2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

Masaryk Circuit

5.403 kilometres (3.357 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	12
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	10
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic) was the seventh round of the

BMW Team RBM

.

Background

Coming into the round, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship and Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

After missing the previous round at

Race of Italy.^[1]

Changes were made to the Independents' Trophy after the Race of UK. As well as the usual independents' points systems, additional points are awarded for each point scored in the main drivers' championship. After Colin Turkington's success at Brands Hatch, the number of additional points was limited to twelve to prevent a repeat of this.^[2]

Report

Free practice

Chevrolet's

SR-Sport's Gabriele Tarquini second and BMW driver Turkington third. Yokohama Trophy leader Hernández was tenth while overall championship leader Muller was sixteenth.^[3]

Turkington led free practice two, nearly half a second quicker than Muller. The session was brought to an early close when Tiago Monteiro beached his SEAT León TDI in a gravel trap.^[4]

Qualifying

Huff claimed his first pole position of the season in qualifying, lining up alongside Tarquini on the front row. Huff had been quickest in Q1, the surprise drop–outs from the first segment being the works BMW of Priaulx and SR–Sport driver Monteiro. Their efforts were spoilt by a red flag brought out by Fabiani who had beached his car in a gravel trap, the stoppage meant neither driver was able to set a time fast enough to progress through to the top ten shoot–out.

After Q2, Huff and Tarquini shared the front row with Turkington and Farfus behind. Huff's team mate Menu was fifth alongside Norbert Michelisz and Tom Coronel shared the fourth row with the third factory Chevrolet car of Muller. Jordi Gené and Michel Nykjær completed the top ten.^[5]

After lining up third in qualifying, Turkington was stripped of independent status and would now only be eligible for the main championship.^[6]

Warm-Up

Priaulx was quickest in the warm–up prior to the first race on Sunday morning. The fastest independent driver was Darryl O'Young in sixth while pole sitter Huff was eighth.^[7]

Race One

Huff depended from Tarquini at the rolling start and kept his lead into the first corner, escaping a first lap crash which caught out several of their rivals. Gené and Coronel retired while Priaulx, Kristian Poulsen and Fredy Barth continued with minor damage. The safety car was brought out while the wreckage was cleared, and on the restart Turkington and Michelisz clashed with the eBay Motors driver losing control and taking out championship leader Muller. Turkington continued while Michelisz retired and Muller returned to the pits for repairs. By now the front four of Huff, Tarquini, Menu and Augusto Farfus had broken away from the rest of the field led by Turkington although Priaulx eventually passed him on the last lap to finish fifth. Huff took the win with Tarquini second and Menu third. Poulsen was the independent winner by finishing eighth after a 30–second penalty was given to O'Young for causing a collision.^[8]

Race Two

O'Young started on pole position for race two although he was passed at the start by Priaulx from fourth on the grid. Turkington had leapt up from third to first at the start and at the end of the first lap Turkington lead Priaulx. Priaulx passed Turkington on the second lap while Tarquini, Menu and Huff closed in. On lap four Tarquini overshot the corner and dropped to fourth place behind Menu. Tarquini stopped two laps from the end with an injector failure, promoting Huff into fourth place. Priaulx took the win ahead of Turkington with Menu completing the podium for the second race in a row. O'Young was the independent winner while Muller finished twelfth, scoring no points over the course of the weekend.^[9]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	7	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:10.611	2:10.860
2	1	Gabriele Tarquini	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:10.666	2:11.198
3	29	Colin Turkington	eBay Motors	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.179	2:11.205
4	10	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		2:11.111	2.11.260
5	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:10.678	2:11.360
6	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.601	2:11.436
7	2	Tom Coronel	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.498	2:11.528
8	6	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:10.885	2:11.542
9	4	Jordi Gené	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.009	2:11.745
10	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.750	2:11.826
11	11	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		2:11.761
12	24	Kristian Poulsen	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.798
13	25	Sergio Hernández	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.833
14	3	Tiago Monteiro	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.994
15	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	2:12.093
16	18	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:12.180
17	21	Mehdi Bennani	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	2:12.496
18	26	Stefano D'Aste	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:12.617
19	15	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2:12.658
20	19	Harry Vaulkhard	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	2:13.007
21	16	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2:13.989
22	33	Fabio Fabiani	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:19.110

