Yvan Muller claimed his third world drivers' championship title, his second in a row. Kristian Poulsen secured the Yokohama Independent Drivers' Trophy title.
Coming into the final round, Muller was leading the drivers' championship with Huff second as the only other driver in mathematical contention for the title. Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
The track was damp before the start of testing on Thursday, the session started half an hour late due to barrier repairs. Huff set the fastest time, beating teammate Muller on his final lap. Charles Ng brought the red flags out when he hit the barriers at the Melco Hairpin and came to a halt.[5] After going through scrutineering after the session, the 778 Auto Sport Peugeot was found not to comply with its original documentation from when it was run in the STCC. As a result, the team was excluded from the rest of the event.[6]
Huff was back on top in free practice two at the head of another Chevrolet 1–2–3. Javier Villa crashed his Proteam RacingBMW 320 TC at Paiol but the session was stopped early after Fredy Barth crashed at Faraway. Having come to a stop in the middle of the track, the front of the car caught fire and once Barth was extracted from the wreckage he was taken to the local hospital for precautionary checks.[8]
Qualifyingedit
The two championship contenders filled the front row with Huff securing pole position for race one ahead of Muller. Robert Dahlgren topped the first session putting him tenth for race two, Franz Engstler was tenth at the end of Q1 to take pole position for the second race ahead of Michel Nykjær and Huff. Menu was the biggest name to drop out of qualifying in the first session, a late collision with Couto hindering him in the final moments. There was a confrontation between the two drivers after the session before Menu left the circuit. Barth had missed the session having been kept in hospital following his practice crash.
The second session was interrupted by a red flag when Dahlgren's Volvo crashed at the Solitude Esses, like Barth his car burst into flames shortly after the accident. Dahlgren got out of the car but required medical attention afterwards, and did not start the races. When the session resumed, Huff secured pole position having beaten Muller on both his flying laps, Gabriele Tarquini was third while O'Young was the quickest independent driver in bamboo's only car. O'Young and Nykjær were the only two Yokohama Trophy title contenders who made it through to the second session.[9]
Warm-Upedit
Huff was quickest in Sunday morning's warm–up session. The session came to a close early when Aleksei Dudukalo hit the barriers at Faraway Hill before coming to a halt in the middle of the track and being hit by the Proteam BMW of Ma.[10]
Race Oneedit
Huff started from pole position and he kept his lead at the start followed by Muller and Tarquini. Further back Couto spun at the high speed Mandarin corner and collected Menu, the safety car picked up the field at the end of the lap as the debris was cleared. The race was resumed on lap five, Monteiro went straight on down the escape road at the Lisboa corner and dropped to near the back of the field. At the same time, O'Young and Mehdi Bennani made contact and the safety car was required again. The safety car went in at the end of lap seven, on lap nine Dudukalo crashed at Moorish Hill although the race was able to continue. The narrow streets of Macau usually see very little overtaking, on lap ten there were two intra–team battles going on with Engstler getting past teammate Poulsen to take sixth while Bennani overtook Proteam teammate Villa for the final points paying position. Bennani moved up another place on the final lap at the expense of Pepe Oriola as Huff won the race to reduce the championship points gap by seven points to Muller who was second. Tarquini was third to take the final podium spot while Nykjær was the independents' winner in fifth.[11]
Race Twoedit
Engstler was on pole position while O'Young started from the pit lane. Coronel took the start from fourth at the start with Nykjær and Huff following. Huff then moved up to second place while Engstler lost another place to Muller and moved down to sixth, he was down to eighth by the second lap when he was passed by Tarquini and Michelisz. Huff passed Coronel for the lead at Lisboa on lap three while Muller closed in on Huff by taking fourth from Bennani. The safety car came out shortly after when Kwok crashed at Mandarin and brought out the safety car. The race resumed on lap six and one lap later, local drivers Mak and de Souza came together at Lisboa. Lap nine and Muller moved into the final podium place at the expense of Nykjær, two laps later Tarquini would demote the Danish driver to fifth. Huff won the second race of the day with Coronel second and Muller third who secured the drivers' title by three points. Nykjær was the independent winner once again while Poulsen claimed the independents' title.[11]
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
Referencesedit
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^Noble, Jonathan (18 November 2011). "Rob Huff beats World Touring Car title rival Yvan Muller to Macau pole". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
