WTCC2014 Beijing, Tom Chilton In His Cruze Takes Victory
ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Chilton took the World Touring Car Championship pole position at Beijing Goldenport was no fluke by converting his pole into a superb victory. The Chevrolet driver’s success is the first win of the season, although fellow Cruze runner Gianni Morbidelli scored a reversed-grid victory at the Hungaroring in May. Reigate driver Chilton executed a perfect start as third-qualifier Yvan Muller immediately jumped past front row man Gabriele Tarquini’s JAS Honda.
Tarquini was forced to pit from second five laps from home, while team-mate Tiago Monteiro failed to progress beyond lap 14. Former champion Tarquini’s problems promoted points leader Lopez to the final step on the podium. Morbidelli completed a strong but lonely run to take fourth, ahead of Sebastien Loeb, who dropped two places on lap 11 but battled up from seventh past Norbert Michelisz to finish fifth.
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TC1 | Tom Chilton | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 28 | 35m44.890s | – |
| 2 | TC1 | Yvan Muller | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 28 | 35m47.383s | 2.493s |
| 3 | TC1 | Jose Maria Lopez | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 28 | 35m50.022s | 5.132s |
| 4 | TC1 | Gianni Morbidelli | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 28 | 35m55.363s | 10.473s |
| 5 | TC1 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 28 | 35m59.345s | 14.455s |
| 6 | TC1 | Norbert Michelisz | Zengo Motorsport | Honda | 28 | 36m02.128s | 17.238s |
| 7 | TC1 | James Thompson | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 28 | 36m03.228s | 18.338s |
| 8 | TC1 | Robert Huff | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 28 | 36m03.994s | 19.104s |
| 9 | TC1 | Mehdi Bennani | Proteam Racing | Honda | 28 | 36m22.856s | 37.966s |
| 10 | TC2 | Franz Engstler | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW | 28 | 36m39.761s | 54.871s |
| 11 | TC1 | Mikhail Kozlovskiy | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 27 | 36m09.151s | 1 Lap |
| 12 | TC1 | Hugo Valente | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 27 | 36m53.374s | 1 Lap |
| 13 | TC2 | John Filippi | Campos Racing | SEAT | 26 | 36m41.552s | 2 Laps |
| 14 | TC2 | Filipe Souza | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW | 25 | 36m38.260s | 3 Laps |
| 15 | TC1 | Ma Qing Hua | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 24 | 31m59.620s | 4 Laps |
| 16 | TC1 | Gabriele Tarquini | Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda | 24 | 33m38.453s | 4 Laps |
| 17 | TC1 | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 22 | 29m44.891s | 6 Laps |
| – | TC1 | Tiago Monteiro | Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda | 13 | 19m30.978s | Retirement |
| – | TC1 | Dusan Borkovic | NIS Petrol by Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | 1m17.082s | Retirement |
| – | TC1 | Rene Munnich | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1 | 1m18.052s | Retirement |
| – | TC2 | Michael Soong | Campos Racing | SEAT | 0 | – | Withdrawn |
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