2010 Guia Race of Macau

The 2010 Guia Race of Macau (formally the 2010 Guia Race of Macau, presented by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau) was the eleventh and final round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the Guia Race of Macau as a World Touring Car Championship round. It was held at the Guia Circuit on the streets of Macau on 21 November 2010. The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend, headlined by the 2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three.

Macau 2010 Guia Race of Macau
Race details
Date21 November, 2010
LocationMacau
CourseGuia Circuit
6.117 kilometres (3.801 mi)
Race One
Laps 11
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 2:31.321
Podium
First United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Second France Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Third Portugal Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 2:33.560
Race Two
Laps 10
Podium
First Hungary Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team
Second Italy Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport
Third United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 2:32.766

Chevrolet sealed their first manufacturers' championship while Sergio Hernández secured the Yokohama Independents' Trophy for the second time.

Race one was won by polesitter Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML, while Norbert Michelisz took his maiden victory in race two, driving for Zengő-Dension Team.

Background

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The drivers' championship was decided after the FIA found the use of sequential gearboxes by BMW Team RBM at the Race of Japan to be illegal and both of their drivers, Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus were stripped of all points earned at the event. This meant Yvan Muller of the factory Chevrolet team secured the world drivers' championship title.[1] Outgoing champion Gabriele Tarquini was still defending second in the championship ahead of Priaulx and Huff. Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy which was still to be decided.

Stefano D'Aste opted to miss the final round of the season in order to attend the Monza Rally Show, despite still being in mathematical contention for the Yokohama Trophy title.[2] André Couto joined SR-Sport for the event, driving the car previously raced by Jordi Gené and Michaël Rossi.[3] Local driver Jo Merszei joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler,[3] as did Japanese racer Masaki Kano.[4] Jacob & Co Racing ran a Honda Accord Euro R for Hong Kong driver Philip Ma[3] and Portuguese team Team Novadriver Total ran a BMW 320si for César Campaniço.[5] Another Honda Accord was entered for their driver Kuok Io Keong and Chan Kin Man raced a self–run Honda Civic Type R.[6]

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Testing and free practice

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Huff topped an interrupted opening test session on Thursday, with team–mate Alain Menu second. New champion Muller was fifth and Couto was the fastest of the local drivers in tenth. The first stoppage occurred just one lap into the session when Chan Kin Man and Andrei Romanov crashed at the Hospital Bend. Then ten minutes from the end, Kano clipped the barriers at the R–Bend to bring out the red flags again.[7]

Huff topped the times in free practice one on Friday, Priaulx was second and Monteiro was third.[8]

Free practice two saw Huff complete his testing and practice domination, topping the times with Muller second and Monteiro third for the second session in a row. The session had been delayed as barrier repairs were required following the preceding support race session with FP2 starting two hours later than scheduled. The session was not stopped at any point, however Mehdi Bennani spun his Wiechers-Sport BMW at R–Bend and Fredy Barth stopped after hitting the barriers at Faraway in his SEAT.[9]

Qualifying

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Having led all the practice sessions, Huff went on take pole position in a lengthened qualifying which went into a second day. The first session started on Friday afternoon but almost immediately the red flags came out when Tom Coronel hit the barriers at Fishermen's Bend. Once the barriers were repaired, the session resumed but Priaulx hit the barrier at R–Bend. He broke the front left wheel off his BMW and slowly returned to the pits but the session was stopped again as Kano spun his Engstler BMW at the first corner and was stranded in the middle of the track. Qualifying resumed once again but Kristian Poulsen brought the session to a half for a third time when he collided with the barriers at Paiol with his BMW ending up parked across the track. Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Hernández then crashed while trying to avoid Poulsen's stranded car. By this time it was getting dark and when the session restarted Muller set the fastest time with Huff second. Coronel stopped on track and Q1 was brought to a close after running for almost two hours. The race director decided to delay Q2 until the following morning as darkness set in.[10]

After Q2 had taken place on Saturday morning, Huff took pole position and Michelisz qualified second. A race one grid penalty for the Hungarian driver would see Muller start alongside his Chevrolet team–mate on the front row and Menu would make it a Chevrolet 1–2–3. Muller had hit the barrier at Lisboa in the opening minutes while trying to get ahead of Couto. Monteiro was the leading SR–Sport driver by ending up fifth and Farfus was the leading BMW in sixth. Tarquini, Priaulx, Darryl O'Young and Couto completed the top ten.[11]

Warm-Up

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Pole sitter Huff was quickest in the Sunday morning warm–up session, O'Young the fastest independent driver.[12]

Race One

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Huff led away from pole position followed by Muller while further back there was contact between Priaulx and Couto with both ending up in the barrier at turn one. Couto and Michel Nykjær, who had also been caught up in the incident, both retired while Priaulx limped back to the pits for repairs. As the pack of cars approached Lisboa, Menu outbraked himself and collided with the wall which dropped him from third to fifteenth. The safety came out on the first lap while the cars of Couto and Nykjær were cleared up. After the race was resumed, O'Young was tapped by the SEAT of Coronel, he lost control of his Chevrolet Lacetti and crashed into the wall at Lisboa having also collected Barth. Coronel was handed a drive–through penalty for causing the collision. Three laps from the end, Huff led Muller and Monteiro while Farfus was defending fourth from Tarquini. The BMW driver was eventually passed by the Italian and then by Michelisz. Ho brought out the final safety car when he crashed and his car came to a rest blocking the track. The race ended under the safety car with Huff claiming the victory, Muller second, Monteiro third, Tarquini fourth, Michelisz fifth and Farfus sixth. Menu had hauled himself back up from fifteenth to seventh to beat Yokohama Trophy winner Poulsen.[13]

