After the previous round, Huff was leading the drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was tied on points at the top of the Yokohama Independents' Trophy with Javier Villa.
Muller led the opening free practice session with Huff and Alain Menu behind making it a Chevrolet 1–2–3. Norbert Michelisz in fourth was the fastest independent runner and Dahlgren was fifth with the new turbocharged Volvo. Michel Nykjær was the fastest SUNRED driver.[3]
Muller, Huff and Menu finished the second free practice session in the same order as Chevrolet continued to dominate practice. Dahlgren was fourth in the Volvo and Tom Coronel was fifth in the leading BMW. Tarquini was the quickest SUNRED car in sixth but teammate Monteiro didn't set a competitive lap time during the session having suffered from a misfiring engine.[4]
Qualifyingedit
Muller took his first pole position of the season with him and team–mate Huff locking out the front row for Chevrolet. Dahlgren had been fastest in the first segment of qualifying with Huff second and Muller third. Franz Engstler ended the session tenth and would therefore take the reversed grid pole position for race two, lining up alongside Coronel. SUNRED drivers Tiago Monteiro and Fredy Barth suffered turbo problems in their cars and did not set any competitive times during the session.
In Q2, Muller set the fastest time and Huff was second. Coronel in third separated Menu in fourth from the other two Chevrolets. Michelisz, Dahlgren, Poulsen, Tarquini, Darryl O'Young and Engstler rounded out the top ten.[5]
Michelisz later excluded from qualifying when his Zengő-Dension Team car was found to be underweight. This promoted Nykjær to tenth in Q1 and therefore pole position in race two.[6]
Warm-upedit
Muller was quickest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning, the pole sitter edging out Dahlgren's Volvo by less than a tenth of a second.[7]
Race oneedit
Muller led the rolling start but Huff made an attempt to take the lead at the first corner. Huff failed to do so but his second attempt at turn seven saw him lead the race. Nykjær and Tarquini made contact at the first corner with Tarquini retiring due to the subsequent damage. Coronel in third was busy keeping Menu behind until three laps from the end when the Chevrolet driver outbraked Coronel for third place with three laps to go. At the end of the race, championship leader Huff led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Coronel ending up fourth ahead of independent winner Poulsen. Dahlgren was sixth and O'Young came out on top in the battle for seventh place ahead of Michelisz who came from the back to eighth. Villa and Nykjær completed the top ten while Monteiro continued to struggle and ended up twelfth.[8]
Race twoedit
Nykjær started on pole position for race two but was quickly passed by the fast starting Coronel who led into the first corner. Muller had made a good start from eighth and took second place from Nykjær at turn eight. Two laps later, Muller had closed in on Coronel and passed the ROAL Motorsport driver. Coronel then made contact with Menu defending second place while Huff was behind the pair in fourth place. Further back, Tarquini and Poulsen battled over position further down the field which ended with Poulsen going through the gravel trap at turn five. Tarquini fell down to sixth and Poulsen recovered to eighth at the end. At the end of the race, Muller claimed the win with Coronel second and Menu third. Race one winner Huff was fourth ahead of race two pole sitter and Yokohama Trophy winner Nykjær. Tarquini, Villa, Poulsen, Dahlgren and Mehdi Bennani completed the top ten.[9]
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
Referencesedit
^Hudson, Neil (10 June 2011). "Tarquini and Monteiro to switch to the 1.6 turbo in Brno". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^Abbott, Andrew (17 June 2011). "Volvo set to debut turbo engine". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (18 June 2011). "Muller leads first free practice at Brno". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (18 June 2011). "Yvan Muller on top again in Free Practice 2". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^Allen, Peter (18 June 2011). "Muller Quickest In Qualifying At Brno". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ abHudson, Neil (19 June 2011). . TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^Hudson, Neil (19 June 2011). "Yvan Muller quickest in warm-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^Gent, James (19 June 2011). "Huff stretches lead with Brno win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic formally the 2011 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic was the fifth round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic It was held on 19 June 2011 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno Czech Republic 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech RepublicRace detailsRound 5 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Masaryk Circuit in Brno Czech Republic Date19 June 2011LocationBrno Czech RepublicCourseMasaryk Circuit5 403 kilometres 3 357 mi Race OneLaps10Pole positionDriverYvan MullerChevrolet RMLTime2 08 884PodiumFirstRobert HuffChevrolet RMLSecondYvan MullerChevrolet RMLThirdAlain MenuChevrolet RMLFastest LapDriverRobert