FIA WTCR Race of Hungary

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Flag of Hungary.svg FIA WTCR Race of Hungary
Hungaroring (2011–2022)
Hungaroring.svg
Race information
Number of times held12
First held2011
Last held2022
Most wins (drivers) Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller (4)
Most wins (constructors) Flag of Japan.svg Honda (7)
Last race (2022)
Race 1 Winner
Race 2 Winner

The FIA WTCR Race of Hungary, previously FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, is a round of the World Touring Car Cup, currently held at the Hungaroring near the city of Budapest.

The race makes it debut in the World Touring Car Championship as the 4th round, and as a replacement for the Moroccan round after it was dropped as "the local promoter was unable to commit to an agreement for the organisation of the event." [1]

The Race debut in 2011 saw the dominating Chevrolet drivers of Alain Menu and Yvan Muller take victories and make full advantage of championship leader Rob Huff's poor qualifying and race results. The first race saw a first podium for Javier Villa, a Spanish driver debuting in the WTCC who shared the podium with local driver Norbert Michelisz in the BMW.

Race 2 was affected by rain in the middle bulk of the race, Robert Huff failed to score whilst after a double win in the previous round at Monza, whilst Yvan Muller and Alain Menu had a Chevrolet one-two ahead of Gabriele Tarquini.

The debut Hungarian round was the fourth round of the championship.

The circuit continued to host the round when the WTCC was renamed the FIA World Touring Car Cup in 2018.

Winners

YearRaceDriverManufacturerLocationReport
2022 Race 1 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Hungaroring Report
Race 2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia Flag of Sweden.svg Lynk & Co
2021 Race 1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gilles Magnus Flag of Germany.svg Audi Report
Race 2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia Flag of Sweden.svg Lynk & Co
2020 Race 1 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Japan.svg Honda Report
Race 2 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of Sweden.svg Lynk & Co
Race 3 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Japan.svg Honda
2019 Race 1 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami Flag of Japan.svg Honda Report
Race 2 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami Flag of Japan.svg Honda
Race 3 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai
2018 Race 1 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of Japan.svg Honda Report
Race 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen
Race 3 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai
2017 Opening Race Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Flag of Japan.svg Honda Report
Main Race Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of France.svg Citroën
2016 Opening Race Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of France.svg Citroën Report
Main Race Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Flag of France.svg Citroën
2015 Race 1 Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Flag of France.svg Citroën Report
Race 2 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Japan.svg Honda
2014 Race 1 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of France.svg Citroën Report
Race 2 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet
2013 Race 1 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Spain.svg SEAT
2012 Race 1 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Germany.svg BMW
2011 Race 1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet

FIA European STC years: Hungaroring also hosted rounds in the predecessor of the WTCC in 2000 and 2001 during its initial Super Touring era.

YearRaceDriverManufacturerLocationReport
2001 Race 1 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Giovanardi Flag of Italy.svg Alfa Romeo Hungaroring Report
Race 2 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Colciago Flag of Germany.svg Audi
Super Production Race Flag of the Netherlands.svg Duncan Huisman Flag of Germany.svg BMW
2000 Race 1 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Flag of Germany.svg BMW Report
Race 2 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Flag of Germany.svg BMW

References

  1. "autosport.com - WTCC News: WTCC cancels Marrakech round". www.autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-10.