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Sunday, 15 May 2011 09:00 |
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Page 1 of 3  World Touring Car Championship results of Race 1 and Race 2 from Monza - Rob Huff walked out of Monza with two more victories and a gap of 36 and 41 points respectively ahead of his team-mates Yvan Muller and Alain Menu, which equates to staking an early claim on the world title.
Race 1 - Weather/Track: Sun 19C/Dry 37C
Rob Huff emerged as the winner after an extremely tough fight with his Chevrolet team-mates Yvan Muller and Alain Menu.
The three drivers and their Cruze cars gave battle each other from the rolling start and did not spared blows that were sometimes at the limit of the fair driving.
The fight ended with a clash between Muller and Menu that sent the latter spinning against the barriers and out of the race.
Another exciting fight, though very fair, was fought for third place between Tiago Monteiro, Norbert Michelisz, Tom Coronel and Kristian Poulsen.
The conclusion saw Monteiro sprinting ahead of Michelisz by 0.030 seconds to grab the final spot on the podium, while the young Hungarian contented himself with victory in the Yokohama Trophy.
Darryl O’Young, Javier Villa, Franz Engstler and Fredy Barth rounded up the top ten, with latter winning the Jay-Ten Trophy.
Key moments
Start – Huff turns first into the chicane, followed by Muller, Menu, Monteiro, Michelisz
Lap 1 – The three Chevrolet drivers are side to side entering the Parabloica
Lap 2 – Menu overtakes Muller for second at the first chicane
Lap 3 – Tarquini and Poulsen overtake O’Young for seventh
Lap 3 – Dudukalo goes off at Ascari
Lap 3 – Poulsen and Tarquini have a contact
Lap 3 – Lee pits because of a loose cooling duct; the problem fixed he rejoins one lap later
Lap 4 – Okyay drives wide onto the gravel bed at Lesmo, but rejoins
Lap 4 – Tarquini retires, the front suspension broken after the collision with Poulsen
Lap 6 – Huff and Menu clash at Ascari while fighting for the lead
Lap 7 – O’Young overtakes Villa for eighth
Lap 8 – Nykjær hits Bennani, sending him into a spin
Lap 8 – Michelisz overtakes Monteiro for fourth
Lap 9 – Menu and Muller come together at Lesmo, Menu hits the barrier and retires
Lap 9 – Huff wins from Muller; Monteiro claim third from Michelisz
Withdrawals
A. Dudukalo: race incident; G. Tarquini: race incident; A. Menu: 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 |
18'07.398 |
9 |
|
171.58 |
| 2 |
1 |
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Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'08.689 |
9 |
1.291 |
171.38 |
| 3 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'11.637 |
9 |
4.239 |
170.91 |
| 4 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
18'11.667 |
9 |
4.269 |
170.91 |
| 5 |
15 |
|
Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
18'11.897 |
9 |
4.499 |
170.87 |
| 6 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
18'12.907 |
9 |
5.509 |
170.72 |
| 7 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'17.904 |
9 |
10.506 |
169.94 |
| 8 |
20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
18'18.196 |
9 |
10.798 |
169.89 |
| 9 |
12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
18'18.890 |
9 |
11.492 |
169.79 |
| 10 |
7 |
Y |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'22.764 |
9 |
15.366 |
169.19 |
| 11 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
18'25.837 |
9 |
18.439 |
168.72 |
| 12 |
17 |
Y |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'26.271 |
9 |
18.873 |
168.65 |
| 13 |
10 |
Y |
Yukinori TANIGUCHI |
JPN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'26.684 |
9 |
19.286 |
168.59 |
| 14 |
74 |
Y |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'27.468 |
9 |
20.07 |
168.47 |
| 15 |
30 |
|
Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
18'38.107 |
9 |
30.709 |
166.87 |
| 16 |
13 |
Y |
Ibrahim OKYAY |
TUR |
BMW 320si |
19'05.444 |
9 |
58.046 |
162.89 |
| 17 |
35 |
Y |
Urs SONDEREGGER |
CHE |
BMW 320 TC |
19'06.416 |
9 |
59.018 |
162.75 |
| 18 |
21 |
Y |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
19'32.820 |
9 |
1'25.4 |
159.08 |
| 19 |
8 |
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Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
16'06.605 |
8 |
1 lap
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171.45 |
| 20 |
65 |
Y |
Marchy LEE |
HKG |
BMW 320 TC |
19'30.054 |
8 |
1 lap
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141.64 |
| Not classified |
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3 |
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Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
15'23.389 |
5 |
D.N.F. |
111.72 |
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4 |
Y |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
4'11.206 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
161.6 |
| Fastest laps |
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1 |
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Yvan MULLER |
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'59.960 |
4 |
108.02mph |
173.84kph |
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11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
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BMW 320 TC |
2'00.480 |
8 |
107.55mph |
173.09kph |
 Race 2 - Weather/Track: Sun 18C/Dry 34C
Rob Huff claimed his second victory of the day and the fourth for him out of the six races held so far this season.
