WTCC calendar 2011:

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20 Mar - Brazil - Curitiba
24 Apr - Belgium - Zolder
15 May - Italy - Monza
05 Jun - Hungary - Hungaroring
19 Jun - Czech Republic - Brno
03 Jul - Portgual - Porto
17 Jul - United Kingdom - Donington Park
31 Jul - Germany - Oschersleben
04 Sep - Spain - Valencia Ricardo Tormo
23 Oct - Japan - Suzuka
06 Nov - China - Guangdong
20 Nov - Macau - Macau

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for the coming year also becoming the new starting order system to another race weekend. The old "top8 in reverse order" is rejected, and the starting order is torn to time-runs of Q1-sections. Makes sense, no?

BMW presents comprehensive racing programme for 2011

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The FIA World Touring Car Championship remains an important Customer Racing platform, enabling private teams and drivers to demonstrate the potential of the BMW 320 TC at the highest level. The BMW 320 TC will compete for victories and titles in the Independents’ Trophy of the WTCC. Private teams and drivers will campaign the car – based on the successful BMW 320si WTCC, but fitted with the new 1.6-litre four-cylinder (DI-) turbo engine. The “TC” in its terminology stands for “Touring Car”. Therefore this car will represent BMW in the WTCC in 2011, although a works campaign is not planned.

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WTCC teams and drivers 2011:

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Chevrolet: Yvan Muller, Alain Menu and Robert Huff
Lukoil-SUNRED: Gabriele Tarquini, André Couto and Aleksei Dudukalo
SUNRED Engineering: Tiago Monteiro, Pepe Oriola and Michel Nykjaer
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport: Fabia Fabini, Mehdi Bennani and Javier Villa
Bamboo-Engineering: Darryl O'Young and Yukinori Taniguchi
Liqui Moly Team Engstler: Frank Engstler and Kristian Poulsen
Deteam KK Motorsport: Marchy Lee Ying Kin
SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED: Fredy Barth
Zengő-Dension Team: Norbert Michelisz
ROAL Motorsport: Tom Coronel
Polestar Racing: Robert Dahlgren
Wiechers-Sport: Urs Sonderegger
DeTeam KK Motorsport: Marchy Lee

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WTCC season opener in the competition is run in Curitiba, Brazil, at the same time the Brazilian Stock Car class also competes on the same track.

Slightly rumors have been circulating that the Brazilian Stock Car class drivers we might see a series WTCC Curitiba races, including the Christian Fittipaldi, Ricardo Zonta and Antonio Pizzonia and Caca Bueno. Carlos 'caca' Bueno driving a race in Curitiba, at least ensured.

Rob Huff comfortably drove to victory at round one of the WTCC at Curitiba ahead of team-mates Yvan Muller and Cacá Bueno to secure an all Chevrolet podium.

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01. Robert Huff 14 Laps
02. Yvan Muller +0.873
03. Cacá Bueno +3.924
04. Tom Coronel +12.714
05. Kristian Poulsen +13.004
06. Alain Menu +13.402
07. Gabriele Tarquini +14.214
08. Michel Nykjaer +14.716
09. Franz Engstler +19.100
10. Mehdi Bennani +19.591

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Alain Menu took victory in the second race at Brazil beating Tom Coronel in a race long battle, with Yvan Muller taking the final place on the podium.

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01. Alain Menu 14 Laps
02. Tom Coronel +0.265
03. Yvan Muller +0.917
04. Robert Huff +1.321
05. Cacá Bueno +2.409
06. Gabriele Tarquini +4.512
07. Tiago Monteiro +7.810
08. Javier Villa +16.894
09. Franz Engstler +17.571
10. Pepe Oriola +20.361

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DTM calendar 2011:

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1. 01/05/2011 Hockenheimring Baden-WĂĽrttemberg
2. 15/05/2011 Circuit Park Zandvoort
3. 05/06/2011 Red Bull Ring Spielberg
4. 19/06/2011 Eurospeedway Lausitzring
5. 03/07/2011 Norisring
NC. 17/07/2011 Showevent au stade Olympique de Munich
6. 07/08/2011 NĂĽrburgring
7. 12/09/2011 Brands Hatch
8. 26/09/2011 Oschersleben
9. 02/10/2011 Valencia
10. 23/10/2011 Hockenheimring Baden-WĂĽrttemberg
11. 06/11/2011 ShanghaĂŻ