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The 2011 Guia Race of Macau was the twelfth and final round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the Guia Race of Macau as part of the World Touring Car Championship It was held on 20 November 2011 on the Guia Circuit in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend headlined by the 2011 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three 2011 Guia Race of MacauRace detailsRound 12 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Guia Circuit in Macau Date20 November 2011LocationMacauCourseGuia Circuit6 120 kilometres 3 803 mi Race OneLaps11Pole positionDriverRobert HuffChevrolet RMLTime2 30 881PodiumFirstRobert HuffChevrolet RMLSecondYvan MullerChevrolet RMLThirdGabriele TarquiniLukoil SUNREDFastest LapDriverYvan MullerChevrolet RMLTime2 32 146Race TwoLaps11PodiumFirstRobert HuffChevrolet RMLSecondTom CoronelROAL MotorsportThirdYvan MullerChevrolet RMLFastest LapDriverRobert HuffChevrolet RMLTime2 32 173 Both races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML Yvan Muller claimed his third world drivers championship title his second in a row Kristian Poulsen secured the Yokohama Independent Drivers Trophy title Contents 1 Background 2 Race 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 editComing into the final round Muller was leading the drivers championship with Huff second as the only other driver in mathematical contention for the title Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents Trophy Yukinori Taniguchi did not take part in the round due to damage sustained at the Race of China leaving bamboo engineering to run a single car for Darryl O Young 1 Gary Kwok replaced Colin Turkington at Wiechers Sport the Canadian making his debut in the series having competed in the Canadian Touring Car Championship in 2011 2 Having wrapped up the Jay Ten Trophy for drivers in natural aspirated cars Fabio Fabiani was replaced at Liqui Moly Team Engstler by local driver Jo Merszei 3 Four other local drivers joined the grid for the round with Andre Couto joining SUNRED Engineering for his annual appearance at the race RPM Racing Team ran a BMW 320si for Mak Ka Lok and Corsa Motorsport ran a pair of Chevrolet Lacettis for Felipe De Souza and Kuok Io Keong 3 The 778 Auto Sport team entered an ex Swedish Touring Car Championship Peugeot 308 for Lo Ka Chun 4 Race report editTesting and free practice edit The track was damp before the start of testing on Thursday the session started half an hour late due to barrier repairs Huff set the fastest time beating teammate Muller on his final lap Charles Ng brought the red flags out when he hit the barriers at the Melco Hairpin and came to a halt 5 After going through scrutineering after the session the 778 Auto Sport Peugeot was found not to comply with its original documentation from when it was run in the STCC As a result the team was excluded from the rest of the event 6 Alain Menu led a Chevrolet 1 2 3 in the first free practice session on Friday morning Tiago Monteiro was best of the rest in fourth 7 Huff was back on top in free practice two at the head of another Chevrolet 1 2 3 Javier Villa crashed his Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC at Paiol but the session was stopped early after Fredy Barth crashed at Faraway Having come to a stop in the middle of the track the front of the car caught fire and once Barth was extracted from the wreckage he was taken to the local hospital for precautionary checks 8 Qualifying edit The two championship contenders filled the front row with Huff securing pole position for race one ahead of Muller Robert Dahlgren topped the first session putting him tenth for race two Franz Engstler was tenth at the end of Q1 to take pole position for the second race ahead of Michel Nykjaer and Huff Menu was the biggest name to drop out of qualifying in the first session a late collision with Couto hindering him in the final moments There was a confrontation between the two drivers after the session before Menu left the circuit Barth had missed the session having been kept in hospital following his practice crash The second session was interrupted by a red flag when Dahlgren s Volvo crashed at the Solitude Esses like Barth his car burst into flames shortly after the accident Dahlgren got out of the car but required medical attention afterwards and did not start the races When the session resumed Huff secured pole position having beaten Muller on both his flying laps Gabriele Tarquini was third while O Young was the quickest independent driver in bamboo s only car O Young and Nykjaer were the only two Yokohama Trophy title contenders who made it through to the second session 9 Warm Up edit Huff was quickest in Sunday morning s warm up session The session came to a close early when Aleksei Dudukalo hit the barriers at Faraway Hill before coming to a halt in the middle of the track and being hit by the Proteam BMW of Ma 10 Race One edit Huff started from pole position and he kept his lead at the start followed by Muller and Tarquini Further back Couto spun at the high speed Mandarin corner and collected Menu the safety car picked up the field at the end of the lap as the debris was cleared The race was resumed on lap five Monteiro went straight on down the escape road at the Lisboa corner and dropped to near the back of the