2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic
Race details
Brno (formerly Masarykuv okruh).svg
Date19 June, 2011
Location Brno, Czech Republic
Course Masaryk Circuit
5.403 kilometres (3.357 mi)
Race One
Laps 10
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Time 2:08.884
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Second Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Third Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 2:10.863
Race Two
Laps 10
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Second Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport
Third Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Time 2:11.640

The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (formally the 2011 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic) was the fifth round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic. It was held on 19 June 2011 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic.

Contents

Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Robert Huff winning race one and Yvan Muller winning race two.

Background

After the previous round, Huff was leading the drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was tied on points at the top of the Yokohama Independents' Trophy with Javier Villa.

Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro became the next two SUNRED Engineering drivers to switch to the new 1.6T engine. [1] Polestar Racing also switched to their own turbo engine in the Volvo C30 driven by Robert Dahlgren. [2]

Report

Free practice

Muller led the opening free practice session with Huff and Alain Menu behind making it a Chevrolet 1–2–3. Norbert Michelisz in fourth was the fastest independent runner and Dahlgren was fifth with the new turbocharged Volvo. Michel Nykjær was the fastest SUNRED driver. [3]

Muller, Huff and Menu finished the second free practice session in the same order as Chevrolet continued to dominate practice. Dahlgren was fourth in the Volvo and Tom Coronel was fifth in the leading BMW. Tarquini was the quickest SUNRED car in sixth but teammate Monteiro didn't set a competitive lap time during the session having suffered from a misfiring engine. [4]

Qualifying

Muller took his first pole position of the season with him and team–mate Huff locking out the front row for Chevrolet. Dahlgren had been fastest in the first segment of qualifying with Huff second and Muller third. Franz Engstler ended the session tenth and would therefore take the reversed grid pole position for race two, lining up alongside Coronel. SUNRED drivers Tiago Monteiro and Fredy Barth suffered turbo problems in their cars and did not set any competitive times during the session.

In Q2, Muller set the fastest time and Huff was second. Coronel in third separated Menu in fourth from the other two Chevrolets. Michelisz, Dahlgren, Poulsen, Tarquini, Darryl O'Young and Engstler rounded out the top ten. [5]

Michelisz later excluded from qualifying when his Zengő-Dension Team car was found to be underweight. This promoted Nykjær to tenth in Q1 and therefore pole position in race two. [6]

Warm-up

Muller was quickest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning, the pole sitter edging out Dahlgren's Volvo by less than a tenth of a second. [7]

Race one

Muller led the rolling start but Huff made an attempt to take the lead at the first corner. Huff failed to do so but his second attempt at turn seven saw him lead the race. Nykjær and Tarquini made contact at the first corner with Tarquini retiring due to the subsequent damage. Coronel in third was busy keeping Menu behind until three laps from the end when the Chevrolet driver outbraked Coronel for third place with three laps to go. At the end of the race, championship leader Huff led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Coronel ending up fourth ahead of independent winner Poulsen. Dahlgren was sixth and O'Young came out on top in the battle for seventh place ahead of Michelisz who came from the back to eighth. Villa and Nykjær completed the top ten while Monteiro continued to struggle and ended up twelfth. [8]

Race two

Nykjær started on pole position for race two but was quickly passed by the fast starting Coronel who led into the first corner. Muller had made a good start from eighth and took second place from Nykjær at turn eight. Two laps later, Muller had closed in on Coronel and passed the ROAL Motorsport driver. Coronel then made contact with Menu defending second place while Huff was behind the pair in fourth place. Further back, Tarquini and Poulsen battled over position further down the field which ended with Poulsen going through the gravel trap at turn five. Tarquini fell down to sixth and Poulsen recovered to eighth at the end. At the end of the race, Muller claimed the win with Coronel second and Menu third. Race one winner Huff was fourth ahead of race two pole sitter and Yokohama Trophy winner Nykjær. Tarquini, Villa, Poulsen, Dahlgren and Mehdi Bennani completed the top ten. [9]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2
11 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:10.3842:08.884
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:10.3752:09.256
315 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2:10.8312:09.717
48 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:10.4662:09.830
530 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 2:10.2642:09.998
611 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y2:10.4592:10.326
73 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:10.7292:10.491
89 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y2:10.5062:10.559
912 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y2:10.8392:11.339
1017 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y2:10.959no time set
1120 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y2:11.285
1225 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y2:11.410
1374 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y2:11.687
1410 Flag of Japan.svg Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y2:11.832
154 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI Y2:11.899
1635 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y2:17.051
EX 1 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TC YExcludedExcluded
107% time: 2:19.382
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:19.531
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y13:26.922
^1 — Michelisz was excluded from qualifying after his car was found to be underweight after the session. [6]

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1021:59.507225
21 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10+0.858118
38 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10+11.697415
415 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10+13.026312
511 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y10+13.772610
630 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 10+14.35358
79 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y10+21.28886
85 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y10+21.584194
920 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y10+23.436112
1017 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y10+23.731101
1125 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y10+24.14612
1218 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 10+27.62417
1374 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y10+29.79613
144 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI Y10+34.20915
1510 Flag of Japan.svg Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y10+34.82814
1612 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y10+39.0389
1735 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y10+1:08.89316
NC3 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 6+4 Laps7
Ret7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y3Engine18

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1022:08.247825
215 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10+4.183318
38 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10+4.415615
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10+5.033912
517 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y10+8.450110
63 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 10+9.11848
720 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y10+9.381116
811 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y10+11.38374
930 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 10+11.627102
1025 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y10+11.988121
1174 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y10+19.96613
1218 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 10+21.20917
134 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI Y10+22.25215
1410 Flag of Japan.svg Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y10+24.80914
155 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y10+42.51718
167 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T Y7+3 Laps19
Ret9 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y5Race incident5
Ret12 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y1Turbo wastegate2
Ret35 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y0Race incident16

Standings after the event

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