HuffChevrolet RMLTime2 10 863Race TwoLaps10PodiumFirstYvan MullerChevrolet RMLSecondTom CoronelROAL MotorsportThirdAlain MenuChevrolet RMLFastest LapDriverYvan MullerChevrolet RMLTime2 11 640 Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Robert Huff winning race one and Yvan Muller winning race two 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 editAfter the previous round Huff was leading the drivers championship Kristian Poulsen was tied on points at the top of the Yokohama Independents Trophy with Javier Villa Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro became the next two SUNRED Engineering drivers to switch to the new 1 6T engine 1 Polestar Racing also switched to their own turbo engine in the Volvo C30 driven by Robert Dahlgren 2 Report editFree practice edit Muller led the opening free practice session with Huff and Alain Menu behind making it a Chevrolet 1 2 3 Norbert Michelisz in fourth was the fastest independent runner and Dahlgren was fifth with the new turbocharged Volvo Michel Nykjaer was the fastest SUNRED driver 3 Muller Huff and Menu finished the second free practice session in the same order as Chevrolet continued to dominate practice Dahlgren was fourth in the Volvo and Tom Coronel was fifth in the leading BMW Tarquini was the quickest SUNRED car in sixth but teammate Monteiro didn t set a competitive lap time during the session having suffered from a misfiring engine 4 Qualifying edit Muller took his first pole position of the season with him and team mate Huff locking out the front row for Chevrolet Dahlgren had been fastest in the first segment of qualifying with Huff second and Muller third Franz Engstler ended the session tenth and would therefore take the reversed grid pole position for race two lining up alongside Coronel SUNRED drivers Tiago Monteiro and Fredy Barth suffered turbo problems in their cars and did not set any competitive times during the session In Q2 Muller set the fastest time and Huff was second Coronel in third separated Menu in fourth from the other two Chevrolets Michelisz Dahlgren Poulsen Tarquini Darryl O Young and Engstler rounded out the top ten 5 Michelisz later excluded from qualifying when his Zengo Dension Team car was found to be underweight This promoted Nykjaer to tenth in Q1 and therefore pole position in race two 6 Warm up edit Muller was quickest in the warm up session on Sunday morning the pole sitter edging out Dahlgren s Volvo by less than a tenth of a second 7 Race one edit Muller led the rolling start but Huff made an attempt to take the lead at the first corner Huff failed to do so but his second attempt at turn seven saw him lead the race Nykjaer and Tarquini made contact at the first corner with Tarquini retiring due to the subsequent damage Coronel in third was busy keeping Menu behind until three laps from the end when the Chevrolet driver outbraked Coronel for third place with three laps to go At the end of the race championship leader Huff led a Chevrolet 1 2 3 with Coronel ending up fourth ahead of independent winner Poulsen Dahlgren was sixth and O Young came out on top in the battle for seventh place ahead of Michelisz who came from the back to eighth Villa and Nykjaer completed the top ten while Monteiro continued to struggle and ended up twelfth 8 Race two edit Nykjaer started on pole position for race two but was quickly passed by the fast starting Coronel who led into the first corner Muller had made a good start from eighth and took second place from Nykjaer at turn eight Two laps later Muller had closed in on Coronel and passed the ROAL Motorsport driver Coronel then made contact with Menu defending second place while Huff was behind the pair in fourth place Further back Tarquini and Poulsen battled over position further down the field which ended with Poulsen going through the gravel trap at turn five Tarquini fell down to sixth and Poulsen recovered to eighth at the end At the end of the race Muller claimed the win with Coronel second and Menu third Race one winner Huff was fourth ahead of race two pole sitter and Yokohama Trophy winner Nykjaer Tarquini Villa Poulsen Dahlgren and Mehdi Bennani completed the top ten 9 Results editQualifying edit Pos No Name Team Car C Q1 Q2 1 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 2 10 384 2 08 884 2 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 2 10 375 2 09 256 3 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2 10 831 2 09 717 4 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 2 10 466 2 09 830 5 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 2 10 264 2 09 998 6 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 2 10 459 2 10 326 7 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 2 10 729 2 10 491 8 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 2 10 506 2 10 559 9 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 2 10 839 2 11 339 10 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 2 10 959 no time set 11 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 2 11 285 12 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 2 11 410 13 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 2 11 687 14 10 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 2 11 832 15 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 2 11 899 16 35 nbsp Urs