2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic
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Round 5 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic.
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| Date | 19 June, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Brno, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Masaryk Circuit 5.403 kilometres (3.357 mi) |
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| Laps | 10 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 2:08.884 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Third |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 2:10.863 | ||
| Laps | 10 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Third |
Alain Menu
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 2:11.640 | ||
The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (formally the 2011 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic) was the fifth round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic. It was held on 19 June 2011 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic.
Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Robert Huff winning race one and Yvan Muller winning race two.
After the previous round, Huff was leading the drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was tied on points at the top of the Yokohama Independents' Trophy with Javier Villa.
Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro became the next two SUNRED Engineering drivers to switch to the new 1.6T engine.Polestar Racing also switched to their own turbo engine in the Volvo C30 driven by Robert Dahlgren.
Muller led the opening free practice session with Huff and Alain Menu behind making it a Chevrolet 1–2–3. Norbert Michelisz in fourth was the fastest independent runner and Dahlgren was fifth with the new turbocharged Volvo. Michel Nykjær was the fastest SUNRED driver.
Muller, Huff and Menu finished the second free practice session in the same order as Chevrolet continued to dominate practice. Dahlgren was fourth in the Volvo and Tom Coronel was fifth in the leading BMW. Tarquini was the quickest SUNRED car in sixth but team mate Monteiro didn't set a competitive lap time during the session having suffered from a misfiring engine.
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