2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
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Round 1 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba in Curitiba, Brazil.
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| Date | 20 March, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 3.695 kilometres (2.296 mi) |
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| Laps | 14 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:21.758 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Third |
 Cacá Bueno
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:22.890 | ||
| Laps | 14 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Third |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:22.943 | ||
The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It was held at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near Curitiba, Brazil on 20 March 2011. This was the first race for the new FIA 1.6T world engine formula.
Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Robert Huff winning race one and Alain Menu winning race two.
The Brazilian round had originally been scheduled to be held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo but reverted to Curitiba in February owing to renovation works being carried out at the Interlagos circuit.
BMW had officially withdrawn it's works commitment from the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the 2011. The German manufacturer instead focused on a customer programme with the new turbocharged engine.Volvo joined the series, entering a single car for Robert Dahlgren for the full season having only previously made one–off appearances in the championship.
Former SEAT León Eurocup racer Pepe Oriola joined the WTCC with SUNRED Engineering, becoming the youngest driver to compete in the series at the age of 16.
Tiago Monteiro of SUNRED Engineering was quickest in the opening shakedown session on Friday morning, less than a tenth quicker than the Chevrolet of Menu. Gabriele Tarquini and Javier Villa didn't set any times as their cars were being worked on and while the session had been scheduled to run for 90 minutes, it was cut short by 20 minutes after a heavy crash for Tarquini's Lukoil–SUNRED team–mate Aleksei Dudukalo.
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