Race Two

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Poulsen started from the reversed grid pole but was passed by Michelisz and Tarquini at the Mandarin curve. Front row starter Menu had stalled and Farfus had dropped down to fourth at the start, he was however able to elevate himself to third at the expense of Poulsen approaching Lisboa. The race was stopped on the first lap when Romanov, O'Young and Nobuteru Taniguchi collided and blocked the track at Police with the rest of the field stuck behind them. Damage sustained in the pileup also forced Barth and Yukinori Taniguchi to retire. The race was restarted behind the safety car with Michelisz leading Tarquini and Farfus. Colin Turkington served a drive–through penalty after his mechanics continued to work on his car after the three-minute board was shown on the grid. Muller and Huff passed Poulsen before Muller let his team–mate pass him in order to catch Farfus. In attempting a pass, Huff knocked Farfus' rear bumper off but was eventually able to pass and started to close in on Tarquini. Farfus dropped down the order further when Muller passed him on lap nine. Kano and Campaniço both crashed out the race. Michelisz led until the end to claim his first WTCC win with Tarquini second and race one winner Huff third. Hernández beat Engstler to finish ninth and claim the Yokohama Trophy title for the second time.[14]

Results

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. Name Team Car C Q1 Q2
1 7   Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:32.323 2:31.321
2 5   Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:33.013 2:31.728
3 6   Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:31.948 2:31.773
4 8   Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:32.809 2:31.862
5 3   Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:32.416 2:31.946
6 10   Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:33.610 2:32.222
7 1   Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:33.274 2:32.222
8 11   Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:33.331 2:32.478
9 20   Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 2:33.197 2:33.185
10 66   André Couto SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:33.869 2:37.073
11 18   Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:34.045
12 17   Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:34.190
13 2   Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:34.191
14 25   Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 2:34.869
15 29   Colin Turkington Team Aviva-COFCO BMW 320si 2:35.246
16 15   Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 2:37.094
17 21   Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y 2:37.984
18 72   Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 2:39.267
19 63   César Campaniço Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si Y 2:40.315
20 51   Henry Ho Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si Y 2:40.396
21 45   Kevin Chen Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 2:40.840
22 43   Nobuteru Taniguchi Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 2:40.897
23 24   Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y 2:42.455
107% time: 2:42.584
 – 50   Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 2:45.002
 – 47   Masaki Kano Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 2:45.574
 – 16   Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y no time set
 – 53   Philip Ma Jacob & Co Racing Honda Accord Euro R Y no time set

Race 1

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Pos. No. Name Team Car C Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7   Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 35:34.840 1 25
2 6   Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 +0.366 2 18
3 3   Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +0.631 4 15
4 1   Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +0.909 6 12
5 5   Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +1.306 7 10
6 10   Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 11 +1.967 5 8
7 8   Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 +2.564 3 6
8 24   Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y 11 +2.823 21 4
9 15   Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 11 +3.503 16 2
10 21   Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y 11 +3.998 22 1
11 25   Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 11 +4.614 14
12 2   Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +4.770 13
13 72   Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 11 +8.465 17
14 63   César Campaniço Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si Y 11 +8.961 18
15 16   Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 11 +9.439 25
16 43   Nobuteru Taniguchi Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 11 +13.059 20
17 45   Kevin Chen Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 11 +24.421 23
18 53   Philip Ma Jacob & Co Racing Honda Accord Euro R Y 11 +26.043 26
19 50   Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 11 +27.592 24
20 47   Masaki Kano Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 10 +1 Lap 27
21 51   Henry Ho Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si Y 8 +3 Laps 19
NC 11   Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 7 +4 Laps 8
Ret 20   Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 4 Race incident 9
Ret 18   Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 4 Race incident 11
Ret 29   Colin Turkington Team Aviva-COFCO BMW 320si 4 Transmission 15
Ret 66   André Couto SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 10
Ret 17   Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 12
  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

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Pos. No. Name Team Car C Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5   Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 54:37.415 4 25
2 1   Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +1.193 5 18
3 7   Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +1.543 8 15
4 6   Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +10.886 7 12
5 10   Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 +14.675 3 10
6 2   Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +14.894 12 8
7 11   Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 +15.716 22 6
8 3   Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +16.360 6 4
9 25   Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 10 +20.951 11 2
10 15   Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 10 +25.099 9 1
11 17   Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +43.156 26
12 21   Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y 10 +47.302 10
13 29   Colin Turkington Team Aviva-COFCO BMW 320si 10 +1:01.671 27
14 45   Kevin Chen Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 10 +1:47.235 17
15 53   Philip Ma Jacob & Co Racing Honda Accord Euro R Y 10 +1:52.404 18
16 63   César Campaniço Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si Y 8 +2 Laps 14
Ret 47   Masaki Kano Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 6 Race incident 20
Ret 24   Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si Y 4 Race incident 1
Ret 50   Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 3 Race incident 19
Ret 8   Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2 Clutch 2
Ret 16   Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 0 Race incident 15
Ret 43   Nobuteru Taniguchi Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 0 Race incident 16
Ret 72   Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 0 Race incident 13
Ret 18   Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 25
Ret 20   Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti Y 0 Race incident 23
DNS 51   Henry Ho Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si Y 0 Did not start 21
DNS 66   André Couto SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Did not start 24
  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the event

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

References

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  5. ^ Meissner, Johan (9 November 2010). "César Campaniço joins WTCC finale in Macau". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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  8. ^ Meissner, Johan (19 November 2010). "Huff continues to set the pace at Macau". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. ^ Jonathan, Noble (19 November 2010). "Huff fastest again in Macau practice". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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