World Drivers' Champion: Yvan Muller World Manufacturers' Champion: Chevrolet
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Yvan Muller (front) won his third Drivers' Championship and Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship. The Chevrolet trio (from the front: Muller, Robert Huff and Alain Menu) occupied the top three positions in the Drivers' Championship ranking.
The 2011 World Touring Car Championship season was the eighth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the seventh since its 2005 return. The championship, which was open to Super 2000 cars and Diesel 2000 cars,[1] began with the Race of Brazil at Curitiba on 20 March and ended with the Guia Race of Macau at the Guia Circuit on 20 November, after twelve events and twenty-four races.
The series underwent major changes with new circuits Suzuka and Tianma coming into the championship, new drivers such as Pepe Oriola to SUNRED Engineering and Robert Dahlgren with Polestar Racing for the whole season. The series lost the FIA Formula Two Championship as a support championship, but it was replaced by Auto GP. It was also supported by a brand new series, European Production Series which supported the six rounds at Zolder, Monza, Brno, Donington, Oschersleben and Valencia.
Teams and drivers
[edit]
A provisional list of teams and drivers was revealed on 23 February,[2] and the official entry list was published on 4 March.[3]
Team
Car
No.
Drivers
Events
Manufacturer Teams
Chevrolet RML
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
1
Yvan Muller
All
2
Robert Huff
All
6
Carlos 'Cacá' Bueno
1
8
Alain Menu
All
Lukoil – SUNRED
SEAT León 2.0 TDI
3
Gabriele Tarquini
1–4
SUNRED SR León 1.6T
5–12
SUNRED Engineering
SEAT León 2.0 TDI
18
Tiago Monteiro
1–4
SUNRED SR León 1.6T
5–12
ROAL Motorsport
BMW 320 TC
15
Tom Coronel
All
Polestar Racing
Volvo C30
30
Robert Dahlgren
1–4
Volvo C30 DRIVe
5–12
Yokohama Trophy
Lukoil – SUNRED
SUNRED SR León 1.6T
4
Aleksey Dudukalo
7–12
SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED
7
Fredy Barth
4–12
SUNRED Engineering
17
Michel Nykjær
4–12
74
Pepe Oriola
4–12
Zengõ-Dension Team
BMW 320 TC
5
Norbert Michelisz
2–12
bamboo-engineering
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
9
Darryl O'Young
2–12
10
Yukinori Taniguchi
2–12
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
BMW 320 TC
11
Kristian Poulsen
All
12
Franz Engstler
All
Proteam Racing
BMW 320 TC
20
Javier Villa
All
25
Mehdi Bennani
All
Wiechers-Sport
BMW 320 TC
26
Stefano D'Aste
6, 8–9
29
Colin Turkington
7, 10–11
35
Urs Sonderegger
2–5
DeTeam KK Motorsport
BMW 320 TC
64
David Sigachev
9
65
Marchy Lee
1–3
Jay-Ten Trophy
Lukoil – SUNRED
SEAT León 2.0 TDI
4
Aleksey Dudukalo
1–6
SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED
7
Fredy Barth
1–3
SUNRED Engineering
17
Michel Nykjær
1–3
74
Pepe Oriola
1–3
bamboo-engineering
Chevrolet Lacetti
9
Darryl O'Young
1
10
Yukinori Taniguchi
1
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport
BMW 320si
13
Ibrahim Okyay
3, 8
Proteam Racing
BMW 320si LCI
21
Fabio Fabiani
1–4, 7–10
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
11
Asian Wild Card Entries
Proteam Racing
BMW 320si LCI
23
Philip Ma
11–12
Wiechers-Sport
BMW 320 TC
28
Gary Kwok
12
Chevrolet RML
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
31
Toshi Arai
10
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
BMW 320si LCI
52
Jo Merszei
12
51
Charles Ng
10
DeTeam KK Motorsport
BMW 320 TC
11–12
68
Masaki Kano
10
SUNRED Engineering
SUNRED SR León 1.6T
66
André Couto
12
88
Hiroki Yoshimoto
10
RPM Racing Team
BMW 320si
70
Mak Ka Lok
12
Corsa Motorsport
Chevrolet Lacetti
75
Felipe De Souza
12
76
Kuok Io Keong
12
778 Auto Sport
Peugeot 308
77
Lo Ka Chun
12
Team and driver changes
[edit]
Chevrolet retained their three full-time drivers from 2010, Yvan Muller, Robert Huff and Alain Menu. Cacá Bueno also joined the team in a fourth car at his home meeting in Curitiba. The team utilized the newly introduced 1,600 cc (98 cu in) engine. Again, two further Chevrolets were entered by bamboo-engineering, who retained their 2010 drivers, Darryl O'Young and Yukinori Taniguchi. Bamboo campaigned Lacettis at the first round in Curitiba, but contested the rest of the season with Cruzes.
