The test session on Friday saw Tarquini go fastest, leading Menu and championship leader Huff.[4]
Huff was quickest in the free practice session on Saturday morning with Yvan Muller second making it a Chevrolet 1–2.[5]
Muller led Huff and Menu in the final free practice session with Michel Nykjær the fastest SEAT driver in fourth. Fabio Fabiani missed the breaking point for turn one during the session, he ended up rolling backwards into the car but continued.[6]
Qualifyingedit
Chevrolet stayed on top in qualifying with Huff taking his second pole position of the year. Tiago Monteiro had been quickest in Q1 but Brazil podium finisher Tom Coronel failed to get through to the second session and lined up eleventh. Having been fourth in the afternoon practice session, Nykjær ended up 20th having not set a time. He had clipped one of the barriers at the chicane and was unable to continue in the session due to damage. Javier Villa didn't take part in qualifying due to engine issues.
In Q2, Huff set the fastest time to secure pole position and a late lap from Menu made it an all–Chevrolet front row. Tarquini finished third and Muller fourth, having run wide on his final flying lap. Monteiro was fifth and Poulsen in sixth was the leading independent driver. Michelisz was seventh in his first competitive session with the BMW.[7]
Warm-Upedit
Proteam Racing's Villa topped the Sunday morning warm–up session with pole sitter Huff third.[8]
Race Oneedit
The first race saw many drivers crash out and end their races prematurely. At the beginning Huff had a great get away from pole whilst Tarquini attempted to pass Menu put failed. Coronel had got a great get way but spun on the third lap and was hit by Franz Engstler. The damage was so much that Coronel wouldn't start race two. Meanwhile, further down the order, Aleksei Dudukalo and Yukinori Taniguchi were racing hard until Dudukalo put the Chevrolet into a small spin where Marchy Lee collected Taniguchi. Taniguchi managed to continue on in the race but Lee had to make a retirement. On lap eleven Poulsen and Michelisz were having a door to door battle, while Muller slipped past Tarquini for third. On the final lap Villa (who had started at the back of the grid) passed Darryl O'Young for ninth whilst Huff upfront took his second victory of the season.
Race Twoedit
In race two there were new complications with the grid as Fredy Barth who was set for pole position had too much damage to compete along with others. This meant a reshuffle of the grid putting Tarquini on pole. Tarquini kept the three Chevrolets behind him at bay for thirteen laps despite a battle with Huff on lap five where the two made contact that would send Huff down to sixth by the end of the race due to the damage from the collision. O'Young was working his way up the order from ninth and finished the race fourth after Muller started to suffer problems and retired. This left Menu to fight for the win with Tarquini but was not good enough and behind them Monteiro completed the podium positions.
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
Referencesedit
^Allen, Peter (20 April 2011). "Bamboo Make Turbo Cruze Switch For Zolder". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Casillo, Pietro (9 March 2011). "Sonderegger: "I started racing because of WTCC"". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Allen, Peter (23 March 2011). "Michelisz An Interested Spectator Ahead Of BMW Debut". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (22 April 2011). "Gabriele Tarquini leads Zolder Friday test". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Glendenning, Mark (23 April 2011). "Huff leads first Zolder practice". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Glendenning, Mark (23 April 2011). "Chevrolet dominates second practice". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Glendenning, Mark (23 April 2011). "Huff takes Zolder WTCC pole". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (24 April 2011). "Javier Villa fastest in morning warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
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The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium formally the 2011 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of Belgium was the second round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season It was held at Circuit Zolder on 24 April 2011 and was the third running of the Race of Belgium which ran at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in 2005 before leaving the calendar for four seasons until returning in the 2010 season at Zolder 2011 FIA WTCC Race of BelgiumRace detailsRound 2 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit Zolder in Zolder Belgium Date24 April 2011LocationZolder BelgiumCourseCircuit Zolder4 011 kilometres 2 492 mi Race OneLaps15Pole positionDriverRobert HuffChevrolet RMLTime1 38 458PodiumFirstRobert HuffChevrolet RMLSecondAlain MenuChevrolet RMLThirdYvan MullerChevrolet RMLFastest LapDriverRobert HuffChevrolet RMLTime1 39 517Race TwoLaps13PodiumFirstGabriele TarquiniLukoil SUNREDSecondAlain MenuChevrolet RMLThirdTiago MonteiroSUNRED EngineeringFastest LapDriverJavier VillaProteam RacingTime1 40 063 The races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML and Gabriele Tarquini of Lukoil SUNRED Contents 1 Background 2 Report 2 1 Testing and 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 editAfter the Race of