Yvan Muller arrived in Hungary leading the championship from both of his Chevrolet team mates, 27 points ahead of Rob Huff with Alain Menu a further point behind. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
Yvan Muller set the pace in the first free practice session ahead of Lukoil Racing Team's Gabriele Tarquini and Chevrolet's Alain Menu. Local driver Norbert Michelisz was the quickest independent driver. Three drives were warned for exceeding track limits, with Mehdi Bennani also being issued with a black and white flag warning.[3]
Tarquini went fastest in free practice two, heading the Chevrolets of Muller and Huff and the SEAT of Darryl O'Young. Thompson ended the session ninth in the Lada Granta. Once again, drivers were warned for exceeding track limits, with Tarquini losing one of his times as a consequence.[4]
Qualifying
The Chevrolets started 1–2–3 in the first race with Muller on pole position for the second time in 2012. Franz Engstler started on pole position for the reversed grid second race.[5] Menu lost time behind Engstler in Q2 and started third for the first race.[6] The ROAL Motorsport drivers were sent to the back of the grid for a parc fermé infringement, Alberto Cerqui had qualified 13th and Tom Coronel had qualified 19th before the penalty.[7]
Warm-Up
Tarquini led the morning warm-up session ahead of the Chevrolet trio of Huff, Menu and Muller.[8]
Race One
Muller led away from the rolling start but an incident behind caused Michelisz to run wide and the chain reaction as several cars recovered forced Tarquini and Tom Boardman into retirement. Bennani had got up to second by the first corner before dropping down to fourth by the second corner, after which the Chevrolets led 1–2–3. Michelisz had recovered to sixth place but was overtaken by Coronel on the final lap, the ROAL driver having climbed from 21st on the grid. Muller took the win ahead of Huff, Menu and Bennani who took his best ever WTCC result and the Yokohama Independents' Trophy win.[9]
Race Two
Engstler started from pole position for the reversed grid race, however a fast start from Michelisz in fifth ensured he led into the first corner. The order behind Michelisz was Oriola ahead of Bennani until Menu came charging through the field from eighth on the grid to take second. Huff finished seventh and Muller finished tenth after a last lap off put him behind Stefano D'Aste and Engstler. Michelisz took the overall win and the Independents' win in front of his home fans.[10]
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The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary was the fifth round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary It was held on 6 May 2012 at the Hungaroring in Mogyorod near Budapest Hungary The first race was won by Yvan Muller for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Norbert Michelisz for Zengo Motorsport 2012 Race of HungaryRace detailsRound 5 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Hungaroring in Mogyorod Hungary Date6 May 2012LocationMogyorod HungaryCourseHungaroring4 381 kilometres 2 722 mi Race OneLaps12Pole positionDriverYvan MullerChevroletTime1 54 503PodiumFirstYvan MullerChevroletSecondRob HuffChevroletThirdAlain MenuChevroletFastest LapDriverYvan MullerChevroletTime1 55 937Race TwoLaps12PodiumFirstNorbert MicheliszZengo MotorsportSecondAlain MenuChevroletThirdMehdi BennaniProteam RacingFastest LapDriverNorbert MicheliszZengo MotorsportTime1 56 714 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 round 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditYvan Muller arrived in Hungary leading the championship from both of his Chevrolet team mates 27 points ahead of Rob Huff with Alain Menu a further point behind Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents Trophy Isaac Tutumlu left Proteam Racing after the Race of Slovakia reducing the team to one car for Mehdi Bennani 1 James Thompson also rejoined the series driving a Lada Granta WTCC for TMS Sport in the first of two outings in 2012 2 Report EditFree Practice Edit Yvan Muller set the pace in the first free practice session ahead of Lukoil Racing Team s Gabriele Tarquini and Chevrolet s Alain Menu Local driver Norbert Michelisz was the quickest independent driver Three drives were warned for exceeding track limits with Mehdi Bennani also being issued with a black and white flag warning 3 Tarquini went fastest in free practice two heading the Chevrolets of Muller and Huff and the SEAT of Darryl O Young Thompson ended the session ninth in the Lada Granta Once again drivers were warned for exceeding track limits with Tarquini losing one of his times as a consequence 4 Qualifying Edit The Chevrolets started 1 2 3 in the first race with Muller on pole position for the second time in 2012 Franz Engstler started on pole position for the reversed grid second race 5 Menu lost time behind Engstler in Q2 and started third for the first race 6 The ROAL Motorsport drivers were sent to the back of the grid for a parc ferme infringement Alberto Cerqui had qualified 13th and Tom Coronel had qualified 19th before the penalty 7 Warm Up Edit Tarquini led the morning warm up session ahead of the Chevrolet trio of Huff Menu and Muller 8 Race One Edit Muller led away from the rolling start but an incident behind caused Michelisz to run wide and the chain reaction as several cars recovered forced Tarquini and Tom Boardman into retirement Bennani had got up to second by the first corner before dropping down to fourth by the second corner after which the Chevrolets led 1 2 3 Michelisz had recovered to sixth place but was overtaken by Coronel on the final lap the ROAL driver having climbed from 21st on the grid Muller took the win ahead of Huff Menu and Bennani who took his best ever WTCC result and the Yokohama Independents Trophy win 9 Race Two Edit Engstler started from pole position for the reversed grid race however a fast start from Michelisz in fifth ensured he led into the first corner The order behind Michelisz was Oriola ahead of Bennani until Menu came charging through the field from eighth on the grid to take second Huff finished seventh and Muller finished tenth after a last lap off put him behind Stefano D Aste and Engstler Michelisz took the overall win and the Independents win in front of his home fans 10 Results EditQualifying Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Q1 Q2 Points1 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 