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Audi has drivers for their Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters programme for 2011:

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Abt Sportsline: Timo Scheider, Mattias Ekström, Oliver Jarvis, Mike Rockenfeller and Miguel Molina
Team Rosberg: Edoardo Mortara and Filipe Albuquerque
Team Phoenix: Rahel Frey and Martin Tomczyk

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Mercedes-Benz has drivers for their Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters programme for 2011:

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HWA Team: Gary Paffett, Ralf Schumacher, Bruno Spengler and Jamie Green
Persson Motorsport: Christian Vietoris, Renger van der Zande and Susie Stoddart
MĂĽcke Motorsport: David Coulthard, Susie Stoddart and Maro Engel

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Rob Huff lead a 1-2-3 for Chevrolet in race one at Zolder, whilst their was chaos on lap three, with Coronel, Benanni, Engstler, Barth & Lee all out of the race.

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1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 29m18.807s
2. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 1.244s
3. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 1.740s
4. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT + 3.790s
5. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 5.102s
6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 8.987s
7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 10.878s
8. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 12.032s
9. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 12.845s
10. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 12.901s
11. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 14.656s
12. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT + 17.538s
13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 18.687s
14. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 25.864s
15. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 42.236s
16. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1m07.741s

Retirements:

Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 2 laps
Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 2 laps
Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 2 laps
Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 2 laps
Marchy Lee KK BMW 2 laps

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Gabriele Tarquini held off Rob Huff and Alain Menu to take victory in the second race at Zolder, in what may be his final race with the SEAT TDI engine.

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1. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 22m07.752s
2. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 0.448s
3. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 0.886s
4. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 1.614s
5. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 5.702s
6. Rob Huff Chevrolet + 5.901s
7. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 12.352s
8. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 16.721s
9. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT + 20.141s
10. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 28.827s
11. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW + 42.066s
12. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 48.235s
13. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1 lap
14. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 1 lap
15. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 2 laps
16. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 4 laps

Retirements:

Yvan Muller Chevrolet 7 laps
Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 0 laps

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SUNRED Engineering are set to introduce their new 1.6 litre turbo engine at the next race at Monza in three weeks time, with all drivers expecting to be running the engine at the Hungaroring.

DTM season opening series in Hockenheim Results:

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1. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes 1h03m07.244s
2. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 3.696s
3. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 3.883s
4. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 4.585s
5. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 5.256s
6. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 6.591s
7. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 10.653s
8. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 11.938s
9. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 13.803s
10. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 14.246s
11. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 16.164s
12. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 16.488s
13. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 17.310s
14. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 18.341s
15. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 25.944s
16. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 28.420s
17. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 29.011s

Retirements:

Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes 30 laps

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Nico Rosberg drives first meters in DTM Mercedes. (Video)

Mike Rockenfeller took his maiden DTM victory with a fabulous drive in the second round of the championship at Zandvoort.

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1. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi 1h05m28.514s
2. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 1.423s
3. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 1.865s
4. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 6.957s
5. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 11.478s
6. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 14.160s
7. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 15.064s
8. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 15.439s
9. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 19.482s
10. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 21.859s
11. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 28.435s
12. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 28.855s
13. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 35.870s
14. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 37.268s
15. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 38.901s
16. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 49.548s
17. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 1 lap

Retirements:

Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi 13 laps

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Huff wins thrilling first Monza race

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1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 18m07.398s
2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 1.291s
3. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 4.239s
4. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 4.269s
5. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW + 4.499s
6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 5.509s
7. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 10.506s
8. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 10.798s
9. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 11.492s
10. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT + 15.366s
11. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW + 18.439s
12. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 18.873s
13. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 19.286s
14. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 20.070s
15. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 30.709s
16. Ibrahim Okyay Otomotiv BMW + 58.046s
17. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 59.018s
18. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1m25.422s
19. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 1 lap
20. Marchy Lee KK BMW + 1 lap

Retirements:

Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 5 laps
Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 2 laps

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Rob Huff completed a clean sweep of pole and two victories in this weekend's World Touring Car Championship round at Monza with a hard-fought win in this afternoon's reversed-grid race.