Sonderegger Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 2 17 051 EX1 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y Excluded Excluded 107 time 2 19 382 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 2 19 531 7 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 13 26 922 Bold denotes Pole position for second race 1 Michelisz was excluded from qualifying after his car was found to be underweight after the session 6 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 10 21 59 507 2 25 2 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 10 0 858 1 18 3 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 10 11 697 4 15 4 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10 13 026 3 12 5 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 10 13 772 6 10 6 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 10 14 353 5 8 7 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 10 21 288 8 6 8 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 10 21 584 19 4 9 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 10 23 436 11 2 10 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 10 23 731 10 1 11 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 10 24 146 12 12 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 10 27 624 17 13 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 10 29 796 13 14 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 10 34 209 15 15 10 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 10 34 828 14 16 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 10 39 038 9 17 35 nbsp Urs Sonderegger Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 10 1 08 893 16 NC 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 6 4 Laps 7 Ret 7 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 3 Engine 18 Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 10 22 08 247 8 25 2 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10 4 183 3 18 3 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 10 4 415 6 15 4 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 10 5 033 9 12 5 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 10 8 450 1 10 6 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 10 9 118 4 8 7 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 10 9 381 11 6 8 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 10 11 383 7 4 9 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 10 11 627 10 2 10 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 10 11 988 12 1 11 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 10 19 966 13 12 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 10 21 209 17 13 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI Y 10 22 252 15 14 10 nbsp Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 10 24 809 14 15 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 10 42 517 18 16 7 nbsp Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 7 3 Laps 19 Ret 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 5 Race incident 5 Ret 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 Turbo wastegate 2 Ret 35 nbsp Urs Sonderegger Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 0 Race incident 16 Bold denotes Fastest lap Standings after the event editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Robert Huff 187 nbsp 2 nbsp Yvan Muller 162 nbsp 3 nbsp Alain Menu 134 nbsp 4 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini 83 nbsp 1 5 nbsp Tom Coronel 82 Yokohama Independents Trophy standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Kristian Poulsen 67 nbsp 2 nbsp Javier Villa 63 nbsp 3 nbsp Norbert Michelisz 53 nbsp 4 nbsp Darryl O Young 49 nbsp 1 5 nbsp Michel Nykjaer 42 Manufacturers Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points nbsp 1 nbsp Chevrolet 405 nbsp 2 nbsp SR Customer Racing 238 nbsp 3 nbsp BMW Customer Racing Teams 229 nbsp 4 nbsp Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 62 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References edit Hudson Neil 10 June 2011 Tarquini and Monteiro to switch to the 1 6 turbo in Brno TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 21 February 2013 Abbott Andrew 17 June 2011 Volvo set to debut turbo engine Touring Cars net Andrew Abbott Retrieved 21 February 2013 Hudson Neil 18 June 2011 Muller leads first free practice at Brno TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 21 February 2013 Hudson Neil 18 June 2011 Yvan Muller on top again in Free Practice 2 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 21 February 2013 Allen Peter 18 June 2011 Muller Quickest In Qualifying At Brno The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 21 February 2013 a b Hudson Neil 19 June 2011 Michelisz excluded from qualifying sent to the back TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 2011 08 25 Retrieved 21 February 2013 Hudson Neil 19 June 2011 Yvan Muller quickest in warm up TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Retrieved 21 February 2013 Gent James 19 June 2011 Huff stretches lead with Brno win Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 21 February 2013 Gent James 19 June 2011 Muller wins race two at Brno Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 21 February 2013 External links editWorld Touring Car Championship official website World Touring Car 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