2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States

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Flag of the United States.svg 2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States
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Round 9 of 12 in the 2013 World Touring Car Championship at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, United States.
Date8 September, 2013
Location Sonoma, United States
Course Sonoma Raceway
4.032 kilometres (2.505 mi)
Race One
Laps 13
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton RML
Time 1:45.583
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton RML
Second Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda Team
Third Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda Team
Time 1:46.905
Race Two
Laps 13
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team
Second Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing
Third Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport
Time 1:47.869

The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States was the ninth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of the United States. It was held on 8 September 2013 at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, United States.

Contents

Race one was won by Tom Chilton of RML, his first victory in the World Touring Car Championship. Race two was won by Gabriele Tarquini of the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team. Honda secured the 2013 Manufacturers' Championship in race two.

Background

Muller was leading the drivers' championship by 132 points over Michel Nykjær. Muller had his first mathematical opportunity to secure a fourth world title in race two. [1] Nykjær was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kg under the compensation weight re-calculation to take them up to 1,160 kg. The SEAT León WTCCs lost 10 kg of weight to take them to 1,140 kg, below the base weight of 1,150 kg. The Chevrolets, BMWs and Ladas were not changed. [2]

Fredy Barth returned to Wiechers-Sport, replacing José María López while Tom Boardman returned with Special Tuning Racing. [3]

Report

Testing and free practice

Tiago Monteiro was quickest in Friday's warm–up session, Robert Huff was second. James Thompson damaged his suspension early on and went on to finish 17th. [4]

Pepe Oriola led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in free practice one ahead of Chilton and Yvan Muller. The session was stopped early on when the ROAL Motorsport car of Tom Coronel crashed into the barriers at turn 11. [5]

Muller was on top in practice two ahead of Norbert Michelisz and Hugo Valente. The session was briefly stopped with Valente's Campos Racing teammate Fernando Monje crashed into the barriers at turn 9. [6]

Qualifying

Monteiro was the first driver out of the pits at the start of qualifying. Alex MacDowall lost the rear of his Chevrolet Cruze on the exit of turn one and went off the track but he quickly recovered to the circuit, Fernando Monje and Chilton also had similar excursions off the track at the first corner during Q1. Muller was now quickest with the three Honda drivers his nearest challengers until Oriola moved up to third. Marc Basseng put in a quick lap at the end of the session to move into the top twelve and Mehdi Bennani was another late improver at the expense of Coronel. Muller was still quickest at the end of the session with the Hondas of Monteiro and Michelisz second and third.

Monteiro was the first to post a lap time in Q2 which was quickly beaten by Muller, Chilton then slotted into second. After their first runs most of the cars headed back to the pits while Nykjær headed out onto the track to set his time. Tarquini set only one quick lap and went tenth to secure pole position for race two, Chilton then went quickest ahead of Muller to take his first pole position in the WTCC. [7]

After qualifying, the seat positions of NIKA Racing's Nykjær and the Campos Racing pair of Monje and Valente were found not to comply with the regulations. All three drivers lost their qualifying times and were sent to the back of the grid for both races. [8] Michelisz would start race one from the back of the grid following an engine change before qualifying.

Warm-Up

Michelisz was fastest in the morning warm–up session ahead of Thompson, Chilton was sixth. [9]

Race One

Chilton led away from the rolling start while Monteiro passed Muller to move into second place. By the end of the lap Muller was under pressure from the MacDowall. Bennani spun on lap two with Barth having to avoid the spinning BMW, both dropped to near the back of the field as a result. Darryl O'Young came in to the pits after two laps for repairs. On lap three Monteiro began to challenge Chilton for the lead while further back Coronel was challenging Huff for seventh. By lap eight there was a train of cars building up behind Huff with his team-mate Basseng attacking Coronel. On lap ten Coronel was able to pass Huff with a small tap on the back bumper of the SEAT. Chilton successfully converted his first WTCC pole position into his first WTCC victory, leading home Monteiro and Muller complete the podium. Monje and Barth were side–by–side at the finish line with Monje narrowly ahead, ahead of them Nykjær finished 13th having started at the back of the grid. [10]