Brazil Huff was leading the drivers championship by four points over Chevrolet teammate Alain Menu Kristian Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents Trophy Chevrolet RML reverted to a three car operation having run guest driver Caca Bueno in Brazil bamboo engineering switched to the Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T replacing the Chevrolet Lacettis they ran in the opening round 1 Wiechers Sport returned to the series with their new driver Urs Sonderegger in a BMW 320 TC 2 Norbert Michelisz and the Zengo Dension Team returned with a turbocharged BMW having missed the opening round to test the new car 3 Report editTesting and free practice edit The test session on Friday saw Tarquini go fastest leading Menu and championship leader Huff 4 Huff was quickest in the free practice session on Saturday morning with Yvan Muller second making it a Chevrolet 1 2 5 Muller led Huff and Menu in the final free practice session with Michel Nykjaer the fastest SEAT driver in fourth Fabio Fabiani missed the breaking point for turn one during the session he ended up rolling backwards into the car but continued 6 Qualifying edit Chevrolet stayed on top in qualifying with Huff taking his second pole position of the year Tiago Monteiro had been quickest in Q1 but Brazil podium finisher Tom Coronel failed to get through to the second session and lined up eleventh Having been fourth in the afternoon practice session Nykjaer ended up 20th having not set a time He had clipped one of the barriers at the chicane and was unable to continue in the session due to damage Javier Villa didn t take part in qualifying due to engine issues In Q2 Huff set the fastest time to secure pole position and a late lap from Menu made it an all Chevrolet front row Tarquini finished third and Muller fourth having run wide on his final flying lap Monteiro was fifth and Poulsen in sixth was the leading independent driver Michelisz was seventh in his first competitive session with the BMW 7 Warm Up edit Proteam Racing s Villa topped the Sunday morning warm up session with pole sitter Huff third 8 Race One edit The first race saw many drivers crash out and end their races prematurely At the beginning Huff had a great get away from pole whilst Tarquini attempted to pass Menu put failed Coronel had got a great get way but spun on the third lap and was hit by Franz Engstler The damage was so much that Coronel wouldn t start race two Meanwhile further down the order Aleksei Dudukalo and Yukinori Taniguchi were racing hard until Dudukalo put the Chevrolet into a small spin where Marchy Lee collected Taniguchi Taniguchi managed to continue on in the race but Lee had to make a retirement On lap eleven Poulsen and Michelisz were having a door to door battle while Muller slipped past Tarquini for third On the final lap Villa who had started at the back of the grid passed Darryl O Young for ninth whilst Huff upfront took his second victory of the season Race Two edit In race two there were new complications with the grid as Fredy Barth who was set for pole position had too much damage to compete along with others This meant a reshuffle of the grid putting Tarquini on pole Tarquini kept the three Chevrolets behind him at bay for thirteen laps despite a battle with Huff on lap five where the two made contact that would send Huff down to sixth by the end of the race due to the damage from the collision O Young was working his way up the order from ninth and finished the race fourth after Muller started to suffer problems and retired This left Menu to fight for the win with Tarquini but was not good enough and behind them Monteiro completed the podium positions Results editQualifying edit Pos No Name Team Car C Q1 Q2 1 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 39 373 1 38 458 2 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 39 367 1 38 598 3 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 39 493 1 38 723 4 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 39 365 1 38 738 5 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 1 38 952 1 38 907 6 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 39 293 1 39 398 7 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 1 39 417 1 39 450 8 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 39 583 1 39 962 9 7 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 1 39 638 1 40 015 10 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 1 39 328 1 40 438 11 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1 39 680 12 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 1 39 780 13 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 1 39 807 14 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 1 39 931 15 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 1 40 110 16 65 nbsp Marchy Lee DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 40 406 17 10 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 1 41 712 18 35 nbsp Urs Sonderegger Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 1 43 537 19 21 nbsp Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320si Y 1 44 820 20 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y no time set 21 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y no time set Race 1 edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 15 29 18 807 1 25 2 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 15 1 244 2 18 3 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 