SUNRED Engineering again ran six cars through three different team guises. Gabriele Tarquini remained with the team and was joined by former SEAT León Eurocup racer Aleksei Dudukalo, who brought Lukoil sponsorship into the team. Another three-car outfit was headed by Tiago Monteiro, who was joined by Michel Nykjær, and another graduate from the SEAT León Eurocup, Pepe Oriola. Fredy Barth completed the SEAT sextet, with his SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED team. The SEATs began the season using a two-litre turbo diesel engine and from Hungary introduced a similar engine to that used in the Chevrolets. However, the cars were branded as SR Leon with no SEAT support at all. Leaving the team is Jordi Gené, who parted with the team before the end of the 2010 season.
Norbert Michelisz remained in the championship with the Zengő Dension Team, but switched to a BMW 320 TC, having campaigned a SEAT in 2010, winning a race at Macau. He began his campaign at the second round of the season at Zolder. Three other teams campaigned a single 320 TC during the season; ROAL Motorsport returned to the series, with Tom Coronel switching from a SUNRED SEAT, Wiechers-Sport ran Urs Sonderegger – another driver from the SEAT León Eurocup – at the European races held during the season, and DeTeam KK Motorsport ran Marchy Lee, who steps up from the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup.
The factory BMW Team RBM did not return in 2011, and drivers Augusto Farfus and Andy Priaulx moved into sportscar racing, entering the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Independent BMWs were however campaigned by the Proteam Racing and Liqui Moly Team Engstler outfits. Proteam ran three BMWs; two 320 TCs for Mehdi Bennani, who moves from Wiechers-Sport and former single-seater racer Javier Villa, as well as a naturally aspirated 320si for Fabio Fabiani. Bennani and Villa replaced Independents' champion Sergio Hernández and Stefano D'Aste. Team Engstler ran two cars once again, with Franz Engstler being joined by Kristian Poulsen, who drove for his own team in 2010 after driving for Engstler in 2009. Poulsen replaced Andrei Romanov.
Polestar Racing campaigned a Volvo full-time in 2011, having contested five meetings over the past four seasons. Swedish Touring Car Championship runner-up Robert Dahlgren again campaigned the car as he had done in each of Polestar's events to date. The team also introduced a similar engine in the mid-season.
Calendar
[edit]
The provisional calendar for the 2011 season was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council on 8 September 2010[4] with further amendments on 3 November 2010,[5] 7 December 2010[6] and 8 March 2011.[7]
Event
Race Name
Track
Date
1
R1
Race of Brazil
Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
20 March
R2
2
R3
Monroe Race of Belgium
Circuit Zolder
24 April
R4
3
R5
Race of Italy
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
15 May
R6
4
R7
Race of Hungary
Hungaroring
5 June
R8
5
R9
Monroe Race of the Czech Republic
Masaryk Circuit
19 June
R10
6
R11
Race of Turismo de Portugal
Circuito da Boavista
3 July
R12
7
R13
Race of UK
Donington Park
17 July
R14
8
R15
bet-at-home.com Race of Germany
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
31 July
R16
9
R17
interwetten.com Race of Spain
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
4 September
R18
10
R19
Kenwood Race of Japan
Suzuka Circuit
23 October
R20
11
R21
Race of China
Shanghai Tianma Circuit
6 November
R22
12
R23
Race of Macau
Guia Circuit
20 November
R24
Calendar changes
[edit]
The Race of Brazil was going to move from Curitiba to Interlagos. The move was reverted due to logistical issues connected to renovation at Interlagos in regards to safety in the Subida dos Boxes area, which has been the site of touring car fatalities.[8]
The Race of China will be held for the first time. It was originally scheduled to be held at the Guangdong International Circuit,[6] but was later relocated to the Tianma Circuit.[9]
The Race of Portugal returned to Porto as in recent odd years.
The Race of Japan moved from Okayama to Suzuka.
