After the opening round in Italy, Muller was leading the drivers' championship. D'Aste was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
A continued shortage of the new for 2012 SEAT 1.6T engine meant the cars run by SUNRED Engineering switched to the SUNRED 1.6T engine prior to the Race of Spain. Tiago Monteiro and Andrea Barlesi would switch to the engine and they were joined by series debutant Fernando Monje.[1] Monje joined the championship, having competed in the supporting European Touring Car Cup at Monza. Tom Boardman returned to the championship having been forced to sit out the opening round. With no SEAT 1.6T engine available for him, he took part in the event using the TDI engine.[2]
Report
Free practice
Muller led the opening practice session on Saturday morning with Robert Huff second and Menu third. Pepe Oriola was the fastest SEAT León WTCC while Monteiro was the fastest of the three SUNRED engined cars.[3]
Gabriele Tarquini went quickest in the second free practice session in his Lukoil Racing Team SEAT. ROAL Motorsport driver Tom Coronel had set the pace for much of the session until his time was beaten by Huff and then Tarquini in the final five minutes of the session. Charles Ng was given a black flag after getting stuck in a gravel trap on his first flying lap and then continuing in the session after receiving outside help. Six drivers were warned for cutting the apex at the first corner.[4]
Qualifying
Muller secured his first pole position of the year in qualifying ahead of Tarquini and Coronel. Oriola took the independents' pole with fourth place. Tarquini had been fastest in the first part of qualifying but Muller had been close to going out in the first element of qualifying. Muller had his best time removed for running too wide but he ended the session eighth after a last minute flying lap. By finishing tenth in second qualifying, D'Aste secured the pole position on the reversed grid in race two. The session was not stopped at any time but after the session, the Lukoil Racing car of Aleksei Dudukalo caught fire in Parc Ferme.[5]
Warm-Up
Huff led the warm up session on Sunday morning with pole sitter Muller second fastest.[6]
Race One
Muller led from start to finish to secure his third straight victory of the year. Tarquini had got a better launch from the rolling start but Muller was able to defend and from then on Tarquini's main threat was from Coronel behind. Coronel had received a black and white driving standards flag for making contact with Tarquini but continued on to the final podium spot. Huff and Menu climbed up to fourth and fifth respectively at the expense of Oriola, but sixth place was still enough to secure the independents' victory for Oriola. Monteiro was able to finish in the top ten in his SUNRED-powered car while the only car that failed to finish was Dudukalo.[7]
Race Two
Menu ended Muller's winning streak in race two by coming home ahead of Coronel and D'Aste. Wiechers-Sport driver D'Aste had led until lap seven when he ran wide and handed the lead to Menu. Both Menu and D'Aste then hit oil two laps later sending them across the gravel at turn ten and promoting Coronel to second. Coronel battled with Menu for the lead in the final laps but held on to take the win by less than a second. Menu's Chevrolet was followed home by four BMW 320 TCs as Norbert Michelisz and Franz Engstler followed Coronel and D'Aste.[8]
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
^Mills, Peter (30 March 2012). "Tiago Monteiro, Andrea Barlesi and Fernando Monje to switch engines for Valencia WTCC round". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^Allen, Peter (28 March 2012). "Tom Boardman Raring To Go In Valencia". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^Hudson, Neil (31 March 2012). "Yvan Muller leads the way in Free Practice 1". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^Hudson, Neil (31 March 2012). "Gabriele Tarquini tops FP2 in Spain". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^Auger, Matt (31 March 2012). "Muller secures Valencia pole". TouringCars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^Hudson, Neil (1 April 2012). "Rob Huff leads the way in Valencia warm up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^Allen, Peter (1 April 2012). "Muller Continues Winning Start With Dominant Valencia Victory". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^Mills, Peter (1 April 2012). "Alain Menu battles to Valencia World Touring Car race two win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Spain was the second round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the eighth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Spain It was held on 1 April 2012 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia Spain Chevrolet driver Yvan Muller took pole position for the first race with Wiechers Sport s Stefano D Aste on pole for the second race after the top ten qualifiers were reversed Both races were won by Chevrolet with Muller winning race one and Alain Menu winning race two 2012 Race of SpainRace detailsRound 2 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia Spain Date1 April 2012LocationValencia SpainCourseCircuit Ricardo Tormo4 005 kilometres 2 489 mi Race OneLaps13Pole positionDriverYvan MullerChevroletTime1 42 228PodiumFirstYvan MullerChevroletSecondGabriele TarquiniLukoil RacingThirdTom CoronelROAL MotorsportFastest LapDriverYvan MullerChevroletTime1 44 194Race TwoLaps13PodiumFirstAlain MenuChevroletSecondTom CoronelROAL MotorsportThirdStefano D AsteWiechers SportFastest LapDriverAlain MenuChevroletTime1 