2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
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Round 10 of 12 in the 2013 World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka Circuit (East Circuit) in Suzuka City, Japan.
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| Date | 22 September, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Suzuka City, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzuka Circuit (East Circuit) 2.243 kilometres (1.394 mi) |
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| Laps | 26 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Norbert Michelisz
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Zengő Motorsport | |
| Time | 52.886 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Norbert Michelisz
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Zengő Motorsport | |
| Second |
 Alex MacDowall
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bamboo-engineering | |
| Third |
 Yvan Muller
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RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Norbert Michelisz
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Zengő Motorsport | |
| Time | 53.887 | ||
| Laps | 26 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Second |
 Mehdi Bennani
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Proteam Racing | |
| Third |
 Tiago Monteiro
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Mehdi Bennani
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Proteam Racing | |
| Time | 54.602 | ||
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2013 FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the tenth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 22 September 2013 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.
Race one was won by Norbert Michelisz of Zengő Motorsport and race two was won by Tom Coronel of ROAL Motorsport.
Yvan Muller secured his fourth World Touring Car Championship Drivers' Championship title by finishing third in race one, he became the first driver to win the title without the support of a manufacturer.
Race two was the 200th World Touring Car Championship race to be run since the series began in 2005.
Muller was leading the drivers' championship, he had his second opportunity to secure a fourth world title during the weekend. Michel Nykjær and James Nash were jointly leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
Before the start of the season the new Eurosport Asia Trophy was launched for drivers entered on a race–by–race basis for the three Asian rounds at the end of the season, starting in Japan. Points would be awarded to the top eight finishers in class with additional points for any World Championship points scored.
The Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts continue to be the benchmark cars, retaining their 40 kg maximum ballast to set them at 1,190 kg. The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kg after their strong showing in the United States to take them up to 1,170 kg. The Honda of Takuya Izawa was set at the base weight of 1,150 kg on its first appearance of the season, this was the test car previous used by Tiago Monteiro in 2012 which was homologated under 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship regulations. Both the SEAT León WTCCs and BMW 320 TCs dropped to the minimum weight of 1,130 kg, the same as the Lada Granta WTCCs. The Chevrolet Cruze LTs and the BMW 320sis making their first appearances of the season started on the base weight of 1,150 kg.
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