The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic) was the seventh round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the Race of the Czech Republic. It was held at the Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic on 1 August 2010. The two races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML and Andy Priaulx of BMW Team RBM.

Background Coming into the round, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship and Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

After missing the previous round at Brands Hatch for personal reason, Andrei Romanov returned to Liqui Moly Team Engstler. Fabio Fabiani returned to Scuderia Proteam Motorsport having last raced for the team at the Race of Italy.

Changes were made to the Independents' Trophy after the Race of UK. As well as the usual independents' points systems, additional points are awarded for each point scored in the main drivers' championship. After Colin Turkington's success at Brands Hatch, the number of additional points was limited to twelve to prevent a repeat of this.

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Free practice Chevrolet's Alain Menu set the pace in free practice one with SR-Sport's Gabriele Tarquini second and BMW driver Turkington third. Yokohama Trophy leader Hernández was tenth while overall championship leader Muller was sixteenth.

Turkington led free practice two, nearly half a second quicker than Muller. The session was brought to an early close when Tiago Monteiro beached his SEAT León TDI in a gravel trap.

Qualifying Huff claimed his first pole position of the season in qualifying, lining up alongside Tarquini on the front row. Huff had been quickest in Q1, the surprise drop–outs from the first segment being the works BMW of Priaulx and SR–Sport driver Monteiro. Their efforts were spoilt by a red flag brought out by Fabiani who had beached his car in a gravel trap, the stoppage meant neither driver was able to set a time fast enough to progress through to the top ten shoot–out.

After Q2, Huff and Tarquini shared the front row with Turkington and Farfus behind. Huff's team mate Menu was fifth alongside Norbert Michelisz and Tom Coronel shared the fourth row with the third factory Chevrolet car of Muller. Jordi Gené and Michel Nykjær completed the top ten.

After lining up third in qualifying, Turkington was stripped of independent status and would now only be eligible for the main championship.

Warm-Up Priaulx was quickest in the warm–up prior to the first race on Sunday morning. The fastest independent driver was Darryl O'Young in sixth while pole sitter Huff was eighth.

Race One Huff depended from Tarquini at the rolling start and kept his lead into the first corner, escaping a first lap crash which caught out several of their rivals. Gené and Coronel retired while Priaulx, Kristian Poulsen and Fredy Barth continued with minor damage. The safety car was brought out while the wreckage was cleared, and on the restart Turkington and Michelisz clashed with the eBay Motors driver losing control and taking out championship leader Muller. Turkington continued while Michelisz retired and Muller returned to the pits for repairs. By now the front four of Huff, Tarquini, Menu and Augusto Farfus had broken away from the rest of the field led by Turkington although Priaulx eventually passed him on the last lap to finish fifth. Huff took the win with Tarquini second and Menu third. Poulsen was the independent winner by finishing eighth after a 30–second penalty was given to O'Young for causing a collision.

Race Two O'Young started on pole position for race two although he was passed at the start by Priaulx from fourth on the grid. Turkington had leapt up from third to first at the start and at the end of the first lap Turkington lead Priaulx. Priaulx passed Turkington on the second lap while Tarquini, Menu and Huff closed in. On lap four Tarquini overshot the corner and dropped to fourth place behind Menu. Tarquini stopped two laps from the end with an injector failure, promoting Huff into fourth place. Priaulx took the win ahead of Turkington with Menu completing the podium for the second race in a row. O'Young was the independent winner while Muller finished twelfth, scoring no points over the course of the weekend.

Results

Qualifying Name Team Car Q1 Q2 1 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.611 2:10.860 2 1 Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:10.666 2:11.198 3 29 Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320siY 2:11.179 2:11.205 4 10 Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:11.111 2.11.260 5 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.678 2:11.360 6 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.601 2:11.436 7 2 Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.498 2:11.528 8 6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.885 2:11.542 9 4 Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.009 2:11.745 10 17 Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.750 2:11.826 11 11 Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:11.761 12 24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:11.798 13 25 Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:11.833 14 3 Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.994 15 20 Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 2:12.093 16 18 Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:12.180 17 21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 2:12.496 18 26 Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:12.617 19 15 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:12.658 20 19 Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 2:13.007 21 16 Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:13.989 22 33 Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:19.110

Race 1 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 12 28:46.901 1 25 2 1 Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +0.796 2 18 3 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 12 +2.036 5 15 4 10 Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 12 +2.345 4 12 5 11 Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 12 +12.874 11 10 6 29 Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320si 12 +13.202 3 8 7 17 Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +14.256 10 6 8 24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +15.680 12 4 9 3 Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +16.524 14 2 10 26 Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +18.780 18 1 11 25 Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +20.905 13 12 18 Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +21.363 16 13 15 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 12 +22.484 19 14 21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 12 +24.250 17 15 19 Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 12 +26.554 20 16 16 Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 12 +39.022 21 17 20 Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 12 +45.467 15 18 33 Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +1:24.872 22 NC 6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 6 +6 Laps 8 Ret 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 3 Race incident 6 Ret 4 Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 9 Ret 2 Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 7 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

 — O'Young originally finished in eighth position, but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision during the race.

Race 2 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 22:22.054 4 25 2 29 Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320si 10 +2.254 3 18 3 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +3.353 6 15 4 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +5.347 8 12 5 10 Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 +5.724 5 10 6 3 Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +7.501 10 8 7 20 Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 10 +10.212 1 6 8 18 Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +11.698 13 4 9 26 Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 10 +12.581 11 2 10 2 Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +16.584 21 1 11 25 Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 10 +19.233 12 12 6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +20.016 19 13 4 Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +20.555 22 14 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +20.837 20 15 19 Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 10 +23.840 16 16 21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 10 +52.069 15 17 16 Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 10 +52.309 17 18 1 Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8 +2 Laps 7 19 24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 8 +2 Laps 9 20 33 Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 8 +2 Laps 18 Ret 15 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 4 Race incident 14 Ret 17 Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 2 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

 — Bennani originally finished in 15th position, but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision during the race.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 199 2 Gabriele Tarquini 194 3 Andy Priaulx 183 4 Robert Huff 167 3 5 Alain Menu 116

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sergio Hernández 96 1 2 Stefano D'Aste 80 1 3 Colin Turkington 73 4 Darryl O'Young 68 5 Franz Engstler 60

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 445 2 SEAT Customers Technology 405 3 BMW 382

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