44 278 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 EditAfter the opening round in Italy Muller was leading the drivers championship D Aste was leading the Yokohama Independents Trophy A continued shortage of the new for 2012 SEAT 1 6T engine meant the cars run by SUNRED Engineering switched to the SUNRED 1 6T engine prior to the Race of Spain Tiago Monteiro and Andrea Barlesi would switch to the engine and they were joined by series debutant Fernando Monje 1 Monje joined the championship having competed in the supporting European Touring Car Cup at Monza Tom Boardman returned to the championship having been forced to sit out the opening round With no SEAT 1 6T engine available for him he took part in the event using the TDI engine 2 Report EditFree practice Edit Muller led the opening practice session on Saturday morning with Robert Huff second and Menu third Pepe Oriola was the fastest SEAT Leon WTCC while Monteiro was the fastest of the three SUNRED engined cars 3 Gabriele Tarquini went quickest in the second free practice session in his Lukoil Racing Team SEAT ROAL Motorsport driver Tom Coronel had set the pace for much of the session until his time was beaten by Huff and then Tarquini in the final five minutes of the session Charles Ng was given a black flag after getting stuck in a gravel trap on his first flying lap and then continuing in the session after receiving outside help Six drivers were warned for cutting the apex at the first corner 4 Qualifying Edit Muller secured his first pole position of the year in qualifying ahead of Tarquini and Coronel Oriola took the independents pole with fourth place Tarquini had been fastest in the first part of qualifying but Muller had been close to going out in the first element of qualifying Muller had his best time removed for running too wide but he ended the session eighth after a last minute flying lap By finishing tenth in second qualifying D Aste secured the pole position on the reversed grid in race two The session was not stopped at any time but after the session the Lukoil Racing car of Aleksei Dudukalo caught fire in Parc Ferme 5 Warm Up Edit Huff led the warm up session on Sunday morning with pole sitter Muller second fastest 6 Race One Edit Muller led from start to finish to secure his third straight victory of the year Tarquini had got a better launch from the rolling start but Muller was able to defend and from then on Tarquini s main threat was from Coronel behind Coronel had received a black and white driving standards flag for making contact with Tarquini but continued on to the final podium spot Huff and Menu climbed up to fourth and fifth respectively at the expense of Oriola but sixth place was still enough to secure the independents victory for Oriola Monteiro was able to finish in the top ten in his SUNRED powered car while the only car that failed to finish was Dudukalo 7 Race Two Edit Menu ended Muller s winning streak in race two by coming home ahead of Coronel and D Aste Wiechers Sport driver D Aste had led until lap seven when he ran wide and handed the lead to Menu Both Menu and D Aste then hit oil two laps later sending them across the gravel at turn ten and promoting Coronel to second Coronel battled with Menu for the lead in the final laps but held on to take the win by less than a second Menu s Chevrolet was followed home by four BMW 320 TCs as Norbert Michelisz and Franz Engstler followed Coronel and D Aste 8 Results EditQualifying Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Q1 Q2 Points1 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 43 458 1 42 228 52 3 Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC 1 42 933 1 42 591 43 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1 43 323 1 42 643 34 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 1 43 340 1 42 829 25 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 43 427 1 42 862 16 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 43 483 1 42 9947 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 43 683 1 43 1088 4 Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 1 43 230 1 43 4109 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 1 42 975 1 43 47210 26 Stefano D Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 1 43 850 1 43 54411 18 Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR Leon 1 6T 1 43 801 1 43 64012 20 Darryl O Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 1 43 391 1 43 83213 16 Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 43 88914 11 Alex MacDowall bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 1 43 95115 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 1 44 06016 14 James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1 44 12617 27 Gabor Weber Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 44 31618 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 1 44 34219 24 Isaac Tutumlu Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 1 44 43520 88 Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering SR Leon 1 6T Y 1 44 50921 23 Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1 44 70222 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon TDi Y 1 44 70323 40 Andrea Barlesi SUNRED Engineering SR Leon 1 6T Y 1 45 12424 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 45 716Bold denotes Pole position for second race Race 1 Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 22 53 924 1 252 3 Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC 13 6 988 2 183 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 7 232 3 154 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 