Just like in Race 1 he had to defend himself from Chevrolet fellow drivers. In this case, with Alain Menu starting from the back of the grid after his incident in the previous race, Huff was put under huge pressure from Yvan Muller.
Lap after lap the two of them braked together at the end of the long straight, swapping the doors’ paint, lap after lap they braked later and later at the Parabolica, trying to win the slightest advantage.
The fight culminated in Muller’s car biting Huff’s rear bumper in a cloud of smoke on lap 6.
The fight behind them was not less thrilling, with Tiago Monteiro, Norbert Michelisz, Kristian Poulsen, Gabriele Tarquini and Darryl O’Young swapping positions at every lap.
When Poulsen was able to secure a small gap in third position, the others were joined by Franz Engstler, Javier Villa and a recovering Menu and eventually stormed on the finishing line in a close bunch.
Poulsen won the Yokohama Trophy, while Pepe Oriola secure victory in the Jay-Ten Trophy.
Key moments
Start – Monteiro has a poor start from the pole, Huff takes the lead
Lap 1 – Bennani cuts the first chicane, Villa cuts the Roggia chicane
Lap 1 – Muller overtakes Monteiro for second at the Parabolica
Lap 2 – Barth hits Bennani at the Roggia; Bennani hits the barrier and rejoins
Lap 3 – Menu climbs to eighth after starting from the back of the grid
Lap 5 – Monteiro, Michelisz and Poulsen come together at the first chicane
Lap 5 – Poulsen benefits from the collision and creates a gap, Michelisz drops from third to sixth
Lap 6 – Huff is pushed by Muller at the braking of the Parabolica
Lap 8 – Barth retires with a technical problem
Lap 9 – Monteiro beats Menu for fourth position by inches
Withdrawals
M. Nykjaer: DNS, engine ; A. Dudukal race incident; F. Barth : fuel pressure
Race 2 results:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
2 |
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Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'10.032 |
9 |
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171.17 |
| 2 |
1 |
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Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'10.274 |
9 |
0.242 |
171.13 |
| 3 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
18'13.591 |
9 |
3.559 |
170.61 |
| 4 |
18 |
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Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'16.243 |
9 |
6.211 |
170.2 |
| 5 |
8 |
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Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'18.928 |
9 |
8.896 |
169.78 |
| 6 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'20.121 |
9 |
10.089 |
169.6 |
| 7 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
18'20.812 |
9 |
10.78 |
169.49 |
| 8 |
20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
18'21.086 |
9 |
11.054 |
169.45 |
| 9 |
12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
18'21.088 |
9 |
11.056 |
169.45 |
| 10 |
3 |
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Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'22.832 |
9 |
12.8 |
169.18 |
| 11 |
10 |
Y |
Yukinori TANIGUCHI |
JPN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
18'29.452 |
9 |
19.42 |
168.17 |
| 12 |
74 |
Y |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
18'31.551 |
9 |
21.519 |
167.85 |
| 13 |
30 |
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Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
18'33.564 |
9 |
23.532 |
167.55 |
| 14 |
65 |
Y |
Marchy LEE |
HKG |
BMW 320 TC |
18'37.944 |
9 |
27.912 |
166.89 |
| 15 |
15 |
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Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
18'38.127 |
9 |
28.095 |
166.86 |
| 16 |
13 |
Y |
Ibrahim OKYAY |
TUR |
BMW 320si |
18'58.101 |
9 |
48.069 |
163.94 |
| 17 |
35 |
Y |
Urs SONDEREGGER |
CHE |
BMW 320 TC |
19'03.004 |
9 |
52.972 |
163.23 |
| 18 |
21 |
Y |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
19'37.922 |
9 |
1'27.9 |
158.39 |
| 19 |
7 |
Y |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
14'22.388 |
7 |
2 laps |
167.98 |
| 20 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
16'02.729 |
7 |
2 laps
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150.48 |
| Not classified |
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4 |
Y |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'10.692 |
1 |
D.N.F. |
151.06 |
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17 |
Y |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
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0 |
D.N.F. |
N/A |
| Fastest laps |
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1 |
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Yvan MULLER |
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'59.355 |
2 |
108.57mph |
174.72kph |
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5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
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BMW 320 TC |
2'00.163 |
3 |
107.84mph |
173.55kph |
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