Zitat20 Mar - Brazil - Curitiba 24 Apr - Belgium - Zolder 15 May - Italy - Monza 05 Jun - Hungary - Hungaroring 19 Jun - Czech Republic - Brno 03 Jul - Portgual - Porto 17 Jul - United Kingdom - Donington Park 31 Jul - Germany - Oschersleben 04 Sep - Spain - Valencia Ricardo Tormo 23 Oct - Japan - Suzuka 06 Nov - China - Guangdong 20 Nov - Macau - Macau
for the coming year also becoming the new starting order system to another race weekend. The old "top8 in reverse order" is rejected, and the starting order is torn to time-runs of Q1-sections. Makes sense, no?
ZitatThe FIA World Touring Car Championship remains an important Customer Racing platform, enabling private teams and drivers to demonstrate the potential of the BMW 320 TC at the highest level. The BMW 320 TC will compete for victories and titles in the Independents’ Trophy of the WTCC. Private teams and drivers will campaign the car – based on the successful BMW 320si WTCC, but fitted with the new 1.6-litre four-cylinder (DI-) turbo engine. The “TC†in its terminology stands for “Touring Carâ€. Therefore this car will represent BMW in the WTCC in 2011, although a works campaign is not planned.
WTCC season opener in the competition is run in Curitiba, Brazil, at the same time the Brazilian Stock Car class also competes on the same track.
Slightly rumors have been circulating that the Brazilian Stock Car class drivers we might see a series WTCC Curitiba races, including the Christian Fittipaldi, Ricardo Zonta and Antonio Pizzonia and Caca Bueno. Carlos 'caca' Bueno driving a race in Curitiba, at least ensured.
Rob Huff comfortably drove to victory at round one of the WTCC at Curitiba ahead of team-mates Yvan Muller and Cacá Bueno to secure an all Chevrolet podium.
Zitat01. Robert Huff 14 Laps 02. Yvan Muller +0.873 03. Cacá Bueno +3.924 04. Tom Coronel +12.714 05. Kristian Poulsen +13.004 06. Alain Menu +13.402 07. Gabriele Tarquini +14.214 08. Michel Nykjaer +14.716 09. Franz Engstler +19.100 10. Mehdi Bennani +19.591
Alain Menu took victory in the second race at Brazil beating Tom Coronel in a race long battle, with Yvan Muller taking the final place on the podium.
Zitat01. Alain Menu 14 Laps 02. Tom Coronel +0.265 03. Yvan Muller +0.917 04. Robert Huff +1.321 05. Cacá Bueno +2.409 06. Gabriele Tarquini +4.512 07. Tiago Monteiro +7.810 08. Javier Villa +16.894 09. Franz Engstler +17.571 10. Pepe Oriola +20.361
Zitat1. 01/05/2011 Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg 2. 15/05/2011 Circuit Park Zandvoort 3. 05/06/2011 Red Bull Ring Spielberg 4. 19/06/2011 Eurospeedway Lausitzring 5. 03/07/2011 Norisring NC. 17/07/2011 Showevent au stade Olympique de Munich 6. 07/08/2011 Nürburgring 7. 12/09/2011 Brands Hatch 8. 26/09/2011 Oschersleben 9. 02/10/2011 Valencia 10. 23/10/2011 Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg 11. 06/11/2011 Shanghaï
Audi has drivers for their Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters programme for 2011:
ZitatAbt Sportsline: Timo Scheider, Mattias Ekström, Oliver Jarvis, Mike Rockenfeller and Miguel Molina Team Rosberg: Edoardo Mortara and Filipe Albuquerque Team Phoenix: Rahel Frey and Martin Tomczyk
Mercedes-Benz has drivers for their Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters programme for 2011:
ZitatHWA Team: Gary Paffett, Ralf Schumacher, Bruno Spengler and Jamie Green Persson Motorsport: Christian Vietoris, Renger van der Zande and Susie Stoddart Mücke Motorsport: David Coulthard, Susie Stoddart and Maro Engel
Rob Huff lead a 1-2-3 for Chevrolet in race one at Zolder, whilst their was chaos on lap three, with Coronel, Benanni, Engstler, Barth & Lee all out of the race.
