2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

2012 Race of Japan
Race details
	Round 10 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka Circuit (East Circuit) in Suzuka City, Japan.
Date	21 October, 2012
Location	Suzuka City, Japan
Course	Suzuka Circuit (East Circuit); 2.243 kilometres (1.394 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	26
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	26
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan was the tenth round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 21 October 2012 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. The first race was won by Alain Menu for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Stefano D'Aste for Wiechers-Sport.

Background

After the previous round in the United States at Sonoma Raceway, the championship was being led jointly by Yvan Muller and Robert Huff on 315 points. Norbert Michelisz was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Chevrolet had the opportunity to secure the manufacturers championship.

There were a number of driver changes prior to the event, Darryl O'Young left Special Tuning Racing and later returned to bamboo-engineering.^[1] His replacement at STR was German racing driver and former FIA GT1 World Championship team owner René Münnich.^[2] Masaki Kano joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler for his home event, driving a naturally aspirated BMW 320si.^[3] Fellow Japanese racer Hiroki Yoshimoto joined Tuenti Racing Team for the event, driving the SUNRED SR León 1.6T raced up until the last event by Tiago Monteiro.^[4]

Monteiro switched to Honda Racing Team JAS for the final three rounds of the championship to debut the works Honda Civic S2000 TC in order to develop the car in preparation for a full programme in 2013.^[5]

Report

Free Practice

Muller set the pace in the Friday test session which was interrupted by a trio of red flags, leading a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Pepe Oriola the leading SEAT in fourth.^[6]

Chevrolet continued to set the pace on Saturday in FP1, this time courtesy of Alain Menu at the head of another Chevrolet 1–2–3. Monteiro set the fourth fastest time in his new Honda Civic and Oriola was the quickest independent driver. Local driver Yoshimoto was seventh.^[7]

Menu topped the times once again in FP2, although surprisingly the Chevrolet 1–2–3 from earlier on was not repeated as Fernando Monje set the third fastest time in his Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León.^[8]

Qualifying

After setting the pace throughout free practice, Menu went on to take pole position ahead of Muller and Huff while Chevrolet wrapped up the manufacturers title. Much of the attention was on the Honda of Monteiro, who at one point looked likely to drop out in Q1 until a last minute quick lap got him through to the second session. He finished Q2 eleventh behind Stefano D'Aste who would take his third reversed grid pole position of the year in race two. Independents' Trophy leader Michelisz could only manage fourteenth, five places behind trophy rival Oriola.^[9] The Team Aon duo of James Nash and Tom Chilton qualified in 19th and 21st respectively but would both start the first race at the back of the grid due to them both requiring a new engine for the event.^[10]

Warm-Up

Race two pole sitter D'Aste was the quickest driver in Sunday mornings warm up session, Michelisz was a close second. An engine change for Masaki Kano overnight would send him to the back of the race one grid.^[11]

Race One

Menu led from start to finish leading a comfortable Chevrolet 1–2–3 in the opening Suzuka race. The lack of action near the front was representative of much of field, although Gabriele Tarquini jumped up from sixth to fourth at the start to lead home independent race winner Alex MacDowall. Having overtaken James Nash, Alberto Cerqui then quickly ended his race in the gravel at turn one. Mehdi Bennani collided with Aleksei Dudukalo while attempting a pass, Dudukalo held the car and continued while Bennani was forced to pit. Monteiro finished tenth to score a point in the debut race for the Honda Civic.^[12] After the race, Dudukalo received a 30-second penalty for colliding with Bennani and he dropped to 18th in the classification, while Nash and Cerqui both received 30-second penalties for start infringements dropping Nash to 19th.^[13]

Race Two

D'Aste started on pole position for the reverse grid race, he established a comfortable lead over second placed Oriola to take his second win of the season. Tarquini had jumped up to third place to complete the podium. Behind them, the Chevrolet trio found passing difficult and the Proteam Racing BMW of Bennani held them back for much of the race. Huff and Menu passed on the penultimate lap, while Muller passed Bennani on the final lap.^[14] Independent trophy contender Michelisz spun out of the race on the first lap, allowing trophy rival Oriola to close the points gap to 12. The overall championship was once again a tie between Huff and Muller.