field At the same time O Young and Mehdi Bennani made contact and the safety car was required again The safety car went in at the end of lap seven on lap nine Dudukalo crashed at Moorish Hill although the race was able to continue The narrow streets of Macau usually see very little overtaking on lap ten there were two intra team battles going on with Engstler getting past teammate Poulsen to take sixth while Bennani overtook Proteam teammate Villa for the final points paying position Bennani moved up another place on the final lap at the expense of Pepe Oriola as Huff won the race to reduce the championship points gap by seven points to Muller who was second Tarquini was third to take the final podium spot while Nykjaer was the independents winner in fifth 11 Race Two edit Engstler was on pole position while O Young started from the pit lane Coronel took the start from fourth at the start with Nykjaer and Huff following Huff then moved up to second place while Engstler lost another place to Muller and moved down to sixth he was down to eighth by the second lap when he was passed by Tarquini and Michelisz Huff passed Coronel for the lead at Lisboa on lap three while Muller closed in on Huff by taking fourth from Bennani The safety car came out shortly after when Kwok crashed at Mandarin and brought out the safety car The race resumed on lap six and one lap later local drivers Mak and de Souza came together at Lisboa Lap nine and Muller moved into the final podium place at the expense of Nykjaer two laps later Tarquini would demote the Danish driver to fifth Huff won the second race of the day with Coronel second and Muller third who secured the drivers title by three points Nykjaer was the independent winner once again while Poulsen claimed the independents title 11 Results editQualifying edit Pos No Name Team Car C Q1 Q2 1 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 2 34 224 2 30 881 2 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 2 33 353 2 31 149 3 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 2 34 085 2 32 147 4 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 2 33 177 2 32 519 5 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2 34 171 2 33 825 6 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 2 33 976 2 34 355 7 66 nbsp Andre Couto SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 2 33 954 2 34 363 8 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 2 34 232 2 34 498 9 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 2 34 232 2 34 876 10 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 2 32 881 no time set 11 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 2 34 320 12 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 2 34 526 13 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 2 34 804 14 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 2 35 131 15 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 2 35 321 16 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 2 35 466 17 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 2 36 694 18 51 nbsp Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 2 39 822 19 28 nbsp Gary Kwok Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 2 41 598 20 52 nbsp Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 2 42 042 107 time 2 43 582 70 nbsp Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing Team BMW 320si Y 2 43 810 75 nbsp Felipe de Souza Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti Y 2 44 720 23 nbsp Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320si Y 2 48 067 76 nbsp Kuok lo Keong Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti Y 3 30 984 Bold denotes Pole position for second race 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 11 35 01 903 1 25 2 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 11 1 016 2 18 3 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 11 6 666 3 15 4 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 8 239 5 12 5 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 11 10 778 8 10 6 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 11 11 165 9 8 7 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 11 11 860 13 6 8 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 11 12 049 11 4 9 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 11 14 149 6 2 10 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 11 16 940 15 1 11 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 11 17 136 14 12 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 11 21 775 10 13 51 nbsp Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 41 256 17 14 52 nbsp Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 11 46 447 19 15 75 nbsp Felipe de Souza Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti Y 9 2 Laps 21 16 28 nbsp Gary Kwok Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 8 3 Laps 18 Ret 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 7 Race incident 16 Ret 23 nbsp Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320si Y 7 Race incident 22 Ret 70 nbsp Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing Team BMW 320si Y 7 Race incident 20 Ret 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 4 Race incident 4 Ret 66 nbsp Andre Couto SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 1 Race incident 7 Ret 