2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy
Race details
	Round 3 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy.
Date	15 May, 2011
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza ; 5.793 kilometres (3.600 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	9
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	9
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy was the third round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held on 15 May 2011 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy.

Background

After the previous round in Belgium, Huff was leading the drivers' championship by one point over Chevrolet team mate Alain Menu. Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Turkish driver Ibrahim Okyay returned to championship driving a Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport run naturally aspirated BMW 320si, having last competed in the 2008 season.^[1]

Report

Testing and free practice

Yvan Muller set the pace in Thursday's opening test session, beating the BMWs of Poulsen and Tom Coronel. SUNRED Engineering did not take part in the session having run their own private test the previous day.^[2]

Huff topped the opening free practice session on Saturday morning, a tenth quicker than the SEAT of Gabriele Tarquini. Franz Engstler ended up in the gravel trap at the parabolica during the session.^[3]

Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4 in the final free practice session, leading Huff, Menu and the independent Chevrolet Cruze of Darryl O'Young. Marchy Lee lost control of his DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC at Lesmo and collided with the barriers, while Mehdi Bennani spun himself into the gravel at the same corner.^[3]

Qualifying

Huff continued his dominance of qualifying in 2011 to take his third pole position of the season, edging out team–mates Muller and Menu to lead a Chevrolet 1–2–3. Huff set his best lap in Q1 after the checkered flag fell, putting him ninth and into the second session. Tiago Monteiro was tenth in Q1 to take pole position for race two.

Muller set the pace at the start of Q2 but Huff went quickest on his first flying lap. Behind the Chevrolet trio, Michelisz lined up fourth alongside Menu on the second row as the leading independent driver. Monteiro, O'Young, Poulsen, Coronel, Bennani and Tarquini completed the top ten. Tarquini was taken to the medical centre for checks after the session when the left window in his car shattered.^[4]

Warm-Up

Warm–up took place on a damp track on Sunday morning, pole sitter Huff set the fastest time. Some drivers found the conditions tricky and took the first corner escape road, while Monteiro was called to the stewards' office for cutting a corner in sector three on his best lap.^[5]

Race One

Huff had led from pole position and was followed by Muller and Menu. A gap left by Muller towards the end of the first lap allowed Menu to take second place and the Swiss driver then set about catching the leader. Later on in the race, Muller was catching Menu and on the last lap the pair collided. Muller tagged Menu's car sending the second placed car into one of the barriers on the final lap. This left the last podium position open, Michelisz was running third but Monteiro got a better run through the last corner and by the line, Monteiro came out three–hundredths of a second ahead. Huff, Muller and Monteiro filled the podium places with Michelisz fourth as the winning independent and Coronel fifth. Yokohama Trophy leader Poulsen was sixth. The Lukoil-SUNRED pair of Tarquini and Aleksei Dudukalo were the only retirements.^[6]

Race Two

Monteiro started on the reversed grid pole but race one winner Huff passed him at the start to lead into the first corner. He was followed by Muller, who later bumped into the rear of Huff's car under braking for the Parabolica. The contact meant Huff got out of shape but stayed on track. Muller was shown the bad sportsmanship flag after the incident. Huff and Muller made it a Chevrolet 1–2 for both races and Poulsen took third and his first podium finish in the WTCC, Coronel had been in contention for the position until he slowed with a delaminated tyre. Monteiro ended up fourth and Menu was fifth having started the race from the back. Coronel ended the race fifteenth.^[7]

After the race, Muller was given a ten–place grid penalty, suspended for two rounds for causing the collision with Huff.^[8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		2:00.515	1:59.034
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		2:00.382	1:59.131
3	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		2:00.279	1:59.433
4	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	1:59.961	1:59.458
5	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:00.549	1:59.574
6	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	2:00.030	1:59.866
7	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	2:00.005	2:00.010
8	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		1:59.907	2:00.244
9	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	2:00.287	2:00.930
10	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:00.511	2:01.073
11	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	2:00.803
12	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	2:00.861
13	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	2:00.912
14	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	2:00.971
15	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	2:01.534
16	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30		2:01.823
17	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	2:02.008
18	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	2:02.009
19	65	Marchy Lee	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	2:04.088
20	35	Urs Sonderegger	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	2:04.682
21	13	Ibrahim Okyay	Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:04.790
22	21	Fabio Fabiani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	2:08.789