The Race of UK moved from Brands Hatch to Donington Park.
The Race of Argentina was originally scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, but was dropped from the calendar and replaced with the Race of Belgium when the circuit failed its homologation and it was found that there would not be enough time to complete the work necessary to upgrade the circuit to the required standard.[10]
The Race of Morocco was dropped from the calendar, and replaced by the new Race of Hungary.[11]
Results and standings
[edit]
Races
[edit]
Race
Race Name
Pole Position
Fastest lap
Winning driver
Winning team
Yokohama winner
Jay-Ten Winner
Report
1
Race of Brazil
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Kristian Poulsen
Michel Nykjær
Report
2
Robert Huff
Alain Menu
Chevrolet
Javier Villa
Pepe Oriola
3
Race of Belgium
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Kristian Poulsen
Michel Nykjær
Report
4
Javier Villa
Gabriele Tarquini
Lukoil – SUNRED
Darryl O'Young
Michel Nykjær
5
Race of Italy
Robert Huff
Yvan Muller
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Norbert Michelisz
Fredy Barth
Report
6
Yvan Muller
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Kristian Poulsen
Pepe Oriola
7
Race of Hungary
Alain Menu
Norbert Michelisz
Alain Menu
Chevrolet
Norbert Michelisz
Aleksei Dudukalo
Report
8
Norbert Michelisz
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Franz Engstler
Aleksei Dudukalo
9
Race of the Czech Republic
Yvan Muller
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Kristian Poulsen
Aleksei Dudukalo
Report
10
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Michel Nykjær
Aleksei Dudukalo
11
Race of Portugal
Alain Menu
Alain Menu
Alain Menu
Chevrolet
Norbert Michelisz
no finishers
Report
12
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Norbert Michelisz
Aleksei Dudukalo
13
Race of UK
Yvan Muller
Robert Huff
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Franz Engstler
no finishers
Report
14
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Franz Engstler
no finishers
15
Race of Germany
Yvan Muller
Robert Huff
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Stefano D'Aste
Ibrahim Okyay
Report
16
Tom Coronel
Franz Engstler
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Franz Engstler
Ibrahim Okyay
17
Race of Spain
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Kristian Poulsen
Fabio Fabiani
Report
18
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Kristian Poulsen
Fabio Fabiani
19
Race of Japan
Alain Menu
Alain Menu
Alain Menu
Chevrolet
Michel Nykjær
Charles Ng
Report
20
Robert Dahlgren
Tom Coronel
ROAL Motorsport
Michel Nykjær
Charles Ng
21
Race of China
Alain Menu
Robert Huff
Alain Menu
Chevrolet
Colin Turkington
Fabio Fabiani
Report
22
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Chevrolet
Colin Turkington
Fabio Fabiani
23
Guia Race of Macau
Robert Huff
Yvan Muller
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Michel Nykjær
Jo Merszei
Report
24
Robert Huff
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Michel Nykjær
Jo Merszei
Championship standings
[edit]
Points system
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
Drivers' Championship
[edit]
Pos
Driver
BRA
BEL
ITA
HUN
CZE
POR
GBR
GER
ESP
JPN
CHN
MAC
Pts
1
Yvan Muller
2
3
3
Ret
2
2
5
