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Japan 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race details

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Round 10 of 11 in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship at Okayama International Circuit in Mimasaka, Japan.

Date 31 October, 2010
Location
Mimasaka, Japan
Course
Okayama International Circuit
3.703 kilometres (2.301 mi)
Race One


















































Laps
16
Pole position
Driver

United Kingdom Andy Priaulx

BMW Team RBM
Time

1:36.972

Podium
First

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet RML
Second

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet RML
Third

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő-Dension Team
Fastest Lap
Driver

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet RML
Time

1:51.813

Race Two





































Laps
16
Podium
First

United Kingdom Colin Turkington

Team Aviva-COFCO
Second

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet RML
Third

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver

Denmark Michel Nykjær

SUNRED Engineering
Time

1:53.478


The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the tenth round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held at the Okayama International Circuit near Mimasaka, Japan on 31 October 2010. The first race was won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML and race two was won by Colin Turkington of Team Aviva-COFCO.


The final results were not released until two weeks later due to an appeal by Chevrolet RML against the use of sequential gearboxes by BMW Team RBM. An FIA investigation found the use of the gearboxes to be illegal and both of the factory BMW drivers were stripped of all points earned at the event, meaning Augusto Farfus was stripped of his race two victory and the win was handed to Turkington. The decision also resulted in Yvan Muller of Chevrolet RML securing his second world drivers' championship, his first with Chevrolet.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Report


    • 2.1 Testing and free practice


    • 2.2 Qualifying


    • 2.3 Warm-Up


    • 2.4 Race One


    • 2.5 Race Two




  • 3 Results


    • 3.1 Qualifying


    • 3.2 Race 1


    • 3.3 Race 2




  • 4 Standings after the event


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Background


After the Race of Spain, Muller was leading the drivers' championship with now only Andy Priaulx, Gabriele Tarquini and Huff able to beat him to the title. Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


SEAT León Eurocup driver Michaël Rossi made his World Touring Car Championship debut with SR-Sport, replacing regular driver Jordi Gené for event.[1]Liqui Moly Team Engstler added a third car for local driver Yoshihiro Ito, joining Franz Engstler and Andrei Romanov.[2]Wiechers-Sport expanded to two cars to run Masataka Yanagida in addition to full-time driver Mehdi Bennani.[2]Scuderia Proteam Motorsport added Japanese racer Nobuteru Taniguchi and Taiwanese driver Kevin Chen.[2] Turkington and West Surrey Racing returned to the championship, now racing under the Team Aviva–COFCO banner for the final two rounds of the season.[3]Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing returned for their second event of the year with Swedish Touring Car Championship runner–up Robert Dahlgren behind the wheel.[4] Macanese driver Henry Ho joined the grid with the Ho Kun Chei / Sports & You Asia team.



Report



Testing and free practice


Huff and Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2 in the test session on Friday with Alain Menu in fourth separated from his team mates by the BMW of Andy Priaulx. bamboo-engineering's Darryl O'Young in eighth was the fastest independent with returnee Dahlgren in ninth.[5]


Farfus topped the first free practice session on Saturday, half a second ahead of Dahlren's Volvo. Menu was the leading Chevrolet in third with Huff fourth and Norbert Michelisz the fastest SEAT in fifth. Kristian Poulsen was the leading independent runner.[6]


SR–Sport driver Tom Coronel was fastest in free practice two with Huff second and Tiago Monteiro third. Engstler was the top independent driver.[7]



Qualifying


Priaulx headed a BMW 1–2 in qualifying with RBM team mate Farfus starting alongside him on the front row. Turkington had set the pace in the first part of qualifying, beating the factory BMW pairing. All the championship contenders made it through to Q2 in addition to Turkington, Farfus, Michelisz, Engstler and debutant Rossi. Dahlgren was among those to drop out in Q1, while the Wiechers–Sport drivers had their times removed for accessing data from their car in parc ferme at the end of the session.


