The 2014 Guia Race of Macau was the final round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the tenth running of the Guia Race of Macau. The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend, headlined by the Formula Three event. It was held on 16 November 2014 at the Guia Circuit in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau.

Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Robert Huff for Lada Sport.

Background López had secured the drivers' championship at the previous race. His teammates Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb were both in contention to finish second in the standings. Franz Engstler had secured the Yokohama Trophy title two rounds previously.

Pepe Oriola returned to the championship with Campos Racing, driving a TC1 Chevrolet Cruze in place of the injured Dušan Borković. William Lok returned to Campos to drive a TC2 SEAT León.

When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at . The only change was to the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s which gained to weigh .

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Testing and free practice Norbert Michelisz led the test session on Thursday morning ahead of Muller and López.

Gabriele Tarquini led a Castrol Honda 1–2 in first free practice later on Thursday, teammate Tiago Monteiro was second ahead of López, Muller and Michelisz. Series returnee Pepe Oriola was the fastest Chevrolet in fifth. The session was red–flagged seven minutes in when Hugo Valente crashed his Campos Racing Chevrolet into the barriers.

López led free practice two on Friday ahead of teammate Ma Qing Hua. The session was first interrupted when Henry Kwong crashed into the barrier at Lisboa, the session was then red–flagged when Oriola clipped the barriers at the Esses.

Qualifying Michelisz was quickest in the first part of qualifying which was extended due to the length of the Guia Circuit. Five minutes into the session Oriola was involved in an accident which would see the Spaniard ruled out of the rest of the weekend. Mehdi Bennani was the first of the drivers who failed to get through to Q2 along with James Thompson and Mikhail Kozlovskiy. René Münnich failed to qualify within the 107% rule despite setting a time quicker than TC2 driver Felipe De Souza who qualified in 18th.

López topped the times in Q2, Valente was tenth to secure pole race two where he would share the front row with ROAL Motorsport's Tom Chilton. Ma finished eleventh and missed out on the reversed grid opportunity while his three teammates made it through to Q3 along with Tom Coronel and Michelisz.

López recorded his seventh pole of the season on his maiden appearance at the Macau circuit. Citroën filled the first three places, Sébastien Loeb out–qualified Muller who had been suffering with understeer while Michelisz took fourth ahead of Coronel.

Race One Michelisz got around Muller and Loeb to move into second as Chilton stalled on the grid. Muller dropped to sixth position behind the two factory Hondas of Tarquini and Monteiro. On lap three Loeb tried a pass around the outside of Michelisz at Lisboa, losing him places to Tarquini, Monteiro and Muller. On lap five Kwong collided with the barriers, teammate Lok then went off at Melco a few seconds later. On lap nine Bennani went off at the start line after a collision with Kwong who was a lap down and trying to get out of the way; Kwong swerved across and tagged Bennani which caused Bennani to lose control and tag the barriers. The race finished with yellow flags in sector one for the stricken Proteam Racing Honda, López claimed a dominant victory with Michelisz and Tarquini completing the podium. Franz Engstler was the Yokohama Trophy winner.

Race Two Bennani was unable to start race two due to damage sustained to his car in race one while Tarquini pulled out due to illness. At the start Monteiro got through between front row starters Valente and Chilton, Valente tried to retake the lead at Lisboa but outbraked himself and dropped back. Monteiro now led from Huff and Muller, Michelisz was fourth with Valente and Chilton leading the rest of the pack which was dropping back from the lead battle. Gianni Morbidelli went off at Fishermen's Bend on lap four having lost the rear of his Chevrolet on the exit, the car was quickly lifted away. Lap five saw Loeb pass Coronel at Lisboa to take eighth place, he pulled off a similar move on Chilton on the following lap to take seventh place as Ma unsuccessfully tried to pass Coronel just behind. On lap seven Ma went into the barriers at R bend with the safety car coming out at the end of the following lap while the car was removed. The safety car came in at the end of the lap nine and race distance was extended to eleven laps. Valente pass Michelisz for fourth on the approach to Lisboa, later on in the lap Huff and Muller both leapt ahead of Monteiro who dropping back down the field quickly with steering problems. Huff won the race with Muller and Valente completing the podium, Franz Engstler finished tenth to take the final point and victory in the Yokohama Trophy.