Zitat1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 29m18.807s 2. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 1.244s 3. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 1.740s 4. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT + 3.790s 5. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 5.102s 6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 8.987s 7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 10.878s 8. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 12.032s 9. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 12.845s 10. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 12.901s 11. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 14.656s 12. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT + 17.538s 13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 18.687s 14. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 25.864s 15. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 42.236s 16. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1m07.741s
Retirements:
Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 2 laps Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 2 laps Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 2 laps Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 2 laps Marchy Lee KK BMW 2 laps
Gabriele Tarquini held off Rob Huff and Alain Menu to take victory in the second race at Zolder, in what may be his final race with the SEAT TDI engine.
Zitat1. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 22m07.752s 2. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 0.448s 3. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 0.886s 4. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 1.614s 5. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 5.702s 6. Rob Huff Chevrolet + 5.901s 7. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 12.352s 8. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 16.721s 9. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT + 20.141s 10. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 28.827s 11. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW + 42.066s 12. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 48.235s 13. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1 lap 14. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 1 lap 15. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 2 laps 16. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 4 laps
Retirements:
Yvan Muller Chevrolet 7 laps Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 0 laps
SUNRED Engineering are set to introduce their new 1.6 litre turbo engine at the next race at Monza in three weeks time, with all drivers expecting to be running the engine at the Hungaroring.
Mike Rockenfeller took his maiden DTM victory with a fabulous drive in the second round of the championship at Zandvoort.
Zitat1. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi 1h05m28.514s 2. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 1.423s 3. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 1.865s 4. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 6.957s 5. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 11.478s 6. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 14.160s 7. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 15.064s 8. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 15.439s 9. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 19.482s 10. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 21.859s 11. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 28.435s 12. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 28.855s 13. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 35.870s 14. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 37.268s 15. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 38.901s 16. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 49.548s 17. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 1 lap
Retirements:
Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi 13 laps
Huff wins thrilling first Monza race
Zitat1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 18m07.398s 2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 1.291s 3. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 4.239s 4. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 4.269s 5. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW + 4.499s 6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 5.509s 7. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 10.506s 8. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 10.798s 9. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 11.492s 10. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT + 15.366s 11. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW + 18.439s 12. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 18.873s 13. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 19.286s 14. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 20.070s 15. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 30.709s 16. Ibrahim Okyay Otomotiv BMW + 58.046s 17. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 59.018s 18. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1m25.422s 19. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 1 lap 20. Marchy Lee KK BMW + 1 lap
Retirements:
Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 5 laps Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 2 laps
Rob Huff completed a clean sweep of pole and two victories in this weekend's World Touring Car Championship round at Monza with a hard-fought win in this afternoon's reversed-grid race.
Zitat1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 18m10.032s 2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 0.242s 3. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 3.559s 4. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 6.211s 5. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 8.896s 6. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 10.089s 7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 10.780s 8. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 11.054s 9. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 11.056s 10. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT + 12.800s 11. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 19.420s 12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 21.519s 13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 23.532s 14. Marchy Lee KK BMW + 27.912s 15. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW + 28.095s 16. Ibrahim Okyay Otomotiv BMW + 48.069s 17. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 52.972s 18. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1m27.890s
Retirements:
Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 7 laps Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 7 laps Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 1 lap Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 0 laps
Red Bull Ring (DTM) won the race Martin Tomczyk, Ralf Schumacher was second, and third Oliver Jarvis. Result:
47-year old Swiss driver Alain Menu drove the Hungaroring pole to victory in the first race, second in the Hungarian delight the home crowd's own son, Norbert Michelisz, and third place, Javier Villa. Result:
Yvan Muller took his first win in 18 races at the Hungaroring as the heavens opened at the end of lap one to cause mayhem for the slick-shod field. Result:
Rob Huff snatched victory from team-mate Yvan Muller at Brno, with Menu battling through the field to make it the first Chevrolet 1-2-3 since Zolder.
Yvan Muller has closed up in the championship to Rob Huff after winning the second race in Brno with Tom Coronel taking second for ROAL Motorsport.
Martin Tomczyk leapt to the head of the DTM standings by taking his second victory in a row at Lausitz. Top10 result:
Zitat1. Martin Tomczyk 2. Timo Scheider 3. Bruno Spengler 4. Gary Paffett 5. Oliver Jarvis 6. Jamie Green 7. Tom Kristensen 8. Filipe Albuquerque 9. Christian Vietoris 10. Maro Engel
Alain Menu has closed the points gap to championship leader Rob Huff with a comfortable win in Round 11 of the World Touring Car Championship in Portugal.
