2012 FIA WTCC Race of Italy
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Round 1 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy.
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| Date | 11 March, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Monza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5.793 kilometres (3.600 mi) |
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| Laps | 9 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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Lukoil Racing Team | |
| Time | 1:57.917 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
Gabriele Tarquini
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Lukoil Racing Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Rickard Rydell
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Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden | |
| Time | 1:59.116 | ||
| Laps | 9 | ||
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| First |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:59.000 | ||
The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Italy was the opening round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the eighth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held on 11 March 2012 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy. Lukoil Racing driver Gabriele Tarquini took pole position for the first race, with Zengő Motorsport's Norbert Michelisz on pole for the second race after the top ten qualifiers were reversed. Both races were won by Yvan Muller for Chevrolet.
Chevrolet and BMW would once again be represented on the grid while SEAT returned with an official customer programme. Ford would also be on the grid courtesy of the independently run Team Aon Ford Focus driven by Tom Chilton and James Nash.
Chevrolet retained their lineup of defending drivers' champion Yvan Muller, Robert Huff and Alain Menu.Darryl O'Young switched from bamboo-engineering to Special Tuning Racing. He was to be joined by Tom Boardman but due to a shortage of the new Oreca built SEAT 1.6T engine his return to the championship was delayed until the Race of Spain.2011 STCC champion Rickard Rydell returned to the championship for the first round of the season driving a Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T.Gábor Wéber joined Norbert Michelisz at Zengő Motorsport, Alex MacDowall and Pasquale di Sabatino lined up at bamboo-engineering and former Superstars Series driver Alberto Cerqui joined Tom Coronel at ROAL Motorsport. Charles Ng returned to Liqui Moly Team Engstler for a full season having raced for the team at the end of 2011.Andrea Barlesi joined SUNRED Engineering in an old specification SEAT León TDI and Isaac Tutumlu joined Mehdi Bennani at Proteam Racing.
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