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Sunday, 24 April 2011 02:00 |
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Page 1 of 3  World Touring Car Championship results of Race 1 and Race 2 from Zolder - On Easter Sunday Belgian fans saw Briton Rob Huff and Italian Gabriele Tarquini sharing the victories in the two World Touring Car races at the Zolder circuit.
Race 1 - Weather/Track: Sun 25C/Dry 38C
Just like in the first race at Curitiba, Chevrolet drivers claimed another 1-2-3 finish in Zolder.
Rob Huff, Alain Menu and Yvan Muller dominated the field, with the Briton taking a lights to flag victory, Menu managing to survive a contact with Tarquini that sent him sideways after the start, Muller being able to steal third place from the Italian on lap 11 with Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro classified fourth and fifth.
Kristian Poulsen won the fierce battle for the Yokohama Trophy, beating Norbert Michelisz, Michel Nykjaer, Darryl O’Young, Javier Villa, the latter made a great recovery from the back to the grid to 9th at the end.
The race was neutralized by the Safety Car, following the incident that eliminated Barth, Coronel and Engstler.
Key moments
Start – Huff sprints from pole; Menu and Tarquini make contact at Turn 1
Lap 2 – Dudukalo hits Taniguchi at Turn 1 and the latter is collected by Lee
Lap 2 – Barth crashes at L. Bianchi and collects Bennani, Coronel spins in avoidance and is collected by Engstler
Lap 3 – Safety Car on the track
Lap 9 – Race resumes, Muller overtakes Tarquini for third
Lap 11 – Poulsen overtakes Michelisz for sixth and Yokohama Trophy lead
Lap 15 – Villa overtakes O’Young for ninth.
Withdrawals
M. Lee: race incident; M. Bennani: race incident; F. Engstler: race incident; T. Coronel: race incident; F. Barth: race incident
Race 1 results:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
2 |
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Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
29'18.807 |
15 |
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122.83 |
| 2 |
8 |
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Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
29'20.051 |
15 |
1.244 |
122.74 |
| 3 |
1 |
|
Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
29'20.547 |
15 |
1.74 |
122.71 |
| 4 |
3 |
|
Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
29'22.597 |
15 |
3.79 |
122.56 |
| 5 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
29'23.909 |
15 |
5.102 |
122.47 |
| 6 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
29'27.794 |
15 |
8.987 |
122.2 |
| 7 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
29'29.685 |
15 |
10.878 |
122.07 |
| 8 |
17 |
Y |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
29'30.839 |
15 |
12.032 |
121.99 |
| 9 |
20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
29'31.652 |
15 |
12.845 |
121.94 |
| 10 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
29'31.708 |
15 |
12.901 |
121.93 |
| 11 |
74 |
Y |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
29'33.463 |
15 |
14.656 |
121.81 |
| 12 |
4 |
Y |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
29'36.345 |
15 |
17.538 |
121.61 |
| 13 |
30 |
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Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
29'37.494 |
15 |
18.687 |
121.54 |
| 14 |
10 |
Y |
Yukinori TANIGUCHI |
JPN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
29'44.671 |
15 |
25.864 |
121.05 |
| 15 |
35 |
Y |
Urs SONDEREGGER |
CHE |
BMW 320 TC |
30'01.043 |
15 |
42.236 |
119.95 |
| 16 |
21 |
Y |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
30'26.548 |
15 |
1'07.7 |
118.27 |
| Not classified |
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7 |
Y |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
3'28.860 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
138.06 |
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15 |
|
Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
3'30.738 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
136.83 |
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25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
3'31.238 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
136.51 |
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12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
3'31.846 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
136.11 |
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65 |
Y |
Marchy LEE |
HKG |
BMW 320 TC |
3'35.275 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
133.95 |
| Fastest laps |
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2 |
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Robert HUFF |
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'39.517 |
2 |
89.91mph |
144.69kph |
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5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
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BMW 320 TC |
1'40.120 |
10 |
89.37mph |
143.82kph |
Race 2 - Weather/Track: Sun 26C/Dry 39C
Gabriele Tarquini put in a fantastic effort to claim his first victory of the season and stop Chevrolet winning streak after three consecutive successes.
Having inherited pole on the reverse grid as Barth was unable to make the field, Tarquini took a great start and managed to keep the Chevrolet trio behind.
In the first half of the race the Italian did not offer Rob Huff any opportunity for overtaking and when the Briton tried to muscle his way past him, Tarquini proved he still has enough grit to defend the lead.
With Yvan Muller and Huff in troubles, Alain Menu and Tiago Monteiro went for the other podium spots, just ahead of Darryl O’Young who claimed his first victory in the Yokohama Trophy.
Polestar Racing’s Robert Dahlgren finished in seventh and become the first driver to score WTCC points in a Volvo car.
Key moments
Start – Bennani, Michelisz, Sonderegger and Engstler start from the pit lane
Start – Tarquini leads from Huff, Menu and Muller; Villa stalls his engine
Lap 1 – Poulsen crashes at the chicane
Lap 2 – Nykjaer overtakes Dahlgren for ninth
Lap 4 – Taniguchi goes off at L. Bianchi and rejoins
Lap 6 – Muller drives wide at L. Bianchi, breaks the oil radiator and retires in the pit
Lap 7 – Huff and Tarquini make contact at Villeneuve; Huff cuts the chicanes, takes the lead but then drops down
Lap 10 – Taniguchi spins at Jerlamen Bocht and rejoins
Lap 11 – Sonderegger drives wide at J. Rindt and rejoins
Withdrawals
T. Coronel: DNS; F. Barth: DNS; M. Lee: DNS; Poulsen: race incident; Y. Muller: oil radiator.
Race 2 results:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
3 |
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Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
22'07.752 |
13 |
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141.01 |
| 2 |
8 |
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Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
22'08.200 |
13 |
0.448 |
140.97 |
| 3 |
18 |
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Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
22'08.638 |
13 |
0.886 |
140.92 |
| 4 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
22'09.366 |
13 |
1.614 |
140.84 |
| 5 |
17 |
Y |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
22'13.454 |
13 |
5.702 |
140.41 |
| 6 |
2 |
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Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
22'13.653 |
13 |
5.901 |
140.39 |
| 7 |
30 |
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Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
22'20.104 |
13 |
12.352 |
139.71 |
| 8 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
22'24.473 |
13 |
16.721 |
139.26 |
| 9 |
4 |
Y |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
22'27.893 |
13 |
20.141 |
138.91 |
| 10 |
20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
22'36.579 |
13 |
28.827 |
138.02 |
| 11 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
22'49.818 |
13 |
42.066 |
136.68 |
| 12 |
12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
22'55.987 |
13 |
48.235 |
136.07 |
| 13 |
21 |
Y |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
22'10.393 |
12 |
1 LAP |
129.91 |
| 14 |
74 |
Y |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
22'12.222 |
11 |
2 LAPS |
118.92 |
| 15 |
35 |
Y |
Urs SONDEREGGER |
CHE |
BMW 320 TC |
16'38.316 |
9 |
4 LAPS |
129.85 |
| Not classified |
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1 |
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Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
12'14.788 |
7 |
D.N.F. |
137.23 |
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11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
|
0 |
D.N.F. |
N/A |
| Fastest laps |
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20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
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BMW 320 TC |
1'40.063 |
3 |
89.42mph |
143.9kph |
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2 |
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Robert HUFF |
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'40.509 |
2 |
89.02mph |
143.27kph |
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