2011 FIA WTCC Race of Germany
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.svg) Round 8 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Germany. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 31 July, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Oschersleben, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 3.696 kilometres (2.297 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Germany was the eighth round of the
The first race was won by Yvan Muller of Chevrolet RML and the second race was won by Franz Engstler of Liqui Moly Team Engstler who took his and the team's first victory in the World Touring Car Championship.
Background
After the previous round, Robert Huff was leading the world drivers' championship. Norbert Michelisz was leading the Yokohama drivers' trophy by two points over Kristian Poulsen.
Poulsen would get a five–place grid penalty for race one after he was deemed responsible for the collision with Michelisz at Donington Park.[2] Muller would be driving under a two race three–place suspended grid penalty after a controversial pass on Huff at the previous round.[3]
Report
Free practice
Muller led the first practice session which took place in wet conditions.
Huff topped the second practice session with Muller second fastest and Robert Dahlgren in the Volvo C30 third.[5]
Qualifying
Muller secured pole position for race one with Dahlgren joining him on the front row. Dahlgren was quickest in Q1, while Engstler set his best time late on to end up tenth and get through to the second session, also securing him the pole position for race two.
When the top ten shootout began, Dahlgren looked to be on pole for a while before Muller set his best time. Huff lined up on the second row alongside Tarquini while Tom Coronel shared the third row with Menu. Michelisz was the leading independent driver in seventh. Race two pole sitter would start ninth for race one.[6]
Warm-Up
Huff led a
Race One
The weather hadn't improved much since the warm–up session and the first race took place in wet conditions. The race was started at the third attempt of the rolling start as the cars failed line up through the grid slots correctly. Muller led away from the start as Dahlgren dropped down to fifth before turn one, dropped down even further when he collided with Menu's Chevrolet. Huff was now in second and stayed close to Muller for the first few laps until he lost ground on lap four having run wide. Huff narrowly stayed ahead of Tarquini and began closing in on team–mate Muller but was unable to pass on the final lap. Dudukalo and Engstler meanwhile made contact, the BMW driver spinning and dropping down the order as a result. Muller won the race with Huff second and Tarquini a distant third. Dahlgren recovered to fourth with Menu fifth and Yokohama Trophy winner D'Aste sixth. Michel Nykjær, Pepe Oriola, Dudukalo and Coronel completed the top ten.[8]
Race Two
Engstler started from pole position but lost his position at the start to Michelisz while Mehdi Bennani and Poulsen collided further back, their cars crashing into the pit wall. The safety car was brought out while the debris was cleared from the track, Michelisz kept his lead the restart. He spun out of the lead on lap four and dropped to fourth, handing the lead of the race back to Engstler. Muller was making his way up from ninth on the grid and was running fourth at one point. Coronel and Michelisz clashed with the Zengő-Dension Team driver ending his race in the tyre wall at the first corner. Muller then got sideways and this allowed Coronel to re–pass the Chevrolet. Engstler took the win and ended eleven consecutive wins for Chevrolet with Menu second having been close behind since the restart. Tarquini was third, Coronel fourth and Muller fifth. Huff saw his championship reduced further by finishing behind Muller in sixth.[9]
Results
Qualifying
- Bold denotes Pole position for second race.
Race 1
- Bold denotes Fastest lap.
Race 2
| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | C | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 12 |  Franz Engstler
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Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320 TC | Y | 15 | 25:05.708 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 |  Alain Menu
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Chevrolet RML | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 15 | +0.750 | 5 | 18 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Gabriele Tarquini
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Lukoil-SUNRED
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SUNRED SR León 1.6T | 15 | +2.361 | 6 | 15 | |
| 4 | 15 |  Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | BMW 320 TC | 15 | +2.392 | 8 | 12 | |
| 5 | 1 |  Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 15 | +3.117 | 9 | 10 | |
| 6 | 2 |  Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 15 | +3.816 | 7 | 8 | |
| 7 | 30 |  Robert Dahlgren
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Polestar Racing
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Volvo C30 Drive | 15 | +4.310 | 10 | 6 | |
| 8 | 18 |  Tiago Monteiro
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SUNRED Engineering
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SUNRED SR León 1.6T | 15 | +8.762 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | 26 | Stefano D'Aste
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Wiechers-Sport | BMW 320 TC | Y | 15 | +9.286 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 |  Javier Villa
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Proteam Racing | BMW 320 TC | Y | 15 | +12.352 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 |  Darryl O'Young
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bamboo-engineering
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | Y | 15 | +15.585 | 11 | |
| 12 | 74 | Pepe Oriola
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SUNRED Engineering
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SUNRED SR León 1.6T | Y | 15 | +17.167 | 15 | |
| 13 | 13 |  Ibrahim Okyay
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Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | BMW 320si
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Y | 15 | +44.757 | 20 | |
| 14 | 10 |  Yukinori Taniguchi
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bamboo-engineering
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | Y | 15 | +47.098 | 18 | |
| 15 | 4 | Aleksei Dudukalo
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Lukoil-SUNRED
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SUNRED SR León 1.6T | Y | 15 | +1:04.582 | 19 | |
| 16 | 21 | Fabio Fabiani
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Proteam Racing | BMW 320si
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Y | 15 | +1:30.934 | 21 | |
| 17 | 17 |  Michel Nykjær
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SUNRED Engineering
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SUNRED SR León 1.6T | Y | 11 | +4 Laps | 4 | |
| Ret | 5 |  Norbert Michelisz
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Zengő-Dension Team | BMW 320 TC | Y | 10 | Race incident | 3 | |
| Ret | 7 | Fredy Barth
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SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED
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SUNRED SR León 1.6T | Y | 7 | Race incident | 16 | |
| Ret | 25 |  Mehdi Bennani
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Proteam Racing | BMW 320 TC | Y | 0 | Race incident | 13 | |
| Ret | 11 | Kristian Poulsen
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Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320 TC | Y | 0 | Race incident | 14 |
- Bold denotes Fastest lap.
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
- ^ Abbott, Andrew (21 July 2011). "D'Aste and Ibrahim return in Germany". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (17 July 2011). "Poulsen punished for clash with Michelisz". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (17 July 2011). "Suspended penalty for Yvan Muller". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (30 July 2011). "Yvan Muller leads wet Oschersleben practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (30 July 2011). "Huff pips Muller in second WTCC practice at Oschersleben". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Andrew (30 July 2011). "Muller on pole, Dahlgren takes second". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (31 July 2011). "Rob Huff quickest in wet warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Allen, Peter (31 July 2011). "Muller Holds Off Huff's Late Charge To Win Wet First Race". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Allen, Peter (31 July 2011). "Engstler Takes First WTCC Win At Home To End Chevrolet Run". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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