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Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:25 |
 World Touring Car Championship result of Race 1 from Curitiba - Chevrolet claimed a dominant 1-2-3 finish in the opening race of the season.
 The Chevrolet team opened the turbo era in WTCC in style at Curitiba that also meant a great start to the season in which they aim to defend their world titles.
After setting pole position, Rob Huff scored a lights to flag win in the first race, with team-mates Yvan Muller and Carlos Bueno in tow.
After finishing third in last year's championship the young Englishman is now set to be the one of the most serious pretenders to WTCC throne.
Weather/Track: Cloud 17C/Dry 23C
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
2 |
|
Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
19'29.481 |
14 |
|
159.24 |
| 2 |
1 |
|
Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
19'30.354 |
14 |
0.873 |
159.12 |
| 3 |
6 |
|
Carlos BUENO |
BRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
19'33.405 |
14 |
3.924 |
158.7 |
| 4 |
15 |
|
Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
19'42.195 |
14 |
12.714 |
157.52 |
| 5 |
11 |
I |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
19'42.485 |
14 |
13.004 |
157.48 |
| 6 |
8 |
|
Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
19'42.883 |
14 |
13.402 |
157.43 |
| 7 |
3 |
|
Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
19'43.695 |
14 |
14.214 |
157.32 |
| 8 |
17 |
I |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
19'44.197 |
14 |
14.716 |
157.26 |
| 9 |
12 |
I |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
19'48.581 |
14 |
19.1 |
156.68 |
| 10 |
25 |
I |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
19'49.072 |
14 |
19.591 |
156.61 |
| 11 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
19'49.482 |
14 |
20.001 |
156.56 |
| 12 |
30 |
|
Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
19'49.824 |
14 |
20.343 |
156.51 |
| 13 |
74 |
I |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
19'54.579 |
14 |
25.098 |
155.89 |
| 14 |
20 |
I |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
19'55.008 |
14 |
25.527 |
155.83 |
| 15 |
7 |
I |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
19'57.766 |
14 |
28.285 |
155.47 |
| 16 |
65 |
I |
Marchy LEE |
HKG |
BMW 320 TC |
20'10.881 |
14 |
41.4 |
153.79 |
| 17 |
4 |
I |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
20'11.301 |
14 |
41.82 |
153.74 |
| 18 |
10 |
I |
Yukinori TANIGUCHI |
JPN |
Chevrolet Lacetti |
20'14.746 |
14 |
45.265 |
153.3 |
| 19 |
21 |
I |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
20'27.347 |
13 |
1 Lap |
140.89 |
| Not classified |
|
9 |
I |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
HKG |
Chevrolet Lacetti |
05'53.376 |
4 |
D.N.F. |
150.57 |
| Fastest laps |
|
2 |
|
Robert HUFF |
|
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'22.890 |
5 |
99.71mph |
160.47 |
|
11 |
I |
Kristian POULSEN |
|
BMW 320 TC |
1'23.400 |
5 |
99.10mph |
159.49 |
I = Independent
 (WTCC Media) - Race 1 sees Chevrolet WTCC with a triple hit on the rest of the field
 Chevrolet claimed a dominant 1-2-3 finish in the opening race of the season.
Rob Huff, Yvan Muller and Carlos Bueno finished the way they had started: first, second and third, leaving the rest of the field to fight for the fourth position.
The three podium finishers were able to create a gap in the first half of the race, while Tom Coronel, Kristian Poulsen, Alain Menu and Gabriele Tarquini were having a thrilling fight.
Eventually Coronel managed to take the fourth place back from Poulsen on the last lap, while the latter won the Yokohama Trophy.
Key moments
Start – Huff sprints from the pole and keeps Muller at bay
Lap 3 – Poulsen drives wide at Turn 8 and hands 4th to Coronel
Lap 4 – Villa and Dudukalo have a contact
Lap 5 – O’Young hit the barriers at Turn 8 and retires
Lap 7 – Menu overtakes Tarquini for 6th
Lap 11 – Coronel and Poulsen run door to door, Poulsen overtakes Coronel
Lap 14 – Coronel overtakes Poulsen again for fourth
Withdrawals
D. O’Young: race incident.
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