At the end of Q2, Priaulx and Farfus had locked out the front row for BMW Team RBM with Huff the next of the title challengers in third. Turkington ended up fourth on his return to the WTCC ahead of Michelisz and Tarquini. Championship leader Muller was eighth while Rossi and Engstler rounded out the top ten.[8]



Warm-Up


Menu was the fastest driver in Sunday morning's warm–up session with Monteiro second and Coronel third, pole sitter Priaulx was fourteenth. Dahlgren was unable to take part as he required an engine change, incurring a ten–place grid drop for race one.[9]



Race One


The race started behind the safety car due to the severe wet conditions, Priaulx led away when the race was started on lap three. Huff passed Farfus immediately to take second place. Monteiro and Engstler slipped off the track at the first corner. Fredy Barth and Poulsen clashed further around the lap, Poulsen spun and took Stefano D'Aste with him. Huff and he eventually passed Priaulx on lap five. Muller was climbing up from eight on grid and made his way up to third place by the end of the race. Farfus had dropped down to fourth and was engaged in a close battle with Tarquini, who on lap six slid into the gravel trap at Williams and returned to the track in eighth place with only minor damage. At the end of the race, Huff was first with Priaulx second and Muller third. Yukinori Taniguchi was the Yokohama Trophy winner in eleventh.[10]


The results of the successful appeal by Chevrolet to the FIA over the use of sequential gearboxes by the BMW Team RBM drivers meant Priaulx and Farfus were later disqualified.[11] This promoted the bamboo–engineering drivers into the points with Yukinori Tanaguchi ending up ninth and O'Young tenth. Michelisz was promoted to third to take the first podium finish of his WTCC career.



Race Two


Michel Nykjær started on pole position for race two and led until lap nine when he slid off the track. Tarquini took over the lead of the race but went straight on at the Hobbs turn two laps later and retired, putting him out of championship contention. Farfus then assumed the lead of the race. His team mate Priaulx had spun into retirement after three laps, Yokohama Trophy leader Hernández did likewise after eleven laps. At the end of the race, Farfus took the win with Turkington holding off Muller to second. Nykjær ended up seventh while O'Young in tenth was the independents' winner.[12]


After Chevrolet's appeal over the use of sequential gearboxes was taken into account and the BMW Team RBM drivers had been disqualified, Farfus lost the win and the victory was handed to Turkington, his first in the WTCC. Muller moved up to second and secured the drivers' championship title while Huff took the final podium position.[11]



Results



Qualifying




























































































































































































































































































Pos.

No.
Name
Team
Car

C
Q1
Q2
1
11

United Kingdom Andy Priaulx

BMW Team RBM

BMW 320si

1:37.623
1:36.972
2
10

Brazil Augusto Farfus

BMW Team RBM

BMW 320si

1:37.455
1:37.408
3
7

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

1:37.690
1:37.441
4
29

United Kingdom Colin Turkington

Team Aviva-COFCO

BMW 320si

1:37.264
1:37.495
5
5

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő-Dension Team

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:37.707
1:37.577
6
1

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:37.725
1:37.727
7
8

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

1:37.805
1:37.844
8
6

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

1:37.767
1:37.913
9
73

France Michaël Rossi

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:37.809
1:38.387
10
15

Germany Franz Engstler

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
1:37.786
1:38.605
11
3

Portugal Tiago Monteiro

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:37.904

12
17

Denmark Michel Nykjær

SUNRED Engineering

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:37.904

13
20

Hong Kong Darryl O'Young

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Lacetti

Y
1:38.056

14
41

Sweden Robert Dahlgren

Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing

Volvo C30

1:38.128

15
24

Denmark Kristian Poulsen

Poulsen Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
1:38.156

16
18

Switzerland Fredy Barth

SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:38.171

17
2

Netherlands Tom Coronel

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

1:38.190

18
26

Italy Stefano D'Aste

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
1:38.540

19
25

Spain Sergio Hernández

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
1:38.728

20
72

Japan Yukinori Taniguchi

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Lacetti

Y
1:38.747

21
16

Russia Andrei Romanov

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
1:39.098

22
44

Japan Yoshihiro Ito

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
1:39.584

23
43

Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
1:39.891

24
45

Taiwan Kevin Chen

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
1:39.997

25
51

Macau Henry Ho

Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia

BMW 320si

Y
1:40.681

EX
21

Morocco Mehdi Bennani

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320si

Y
Excluded

EX
46

Japan Masataka Yanagida

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320si

Y
Excluded



Race 1




















































































































































































































































































































































Pos.

