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2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium

Belgium 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium
Race details
Zolder.svg
Date 24 April, 2011
Location Zolder, Belgium
Course Circuit Zolder
4.011 kilometres (2.492 mi)
Race One
Laps 15
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 1:38.458
Podium
First United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Second Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet RML
Third France Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 1:39.517
Race Two
Laps 13
Podium
First Italy Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED
Second Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet RML
Third Portugal Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering
Fastest Lap
Driver Spain Javier Villa Proteam Racing
Time 1:40.063
Laps 15
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 1:38.458
Podium
First United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Second Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet RML
Third France Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Time 1:39.517
Laps 13
Podium
First Italy Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED
Second Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet RML
Third Portugal Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering
Fastest Lap
Driver Spain Javier Villa Proteam Racing
Time 1:40.063

The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium (formally the 2011 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of Belgium) was the second round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at Circuit Zolder on 24 April 2011 and was the third running of the Race of Belgium, which ran at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in 2005 before leaving the calendar for four seasons until returning in the 2010 season at Zolder.

The races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML and Gabriele Tarquini of Lukoil-SUNRED.

After the Race of Brazil, Huff was leading the drivers' championship by four points over Chevrolet team mate Alain Menu. Kristian Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Chevrolet RML reverted to a three car operation having run guest driver Cacá Bueno in Brazil. bamboo–engineering switched to the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T, replacing the Chevrolet Lacettis they ran in the opening round.Wiechers-Sport returned to the series with their new driver Urs Sonderegger in a BMW 320 TC.Norbert Michelisz and the Zengő-Dension Team returned with a turbocharged BMW having missed the opening round to test the new car.


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