2012 FIA WTCC Race of Spain
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Round 2 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.
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| Date | 1 April, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Valencia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circuit Ricardo Tormo 4.005 kilometres (2.489 mi) |
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| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:42.228 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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Lukoil Racing | |
| Third |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:44.194 | ||
| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Third |
Stefano D'Aste
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Wiechers-Sport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:44.278 | ||
The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Spain was the second round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the eighth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Spain . It was held on 1 April 2012 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain. Chevrolet driver Yvan Muller took pole position for the first race, with Wiechers-Sport's Stefano D'Aste on pole for the second race after the top ten qualifiers were reversed. Both races were won by Chevrolet with Muller winning race one and Alain Menu winning race two.
After the opening round in Italy, Muller was leading the drivers' championship. D'Aste was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
A continued shortage of the new for 2012 SEAT 1.6T engine meant the cars run by SUNRED Engineering switched to the SUNRED 1.6T engine prior to the Race of Spain. Tiago Monteiro and Andrea Barlesi would switch to the engine and they were joined by series debutant Fernando Monje. Monje joined the championship, having competed in the supporting European Touring Car Cup at Monza. Tom Boardman returned to the championship having been forced to sit out the opening round. With no SEAT 1.6T engine available for him, he took part in the event using the TDI engine.
Muller led the opening practice session on Saturday morning with Robert Huff second and Menu third. Pepe Oriola was the fastest SEAT León WTCC while Monteiro was the fastest of the three SUNRED engined cars.
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