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		12	28:46.901	1	25
2	1	Gabriele Tarquini	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+0.796	2	18
3	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		12	+2.036	5	15
4	10	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		12	+2.345	4	12
5	11	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		12	+12.874	11	10
6	29	Colin Turkington	eBay Motors	BMW 320si		12	+13.202	3	8
7	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+14.256	10	6
8	24	Kristian Poulsen	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+15.680	12	4
9	3	Tiago Monteiro	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+16.524	14	2
10	26	Stefano D'Aste	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+18.780	18	1
11	25	Sergio Hernández	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+20.905	13
12	18	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+21.363	16
13	15	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	12	+22.484	19
14	21	Mehdi Bennani	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+24.250	17
15	19	Harry Vaulkhard	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	12	+26.554	20
16	16	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	12	+39.022	21
17¹	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	12	+45.467	15
18	33	Fabio Fabiani	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+1:24.872	22
NC	6	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		6	+6 Laps	8
Ret	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		3	Race incident	6
Ret	4	Jordi Gené	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		0	Race incident	9
Ret	2	Tom Coronel	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		0	Race incident	7

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

^1 — O'Young originally finished in eighth position, but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision during the race.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		10	22:22.054	4	25
2	29	Colin Turkington	eBay Motors	BMW 320si		10	+2.254	3	18
3	8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		10	+3.353	6	15
4	7	Robert Huff	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		10	+5.347	8	12
5	10	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si		10	+5.724	5	10
6	3	Tiago Monteiro	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+7.501	10	8
7	20	Darryl O'Young	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	10	+10.212	1	6
8	18	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+11.698	13	4
9	26	Stefano D'Aste	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	10	+12.581	11	2
10	2	Tom Coronel	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+16.584	21	1
11	25	Sergio Hernández	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	10	+19.233	12
12	6	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT		10	+20.016	19
13	4	Jordi Gené	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+20.555	22
14	5	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő-Dension Team	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+20.837	20
15	19	Harry Vaulkhard	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	Y	10	+23.840	16
16¹	21	Mehdi Bennani	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	10	+52.069	15
17	16	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	10	+52.309	17
18	1	Gabriele Tarquini	SR-Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		8	+2 Laps	7
19	24	Kristian Poulsen	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	8	+2 Laps	9
20	33	Fabio Fabiani	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	8	+2 Laps	18
Ret	15	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	4	Race incident	14
Ret	17	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		0	Race incident	2

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

^1 — Bennani originally finished in 15th position, but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision during the race.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Yvan Muller	199
	2	Gabriele Tarquini	194
	3	Andy Priaulx	183
	4	Robert Huff	167
3	5	Alain Menu	116

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sergio Hernández	96
1	2	Stefano D'Aste	80
1	3	Colin Turkington	73
	4	Darryl O'Young	68
	5	Franz Engstler	60

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	445
2	SEAT Customers Technology	405
3	BMW	382

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

References

Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems

^ "Route to Brno, Czech Republic". Eurosport. Yahoo! Sports. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (29 July 2010). "Independents' points system changed". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (31 July 2010). "Menu on top of timesheets in Brno First Practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (31 July 2010). "Turkington ahead in final Brno practice session". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ English, Steven (31 July 2010). "Huff takes first pole of 2010 at Brno". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ English, Steven (1 August 2010). "Turkington loses independent status". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (1 August 2010). "Priaulx & Farfus head warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ English, Steven (1 August 2010). "Huff turns pole into victory at Brno". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
^ "WTCC Brno: Priaulx wins Race 2". Richard's F1. RichardsF1.com. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

External links

World Touring Car Championship official website

World Touring Car Championship
Previous race: 2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK	2010 World Touring Car Championship season	Next race: 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany
Previous race: 2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic	FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic	Next race: 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

[1] "Route to Brno, Czech Republic". Eurosport. Yahoo! Sports. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[2] Hudson, Neil (29 July 2010). "Independents' points system changed". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[3] Hudson, Neil (31 July 2010). "Menu on top of timesheets in Brno First Practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[4] Hudson, Neil (31 July 2010). "Turkington ahead in final Brno practice session". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[5] English, Steven (31 July 2010). "Huff takes first pole of 2010 at Brno". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[6] English, Steven (1 August 2010). "Turkington loses independent status". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[7] Hudson, Neil (1 August 2010). "Priaulx & Farfus head warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[8] English, Steven (1 August 2010). "Huff turns pole into victory at Brno". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[9] "WTCC Brno: Priaulx wins Race 2". Richard's F1. RichardsF1.com. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

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