2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race details
	Round 10 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.
Date	23 October, 2011
Location	Suzuka City, Japan
Course	Suzuka Circuit ; 2.243 kilometres (1.394 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	23
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated January 08, 2024

The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan was the tenth round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 23 October 2011 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.

Background

Coming into the first Asian round of the season, Yvan Muller was leading the world drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Chevrolet RML added a fourth Chevrolet Cruze for the local rally driver Toshi Arai.^[1] Formula D driver Charles Ng joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si ^[2] while Hiroki Yoshimoto joined SUNRED Engineering to drive one of their SUNRED SR León 1.6Ts.^[3] Colin Turkington returned to Wiechers-Sport having last raced for them at the Race of UK.^[4] Masaki Kano drove for DeTeam KK Motorsport in their BMW 320 TC.^[5]

Report

Testing and free practice

Menu led Friday's test session having displaced Polestar Racing's Robert Dahlgren late on. Robert Huff, who had lost his championship lead at the last round was third with Tiago Monteiro separating him from championship leader Muller. Darryl O'Young in the bamboo-engineering Chevrolet was the quickest independent driver when he ended the session ninth. The session had been stopped five minutes in when Norbert Michelisz went off the circuit.^[6]

Huff topped the wet first practice session on Saturday morning. Fabio Fabiani and Kano were black flagged for not having their headlights switched on.^[7]

The track was drying in free practice two as Menu set the fastest time, he led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Muller second and Huff third. Fredy Barth was the top independent driver in fourth.^[8]

Qualifying

Qualifying had started with a threat of rain as Menu took pole position in qualifying with championship leading team–mate Muller second. The first session was stopped twice, firstly when Proteam Racing's Mehdi Bennani got stuck in the gravel at the final corner and then again when Pepe Oriola also went off at the final corner and crashed into the wall. O'Young finished the first session tenth and therefore took the reversed grid pole position for race two where he would be joined on the front row by Coronel. Yukinori Taniguchi was 12th at the end of the session and was the quickest local driver.

All the drivers taking part in the second session set their best times in their early runs. At the end of Q2 Menu was ahead of Muller and Dahlgren. Nykjær was the best placed independent driver in seventh.^[9]

Fabiani had again failed to get within 107% of the fastest Q1 time but was not allowed to start the races after an altercation with the stewards as well as having incurred a number of other penalties already. Oriola required an engine change and would therefore take a five–place grid drop in race one while Arai failed to report to scrutineering during Q1 so his qualifying times were removed.^[10]

Warm-Up

Pole sitter Menu led the warm–up session before the first race, the session came to a close early when Yoshimoto ended up in the gravel.^[11]

Race One

Menu started from pole position while Dahlgren behind was tagged by Nykjær which saw the Volvo driver spin and come back across the track at the first corner as the rest of the field passed. Coronel and Tarquini then came together which caught out Tiago Monteiro, Javier Villa, Barth and Yoshimoto; Tarquini and Villa were able to continue. The safety car was brought out while the stranded cars were removed, when the race resumed on lap seven it was Muller leading from Menu and Huff. The following lap Menu was able to make a successful pass for the lead, two laps later Muller then made a mistake and dropped behind Huff and Nykjær. Aleksei Dudukalo had a narrow escape when he spun on the exit of the final corner and came close to hitting the pit wall while team–mate Tarquini had recovered to ninth place after his first lap collision. At the end of the race, Menu led a Chevrolet 1–2 with Huff while Nykjær claimed his first outright podium result in third and the independents' victory with it. Muller was fourth while Taniguchi claimed his best result in the championship by finishing seventh behind Turkington. Bennani in eighth resisted a late charge from Tarquini.^[12]

Race Two

Rain had started to fall before the start of the race. O'Young started on pole position but he was passed straight away by Coronel as O'Young was tapped by Tarquini and spun. Dahlgren had got through to fourth at the expense of Menu while Muller and Huff were closing in on Coronel. Tarquini was served with a drive–through penalty on lap five for the collision with O'Young, he went into the pits for his penalty before retiring on lap twelve. Having previously attempted a pass on Huff for third, Dahlgren was re–passed by Menu as his Volvo C30 Drive was plagued by a misfiring engine. Coronel beat Muller to the line by inches, Huff was third and Menu was fourth. Dahlgren ended up fifth while Nykjær in sixth was the Yokohama Trophy victor once again.^[12]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		53.748	53.443
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		53.893	53.492
3	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 Drive		53.760	53.512
4	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		53.937	53.520
5	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		53.943	53.601
6	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		53.871	53.798
7	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	53.725	53.811
8	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		53.734	53.824
9	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	53.956	53.902
10	29	Colin Turkington	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	53.672	54.339
11	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	54.006
12	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	54.070
13	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	54.073
14	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	54.126
15	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	54.127
16	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	54.219
17	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	54.411
18	88	Hiroki Yoshimoto	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	54.466
19	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	54.730
20	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	55.002
21	51	Charles Ng	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	55.356
22	68	Masaki Kano	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	55.551
EX¹	31	Toshi Arai	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		Excluded
107% time: 57.429
–	21	Fabio Fabiani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320si	Y	58.023

Bold denotes Pole position for second race.

