2013 Guia Race of Macau
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Date | 17 November, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Macau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Guia Circuit 6.120 kilometres (3.803 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Guia Race of Macau was the final round of the
Race one was won by Yvan Muller from pole position, race two was won by Robert Huff for ALL–INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport.
Background
With the drivers' title already secured by Yvan Muller, Gabriele Tarquini, Tom Chilton and James Nash were all in contention to finish second in the championship going to Macau. Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy and needed just two points to secure it ahead of bamboo-engineering teammate Alex MacDowall.
When the weights were re-calculated, the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts and the Honda Civic WTCCs gremained on 1,190 kg. The BMW 320 TCs gained 30 kg of weight to take them up to 1,160 kg while the SEAT León WTCCs remained below the base weight with a 10 kg increase to bring them up to 1,140 kg.[2]
Report
Testing and free practice
Robert Huff set the pace in a disrupted test session on Thursday. Stefano D'Aste finished sixth despite clashing with Calko's SEAT at Moorish Hill before Taniguchi spun at the first corner and crashed into the barriers, bringing out the red flag.[9]
Muller set the pace in free practice one, seven tenths clear of Pepe Oriola. Kin Veng Ng crashed into the barriers at Police, he was then hit by the Campos Racing car of Calko who was able to continue to the pits for repairs having been shown a black and orange flag. There was also a minor collision for Fredy Barth at Fisherman's bend.[10]
The top two from FP1 switched places in FP2, Oriola ended the session fastest ahead of Muller. James Thompson missed the session due to steering issues on his Lada Granta while Chilton had a big crash at the Solitude Esses. Charles Ng, Franz Engstler and Michael Soong all had less serious collisions with the barriers during the remainder of the session.[11]
Qualifying
During the first part of the session, Valente crashed into the barriers and brought the red flags out for the first time. The red flags came out again when the second Campos car of Soong crashed into the barriers and briefly caught fire. After a lengthy delay, the session resumed, and several cars tried to get quick laps in. Chilton was outside the top twelve and got up to thirteenth place before a crash for Barth brought out the red flags for the third time. The session resumed with less than five minutes left on the clock; Chilton went up to seventh on his single timed lap. This bumped out Norbert Michelisz who then responded to go second to put Oriola out in Q1. Despite having not gone out for a final run, Muller was quickest in the first session, with Huff second.
In the second session, Muller initially set the pace, although the Hondas of Tiago Monteiro and Michelisz were second and third. Tarquini in the third Honda had been close to dropping out in Q1 and now had to return to the pits when his front bumper was damaged. Muller was the only driver to set a time below 2:29; Monteiro would start second and Tarquini third. MacDowall was the leading independent driver while Tom Coronel finished tenth to take pole for race two, where he would share the front row with Thompson.[12]
Warm-Up
Huff led the final warm-up session in the WTCC on Sunday morning, Pepe Oriola was second fastest ahead of pole sitter Muller.[13]
Race One
Before the race started, Tarquini required an engine change in his Honda Civic and would not make the start but would start race two from the back of the grid.[14]
Muller led away from the final rolling start of the World Touring Car Championship and distanced himself from Monteiro in second. There was contact on lap two between Muller's teammate Chilton and Oriola with Chilton spinning into one of the barriers and ending his race. Oriola went on to have a spin at the Solitude Esses which dropped him down the order having already been under investigation for the incident with Chilton. Muller claimed his second Macau win ahead of Monteiro who had spent the race defending from multiple Macau winner Huff's SEAT. Nash finished sixth to claim his first Yokohama Independent Drivers' Trophy title.[15]
After the race, Oriola was given a 30-second time penalty for his collision with Chilton which dropped him from 8th to 15th in the final classification.[16]
Race Two
Coronel led Thompson away from pole while behind Michelisz tagged the back of Chilton, sending the Honda spinning across the track where it was struck by a number of other cars with
Results
Qualifying
- Bold denotes Pole position for second race.
Race 1
- Bold denotes Fastest lap.
Race 2
- 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
- ^ "2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship – Race 2 Result" (PDF). mstworld.com. MST Systems Ltd. 17 November 2013. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (9 November 2013). "BMW and SEAT gain weight for the Macau finale". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (9 October 2013). "Merszei and Kano added to Macau line-up of 34 cars". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (9 November 2013). "Yukinori Taniguchi jumps ship again, joins Nika for Macau". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "CAMPOS WITH KARAMYSHEV AND SOONG". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (12 November 2013). "Konstantins Calko to make WTCC debut with Campos". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "CHINA DRAGON TO DOUBLE FOR MACAU". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "DE JESUS REJOINS WTCC IN MACAU". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (14 November 2013). "Macau WTCC: Rob Huff fastest in disrupted Thursday test". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "PRACTICE 1 – MULLER SETS THE PACE". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "PRACTICE 2 – ORIOLA FASTER THAN MULLER". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (15 November 2013). "Macau WTCC: Yvan Muller takes first Macau pole of career". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (17 November 2013). "Rob Huff leads incident free warm up at Macau". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "ENGINE CHANGE FOR TARQUINI". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 17 November 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Auger, Matt (17 November 2013). "Muller dominates opening race in Macau". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "DOUBLE INVESTIGATION FOR PEPE ORIOLA". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 17 November 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (17 November 2013). "Macau WTCC: Rob Huff wins wild finale". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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