2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing

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Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing
Race details
Goldenport Circuit.svg
Date5 October, 2014
Location Beijing, China
Course Goldenport Park Circuit
2.391 kilometres (1.486 mi)
Race One
Laps 28
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport
Time 1:04.321
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport
Second Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC
Third Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Citroën Total WTCC
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport
Time 1:05.382
Race Two
Laps 26
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Lada Sport
Second Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport
Third Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Citroën Total WTCC
Time 1:05:934

The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing was the ninth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was the first of two rounds held in China in 2014, the second taking place at the Shanghai International Circuit the following weekend. It was held on 5 October 2014 at the Goldenport Park Circuit in Beijing, China.

Contents

Race one was won by Tom Chilton for ROAL Motorsport and race two was won by Robert Huff for Lada Sport, the manufacturer's first victory in the World Touring Car Championship.

Background

José María López led the drivers' championship coming into the round, sixty points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.

The event was a late replacement for the FIA WTCC Race of the United States which was cancelled in June 2014 due to logistical issues. [1] The Beijing race will form half of a Chinese double–header with the originally planned Shanghai race the following weekend.

Felipe De Souza joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler for the remained of the 2014 season, replacing Pasquale Di Sabatino. Michael Soong joined Campos Racing in a TC2T SEAT León and Ma Qing Hua returned to Citroën Total WTCC. [2]

When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kilograms (22 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,130 kilograms (2,491 lb) and the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s lost 20 kilograms (44 lb) to drop their weight to 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb). [3]

Report

Testing and free practice

The first test session took place in wet conditions and Tiago Monteiro set the fastest time ahead of López and Robert Huff. [4]

Monteiro was quickest again in the first free practice session with Citroën pair López and Ma Qing Hua second and third. The session ended 40 seconds early when López beached his car in the gravel at turn eight. [5]

Ma set the fastest time in the final free practice session ahead of Huff and Gianni Morbidelli as the sun set, the session was stopped two minutes early due to the deteriorating light conditions. [6]

Qualifying

Monteiro topped the first part of qualifying which was stopped twice; early on De Souza went off at the last corner and beached his Engstler BMW in the gravel trap. Later on Dušan Borković spun off and damaged his car which was then recovered by the marshals. Franz Engstler qualified 18th to take pole in the TC2T class.

López was fastest in the second part of qualifying while Monteiro finished 11th having led three out of the four sessions so far during the weekend. James Thompson was eighth and his Lada teammate Huff was tenth and therefore took pole for race two with Tom Coronel starting alongside him. López, Muller, Gabriele Tarquini, Morbidelli and Chilton made it through the Q3 shootout with Norbert Michelisz narrowly missing out.

Having been fifth in Q2, Chilton set his time first and it would go unbeaten for the rest of the session. Tarquini was second with the Citroëns of Muller and López ahead of Morbidelli. [7]

Race One

Chilton got away from pole while Muller jumped ahead of Tarquini to take second. After three laps the safety car came out following a collision between René Münnich and Borković. The race resumed on lap 11 with no immediate change in the order at the front although Tarquini was enduring pressure from López for third place. Michelisz moved up to fifth place at the expense of Sébastien Loeb who had also lost a place to Morbidelli. Monteiro went into the pits at half distance having struggled to get his car around the last lap. At the front Chilton was extending his lead while further back Ma took eighth off Thompson to put himself on the tail of teammate Loeb. On lap 23 Ma went off and dropped behind Thompson, Huff and Mehdi Bennani down to eleventh place. The following lap Tarquini returned to the pits for repairs, as did Coronel, Mikhail Kozlovskiy and Ma. Hugo Valente slowed with a puncture as Chilton claimed his first victory of the season ahead of Muller and López. Franz Engstler took victory in the TC2T class. [8]

Race Two

Prior to the race Honda had taken Monteiro's car out of parc fermé and he was dropped to the back of the grid for race two. Kozlovskiy was unable to start the race following on from technical issues in race one. Huff started on pole and narrowly beat Coronel into the first corner as Loeb jumped up to third ahead of Thompson who then lost another place to Michelisz. Bennani was given a drive–through penalty for a breach of the start procedure on the second lap. By the third lap Monteiro had moved up to 12th ahead of Ma as further back De Souza spun and recovered. Chilton had moved up to eighth since the start and had passed a struggling Muller, by half distance he was attacking Morbidelli for seventh although he would be unable to make further progress during the race. López had taken fourth place on lap 17 to increase his points haul over Muller, leaving him with ten laps to close the three second gap to Loeb who was still running third. In the final laps Coronel began closing in on race leader Huff while López had more than halved the gap to Loeb. Huff claimed the first WTCC victory for Lada, Coronel finished second while Loeb and Lopez were neck–and–neck to the line with Loeb claiming the final podium spot by three-hundredths of a second ahead. Franz Engstler claimed the TC2T class victory once again. [9]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2Q3Points
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11:04.8871:04.5241:04.3215
22 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC TC11:05.1771:04.3731:04.3534
31 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC11:04.9531:04.3561:04.4113
437 Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC11:05.1661:04.0811:04.7762
510 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11:05.3161:04.4861:04.8401
65 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC TC11:05.0171:04.788
79 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC11:04.9721:04.872
811 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC11:05.5531:04.937
94 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11:05.5741:04.937
1012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC11:05.5881:05.019
1118 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC TC11:04.8841:05.152
127 Flag of France.svg Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11:05.4401:05.428
1325 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCC TC11:05.663
1433 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC11:05.874
1514 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC11:06.069
1698 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11:06.147
1777 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11:06.210
186 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC TC2T1:08.028
1927 Flag of France.svg John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC TC2T1:08.693
2080 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Michael Soong Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC TC2TA1:11.443
107% time: 1:12.789 (TC2T)
26 Flag of Macau.svg Felipe De Souza Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC TC2TAno time set

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC12835:44.890125
21 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC128+2.493318
337 Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC128+5.132415
410 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC128+10.473512
59 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC128+14.455710
65 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC TC128+17.23868
711 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC128+18.33886
812 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC128+19.104104
925 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCC TC128+37.966132
106 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC TC2T28+54.871181
1114 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC127+1 Lap15
127 Flag of France.svg Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC127+1 Lap12
1327 Flag of France.svg John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC TC2T26+2 Laps19
1426 Flag of Macau.svg Felipe De Souza Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC TC2TA25+3 Laps20
1533 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC124+4 Laps14
162 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC TC124+4 Laps2
174 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC122+6 Laps9
Ret18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC TC113Race incident11
Ret98 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11Race incident16
Ret77 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC11Race incident17
DNS80 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Michael Soong Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC TC2TA0Did not start

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC12628:52.502125
24 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC126+0.766218
39 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC126+3.072415
437 Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC126+3.102712
55 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC TC126+8.673510
611 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC126+9.93838
710 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC126+11.11166
83 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC126+11.553104
91 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC126+12.46382
102 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC TC126+12.80591
117 Flag of France.svg Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC126+19.57111
1233 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC TC126+21.71413
1318 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC TC126+24.26118
146 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC TC2T25+1 Lap15
1527 Flag of France.svg John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC TC2T25+1 Lap16
Ret25 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCC TC16Retired12
Ret26 Flag of Macau.svg Felipe De Souza Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC TC2TA2Retired17
DNS14 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6T TC10Did not start14
DNS98 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC10Did not start19
DNS77 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TC10Did not start
DNS80 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Michael Soong Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC TC2TA0Did not start

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

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