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1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 18m10.032s
2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 0.242s
3. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 3.559s
4. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT + 6.211s
5. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 8.896s
6. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 10.089s
7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW + 10.780s
8. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 11.054s
9. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 11.056s
10. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT + 12.800s
11. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 19.420s
12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 21.519s
13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 23.532s
14. Marchy Lee KK BMW + 27.912s
15. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW + 28.095s
16. Ibrahim Okyay Otomotiv BMW + 48.069s
17. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW + 52.972s
18. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1m27.890s

Retirements:

Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 7 laps
Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 7 laps
Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 1 lap
Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 0 laps

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Red Bull Ring (DTM) won the race Martin Tomczyk, Ralf Schumacher was second, and third Oliver Jarvis.
Result:



47-year old Swiss driver Alain Menu drove the Hungaroring pole to victory in the first race, second in the Hungarian delight the home crowd's own son, Norbert Michelisz, and third place, Javier Villa.
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Yvan Muller took his first win in 18 races at the Hungaroring as the heavens opened at the end of lap one to cause mayhem for the slick-shod field.
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Rob Huff snatched victory from team-mate Yvan Muller at Brno, with Menu battling through the field to make it the first Chevrolet 1-2-3 since Zolder.

Yvan Muller has closed up in the championship to Rob Huff after winning the second race in Brno with Tom Coronel taking second for ROAL Motorsport.


Martin Tomczyk leapt to the head of the DTM standings by taking his second victory in a row at Lausitz.
Top10 result:

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1. Martin Tomczyk
2. Timo Scheider
3. Bruno Spengler
4. Gary Paffett
5. Oliver Jarvis
6. Jamie Green
7. Tom Kristensen
8. Filipe Albuquerque
9. Christian Vietoris
10. Maro Engel

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Top3 points:

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1. Tomczyk, 30
2. Spengler, 29
3. Scheider, 19

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Alain Menu has closed the points gap to championship leader Rob Huff with a comfortable win in Round 11 of the World Touring Car Championship in Portugal.

Two race result:


Norisgring dtm race result:

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1. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes 1h04m43.617s
2. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 0.499s
3. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 1.493s
4. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 2.760s
5. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 4.725s
6. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 6.098s
7. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 7.022s
8. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 9.672s
9. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 11.320s
10. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 12.773s
11. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 14.112s
12. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 15.459s
13. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 17.515s
14. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 21.030s
15. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 21.556s
16. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 22.394s
17. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 1 lap

Retirements:

Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 15 laps

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The German newspaper Bild has caught the new BMW M3 DTM car on picture for the first time. BMW are currently testing the first DTM prototype at the German track Oschersleben.

Yvan Muller won the first race of the day at Donington Park from pole position, but all eyes were behind the Chevrolet trio as the battles raged for the remaining points positions.

Yvan Muller won the second race of the day from tenth on the grid at Donington Park, but is under investigation for the pass on team-mate Rob Huff early in the race. Huff finished second with Franz Engstler taking a career best third.


Audi driver Edoardo Mortara beat Mercedes driver Bruno Spengler in the saturday final of the Munich Show Event.


Bruno Spengler triumphed on the second and final day of the DTM Show Event at Munich's Olympic Stadium after his rival Edoardo Mortara crashed out. Mortara had beaten Spengler by 0.3s in Saturday's final after the pair emerged as the top drivers from the Audi and Mercedes individual events.

first WTCC Oschersleben race result:

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1. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 25m54.624s
2. Rob Huff Chevrolet + 0.289s
3. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT + 13.810s
4. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo + 14.665s
5. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 18.578s
6. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers BMW + 25.058s
7. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT + 33.795s
8. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT + 34.362s
9. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT + 43.187s
10. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW + 45.665s
11. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW + 46.105s
12. Javier Villa Proteam BMW + 46.328s
13. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW + 46.627s
14. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet + 46.919s
15. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW + 47.560s
16. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW + 55.237s
17. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet + 1m29.885s
18. Ibrahim Okyay Borusan BMW + 1m52.554s
19. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW + 1 lap

Retirements:

Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 7 laps
Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 5 laps

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Franz Engstler claimed his first ever World Touring Car victory with a lights-to-flag performance at Oschersleben which brought Chevrolet's run of 11 consecutive wins to an end.