^1 — Arai failed to report to the weighbridge during qualifying and so his times from the session were deleted.^[10]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	25:50.919	1	25
2	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+3.133	4	18
3	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+3.766	7	15
4	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+4.441	2	12
5	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+4.851	14	10
6	29	Colin Turkington	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+8.601	10	8
7	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	25	+13.472	12	6
8	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+13.730	19	4
9	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		25	+14.045	8	2
10	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+15.950	16	1
11	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	25	+20.833	9
12	68	Masaki Kano	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+25.889	20
13	31	Toshi Arai	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		25	+26.767	21
14	51	Charles Ng	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	25	+39.298	23
15	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+44.478	13
16	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+50.554	11
17	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	25	+1:16.031	15
18	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	20	+5 Laps	22
Ret	88	Hiroki Yoshimoto	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	11	Race incident	18
NC	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		5	+20 Laps	5
Ret	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	2	Race incident	17
Ret	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 Drive		0	Race incident	3
Ret	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		0	Race incident	6

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		23	21:10.854	2	25
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		23	+0.558	4	18
3	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		23	+0.840	3	15
4	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		23	+1.576	6	12
5	30	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 Drive		23	+2.057	5	10
6	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	23	+7.397	8	8
7	29	Colin Turkington	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+7.730	9	6
8	20	Javier Villa	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+8.292	10	4
9	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+8.606	12	2
10	11	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+8.901	13	1
11	12	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+9.477	15
12	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	23	+15.744	14
13	74	Pepe Oriola	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	23	+22.668	17
14	10	Yukinori Taniguchi	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	23	+23.263	11
15	31	Toshi Arai	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		23	+23.541	21
16	68	Masaki Kano	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+25.577	20
17	88	Hiroki Yoshimoto	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	23	+26.926	16
18	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+33.610	18
19	51	Charles Ng	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	23	+34.092	19
Ret	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil-SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		11	Withdrew	7
Ret	9	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	1	Race incident	1
DNS	18	Tiago Monteiro	SUNRED Engineering	SUNRED SR León 1.6T		0	Did not start	22
DNS	7	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SUNRED SR León 1.6T	Y	0	Did not start	23

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Yvan Muller	363
2	Robert Huff	350
3	Alain Menu	290
4	Tom Coronel	183
5	Gabriele Tarquini	159

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kristian Poulsen	111
	2	Norbert Michelisz	100
3	3	Michel Nykjær	96
1	4	Franz Engstler	88
1	5	Javier Villa	87

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	810
2	BMW Customer Racing Teams	485
3	SR Customer Racing	435
4	Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team	138

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

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↑ Allen, Peter (5 October 2011). "Charles Ng Joins Engstler For Asian WTCC Rounds". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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↑ Hudson, Neil (22 October 2011). "Alain Menu on top in final practice in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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1 2 Hudson, Neil (22 October 2011). "Fabiani not allowed to race as Oriola & Arai drop spots". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
↑ Hudson, Neil (23 October 2011). "Menu on top again in sunny warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
1 2 "ROUNDS 19 & 20 – SUZUKA, JAPAN RACE REPORT" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

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[1] Beer, Matt (26 September 2011). "Rally star Toshi Arai to race for Chevrolet in Suzuka World Touring Car event". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[2] Allen, Peter (5 October 2011). "Charles Ng Joins Engstler For Asian WTCC Rounds". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[3] Meissner, Johan (29 September 2011). "Hiroki Yoshimoto to race for SUNRED in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[4] Abbott, Andrew (8 October 2011). "Turkington returns for Japan and China". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[5] Hudson, Neil (3 October 2011). "Masaki Kano to drive for Engstler in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[6] Allen, Peter (21 October 2011). "Menu Quickest In Testing For WTCC's First Suzuka Visit". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[7] Hudson, Neil (22 October 2011). "Rob Huff quickest in Free Practice 1". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[8] Hudson, Neil (22 October 2011). "Alain Menu on top in final practice in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[9] Abbott, Andrew (22 October 2011). "Menu takes Suzuka pole". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[penalties-10] 1 2 Hudson, Neil (22 October 2011). "Fabiani not allowed to race as Oriola & Arai drop spots". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[11] Hudson, Neil (23 October 2011). "Menu on top again in sunny warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

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2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

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