2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
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| Date | May 20, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Salzburg, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salzburgring 4.225 kilometres (2.625 mi) |
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| Laps | 12 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:26.791 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:28.340 | ||
| Laps | 12 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Stefano D'Aste
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Wiechers-Sport | |
| Second |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:27.820 | ||
The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria was the sixth round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the inaugural running of the FIA WTCC Race of Austria. It was held on May 20, 2012 at the Salzburgring, east of Salzburg in Austria. The first race was won by Robert Huff for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Stefano D'Aste for Wiechers-Sport.
Yvan Muller came into the event leading the championship 23 points clear of Alain Menu, who was in turn seven points ahead of Robert Huff. Gabriele Tarquini was the leading non-Chevrolet driver, 53 points behind Huff in the standings. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
Alain Menu led a Chevrolet 1-2-3 in the opening practice session, with Tom Coronel for ROAL Motorsport fourth quickest.
Menu set the pace once again in the second practice session, with Muller and Huff once again making it a 1-2-3 for Chevrolet. Pasquale di Sabatino surprised by finishing fourth fastest for bamboo-engineering.
Huff took pole position ahead of his Chevrolet team mates. Tom Chilton and Franz Engstler made contact in Q1, with BMW of Engstler spinning into the gravel and bringing the red flag out. Tarquini was the fastest non-Chevrolet driver and Alex MacDowall was the fastest independent. Aleksei Dudukalo would take pole position for the reversed grid race. Chilton received a five-place grid penalty for his collision with Engstler.
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