testing". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[4] Abbott, Andrew (5 November 2011). "Huff beats Coronel in China first practice". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[5] Hudson, Neil (5 November 2011). "Huff quickest in final practice as Michelisz closes". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[6] Glendenning, Mark (5 November 2011). "Alain Menu and Rob Huff take World Touring Car poles in China". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[7] Hudson, Neil (6 November 2011). "Mehdi Bennani fastest in China warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

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2011 FIA WTCC Race of China

Contents

Background

Race report

Testing and 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