SR–Sport's Tom Coronel set the pace in the final practice session, edging out Menu by a tenth of a second. Kristian Poulsen was both the leading independent and BMW driver in seventh.[3]
Qualifyingedit
Tarquini took pole position in qualifying for the first race on Sunday, beating the Chevrolet of Robert Huff. Fredy Barth had been the fastest driver in the first element of qualifying, beating the works Chevrolet drivers. Norbert Michelisz suffered an engine failure during Q1, finishing thirteenth while Franz Engstler ended his session in the gravel after setting a time good enough for fourteenth. Andy Priaulx narrowly made it through to Q2, finishing the session tenth at the expense of Michel Nykjær.
Tarquini set his pole time early on while later fast laps from Huff and Muller saw them finish second and third ahead of Menu who was hampered with gearbox problems. Tiago Monteiro and Coronel, who would take a ten place grid penalty for an unscheduled engine change. Jordi Gené, Barth and the works BMW pair of Priaulx and Farfus completed the top ten.[4]
Warm-Upedit
Michelisz led Sunday morning's warm–up session with pole sitter Tarquini half a second behind.[5]
Race Oneedit
Tarquini led away from pole position while further down, Priaulx moved up from ninth to sixth. Muller easily got ahead of Huff to take second place in opening laps while Barth and Farfus were battling over who would start on the front row for race two. Menu had dropped down the order to claim the reversed grid pole as Barth repeatedly tapped Farfus' rear bumper. The BMW eventually went wide, giving sevenths place to Barth. At the front, Tarquini took the win with Muller second and Huff third. Gené was fourth, Priaulx finished fifth and Monteiro was sixth. Poulsen was twelfth and won the independents' class.[6]
Race Twoedit
Menu started on pole position and was followed by Barth, the two were then passed up each side by Monteiro on the outside and Priaulx on the inside. Priaulx and Menu then collided, allowing Monteiro to assume the lead and Barth took second place. Priaulx attempted another move on Menu at turn three but the Chevrolet took the normal line through the corner, the pair collided and Menu spun. Priaulx was delayed but Muller took the opportunity to pass both of them and take third, he then took second from Barth when the Swiss SEAT driver slowed with a puncture. Priaulx was left to battle with Tarquini for third, with Tarquini coming out on top. At the end of the race, Monteiro took the win with Muller second and Tarquini third. Poulsen was the Yokohama Trophy winner.[7]
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
Referencesedit
^Allen, Peter (7 September 2010). "Marc Carol To Race In Valencia". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (18 September 2010). "Farfus leads Free Practice 1 at Valencia". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^English, Steven (18 September 2010). "Coronel fastest in final practice". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^Allen, Peter (18 September 2010). "Tarquini Secures Pole At Valencia". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (19 September 2010). "Michelisz leads Valencia warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^English, Steven (19 September 2010). "Victory boosts Tarquini's title hopes". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^English, Steven (19 September 2010). "Monteiro wins second Valencia race". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Spain formally the 2010 FIA WTCC DHL Race of Spain was the ninth round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Spain It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia Spain on 19 September 2010 The two races were won by SR Sport drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro 2010 FIA WTCC Race of SpainRace detailsRound 9 of 11 in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia Spain Date19 September 2010LocationValencia SpainCourseCircuit Ricardo Tormo4 005 kilometres 2 489 mi Race OneLaps13Pole positionDriverGabriele TarquiniSR SportTime1 44 111PodiumFirstGabriele TarquiniSR SportSecondYvan MullerChevrolet RMLThirdRobert HuffChevrolet RMLFastest LapDriverGabriele TarquiniSR SportTime1 45 811Race TwoLaps13PodiumFirstTiago MonteiroSR SportSecondYvan MullerChevrolet RMLThirdGabriele TarquiniSR SportFastest LapDriverTiago MonteiroSR SportTime1 46 719 Contents 1 Background 2 Report 2 1 Free practice 2 2 Qualifying 2 3 Warm Up 2 4 Race One 2 5 Race Two 3 Results 3 1 Qualifying 3 2 Race 1 3 3 Race 2 4 Standings after the event 5 References 6 External linksBackground editComing into the final European round of the season Chevrolet RML driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers championship and Sergio Hernandez was leading the Yokohama Independents Trophy Marc Carol joined the field in a SEAT Customers Technology run SEAT Leon 2 0 TFSI 1 Carol had last