Results

Qualifying Name Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Points 1 37 José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:26.508 2:24.329 2:24.294 5 2 9 Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:26.036 2:24.536 2:24.522 4 3 1 Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:26.618 2:25.035 2:24.779 3 4 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:25.920 2:25.699 2:25.327 2 5 4 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:26.661 2:25.279 no time set 1 6 2 Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:26.647 2:25.769 7 18 Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:26.661 2:25.825 8 12 Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:26.783 2:25.866 9 3 Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:27.034 2:26.187 10 7 Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:27.052 2:26.204 11 33 Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:27.093 2:26.535 12 10 Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:26.543 2:26.911 13 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:27.630 14 11 James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:27.667 15 14 Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:28.602 16 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 2:34.015 17 27 John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 2:35.656 18 26 Felipe De Souza Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T A 2:38.204 19 44 Mak Ka Lok Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T A 2:41.086 107% time: 2:36.134 (TC1), 2:44.796 (TC2T) – 77 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:37.287 – 38 William Lok Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T A 2:45.059 – 19 Henry Kwong Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T A 2:45.110 – 74 Pepe Oriola Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 no time set Bold denotes Pole position for second race.

Race 1 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 37 José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 10 24:50.183 1 25 2 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 10 +2.741 4 18 3 2 Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 10 +3.661 6 15 4 18 Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 10 +4.055 7 12 5 1 Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 10 +4.589 3 10 6 9 Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 10 +5.186 2 8 7 4 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 10 +9.338 5 6 8 33 Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 10 +10.008 11 4 9 12 Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 10 +15.548 8 2 10 10 Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 10 +19.201 12 1 11 11 James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 10 +19.947 14 12 3 Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 10 +27.894 9 13 14 Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 10 +52.601 15 14 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 10 +1:23.715 16 15 77 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 10 +1:59.115 20 16 27 John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 10 +2:02.667 17 17 26 Felipe De Souza Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T A 10 +2:04.627 18 18 44 Mak Ka Lok Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T A 9 +1 Lap 19 19 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 8 +2 Laps 13 NC 7 Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 6 +4 Laps 10 Ret 38 William Lok Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T A 3 Race incident 22 EX 19 Henry Kwong Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T A 9 Excluded 21 DNS 74 Pepe Oriola Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 0 Did not start – Bold denotes Fastest lap.

 — Kwong was excluded for causing the collision with Bennani.

Race 2 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 11 28:21.086 3 25 2 1 Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 11 +0.344 8 18 3 7 Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 11 +3.352 1 15 4 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 11 +3.990 7 12 5 37 José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 11 +4.285 10 10 6 9 Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 11 +4.825 9 8 7 3 Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 11 +5.562 2 6 8 4 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 11 +6.615 6 4 9 11 James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 11 +8.252 14 2 10 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 11 +41.038 16 1 11 77 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 11 +1:31.505 20 12 27 John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 11 +1:38.302 17 13 26 Felipe De Souza Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T A 11 +1:40.310 18 14 44 Mak Ka Lok Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T A 11 +2:04.022 19 15 19 Henry Kwong Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T A 11 +2:22.483 21 16 18 Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 10 +1 Lap 4 Ret 33 Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 6 Race incident 11 Ret 14 Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 6 Retired 15 Ret 10 Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 3 Race incident 12 DNS 2 Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 0 Did not start 5 DNS 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 0 Did not start 13 DNS 38 William Lok Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T A 0 Did not start 22 DNS 74 Pepe Oriola Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 0 Did not start – Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 José María López 462 2 Yvan Muller 336 3 Sébastien Loeb 295 1 4 Norbert Michelisz 201 1 5 Tiago Monteiro 186

Yokohama Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 1 Franz Engstler 249 2 John Filippi 159 3 Pasquale Di Sabatino 98 4 Felipe De Souza 38 5 Camilo Echevarría 12

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Citroën 1003 2 Honda 710 3 Lada 425

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

External links World Touring Car Championship official website