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		9	18:07.398	1	25
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		9	+1.291	2	18
3	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		9	+4.239	5	15
4	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+4.269	4	12
5	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		9	+4.499	8	10
6	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+5.509	7	8
7	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	9	+10.506	6	6
8	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+10.798	11	4
9	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+11.492	13	2
10	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	9	+15.366	17	1
11	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+18.439	9
12	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	9	+18.873	14
13	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	9	+19.286	15
14	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	9	+20.070	12
15	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30		9	+30.709	16
16	13	Ibrahim Okyay	Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	9	+58.046	21
17	35	Urs Sonderegger	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+59.018	20
18	21	Fabio Fabiani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	9	+1:25.422	22
19	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		8	+1 Lap	3
20	65	Marchy Lee	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	8	+1 Lap	19
Ret	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		5	Race incident	10
Ret	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	2	Race incident	18

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		9	18:10.032	2	25
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		9	+0.242	4	18
3	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+3.559	8	15
4	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		9	+6.211	1	12
5	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		9	+8.896	6	10
6	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	9	+10.089	7	8
7	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+10.780	9	6
8	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+11.054	11	4
9	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+11.056	13	2
10	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		9	+12.800	3	1
11	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	9	+19.420	15
12	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	9	+21.519	12
13	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30		9	+23.532	16
14	65	Marchy Lee	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+27.912	19
15	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		9	+28.095	10
16	13	Ibrahim Okyay	Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	9	+48.069	21
17	35	Urs Sonderegger	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	9	+52.972	20
18	21	Fabio Fabiani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	9	+1:27.890	22
19	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	7	+2 Laps	17
20	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	7	+2 Laps	5
Ret	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	1	Race incident	18
DNS	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	Y	0	Did not start	14

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Robert Huff	120
2	2	Yvan Muller	84
1	3	Alain Menu	79
1	4	Tiago Monteiro	58
2	5	Gabriele Tarquini	52

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kristian Poulsen	45
4	2	Norbert Michelisz	33
1	3	Darryl O'Young	33
2	4	Javier Villa	33
2	5	Michel Nykjær	24

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	242
2	SR Customer Racing	150
3	BMW Customer Racing Teams	132
4	Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team	40

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

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References

↑ Hudson, Neil (29 April 2011). "Ibrahim Okyay to join Monza grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (12 May 2011). "Yvan Muller fastest at Monza test day". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
1 2 Allen, Peter (14 May 2011). "Huff And Muller Top Monza Practice For Chevrolet". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Allen, Peter (14 May 2011). "Huff Continues Pole Streak In Chevrolet 1-2-3 At Monza". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (15 May 2011). "Huff leads damp warm-up at damp Monza". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Glendenning, Mark (15 May 2011). "Huff wins thrilling first Monza race". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Glendenning, Mark (15 May 2011). "Huff completes Monza double". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (15 May 2011). "Yvan Muller given suspended penalty". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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[1] Hudson, Neil (29 April 2011). "Ibrahim Okyay to join Monza grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[2] Hudson, Neil (12 May 2011). "Yvan Muller fastest at Monza test day". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[practice-3] 1 2 Allen, Peter (14 May 2011). "Huff And Muller Top Monza Practice For Chevrolet". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[4] Allen, Peter (14 May 2011). "Huff Continues Pole Streak In Chevrolet 1-2-3 At Monza". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[5] Hudson, Neil (15 May 2011). "Huff leads damp warm-up at damp Monza". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[6] Glendenning, Mark (15 May 2011). "Huff wins thrilling first Monza race". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[7] Glendenning, Mark (15 May 2011). "Huff completes Monza double". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[8] Hudson, Neil (15 May 2011). "Yvan Muller given suspended penalty". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

Contents

Background

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