55 077 1 54 503 52 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 55 201 1 54 770 43 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 55 405 1 54 993 34 3 Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC 1 55 357 1 55 074 25 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 1 56 245 1 55 205 16 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 55 779 1 55 3227 18 Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR Leon 1 6T 1 55 757 1 55 3628 20 Darryl O Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 1 55 794 1 55 7689 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 1 56 085 1 55 84110 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 56 081 1 55 95311 11 Alex MacDowall bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 1 56 342 1 56 09612 14 James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1 56 343 1 56 79113 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 56 38714 26 Stefano D Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 1 56 43415 69 James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 1 56 52716 27 Gabor Weber Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 56 54217 4 Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 1 56 54418 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 1 56 70219 23 Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1 57 41520 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon TDi Y 1 57 890EX1 16 Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y ExcludedEX1 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC ExcludedBold denotes Pole position for second race 1 The ROAL Motorsport drivers had their times from qualifying removed after the team broke a parc ferme regulation 11 Race 1 Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 12 23 23 462 1 252 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 12 1 259 2 183 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 12 1 759 3 154 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 12 10 983 5 125 18 Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR Leon 1 6T 12 15 206 7 106 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 15 786 21 87 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 16 480 6 68 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 12 16 971 9 49 11 Alex MacDowall bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 12 18 106 11 210 27 Gabor Weber Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 20 950 12 111 14 James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 12 24 446 1212 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 12 26 296 1813 16 Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 26 493 2014 4 Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 12 30 396 1715 23 Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 12 31 116 1916 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 12 31 897 1317 26 Stefano D Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 9 3 Laps 14Ret 69 James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 7 Overheating 15NC 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 4 8 Laps 10NC 20 Darryl O Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 3 9 Laps 8Ret 3 Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC 1 Collision 4Ret 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon TDi Y 0 Collision 20Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 23 37 603 5 252 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 12 1 805 8 183 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 12 4 998 6 154 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 12 6 221 2 125 18 Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR Leon 1 6T 12 8 020 4 106 3 Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC 12 8 641 7 87 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 12 9 077 9 68 26 Stefano D Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 12 10 139 14 49 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 12 11 067 1 210 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 12 11 572 10 111 11 Alex MacDowall bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 12 13 174 1112 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 15 438 2013 20 Darryl O Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 12 19 695 314 23 Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 23 167 1415 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 12 23 189 1716 4 Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 12 23 189 1617 27 Gabor Weber Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 45 913 1518 16 Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 1 50 928 1919 14 James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 10 2 Laps 12Ret 69 James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 1 Collision 21Ret 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 Collision 13DNS 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon TDi Y 0 Collision damage 22Bold denotes Fastest lap Standings after the round EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 180 1 2 Alain Menu 157 1 3 Robert Huff 150 1 4 Gabriele Tarquini 97 1 5 Tom Coronel 97 Yokohama Independents Trophy standingsPos Driver Points 1 Pepe Oriola 74 1 2 Norbert Michelisz 67 1 3 Stefano D Aste 58 4 Franz Engstler 42 3 5 Mehdi Bennani 36 Manufacturers Championship standingsPos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 415 1 2 BMW Customer Racing Teams 276 1 3 SEAT Racing Technology 264 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References Edit Isaac Tutumlu makes World Touring Car Championship exit Autosport Thompson makes WTCC comeback Autosport Yvan Muller fastest in first practice in Hungary TouringCarTimes Tarquini tops Free Practice 2 at the Hungaroring TouringCarTimes Yvan Muller secures Hungaroring pole position TouringCarTimes Alain Menu upset with Engstler for ruining final run TouringCarTimes ROUNDS 9 amp 10 HUNGARORING QUALIFYING REPORT permanent dead link FIA WTCC Gabriele Tarquini leads morning warm up TouringCarTimes ROUNDS 9 amp 10 HUNGARORING RACE REPORT permanent dead link FIA WTCC Norbert Michelisz wins at home in Hungary TouringCarTimes ROAL Motorsport sent to the back of the grid TouringCarTimes External links EditWorld Touring Car ChampionshipPrevious race 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia 2012 World Touring Car Championship season 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