2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race details
	Round 11 of 12 in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.
Date	26 October, 2014
Location	Suzuka City, Japan
Course	Suzuka Circuit ; 5.807 kilometres (3.608 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	11
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	11
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2014 FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the eleventh round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 26 October 2014 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. This was the first time the race was held on the full Grand Prix layout.

Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Gabriele Tarquini for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team. López secured his first World Touring Car Championship drivers' title in race one, becoming the first Argentine driver to win a world drivers' championship since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957.

Background

Citroën celebrates the 2014 world championship title which secured at the previous round.

López led the drivers' championship coming into the round, ninety–three points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler had secured the Yokohama Trophy title at the previous race in Shanghai.

Campos Racing put another different driver in their second TC2 SEAT with Henry Kwong replacing William Lok. Citroën Total WTCC reduced to three cars with Ma Qing Hua not participating in the Japanese round.^[1]

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 10 kilograms (22 lb) to equal their weight to the Hondas on 1,130 kilograms (2,491 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).^[2]

Report

Testing and free practice

López set the pace in Friday testing, the session had been stopped briefly following an off for Kwong which left gravel scattered across the track.^[3]

Muller was at the top of timing pages in first free practice on Saturday morning, López was second and Gabriele Tarquini's Honda was third.^[4]

Muller was quickest ahead of Gianni Morbidelli in free practice two. Dušan Borković hit trouble early on, oversteering into the trackside barriers at turn eight and causing considerable damage to his Chevrolet.^[5]

Qualifying

Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying. The session was interrupted at the halfway stage when Felipe De Souza spun off and beached his Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW in the gravel. After a brief delay the session resumed with ten minutes remaining, Tom Chilton was quickest early on before López and Muller set their first competitive times. The Ladas waited in the pit lane before going out with Robert Huff in twelfth place in the times. In the final few minutes of the session Norbert Michelisz moved into eleventh place, bumping Huff down and out of a place in Q2.

Muller was quickest once again in the second session ahead of López and Sébastien Loeb, Chilton and Hugo Valente were fourth and fifth. All four Honda drivers missed out on progressing to Q3 but Gabriele Tarquini finished tenth which would put him on pole for race two, Dušan Borković would share the front row with him.

In Q3 López took pole with Muller and Loeb helping Citroën fill the top three places. Chilton and Valente completed the Q3 results.^[6]

Race One

López led Muller in the open stages of the race, behind them the battle for third was being contested between Chilton, Valente and Loeb. On lap seven Muller suffered a left-rear puncture and crawled back to the pits to retire, promoting Valente to second. Chilton passed Valente to take second at Spoon Curve on lap ten, Valente then ran wide at 130R which allowed Loeb through and Michelisz ran through the Casio Chicane while he also tried to pass the slow Chevrolet of Valente. After leading every lap, López won the race and secured the drivers' championship title in his first full season. Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2 class.^[7]

Race Two

Tarquini led Borković away from the start, at the end of the first lap Michelisz tapped the back of Borković forcing the Serbian driver to cut the chicane. On the second lap López had a moment at 130R and ran wide as he ran in the slipstream of his Citroën teammates, Loeb ahead of him did the same on the following lap. On lap five Loeb braked too late into the hairpin, at the same time Muller ran into the back of Valente who suffered rear suspension failure in the collision and slowed. As Muller and Loeb slowed, López was able to catch and pass Loeb to move up to sixth place. Borković began to close in on Tarquini in the last few laps but Tarquini held on to take the win with Borković leading Michelisz across the line. John Filippi was the Yokohama Trophy winner for then first time in 2014.^[8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2	Q3	Points
1	37	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	2:06.277	2:05.605	2:05.439	5
2	1	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	2:06.115	2:05.512	2:05.514	4
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	2:06.854	2:05.761	2:05.590	3
4	3	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	2:06.790	2:06.035	2:06.321	2
5	7	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	2:07.716	2:06.745	2:06.703	1
6	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	2:07.803	2:06.865
7	10	Gianni Morbidelli	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	2:07.251	2:06.906
8	4	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	2:07.343	2:06.993
9	98	Dušan Borković	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	2:07.523	2:07.132
10	2	Gabriele Tarquini	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	2:07.041	2:07.305
11	18	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	2:07.650	2:07.715
12	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	2:07.851	2:08.140
13	12	Robert Huff	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	2:08.241
14	11	James Thompson	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	2:08.677
15	14	Mikhail Kozlovskiy	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	2:09.472
16	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	2:10.014
17	6	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	TC2T	2:13.585
18	27	John Filippi	Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	TC2T	2:13.892
19	26	Felipe De Souza	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	TC2TA	2:16.951
107% time: 2:22.935 (TC2T)
–	19	Henry Kwong	Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	TC2TA	no time set

