The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Marriott Race of UK) was the sixth round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of UK. It was held at Brands Hatch in Kent, England on 18 July 2010. The two races were won by Yvan Muller of Chevrolet RML and Andy Priaulx of BMW Team RBM.
Background After the Race of Portugal, Chevrolet driver Muller was leading the drivers' championship while Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
Chevrolet RML ran an additional Chevrolet Cruze for triple Stock Car Brasil champion Cacá Bueno. Liqui Moly Team Engstler replaced regular driver Andrei Romanov with SEAT León Eurocup driver Tim Coronel. British Touring Car Championship regular Tom Boardman returned to the WTCC in a SUNRED Engineering run SEAT León TFSI. Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing joined the grid for the first of two events with their Scandinavian Touring Car Cup driver Robert Dahlgren.
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Free practice Robert Huff topped the opening practice session of his home event on Saturday morning, the Chevrolet driver beating the BMW pairing of Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus. Gabriele Tarquini was the fastest SEAT driver in fourth. Colin Turkington was seventh in his eBay Motors run BMW, Boardman was thirteenth in his SUNRED SEAT and Harry Vaulkhard was the slowest of the local drivers, 22nd in his bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti. The session was interrupted when Michel Nykjær beached his car in the gravel trap at Paddock Hill bend.
Turkington led the final practice session, running three–tenths quicker than Alain Menu's Chevrolet. Wiechers-Sport driver Mehdi Bennani was black flagged for repeatedly exceeding the track limits.
Qualifying With guest driver Dahlgren running inside the top ten during the practice sessions and Q1 in his nationally-homologated Volvo C30, the stewards decided to allow the fastest 11 drivers through into Q2, rather than the usual ten. In the end, Dahlgren could only managed 12th in Q1, allowing 11th-placed Tom Coronel through to Q2. Muller was quickest in Q1, ahead of Chevrolet teammates Huff and Menu.
Muller took pole position in Q2, with Huff and Menu second and third once again. Independent racer Turkington was fourth quickest, ahead of Tarquini and Priaulx.
Warm-Up Turkington was quickest in the Sunday morning warm–up session, with Priaulx and Farfus behind completing a BMW 1–2–3. Pole sitter Muller was seventh behind the independent BMW of Kristian Poulsen.
Race One Muller lead his Chevrolet teammates Huff and Menu away from the start of the first race. Tarquini moved ahead of Turkington for fourth, while Priaulx, who had to start 16th after an engine change, moved up to 12th. On lap four, Turkington regained fourth from Tarquini at the Druids hairpin. At the same time, Priaulx and teammate Farfus moved up to ninth and tenth past Fredy Barth, before passing eighth placed Norbert Michelisz. Farfus passed Tiago Monteiro for seventh, but Priaulx could not find a way through. Nearer the front, Menu was defending hard from Turkington, allowing Muller and Huff to escape ahead. Bueno pulled off in the fourth Chevrolet with an engine fire, bringing out the safety car. After the restart, Priaulx made a robust move on Monteiro for eighth and pole position for Race Two. On the penultimate lap Turkington got past Menu, who then dropped back on the final lap to seventh to get himself a front row start for Race Two.
Muller took the chequered flag ahead of Huff and Turkington. Tarquni and Tom Coronel finished fourth and fifth, ahead of Farfus, Menu and Priaulx.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=625
Race Two Farfus made a good start to Race Two from third on the grid to take the lead ahead of Priaulx and Menu. Further down, Barth and Poulsen made contact off the grid, putting Poulsen into the wall on the outside and giving Barth a slow puncture. At the end of the first lap, Boardman made contact with Monteiro, putting Monteiro out of the race. On lap three, Priaulx passed Farfus for the lead at Druids, with Menu attempting to follow him past the Brazilian. However, they made contact, putting Farfus into a spin and damaging Menu's steering. Turkington took advantage to move up to second behind Priaulx, with Tarquini, Coronel, Huff and Muller following.
