2012 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal



























Portugal 2012 Race of Portugal
Race details

Autódromo do Algarve alt.svg
Round 7 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal.

Date 3 June, 2012
Location
Portimão, Portugal
Course
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
4.654 kilometres (2.892 mi)
Race One


















































Laps
11
Pole position
Driver

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

Lukoil Racing Team
Time

1:53.966

Podium
First

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet
Second

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

Lukoil Racing Team
Third

United Kingdom Rob Huff

Chevrolet
Fastest Lap
Driver

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet
Time

1:54.541

Race Two





































Laps
11
Podium
First

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet
Second

Spain Pepe Oriola

Tuenti Racing Team
Third

Netherlands Tom Coronel

ROAL Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet
Time

1:56.018


The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal was the seventh round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Portugal. It was held on 3 June 2012 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal. The first race was won by Yvan Muller for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Alain Menu, also for Chevrolet.




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 links





Background


Coming into the event, Yvan Muller was the championship leader on 206 points ahead of Robert Huff on 198 and Menu on 175 points. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


James Thompson and TMS Sport made their last scheduled appearance of the season with the Lada Granta WTCC. Tom Boardman switched to the new SEAT turbocharged engine, having run the TDi engine since Spain.[1]


For the Race of Portugal weekend, Menu would be playing the role of comic book character Michel Vaillant. His Chevrolet Cruze raced in special Vaillante colours and Menu himself wore a special race suit and dyed his hair to look like the French comic book racer.[2]



Report



Free Practice


Lukoil Racing Team's Gabriele Tarquini set the pace in the first free practice session, nearly half a second ahead of the Chevrolet of Yvan Muller. Thompson put the TMS Sport Lada in 10th.[3]


It was a Chevrolet 1-2-3 in the second practice session, with Yvan Muller topping the timing pages ahead of Menu and Huff.[4]



Qualifying


Tarquini took his second pole position of the season with Yvan Muller second for Chevrolet and Norbert Michelisz third for Zengő Motorsport. The race two reversed grid would see Tuenti Racing Team's Pepe Oriola starting on position with Menu starting second. The session was stopped early on when Tom Chilton suffered a suspension failure, he and his team mate James Nash would form an all Ford back row.[5]



Warm-Up


Muller went fastest in Sunday morning's warm-up session ahead of Chevrolet team mates of Huff and Menu.[6]



Race One


Muller overtook Tarquini on the outside into turn one to take the lead, while further down the field, Aleksei Dudukalo and Gábor Wéber made contact and ended up in the gravel. Both drivers were able to get back on track and return to the pits. Muller held on to take the win ahead of Tarquini and Huff, with Michelisz the winning independent after coming home in fourth. Menu had climbed up to fifth position while the only remaining non-SEAT engined León of Tiago Monteiro spent much of the race defending his seventh place.[7]



Race Two


A near repeat of race one saw the Chevrolet of Menu overtake pole sitter Oriola before the first corner. Further back, Mehdi Bennani made contact with Stefano D'Aste which earned him a suspended grid penalty.[8] Tarquini had been defending from the Chevrolets of Muller and Huff when he took too much kerb, allowing Muller through. Huff and Tarquini made contact, spinning the Italian out of the race while Muller spun at his own accord. ROAL Motorsport's Alberto Cerqui took advantage of Muller's off to take fifth, a position that was later switched on the main straight. Menu took the victory ahead of podium debutant Oriola with Tom Coronel third.[9]



Results



Qualifying

































































































































































































































































Pos.

No.
Name
Team
Car

C
Q1
Q2
Points
1
3

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

Lukoil Racing

SEAT León WTCC

1:54.809
1:53.966

5
2
1

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

1:54.982
1:54.232

4
3
5

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:55.242
1:54.598

3
4
2

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

1:54.985
1:54.932

2
5
15

Netherlands Tom Coronel

ROAL Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

1:55.430
1:54.982

1
6
16

Italy Alberto Cerqui

ROAL Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:55.413
1:55.036

7
27

Hungary Gábor Wéber

Zengő Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:55.740
1:55.087

8
18

Portugal Tiago Monteiro

Tuenti Racing

SR León 1.6T

1:55.471
1:55.088

9
8

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

1:55.163
1:55.114

10
74

Spain Pepe Oriola

Tuenti Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
1:55.380
1:55.323

11
25

Morocco Mehdi Bennani

Proteam Racing

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:55.607
1:55.488

12
4

Russia Aleksei Dudukalo

Lukoil Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
1:55.703
1:55.618

13
6

Germany Franz Engstler

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:55.811


14
20

China Darryl O'Young

Special Tuning Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
1:55.842


15
11

United Kingdom Alex MacDowall

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

Y
1:55.891


16
26

Italy Stefano D'Aste

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:55.892


17
69

United Kingdom James Thompson

TMS Sport

Lada Granta WTCC

1:55.926


18
7

Hong Kong Charles Ng

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320 TC

Y
1:56.080


19
22

United Kingdom Tom Boardman

Special Tuning Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
1:56.260


20
12

Italy Pasquale Di Sabatino

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

Y
1:56.499


21
14

United Kingdom James Nash

Team Aon

Ford Focus S2000 TC

1:56.554


22
23

United Kingdom Tom Chilton

Team Aon

Ford Focus S2000 TC

1:57.117




  • Bold denotes Pole position for second race.