raced in the World Touring Car Championship at the 2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain Fabio Fabiani didn t return after the Race of Germany Report editFree practice edit BMW Team RBM s Augusto Farfus was fastest in the opening practice session on Saturday morning beating the lead Chevrolet of Alain Menu Gabriele Tarquini was the leading SEAT in fifth while Carol was the quickest independent driver on his return to the WTCC 2 SR Sport s Tom Coronel set the pace in the final practice session edging out Menu by a tenth of a second Kristian Poulsen was both the leading independent and BMW driver in seventh 3 Qualifying edit Tarquini took pole position in qualifying for the first race on Sunday beating the Chevrolet of Robert Huff Fredy Barth had been the fastest driver in the first element of qualifying beating the works Chevrolet drivers Norbert Michelisz suffered an engine failure during Q1 finishing thirteenth while Franz Engstler ended his session in the gravel after setting a time good enough for fourteenth Andy Priaulx narrowly made it through to Q2 finishing the session tenth at the expense of Michel Nykjaer Tarquini set his pole time early on while later fast laps from Huff and Muller saw them finish second and third ahead of Menu who was hampered with gearbox problems Tiago Monteiro and Coronel who would take a ten place grid penalty for an unscheduled engine change Jordi Gene Barth and the works BMW pair of Priaulx and Farfus completed the top ten 4 Warm Up edit Michelisz led Sunday morning s warm up session with pole sitter Tarquini half a second behind 5 Race One edit Tarquini led away from pole position while further down Priaulx moved up from ninth to sixth Muller easily got ahead of Huff to take second place in opening laps while Barth and Farfus were battling over who would start on the front row for race two Menu had dropped down the order to claim the reversed grid pole as Barth repeatedly tapped Farfus rear bumper The BMW eventually went wide giving sevenths place to Barth At the front Tarquini took the win with Muller second and Huff third Gene was fourth Priaulx finished fifth and Monteiro was sixth Poulsen was twelfth and won the independents class 6 Race Two edit Menu started on pole position and was followed by Barth the two were then passed up each side by Monteiro on the outside and Priaulx on the inside Priaulx and Menu then collided allowing Monteiro to assume the lead and Barth took second place Priaulx attempted another move on Menu at turn three but the Chevrolet took the normal line through the corner the pair collided and Menu spun Priaulx was delayed but Muller took the opportunity to pass both of them and take third he then took second from Barth when the Swiss SEAT driver slowed with a puncture Priaulx was left to battle with Tarquini for third with Tarquini coming out on top At the end of the race Monteiro took the win with Muller second and Tarquini third Poulsen was the Yokohama Trophy winner 7 Results editQualifying edit Pos No Name Team Car C Q1 Q2 1 1 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 44 727 1 44 111 2 7 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1 44 937 1 44 193 3 6 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1 44 922 1 44 258 4 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1 44 710 1 44 439 5 3 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 44 869 1 44 468 6 2 nbsp Tom Coronel SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 44 789 1 44 525 7 4 nbsp Jordi Gene SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 44 897 1 44 773 8 18 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 44 604 1 45 070 9 10 nbsp Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 1 44 823 1 45 205 10 11 nbsp Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 1 45 313 1 45 416 11 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 45 339 12 24 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1 45 607 13 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 45 741 14 39 nbsp Marc Carol SEAT Customers Technology SEAT Leon 2 0 TFSI Y 1 45 837 15 20 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 1 46 017 16 25 nbsp Sergio Hernandez Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1 46 116 17 21 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Wiechers Sport BMW 320si Y 1 46 419 18 15 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1 46 717 19 26 nbsp Stefano D Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1 46 783 20 72 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 1 46 997 21 16 nbsp Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1 47 344 Race 1 edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 1 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 23 11 124 1 25 2 6 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 0 513 3 18 3 7 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 6 318 2 