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2	Points
1	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		52.984	52.885	5
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		52.940	52.950	4
3	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		53.077	53.054	3
4	11	Alex MacDowall	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	53.357	53.206	2
5	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	53.652	53.224	1
6	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil Racing	SEAT León WTCC		53.488	53.259
7	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		53.420	53.400
8	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	53.431	53.513
9	74	Pepe Oriola	Tuenti Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	53.740	53.516
10	26	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	53.696	53.729
11	18	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda Civic S2000 TC		53.443	53.886
12	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	53.608	54.491
13	6	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	53.742
14	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	53.746
15	22	Tom Boardman	Special Tuning Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	53.847
16	88	Fernando Monje	Tuenti Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	53.978
17	80	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Tuenti Racing	SR León 1.6T	Y	54.002
18	7	Charles Ng	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	54.030
19	14	James Nash	Team Aon	Ford Focus S2000 TC		54.082
20	16	Alberto Cerqui	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	54.100
21	23	Tom Chilton	Team Aon	Ford Focus S2000 TC		54.330
22	38	René Münnich	Special Tuning Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	54.690
23	75	Masaki Kano	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	55.013

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	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		26	23:44.880	1	25
2	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		26	+0.812	2	18
3	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		26	+1.419	3	15
4	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil Racing	SEAT León WTCC		26	+13.828	6	12
5	11	Alex MacDowall	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	26	+14.273	4	10
6	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		26	+19.870	7	8
7	74	Pepe Oriola	Tuenti Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+20.415	9	6
8	26	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+20.677	10	4
9	18	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda Civic S2000 TC		26	+21.284	11	2
10	6	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+21.490	13	1
11	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	26	+23.724	12
12	22	Tom Boardman	Special Tuning Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+32.605	15
13	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+32.767	14
14	88	Fernando Monje	Tuenti Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+34.151	16
15	23	Tom Chilton	Team Aon	Ford Focus S2000 TC		26	+34.615	22
16	80	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Tuenti Racing	SR León 1.6T	Y	26	+40.965	17
17	38	René Münnich	Special Tuning Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+48.733	20
18	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+49.644	8
19	14	James Nash	Team Aon	Ford Focus S2000 TC		26	+1:03.894	21
20	75	Masaki Kano	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	25	+1 Lap	23
21	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	25	+1 Lap	5
22	7	Charles Ng	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	23	+3 Laps	18
Ret	16	Alberto Cerqui	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	14	Race incident	19

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	23:54.717	1	25
2	74	Pepe Oriola	Tuenti Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+2.562	2	18
3	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Lukoil Racing	SEAT León WTCC		26	+2.845	5	15
4	2	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		26	+3.774	8	12
5	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		26	+4.220	10	10
6	1	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		26	+4.568	9	8
7	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+4.879	6	6
8	4	Aleksei Dudukalo	Lukoil Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+7.174	3	4
9	11	Alex MacDowall	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	26	+7.707	7	2
10	18	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda Civic S2000 TC		26	+10.583	11	1
11	6	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+11.997	13
12	22	Tom Boardman	Special Tuning Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+18.156	15
13	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	Y	26	+18.945	12
14	16	Alberto Cerqui	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+19.154	20
15	15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	BMW 320 TC		26	+19.492	4
16	14	James Nash	Team Aon	Ford Focus S2000 TC		26	+25.856	19
17	7	Charles Ng	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	Y	26	+25.857	18
18	23	Tom Chilton	Team Aon	Ford Focus S2000 TC		26	+26.142	21
19	80	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Tuenti Racing	SR León 1.6T	Y	26	+34.762	17
20	38	René Münnich	Special Tuning Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	26	+35.074	22
21	75	Masaki Kano	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	26	+40.576	23
Ret	88	Fernando Monje	Tuenti Racing	SEAT León WTCC	Y	18	Mechanical	16
Ret	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	Y	0	Race incident	14

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Yvan Muller	345
2	Robert Huff	345
3	Alain Menu	307
4	Gabriele Tarquini	220
5	Tom Coronel	172

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Norbert Michelisz	136
2	Pepe Oriola	126
3	Stefano D'Aste	101
4	Alex MacDowall	95
5	Franz Engstler	76

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	835
2	BMW Customer Racing Teams	543
3	SEAT Racing Technology	532

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

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2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

Contents

Background

Report

Free Practice

Qualifying

Warm-Up

Race One

Race Two

Results

Qualifying

Race 1

Race 2

Standings after the race

Related Research Articles

References

External links