Two race result:
Norisgring dtm race result:
Zitat1. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes 1h04m43.617s 2. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 0.499s 3. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 1.493s 4. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 2.760s 5. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 4.725s 6. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 6.098s 7. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 7.022s 8. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 9.672s 9. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 11.320s 10. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 12.773s 11. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 14.112s 12. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 15.459s 13. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 17.515s 14. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 21.030s 15. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 21.556s 16. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 22.394s 17. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 1 lap
Retirements:
Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 15 laps
The German newspaper Bild has caught the new BMW M3 DTM car on picture for the first time. BMW are currently testing the first DTM prototype at the German track Oschersleben.
Yvan Muller won the first race of the day at Donington Park from pole position, but all eyes were behind the Chevrolet trio as the battles raged for the remaining points positions.
Yvan Muller won the second race of the day from tenth on the grid at Donington Park, but is under investigation for the pass on team-mate Rob Huff early in the race. Huff finished second with Franz Engstler taking a career best third.
Audi driver Edoardo Mortara beat Mercedes driver Bruno Spengler in the saturday final of the Munich Show Event.
Bruno Spengler triumphed on the second and final day of the DTM Show Event at Munich's Olympic Stadium after his rival Edoardo Mortara crashed out. Mortara had beaten Spengler by 0.3s in Saturday's final after the pair emerged as the top drivers from the Audi and Mercedes individual events.
Zitat1. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 25m54.624s 2. Rob Huff Chevrolet + 0.289s 3. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT + 13.810s 4. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 14.665s 5. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 18.578s 6. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers BMW + 25.058s 7. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 33.795s 8. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 34.362s 9. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT + 43.187s 10. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW + 45.665s 11. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW + 46.105s 12. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 46.328s 13. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 46.627s 14. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 46.919s 15. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW + 47.560s 16. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 55.237s 17. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 1m29.885s 18. Ibrahim Okyay Borusan BMW + 1m52.554s 19. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1 lap
Retirements:
Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 7 laps Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 5 laps
Franz Engstler claimed his first ever World Touring Car victory with a lights-to-flag performance at Oschersleben which brought Chevrolet's run of 11 consecutive wins to an end.
Zitat1. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi 1h15m37.956s 2. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 2.023s 3. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 11.723s 4. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 14.136s 5. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 20.395s 6. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 36.087s 7. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 38.586s 8. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 42.698s 9. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 46.941s 10. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 48.473s 11. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 1 lap 12. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 1 lap 13. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 1 lap 14. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 1 lap 15. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 1 lap 16. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 3 laps 17. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 20 laps
Out:
Miguel Molina Abt Audi 8 laps
Yvan Muller claimed a crucial victory in Valencia’s first race, which enabled him to oust his Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff from the leadership in the Drivers’ Championship. Huff was forced to recover after being involved in a collision with Monteiro and Menu; the Briton managed to salvage a fifth place, however he now finds himself nine points behind Muller. Menu and Monteiro are currently under investigation for the incident with Huff. Gabriele Tarquini risked to upset Chevrolet; the Italian took a great start to jump into the lead at the first corner. However some misfiring problems forced him to slow down and eventually to stop. Yvan Muller won again in Valencia, thanks to a series of mistakes made by the BMW drivers. With only four laps to go Tom Coronel, Javier Villa and Norbert Michelisz looked set to score a BMW 1-2-3, leaving the Chevrolet men out of the podium for the first time in the season. And suddenly everything changed. Coronel and Villa clashed while fighting for the lead, Michelisz spun at the last corner and this presented Chevrolet another 1-2-3 finish. A crucial result, because it gave Chevrolet the mathematical certainty of both the 2011 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ World titles.
Chevrolet driver Alain Menu held off the BMW of Colin Turkington to take his fifth win of the 2011 season, whilst Rob Huff cuts the points gap to Yvan Muller by three points. Menu's win keeps the Swiss driver in the title hunt, but will need Huff and Muller to hit trouble in race two to leave Shanghai with a mathematical chance of winning the Championship in Macau, whilst Huff closes by three points on Muller in the standings. Yvan Muller extended his championship lead with a dominant victory in the second of today's World Touring Car races at the Tianma circuit near Shanghai. The only major incident took place on lap one when Zengo-Dension BMW driver Norbert Michelisz was tapped into a spin in the middle of the pack, triggering a pile-up that accounted for Tiago Monteiro (SUNRED SEAT) and Javier Villa (Proteam BMW).
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