Later on, Bennani hit Franz Engstler into a spin as the pair were fighting over tenth place. Muller passed Chevrolet teammate Huff for fifth. Farfus passed Boardman for ninth, before Boardman ran wide and retired from the race. Meanwhile, Bennani pushed Darryl O'Young into the gravel at Druids, bringing out the safety car. Farfus took eighth from Nykjær in the closing laps.
Priaulx crossed the line to take the victory ahead of Turkington and Tarquini. Coronel finished fourth ahead of Muller, Huff, Michelisz and Farfus.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=626
Results
Qualifying Name Team Car Q1 Q2 1 6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:32.658 1:32.481 2 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:32.922 1:32.678 3 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:33.128 1:32.828 4 29 Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320siY 1:33.306 1:32.842 5 1 Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:33.157 1:32.873 6 11 Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 1:33.239 1:32.973 7 2 Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:33.549 1:33.176 8 3 Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:33.272 1:33.257 9 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:33.441 1:33.261 10 10 Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 1:33.448 1:33.337 11 15 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:33.454 1:35.164 12 41 Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 1:33.579 13 4 Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:33.588 14 18 Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:33.803 15 20 Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 1:33.911 16 9 Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:34.122 17 38 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:34.409 18 17 Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:34.419 19 26 Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:34.437 20 25 Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:34.594 21 21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:34.722 22 19 Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 1:34.736 EX 24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY Excluded107% time: 1:39.144 – 42 Tim Coronel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 12:42.010
— Poulsen was originally classified fifteenth in Q1 but had all his times deleted for breaching parc ferme regulations.
Race 1 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 28:05.204 1 25 2 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +0.296 2 18 3 29 Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320siY 16 +0.848 4 15 4 1 Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +2.615 5 12 5 2 Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +3.158 6 10 6 10 Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 16 +4.357 9 8 7 11 Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 16 +5.170 16 6 8 3 Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +5.295 7 4 9 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +5.505 8 2 10 4 Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +6.103 12 1 11 18 Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +6.460 13 12 41 Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 16 +6.988 11 13 38 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +9.405 17 14 15 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +9.602 10 15 17 Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +10.661 18 16 25 Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +12.540 20 17 19 Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 16 +12.979 22 18 26 Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +14.108 19 19 21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 16 +14.497 21 20 42 Tim Coronel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +15.220 23 21 20 Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 16 +19.150 14 22 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +35.041 3 23 24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +40.148 24 Ret 9 Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 7 Engine fire 15 Bold denotes Fastest lap.
Race 2 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 16 27:05.324 1 25 2 29 Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320siY 16 +0.399 6 18 3 1 Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +1.394 5 15 4 2 Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +1.854 4 12 5 6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +3.037 8 10 6 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +3.418 7 8 7 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +4.901 10 6 8 10 Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 16 +5.529 3 4 9 17 Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +6.035 17 2 10 4 Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +6.481 11 1 11 26 Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +7.293 20 12 25 Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +7.604 18 13 15 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +9.561 15 14 19 Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 16 +11.172 19 15 42 Tim Coronel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +13.151 22 NC 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 +5 Laps 2 Ret 38 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 10 Race incident 14 Ret 20 Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 10 Race incident 23 Ret 21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 10 Race incident 21 Ret 3 Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1 Race incident 9 Ret 18 Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 12 Ret 24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 0 Race incident 16 Ret 41 Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 0 Water pipe 13 DNS 9 Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 0 Did not start 24 Bold denotes Fastest lap.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 199 2 Gabriele Tarquini 176 3 Andy Priaulx 148 4 Robert Huff 130 5 Tiago Monteiro 103
Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sergio Hernández 84 6 2 Colin Turkington 72 3 Stefano D'Aste 62 2 4 Darryl O'Young 56 1 5 Franz Engstler 55
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 378 2 SEAT Customers Technology 361 3 BMW 317
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems
External links World Touring Car Championship official website