Bold denotes Pole position for second race.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	37	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	11	23:54.343	1	25
2	3	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+8.473	4	18
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	11	+9.693	3	15
4	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	+10.414	6	12
5	7	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+12.153	5	10
6	2	Gabriele Tarquini	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	+12.707	10	8
7	4	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+13.514	8	6
8	98	Dušan Borković	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+14.340	9	4
9	18	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	+16.507	11	2
10	10	Gianni Morbidelli	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+17.846	7	1
11	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	+20.907	12
12	12	Robert Huff	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	11	+21.696	13
13	11	James Thompson	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	11	+22.802	14
14	14	Mikhail Kozlovskiy	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	11	+32.602	15
15	6	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	TC2T	11	+1:16.593	17
16	27	John Filippi	Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	TC2T	11	+1:19.083	18
17	19	Henry Kwong	Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	TC2TA	11	2:15.944	20
Ret	1	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	7	Puncture	2
NC	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	7	+4 Laps	16
Ret	26	Felipe De Souza	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	TC2TA	2	Retired	19

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Gabriele Tarquini	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	23:55.783	1	25
2	98	Dušan Borković	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+1.725	2	18
3	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	+4.360	5	15
4	4	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+5.497	3	12
5	1	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	11	+6.116	9	10
6	37	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	11	+6.346	10	8
7	9	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	TC1	11	+6.665	8	6
8	10	Gianni Morbidelli	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+14.062	4	4
9	18	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	11	+14.791	11	2
10	3	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	+15.104	7	1
11	12	Robert Huff	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	11	+16.916	13
12	11	James Thompson	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	11	+18.818	14
13	14	Mikhail Kozlovskiy	Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	TC1	11	+26.036	15
14	27	John Filippi	Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	TC2T	11	+1:26.585	18
15	26	Felipe De Souza	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	TC2TA	11	+1:50.307	20
16	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	11	2:21.310	16
Ret	7	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	TC1	5	Race incident	6
NC	19	Henry Kwong	Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	TC2TA	5	+6 Laps	19
Ret	6	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	TC2T	4	Driveshaft	17
Ret	25	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	TC1	0	Technical	12

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	José María López	422
2	Yvan Muller	305
3	Sébastien Loeb	275
4	Tiago Monteiro	174
5	Norbert Michelisz	169

Yokohama Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Franz Engstler	226
2	John Filippi	143
3	Pasquale Di Sabatino	98
4	Felipe De Souza	26
5	Camilo Echevarría	12

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Citroën	927
2	Honda	649
3	Lada	371

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

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References

↑ "ENTRY LIST" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
↑ "Chevrolet and Honda to run on equal weight". www.fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
↑ "Testing - López in a league of his own". World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
↑ "Practice 1 – Tarquini chases Muller and López". World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 25 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
↑ Casillo, Pietro (25 October 2014). "Yvan Muller confirms strong form in Free Practice 2". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
↑ Mills, Peter (25 October 2014). "Suzuka WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez closes on 2014 title with pole". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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↑ Casillo, Pietro (26 October 2014). "Gabriele Tarquini takes first win of the season in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

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[2] "Chevrolet and Honda to run on equal weight". www.fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[3] "Testing - López in a league of his own". World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[4] "Practice 1 – Tarquini chases Muller and López". World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 25 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[5] Casillo, Pietro (25 October 2014). "Yvan Muller confirms strong form in Free Practice 2". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[6] Mills, Peter (25 October 2014). "Suzuka WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez closes on 2014 title with pole". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[7] Mills, Peter (26 October 2014). "Suzuka WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez wins and becomes 2014 champion". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[8] Casillo, Pietro (26 October 2014). "Gabriele Tarquini takes first win of the season in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

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2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

Contents

Background

Report

Testing and free practice

Qualifying

Race One

Race Two

Results

Qualifying

Race 1

Race 2

Standings after the event

Related Research Articles

References

External links