After the race, Boardman and Monje were given 30–second penalties for speeding during the rolling start, dropping them from 12th and 16th to 21st and 23rd respectively. [11]

Race Two

Tarquini took the lead from Bennani at the second corner while Rene Munnich went off the track. Further behind Muller was beginning his move up the field and took sixth off Monteiro. On lap two Huff slowed down with a right front puncture and returned to the pits. Muller had now caught up with Nash who was keeping the Frenchman at bay and allowing Monteiro to keep up with the Chevrolets. Muller made a pass on lap four at the first hairpin, Monteiro then pulled off a similar move on Nash at the final corner. On lap five Coronel also passed Nash who was now in seventh place having run fourth the previous lap. Charles Ng had a spin at turn 6 and after kicking up plenty of dust he was able to continue. Bennani in second was being challenged by Michelisz while Barth passed Nash on lap nine after two laps of trying to overtake. Basseng was tenth with race one retiree O'Young was trying to make a move on the SEAT with race one winner Chilton behind O'Young. On lap 11 Michelisz was beginning to struggle with the pressure of having Muller behind him, the loose rear end of his car producing puffs of smoke from his tyres at several corners around the lap. Chilton had a slide at turn two at the start of lap 12, narrowly avoiding O'Young as he came across the track. Tarquini claimed the victory with Bennani taking second and the independents' victory having suffered from steering problems throughout the race, Michelisz held onto third place ahead of Muller. Honda secured the world manufacturers championship. [12]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2Points
123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:46.3661:45.5835
212 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:45.9411:45.7084
318 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:46.3401:46.2403
474 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:46.5101:46.2662
59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y1:46.8771:46.4111
614 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y1:46.9571:46.565
75 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 1:46.3461:46.648
81 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:46.7361:46.659
93 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:46.7161:46.865
1025 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y1:46.7881:46.919
1138 Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:46.6001:47.711
1215 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:47.038
1373 Flag of Switzerland.svg Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y1:47.078
1455 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y1:47.126
156 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y1:47.277
1610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:47.583
1726 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TC Y1:47.637
187 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y1:47.892
198 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:48.070
2037 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC Y1:48.279
2122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y1:48.530
107% time: 1:56.799
EX 1 17 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T YExcluded
EX 1 19 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC YExcluded
EX 1 20 Flag of France.svg Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC YExcluded
^1 Nykjær, Monje and Valente were excluded from qualifying when it was found their seat positions breached the regulations.

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1323:24.716125
218 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 13+2.161318
312 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13+6.534215
49 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y13+10.659512
514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y13+12.676610
63 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 13+14.89788
715 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13+18.530116
81 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 13+21.56174
938 Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 13+22.558102
1026 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TC Y13+23.266161
1174 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13+26.2194
1217 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y13+35.48822
1320 Flag of France.svg Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+37.82623
1410 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13+40.81115
1573 Flag of Switzerland.svg Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y13+41.46912
167 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y13+41.97117
176 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y13+42.24214
1825 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y13+42.8059
198 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13+43.99718
205 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 13+48.93421
2122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+56.65320
2237 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC Y13+1:08.20319
2319 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+1:11.45724
Ret55 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y5Race incident13

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1323:40.401225
225 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y13+2.434118
35 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 13+4.099415
412 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13+4.606912
518 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 13+4.941810
615 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13+7.735128
773 Flag of Switzerland.svg Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC Y13+14.165136
814 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y13+17.86554
938 Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 13+18.746112
1026 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TC Y13+19.234171
1123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13+20.85810
1255 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y13+22.23914
139 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y13+24.2656
1420 Flag of France.svg Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+24.43623
1519 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC Y13+31.09824
1610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13+32.65016
1717 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y13+32.79422
188 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13+47.35219
1937 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC Y13+47.55320
201 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12+1 Lap3
2174 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10+3 Laps7
2222 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y9+4 Laps21
Ret7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y6Race incident18
Ret6 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y2Race incident15

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