15 4 4 nbsp Jordi Gene SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 9 949 6 12 5 11 nbsp Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 13 10 544 9 10 6 3 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 11 666 5 8 7 18 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 13 734 7 6 8 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 14 521 4 4 9 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 16 586 10 2 10 2 nbsp Tom Coronel SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 17 217 16 1 11 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 17 929 12 12 24 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y 13 18 434 11 13 39 nbsp Marc Carol SEAT Customers Technology SEAT Leon 2 0 TFSI Y 13 22 095 13 14 20 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 13 25 535 14 15 15 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 13 29 318 18 16 16 nbsp Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 13 32 595 21 17 72 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 13 37 004 20 18 10 nbsp Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 13 1 37 389 8 19 25 nbsp Sergio Hernandez Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 11 2 Laps 15 Ret 21 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Wiechers Sport BMW 320si Y 6 Driveshaft 17 Ret 26 nbsp Stefano D Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 4 Race incident 19 Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 3 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 23 29 770 3 25 2 6 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 0 719 7 18 3 1 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 3 455 8 15 4 11 nbsp Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 13 3 785 4 12 5 4 nbsp Jordi Gene SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 4 183 5 10 6 7 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 4 982 6 8 7 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 7 248 9 6 8 10 nbsp Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 13 7 825 18 4 9 2 nbsp Tom Coronel SR Sport SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 9 024 10 2 10 24 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y 13 10 125 12 1 11 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 13 356 1 12 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 15 226 11 13 39 nbsp Marc Carol SEAT Customers Technology SEAT Leon 2 0 TFSI Y 13 15 789 13 14 15 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 13 15 954 15 15 25 nbsp Sergio Hernandez Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 13 18 716 20 16 21 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Wiechers Sport BMW 320si Y 13 27 455 19 17 20 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 13 29 011 14 18 72 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 13 32 972 17 19 16 nbsp Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 13 33 636 16 Ret 18 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 7 Brakes 2 DNS 26 nbsp Stefano D Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 0 Did not start 21 Bold denotes Fastest lap Standings after the event editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Yvan Muller 265 nbsp 2 nbsp Andy Priaulx 240 nbsp 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini 236 nbsp 4 nbsp Robert Huff 196 nbsp 2 5 nbsp Tiago Monteiro 158 Yokohama Independents Trophy standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Sergio Hernandez 118 nbsp 4 2 nbsp Kristian Poulsen 87 nbsp 1 3 nbsp Stefano D Aste 86 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Darryl O Young 85 nbsp 5 nbsp Franz Engstler 81 Manufacturers Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points nbsp 1 nbsp Chevrolet 569 nbsp 1 2 nbsp SEAT Customers Technology 524 nbsp 1 3 nbsp BMW 491 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References editResults Booklet PDF at MST Systems Allen Peter 7 September 2010 Marc Carol To Race In Valencia The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 9 February 2013 Hudson Neil 18 September 2010 Farfus leads Free Practice 1 at Valencia TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 9 February 2013 English Steven 18 September 2010 Coronel fastest in final practice Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 9 February 2013 Allen Peter 18 September 2010 Tarquini Secures Pole At Valencia The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 9 February 2013 Hudson Neil 19 September 2010 Michelisz leads Valencia warm up TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 9 February 2013 English Steven 19 September 2010 Victory boosts Tarquini s title hopes Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 9 February 2013 English Steven 19 September 2010 Monteiro wins second Valencia race Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 9 February 2013 External 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