8 982 5 125 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 9 250 9 106 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 13 10 614 4 87 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 11 854 6 68 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 13 12 202 7 49 18 Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR Leon 1 6T 13 21 185 11 210 20 Darryl O Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 13 24 010 12 111 26 Stefano D Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 13 25 349 1012 14 James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 30 104 1613 16 Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 30 282 1314 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 30 685 1515 11 Alex MacDowall bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 13 31 373 1416 24 Isaac Tutumlu Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 32 187 1917 27 Gabor Weber Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 33 507 1718 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 13 34 050 2419 23 Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 34 372 2120 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon TDi Y 13 36 599 2221 88 Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering SR Leon 1 6T Y 13 37 377 2022 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 13 37 926 1823 40 Andrea Barlesi SUNRED Engineering SR Leon 1 6T Y 13 51 999 23NC 4 Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 6 7 Laps 8Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 23 03 207 2 252 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 0 861 8 183 26 Stefano D Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Y 13 1 306 1 154 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 1 629 5 125 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 13 1 901 4 106 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 3 007 6 87 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 13 5 704 7 68 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T 13 6 368 10 49 3 Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC 13 15 044 9 210 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 15 306 15 111 24 Isaac Tutumlu Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 19 838 1912 4 Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 13 21 166 313 18 Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR Leon 1 6T 13 21 865 1114 11 Alex MacDowall bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 13 23 167 1415 23 Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 25 024 2116 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1 6T Y 13 27 071 1817 40 Andrea Barlesi SUNRED Engineering SR Leon 1 6T Y 13 50 229 2318 88 Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering SR Leon 1 6T Y 13 1 04 377 2019 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 10 3 Laps 24Ret 14 James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 8 Suspension 16Ret 20 Darryl O Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Y 4 Overheating 12Ret 16 Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 1 Suspension 13Ret 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon TDi Y 0 Accident 22DNS 27 Gabor Weber Zengo Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 0 Clutch 17Bold denotes Fastest lap Standings after the round EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 88 1 2 Alain Menu 61 1 3 Tom Coronel 58 2 4 Robert Huff 57 5 Gabriele Tarquini 44 Yokohama Independents Trophy standingsPos Driver Points 1 1 Pepe Oriola 31 1 2 Stefano D Aste 28 2 3 Norbert Michelisz 27 4 Franz Engstler 25 2 5 Alex MacDowall 16 Manufacturers Championship standingsPos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 173 1 2 BMW Customer Racing Teams 108 1 3 SEAT Racing Technology 101 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References Edit Mills Peter 30 March 2012 Tiago Monteiro Andrea Barlesi and Fernando Monje to switch engines for Valencia WTCC round Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 20 December 2012 Allen Peter 28 March 2012 Tom Boardman Raring To Go In Valencia The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 20 December 2012 Hudson Neil 31 March 2012 Yvan Muller leads the way in Free Practice 1 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 21 December 2012 Hudson Neil 31 March 2012 Gabriele Tarquini tops FP2 in Spain TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 21 December 2012 Auger Matt 31 March 2012 Muller secures Valencia pole TouringCars net Andrew Abbott Retrieved 21 December 2012 Hudson Neil 1 April 2012 Rob Huff leads the way in Valencia warm up TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 21 December 2012 Allen Peter 1 April 2012 Muller Continues Winning Start With Dominant Valencia Victory The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 21 December 2012 Mills Peter 1 April 2012 Alain Menu battles to Valencia World Touring Car race two win Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 21 December 2012 External links EditResults Booklet PDF at FIAWTCC com permanent dead link Valencia Race Report PDF at FIAWTCC com permanent dead link World Touring Car ChampionshipPrevious race 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2012 World Touring Car Championship season Next race 2012 FIA WTCC Race of MoroccoPrevious race 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Spain FIA WTCC Race of Spain Next race no race Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Spain amp oldid 1096026488, wikipedia, 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