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
5
1
1
4
2
4
1
2
3
433
2
Robert Huff
1
4
1
6
1
1
4
2
1
4
3
1
2
2
2
6
5
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
430
3
Alain Menu
6
1
2
2
19†
5
1
Ret
3
3
1
6
3
5
5
2
2
3
1
4
1
6
Ret
DNS
323
4
Tom Coronel
4
2
Ret
DNS
5
15
18†
4
4
2
6
5
4
4
10
4
3
7
NC
1
5
5
4
2
233
5
Gabriele Tarquini
7
6
4
1
Ret
10
6
3
NC
6
5
7
5
7
3
3
17†
4
9
Ret
NC
2
3
4
204
6
Tiago Monteiro
11
7
5
3
3
4
7
5
12
12
4
3
Ret
Ret
Ret
8
8
Ret
Ret
DNS
8
Ret
12
8
117
7
Kristian Poulsen
5
14
6
Ret
6
3
9
Ret
5
8
14
19
9
17†
13
Ret
4
5
5
10
6
7
7
13
112
8
Franz Engstler
9
9
Ret
12
9
9
15
6
16
Ret
11
8
6
3
16
1
NC
10
10
11
12
8
6
7
88
9
Norbert Michelisz
7
8
4
7
2
15
8
15
8
4
NC
12
15
Ret
7
6
15
9
11
Ret
8
9
88
10
Michel Nykjær
8
Ret
8
5
12
Ret
13
13†
10
5
9
12
7
Ret
7
17
11
15
3
6
14
14
5
5
86
11
Robert Dahlgren
12
13
13
7
15
13
NC
9
6
9
7
16
8
6
4
7
9
9
Ret
5
9
9
DNS
DNS
72
12
Javier Villa
14
8
9
10
8
8
3
7
9
7
Ret
17
17
16
12
10
6
19†
16
8
10
Ret
11
10
59
13
Colin Turkington
10
10
6
7
2
4
46
14
Darryl O'Young
Ret
11
10
4
7
6
12
8
7
Ret
12
9
11
8
14
11
15
14
11
Ret
13
Ret
Ret
12
43
15
Cacá Bueno
3
5
25
16
Mehdi Bennani
10
Ret
Ret
11
11
20†
14
14
11
10
16
18
14
9
11
Ret
Ret
12
8
18
7
11
9
6
24
17
Stefano D'Aste
10
11
6
9
10
11
12
18
Pepe Oriola
13
10
11
14
14
12
10
Ret
13
11
13
14
12
15
8
12
12
8
18
13
17
13
10
11
11
19
Fredy Barth
15
Ret
Ret
DNS
10
19†
8
10
Ret
16†
NC
10
13
11
NC
Ret
19
18†
Ret
DNS
21
12
DNS
DNS
7
20
Yukinori Taniguchi
18
15
14
DSQ
13
11
11
11
15
14
15
15
16
13
17
14
14
16
7
14
20†
DNS
WD
WD
6
21
Aleksei Dudukalo
17
12
12
9
Ret
Ret
16
12
14
13
Ret
13
15
14
9
15
13
Ret
17
12
15
17
Ret
DNS
4
22
Charles Ng
14
19
16
10
13
14
1
Masaki Kano
12
16
0
Toshi Arai
13
15
0
Fabio Fabiani
19
NC
16
13
18
18
17
Ret
DSQ
DSQ
19
16
16
17
DNQ
DNQ
18
15
0
Ibrahim Okyay
16
16
18
13
0
David Sigachev
18†
13
0
Jo Merszei
14
15
0
Marchy Lee
16
16
Ret
DNS
20
14
0
Urs Sonderegger
15
15†
17
17
DNS
DNS
17
Ret
0
Felipe De Souza
15†
Ret
0
Philip Ma
19
16†
Ret
16
0
Gary Kwok
16†
Ret
0
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Ret
17
0
Mak Ka Lok
Ret
Ret
0
André Couto
Ret
Ret
0
Kuok Io Keong
DNS
DNS
0
Lo Ka Chun
EX
EX
0
Pos
Driver
BRA
BEL
ITA
HUN
CZE
POR
GBR
GER
ESP
JPN
CHN
MAC
Pts
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each race.[1]
Manufacturers' Championship
[edit]
Pos
Manufacturer
BRA
BEL
ITA
HUN
CZE
POR
GBR
GER
ESP
JPN
CHN
MAC
Pts
1
Chevrolet
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
973
2
3
2
4
2
2
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
5
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
BMW
4
2
6
8
4
3
2
4
4
2
6
4
4
3
6
1
3
5
5
1
2
4
4
2
583
5
8
7
10
5
7
3
6
5
7
8
5
6
4
10
4
4
6
6
7
5
5
6
6
3
SEAT
7
6
4
1
3
4
6
3
10
5
4
3
5
7
3
3
8
4
3
6
8
2
3
4
522
8
7
5
3
10
10
7
5
12
6
5
7
7
11
7
8
11
8
9
12
14
12
5
5
4
Volvo
12
13
13
7
15
13
NC
9
6
9
7
16
8
6
4
7
9
9
Ret
5
9
9
DNS
DNS
154
Pos
Manufacturer
BRA
BEL
ITA
HUN
CZE
POR
GBR
GER
ESP
JPN
CHN
MAC
Pts
Manufacturers Championship points were awarded on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each race.[1] However, only the results obtained by the best two cars classified per manufacturer in each race were counted.[1] All the other cars of that same manufacturer were invisible as far as scoring points is concerned.[1]
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