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 Race incident 12 DNS 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 0 Did not start DNS 76 nbsp Kuok lo Keong Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti Y 0 Did not start Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 2 nbsp Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 11 33 23 773 3 25 2 15 nbsp Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 4 680 4 18 3 1 nbsp Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 11 8 695 8 15 4 3 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 11 9 047 5 10 5 17 nbsp Michel Nykjaer SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 11 10 718 2 8 6 25 nbsp Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 11 11 066 6 6 7 12 nbsp Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 11 12 241 1 4 8 18 nbsp Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 11 15 126 9 2 9 5 nbsp Norbert Michelisz Zengo Dension Team BMW 320 TC Y 11 16 686 10 1 10 20 nbsp Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 11 16 950 12 11 74 nbsp Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 11 19 640 13 12 9 nbsp Darryl O Young bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 11 20 088 201 13 11 nbsp Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 11 22 457 11 14 51 nbsp Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 39 267 15 15 52 nbsp Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 11 1 02 249 16 16 23 nbsp Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320si Y 8 3 Laps 19 Ret 70 nbsp Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing Team BMW 320si Y 7 Race incident 17 Ret 75 nbsp Felipe de Souza Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti Y 6 Race incident 18 Ret 28 nbsp Gary Kwok Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 2 Race incident 22 Ret 66 nbsp Andre Couto SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T 1 Engine 7 DNS 8 nbsp Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 0 Did not start 21 DNS 4 nbsp Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil SUNRED SUNRED SR Leon 1 6T Y 0 Did not start 14 DNS 30 nbsp Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 0 Did not start DNS 76 nbsp Kuok lo Keong Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti Y 0 Did not start Bold denotes Fastest lap 1 O Young started from the pit lane 11 Standings after the event editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Yvan Muller 433 nbsp 2 nbsp Robert Huff 430 nbsp 3 nbsp Alain Menu 323 nbsp 4 nbsp Tom Coronel 233 nbsp 5 nbsp Gabriele Tarquini 204 Yokohama Independents Trophy standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Kristian Poulsen 141 nbsp 1 2 nbsp Michel Nykjaer 139 nbsp 1 3 nbsp Franz Engstler 125 nbsp 2 4 nbsp Norbert Michelisz 124 nbsp 5 nbsp Javier Villa 104 Manufacturers Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points nbsp 1 nbsp Chevrolet 973 nbsp 2 nbsp BMW Customer Racing Teams 583 nbsp 3 nbsp SR Customer Racing 525 nbsp 4 nbsp Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 154 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References edit Meissner Johan 16 November 2011 Yukinori Taniguchi out of WTCC finale at Macau TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 15 March 2013 Abbott Andrew 11 November 2011 Wiechers sign Canadian Kwok for Macau Touring Cars net Andrew Abbott Retrieved 15 March 2013 permanent dead link a b FIA WTCC Guia Race of Macau Presented by SJM Provisional Entry List macau grandprix gov mo Macau Grand Prix 6 October 2011 Archived from the original on 17 January 2012 Retrieved 15 March 2013 Abbott Andrew 9 November 2011 La Ka Chun to make WTCC debut Touring Cars net Andrew Abbott Retrieved 15 March 2013 permanent dead link Allen Peter 17 November 2011 Rob Huff Tops Thursday Test Session In Macau The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 15 March 2013 Hudson Neil 18 November 2011 778 Autosport excluded from Macau race TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 15 March 2013 Abbott Andrew 18 November 2011 Menu leads Chevrolet 1 2 3 in practice Touring Cars net Andrew Abbott Retrieved 15 March 2013 permanent dead link Noble Jonathan 18 November 2011 Rob Huff fastest in second Macau World Touring Car practice Fredy Barth has big crash Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 15 March 2013 Noble Jonathan 18 November 2011 Rob Huff beats World Touring Car title rival Yvan Muller to Macau pole Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 15 March 2013 Hudson Neil 20 November 2011 Rob Huff quickest in shortened warm up at Macau TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 15 March 2013 a b c ROUNDS 23 amp 24 MACAU RACE REPORT PDF World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 20 November 2011 Retrieved 15 March 2013 permanent dead link External links editWorld Touring Car Championship official website World Touring Car Championship Previous race 2011 FIA WTCC Race of China 2011 World Touring Car Championship season Next race 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Italy Previous race 2010 Guia Race of Macau Guia Race of Macau Next race 2012 Guia Race of Macau Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2011 Guia Race of Macau amp oldid 1161772048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