Race 1
























































































































































































































































































Pos.

No.
Name
Team
Car

C
Laps
Time/Retired
Grid
Points
1
1

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

11
21:20.620
2

25
2
3

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

Lukoil Racing

SEAT León WTCC

11
+0.336
1

18
3
2

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

11
+0.951
4

15
4
5

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+6.699
3

12
5
8

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

11
+13.669
9

10
6
15

Netherlands Tom Coronel

ROAL Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

11
+17.053
5

8
7
18

Portugal Tiago Monteiro

Tuenti Racing

SR León 1.6T

11
+20.172
8

6
8
16

Italy Alberto Cerqui

ROAL Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+20.422
6

4
9
74

Spain Pepe Oriola

Tuenti Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
11
+21.134
10

2
10
11

United Kingdom Alex MacDowall

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

Y
11
+21.723
15

1
11
26

Italy Stefano D'Aste

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+22.453
16

12
6

Germany Franz Engstler

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+26.142
13

13
20

China Darryl O'Young

Special Tuning Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
11
+29.066
14

14
22

United Kingdom Tom Boardman

Special Tuning Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
11
+29.813
19

15
12

Italy Pasquale Di Sabatino

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

Y
11
+34.752
20

16
23

United Kingdom Tom Chilton

Team Aon

Ford Focus S2000 TC

11
+42.163
22

17
69

United Kingdom James Thompson

TMS Sport

Lada Granta WTCC

10
+1 Lap
17

18
7

Hong Kong Charles Ng

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320 TC

Y
9
+2 Laps
18

Ret
14

United Kingdom James Nash

Team Aon

Ford Focus S2000 TC

7
Collision
21

Ret
25

Morocco Mehdi Bennani

Proteam Racing

BMW 320 TC

Y
7
Collision
11

Ret
27

Hungary Gábor Wéber

Zengő Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
4
Collision
7

Ret
4

Russia Aleksei Dudukalo

Lukoil Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
2
Collision
12



  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.


Race 2
























































































































































































































































































Pos.

No.
Name
Team
Car

C
Laps
Time/Retired
Grid
Points
1
8

France Michel Vaillant (Alain Menu)

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

11
21:34.180
2

25
2
74

Spain Pepe Oriola

Tuenti Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
11
+3.200
1

18
3
15

Netherlands Tom Coronel

ROAL Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

11
+5.160
6

15
4
2

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

11
+6.961
7

12
5
1

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

11
+8.280
9

10
6
16

Italy Alberto Cerqui

ROAL Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+8.626
5

8
7
11

United Kingdom Alex MacDowall

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

Y
11
+15.007
15

6
8
18

Portugal Tiago Monteiro

Tuenti Racing

SR León 1.6T

11
+15.874
3

4
9
6

Germany Franz Engstler

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+16.264
13

2
10
5

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+18.128
8

1
11
69

United Kingdom James Thompson

TMS Sport

Lada Granta WTCC

11
+19.832
21

12
27

Hungary Gábor Wéber

Zengő Motorsport

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+23.542
4

13
20

China Darryl O'Young

Special Tuning Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
11
+28.326
14

14
7

Hong Kong Charles Ng

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320 TC

Y
11
+28.581
17

15
23

United Kingdom Tom Chilton

Team Aon

Ford Focus S2000 TC

11
+30.552
20

16
4

Russia Aleksei Dudukalo

Lukoil Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
11
+50.602
12

17
12

Italy Pasquale Di Sabatino

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T

Y
10
+1 Lap
19

18
26

Italy Stefano D'Aste

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320 TC

Y
10
+1 Lap
16

19
3

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

Lukoil Racing

SEAT León WTCC

8
+3 Laps
10

Ret
14

United Kingdom James Nash

Team Aon

Ford Focus S2000 TC

7
Set Up
22

Ret
25

Morocco Mehdi Bennani

Proteam Racing

BMW 320 TC

Y
3
Collision
11

Ret
22

United Kingdom Tom Boardman

Special Tuning Racing

SEAT León WTCC

Y
2
Collision
18



  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.


Standings after the round











  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.


References





  1. ^ NEW ENGINE FOR TOM BOARDMAN, WTCC.


  2. ^ Menu gets comic role for Portugal, Touring-Cars.net.


  3. ^ Gabriele Tarquini fastest in Portimão FP1, TouringCarTimes.


  4. ^ Yvan Muller fastest in second free practice at Portimão, TouringCarTimes.


  5. ^ Tarquini claims second WTCC pole of 2012 at Algarve, Autosport.com.


  6. ^ Yvan Muller fastest in Portugal warm up, TouringCarTimes.


  7. ^ Muller beats Tarquini to race one win, Touring-Cars.net.


  8. ^ Mehdi Bennani given suspended penalty for D'Aste incident, TouringCarTimes.


  9. ^ Menu wins race two as 'Vaillant', Touring-Cars.net.




External links















World Touring Car Championship
Previous race:
2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria

2012 World Touring Car Championship season
Next race:
2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
Previous race:
2011 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal

FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
Next race:
2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal



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