No.
Name
Team
Car

C
Laps
Time/Retired
Grid
Points
1
7

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

16
31:46.668
3

25
2
6

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

16
+4.931
8

18
3
5

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő-Dension Team

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+9.742
5

15
4
29

United Kingdom Colin Turkington

Team Aviva-COFCO

BMW 320si

16
+11.310
4

12
5
1

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+13.876
6

10
6
17

Denmark Michel Nykjær

SUNRED Engineering

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+14.901
12

8
7
8

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

16
+30.022
7

6
8
41

Sweden Robert Dahlgren

Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing

Volvo C30

16
+31.077
24

9
72

Japan Yukinori Taniguchi

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Lacetti

Y
16
+1:13.148
19

4
10
20

Hong Kong Darryl O'Young

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Lacetti

Y
16
+1:15.995
13

2
11
25

Spain Sergio Hernández

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+1:17.546
18

1
12
43

Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+1:17.857
22

13
15

Germany Franz Engstler

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
16
+1:19.035
10

14
2

Netherlands Tom Coronel

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+1:22.055
16

15
24

Denmark Kristian Poulsen

Poulsen Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+1:26.602
14

16
21

Morocco Mehdi Bennani

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+1:30.373
26

17
46

Japan Masataka Yanagida

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+1:30.957
27

18
51

Macau Henry Ho

Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia

BMW 320si

Y
15
+1 Lap
25

19
44

Japan Yoshihiro Ito

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
15
+1 Lap
21

Ret
45

Taiwan Kevin Chen

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
9
Race incident
23

NC
16

Russia Andrei Romanov

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
9
+7 Laps
20

Ret
73

France Michaël Rossi

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

6
Race incident
9

Ret
3

Portugal Tiago Monteiro

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

2
Race incident
11

Ret
18

Switzerland Fredy Barth

SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

2
Race incident
15

Ret
26

Italy Stefano D'Aste

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
2
Race incident
17

DSQ
11

United Kingdom Andy Priaulx

BMW Team RBM

BMW 320si

16
Disqualified
1

DSQ
10

Brazil Augusto Farfus

BMW Team RBM

BMW 320si

16
Disqualified
2



  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.


Race 2




















































































































































































































































































































































Pos.

No.
Name
Team
Car

C
Laps
Time/Retired
Grid
Points
1
29

United Kingdom Colin Turkington

Team Aviva-COFCO

BMW 320si

16
33:48.074
3

25
2
6

France Yvan Muller

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

16
+0.724
6

18
3
7

United Kingdom Robert Huff

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

16
+1.822
8

15
4
8

Switzerland Alain Menu

Chevrolet RML

Chevrolet Cruze LT

16
+2.826
9

12
5
41

Sweden Robert Dahlgren

Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing

Volvo C30

16
+3.165
10

6
17

Denmark Michel Nykjær

SUNRED Engineering

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+4.174
1

10
7
5

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Zengő-Dension Team

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+5.432
4

8
8
2

Netherlands Tom Coronel

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+5.901
21

6
9
20

Hong Kong Darryl O'Young

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Lacetti

Y
16
+7.061
12

4
10
15

Germany Franz Engstler

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
16
+7.613
15

2
11
24

Denmark Kristian Poulsen

Poulsen Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+7.806
16

1
12
73

France Michaël Rossi

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+8.271
24

13
18

Switzerland Fredy Barth

SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

16
+9.309
26

14
46

Japan Masataka Yanagida

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+10.628
18

15
16

Russia Andrei Romanov

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
16
+10.698
23

16
72

Japan Yukinori Taniguchi

bamboo-engineering

Chevrolet Lacetti

Y
16
+13.036
11

17
26

Italy Stefano D'Aste

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+13.679
27

18
43

Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+27.107
14

19
21

Morocco Mehdi Bennani

Wiechers-Sport

BMW 320si

Y
16
+31.104
17

20
45

Taiwan Kevin Chen

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
15
+1 Lap
22

21
51

Macau Henry Ho

Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia

BMW 320si

Y
13
+3 Laps
19

Ret
25

Spain Sergio Hernández

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

BMW 320si

Y
11
Race incident
13

Ret
1

Italy Gabriele Tarquini

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

10
Race incident
2

Ret
3

Portugal Tiago Monteiro

SR-Sport

SEAT León 2.0 TDI

10
Race incident
25

Ret
44

Japan Yoshihiro Ito

Liqui Moly Team Engstler

BMW 320si

Y
7
Race incident
20

DSQ
10

Brazil Augusto Farfus

BMW Team RBM

BMW 320si

16
Disqualified
5

DSQ
11

United Kingdom Andy Priaulx

BMW Team RBM

BMW 320si

3
Disqualified
7



  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.


Standings after the event











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


References


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External links


  • World Touring Car Championship official website














World Touring Car Championship
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2010 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

2010 World Touring Car Championship season
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2010 Guia Race of Macau
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2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

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2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan



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