2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

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Flag of Brazil.svg 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
Race details
Autodromo Curitiba.svg
Date22 July, 2012
Location Pinhais, Brazil
Course Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
3.695 kilometres (2.296 mi)
Race One
Laps 15
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet
Time 1:22.289
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet
Second Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet
Time 1:23.920
Race Two
Laps 16
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet
Second Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet
Third Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing Team
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet
Time 1:24.244

The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the eighth round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It was held on 22 July 2012 at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil. Both races were won by Chevrolet with Yvan Muller winning race one and Robert Huff winning race two.

Contents

Background

In the break prior to the event, Chevrolet announced they were pulling out of the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the season. [1] This would leave Muller, Huff and Alain Menu without drives for the 2013 season. It was Yvan Muller who was leading the championship coming into Brazil on 245 points ahead of Huff and Menu. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

In the weeks prior to Brazil, Honda also announced their 2013 driver lineup. Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro would join the works team for the following season, with Monteiro also driving for them in the final three events of the 2012 season. [2]

Pasquale di Sabatino, recovering from bronchitis and pneumonia was ruled out of competing by doctors. Michel Nykjær substituted for the Italian driver at bamboo-engineering for the weekend. [3]

Report

Free Practice

Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in free practice one with Tarquini in fourth ahead of the bamboo-engineering Chevrolet duo of Michel Nykjær and Alex MacDowall. [4]

Muller topped the times once again in the second free practice session ahead of both his Chevrolet teammates. Behind them it was the future Honda duo of Tarquini and Monteiro in front of the bamboo-engineering drivers. [5]

Qualifying

After leading both free practice sessions, Muller took his third pole position of the season with Menu second and Huff third. Nykjær lined up fourth on his return to the WTCC with Tarquini the leading non-Chevrolet driver in fifth. Norbert Michelisz finished 10th in Q2 to take the reversed grid pole position for race two. [6]

Warm-Up

Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4 in Sunday morning's warm-up session with Tarquini the fastest non-Chevrolet car. [7]

Race One

The three Chevrolet cars led from the start and had an easy race with the exception of third placed Huff who had to defend from the SEAT of Tarquini. A coming together on the second lap forced both Monteiro and Alberto Cerqui into retirement. Tarquini finished fourth behind the works Chevrolet cars, led by Muller and ahead of the bamboo-engineering pair of Nykjær and MacDowall. Nykjær celebrated his return to the WTCC as the winning independent driver. Michelisz finished ahead of Oriola in the independents' race which would see him close in the Yokohama Trophy title lead. A last lap coming together between Stefano D'Aste and Franz Engstler for fifteenth landed D'Aste with a 30-second penalty after the race, dropping him to seventeenth. [8]

Race Two

Michelisz started on pole position for the second race and he held the lead until half distance when he got passed by Tarquini, Huff, Menu and Muller on the same lap. Huff and Menu were then able to overtake the Italian driver and use him as a buffer between themselves and championship leader Muller. A coming together between ROAL Motorsport's Cerqui and Lukoil Racing Team's Aleksei Dudukalo forced the BMW to crash into the pit wall and retirement. At the flag Huff and Menu formed a Chevrolet 1–2 with Tarquini third and Muller missing out on a podium in fourth. Michelisz finished fifth as the winning independent as Oriola watched on from the pits having retired from the race, his Yokohama Trophy lead lost to the Zengő Motorsport driver. [8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2Points
11 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:22.8241:22.2895
28 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:22.8771:22.4444
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:23.4731:22.5923
417 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y1:23.5671:22.7652
53 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 1:23.7641:22.9471
611 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y1:22.7261:23.086
720 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y1:23.9941:23.366
818 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 1:24.2121:23.500
915 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:23.7361:23.516
105 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y1:23.9841:23.622
114 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC Y1:24.0651:23.630
1225 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y1:24.2711:23.927
1316 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y1:24.293
1474 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y1:24.360
157 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y1:24.528
1622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y1:24.601
176 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y1:24.652
1888 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Monje Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y1:24.700
1914 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:24.902
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:24.986
2126 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y1:25.121

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1522:05.549125
28 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 15+0.398218
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 15+0.933315
43 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 15+2.767512
517 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y15+5.656410
611 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y15+6.63968
720 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y15+13.85076
815 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 15+15.55294
95 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y15+15.721102
1088 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Monje Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y15+19.896181
114 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC Y15+20.55211
1225 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y15+29.40512
137 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y15+31.62115
1414 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 15+35.09319
156 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y15+38.97617
1674 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y15+46.61314
1726 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y15+1:01.67521
1823 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 15+1:05.41120
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+2 Laps16
NC16 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y9+6 Laps13
Ret18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 1Collision8

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1623:49.750825
28 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 16+1.099918
33 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 16+1.496615
41 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 16+1.7581012
55 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y16+4.958110
617 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y16+12.84978
715 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 16+14.07226
825 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y16+14.477124
918 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 16+15.50632
104 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC Y16+16.263111
1111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y16+16.5525
1222 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y16+19.24316
1326 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y16+19.78521
1488 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Monje Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y16+26.41118
1514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 16+30.66219
1623 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 15+1 Lap20
1774 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+3 Laps14
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y8Collision13
Ret20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y4Gearbox4
Ret7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y2Collision15
Ret6 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y1Mechanical17

Standings after the round

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