Mattias Ekstrom converted pole position into his first DTM victory of the year with a dominant performance at the Nurburgring.

DTM Nurburgring race result:

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1. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi 1h11m19.980s
2. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 5.533s
3. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 7.906s
4. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 13.977s
5. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 15.656s
6. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 17.841s
7. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 18.917s
8. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 19.696s
9. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 22.516s
10. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 35.080s
11. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 35.717s
12. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 37.252s
13. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 38.090s
14. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 45.201s
15. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 50.747s
16. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 1m06.678s
17. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 1 lap

Retirements:

Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes 1 lap

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Brands Hatch DTM result:

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1. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi 1h15m37.956s
2. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 2.023s
3. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 11.723s
4. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 14.136s
5. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 20.395s
6. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 36.087s
7. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 38.586s
8. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 42.698s
9. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 46.941s
10. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 48.473s
11. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 1 lap
12. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 1 lap
13. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 1 lap
14. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes + 1 lap
15. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 1 lap
16. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 3 laps
17. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 20 laps

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Miguel Molina Abt Audi 8 laps

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Yvan Muller claimed a crucial victory in Valencia’s first race, which enabled him to oust his Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff from the leadership in the Drivers’ Championship.
Huff was forced to recover after being involved in a collision with Monteiro and Menu; the Briton managed to salvage a fifth place, however he now finds himself nine points behind Muller. Menu and Monteiro are currently under investigation for the incident with Huff. Gabriele Tarquini risked to upset Chevrolet; the Italian took a great start to jump into the lead at the first corner. However some misfiring problems forced him to slow down and eventually to stop.

Yvan Muller won again in Valencia, thanks to a series of mistakes made by the BMW drivers. With only four laps to go Tom Coronel, Javier Villa and Norbert Michelisz looked set to score a BMW 1-2-3, leaving the Chevrolet men out of the podium for the first time in the season. And suddenly everything changed. Coronel and Villa clashed while fighting for the lead, Michelisz spun at the last corner and this presented Chevrolet another 1-2-3 finish. A crucial result, because it gave Chevrolet the mathematical certainty of both the 2011 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ World titles.

Jamie Green took his first victory of 2011 in the final DTM race of the season at Hockenheim. Martin Tomczyk is DTM champion 2011.

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1. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes 1h00m45.734s
2. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi + 7.620s
3. Miguel Molina Abt Audi + 10.142s
4. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi + 22.486s
5. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 23.985s
6. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 24.418s
7. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 32.358s
8. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 32.840s
9. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 33.201s
10. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 34.967s
11. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 36.068s
12. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 42.319s
13. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 46.307s
14. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 46.772s
15. Susie Wolff Persson Mercedes + 54.523s
16. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 1m02.122s
17. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 1 lap

Retirements:

Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes 10 laps

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Chevrolet driver Alain Menu held off the BMW of Colin Turkington to take his fifth win of the 2011 season, whilst Rob Huff cuts the points gap to Yvan Muller by three points. Menu's win keeps the Swiss driver in the title hunt, but will need Huff and Muller to hit trouble in race two to leave Shanghai with a mathematical chance of winning the Championship in Macau, whilst Huff closes by three points on Muller in the standings.

Yvan Muller extended his championship lead with a dominant victory in the second of today's World Touring Car races at the Tianma circuit near Shanghai. The only major incident took place on lap one when Zengo-Dension BMW driver Norbert Michelisz was tapped into a spin in the middle of the pack, triggering a pile-up that accounted for Tiago Monteiro (SUNRED SEAT) and Javier Villa (Proteam BMW).