2014 RACE OF AUSTRIA

Rounds 9&10  – SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

SALZBURGRING

Lap distance:     4.241 km

Race distance: 2 x 15 laps / 63.615 km

Location:             15 km East of Salzburg

Press officer:    Florian T. Mrazek; tel: 0650 7110600, email: info@drivestyle.at

Airports:             Salzburg “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart” (20 km), Linz “Blue Danube” (120 km), Munich “Franz Josef Strauss”, Germany (170 km)

Lap records:       Qualifying: 1:25.756/178.03 kph, Yvan Muller (Chevrolet Cruze), 18 May 2013

                               Race: 1:26.875/175.74 kph, Yvan Muller (Chevrolet Cruze), 19 May 2013

ROLL OF HONOUR RACE OF SLOVAKIA

                Race 1:                                                                Race 2:

2012      Rob Huff (Chevrolet Cruze)                        Stefano D’Aste (BMW 320 TC)

2013      Michel Nykjær (Chevrolet Cruze)              James Nash (Chevrolet Cruze)

DID YOU KNOW IT?

12 April 1970 – Two years after its inauguration the circuit hosted a round of the European Touring Car Championship. A fuel pump failure in the final laps slowed down Toine Hezemans’ Alfa Romeo GTAm and Alex Soler-Roing inherited victory in his BMW 2800 CS.

19 October 2008 – The European Touring Car Cup marked the return of the FIA tin top cars on the track. Danish driver Michel Nykjær clinched the title in the Super 2000 class at the wheel of a Chevrolet Lacetti.

20 May 2012 – During the second WTCC race, Chevrolet factory drivers Alain Menu and Yvan Muller were both eliminated by tyre failures while leading. At the last corner their team-mate Rob Huff had a puncture as well and handed victory to Stefano D’Aste.

18 May 2013 – A record mass penalty hit twelve drivers who were altogether imposed a drop of 136 positions on the starting grid after they were deemed guilty of unsporting behaviour while driving too slowly during the qualifying session.

WTCC TIMETABLE

Friday, 23 May                  13.15 – 13.45     Testing

                                            17.00                    Drivers’ briefing

Saturday, 24 May            09.00 – 09.30     Free Practice 1

                                            11.00 – 11.30      Free Practice 2

                                            14.30 – 14.50     Qualifying Q1

                                            14.55 – 15.05     Qualifying Q2

                                            15.10 – 15.30     Qualifying Q3

                                            15.40 (est)          Qualifying press conference

Sunday, 25 May               10.00                   Race 1

                                            10.40 (est)          Race 1 podium ceremony

                                            10.50 (est)          Race 1 press conference

                                            13.45                    Race 2

                                            14.20 (est)          Race 2 podium ceremony

                                            14.30 (est)          Race 2 press conference

FIA OFFICIALS

Chairman of the Stewards                                                         Yves Bacquelaine (BEL)

2nd International Steward                                                           Paolo Longoni (ITA)

Race Director                                                                                Miroslav Bartos (CZE)

Assistant to the Race Director / FIA Coordinator                    Rui Marques (PRT)

Technical Delegate                                                                      Manuel Leal (ESP)

Medical Delegate                                                                         Alain Chantegret (FRA)

Press Delegate                                                                            Fabio Ravaioli (ITA)

Driver advisor                                                                                Tim Schenken (AUS)

Chief Timekeeper                                                                        Mike Salmon (GBR)

Incident Camera Delegate                                                         Lionel Bérard (FRA)

Safety Car Driver                                                                          Bruno Correia (PRT)

FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com/championship/world-touring-car-championship-wtcc/2014/classifications

FIA WTCC RACE OF AUSTRIA

Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com/championship/events/world-touring-car-championship-wt...