15 1 740 4 15 4 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 15 3 790 3 12 5 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 15 5 102 5 10 6 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 15 8 987 6 8 7 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 15 10 878 7 6 8 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 15 12 032 20 4 9 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 15 12 845 21 2 10 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 15 12 901 14 1 11 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 15 14 656 12 12 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 15 17 538 15 13 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 15 18 687 13 14 10 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 15 25 864 17 15 35 nbsp Urs Sonderegger Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 15 42 236 18 16 21 nbsp Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320si Y 15 1 07 741 19 Ret 7 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 2 Race incident 9 Ret 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2 Race incident 11 Ret 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 2 Race incident 10 Ret 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 2 Race incident 8 Ret 65 nbsp Marchy Lee DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 2 Race incident 16 Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 22 07 752 1 25 2 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 0 448 3 18 3 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI 13 0 886 6 15 4 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 13 1 614 9 12 5 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 13 5 702 13 10 6 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 5 901 2 8 7 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 13 12 352 8 6 8 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 13 16 721 16 4 9 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 13 20 141 10 2 10 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 28 827 14 1 11 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 42 066 15 12 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 13 48 235 17 13 21 nbsp Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320si Y 12 1 Lap 12 14 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 11 2 Laps 7 15 35 nbsp Urs Sonderegger Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 9 4 Laps 11 Ret 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 7 Oil radiator 4 Ret 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 0 Race incident 5 DNS 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 0 Did not start 18 DNS 7 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 0 Did not start DNS 65 nbsp Marchy Lee DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 0 Did not start 19 DSQ 10 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 12 Disqualified 20 Bold denotes Fastest lap Standings after the event editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Robert Huff 70 nbsp 2 nbsp Alain Menu 69 nbsp 3 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini 51 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Yvan Muller 48 nbsp 3 5 nbsp Tiago Monteiro 31 Yokohama Independents Trophy standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Kristian Poulsen 26 nbsp 1 2 nbsp Javier Villa 23 nbsp 2 3 nbsp Michel Nykjaer 23 nbsp 3 4 nbsp Darryl O Young 19 nbsp 3 5 nbsp Franz Engstler 19 Manufacturers Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points nbsp 1 nbsp Chevrolet 156 nbsp 1 2 nbsp SR Customer Racing 107 nbsp 1 3 nbsp BMW Customer Racing Teams 85 nbsp 4 nbsp Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 28 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References editResults Booklet PDF at MST Systems Allen Peter 20 April 2011 Bamboo Make Turbo Cruze Switch For Zolder The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 14 February 2013 Casillo Pietro 9 March 2011 Sonderegger I started racing because of WTCC TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 14 February 2013 Allen Peter 23 March 2011 Michelisz An Interested Spectator Ahead Of BMW Debut The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 14 February 2013 Hudson Neil 22 April 2011 Gabriele Tarquini leads Zolder Friday test TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 14 February 2013 Glendenning Mark 23 April 2011 Huff leads first Zolder practice Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 14 February 2013 Glendenning Mark 23 April 2011 Chevrolet dominates second practice Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 14 February 2013 Glendenning Mark 23 April 2011 Huff takes Zolder WTCC pole Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 14 February 2013 Hudson Neil 24 April 2011 Javier Villa fastest in morning warm up TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 14 February 2013 External links editWorld Touring Car Championship official website World Touring Car Championship Previous race 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil 2011 World Touring Car Championship season Next race 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy Previous race 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium FIA WTCC Race of Belgium Next race 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium amp oldid 1096026346, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
