2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
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Round 2 of 12 in the 2013 World Touring Car Championship at Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco.
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| Date | 7 April, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Marrakech, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marrakech Street Circuit 4.545 kilometres (2.824 mi) |
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| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Time | 1:44.358 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Michel Nykjær
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NIKA Racing | |
| Second |
Gabriele Tarquini
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Third |
 James Nash
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bamboo-engineering | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Alex MacDowall
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bamboo-engineering | |
| Time | 1:46.237 | ||
| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Pepe Oriola
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Tuenti Racing Team | |
| Second |
 Yvan Muller
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RML | |
| Third |
Tom Chilton
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RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Tom Chilton
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RML | |
| Time | 1:45.545 | ||
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco was the second round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 7 April 2013 at the Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco.
Both races were won by first time victors in the World Touring Car Championship, race one was won by Michel Nykjær of NIKA Racing and race two was won by Pepe Oriola of Tuenti Racing Team who also became the youngest winner of a WTCC race.
After the first round at Monza, RML driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship. James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
After the qualifying incident at Monza, Lukoil Lada Sport replaced Aleksei Dudukalo with series rookie Mikhail Kozlovskiy.Jean-Philippe Dayraut and the ANOME team were not on the entry list for Marrakech.
A test session had been scheduled for Friday afternoon but was cancelled along with activities for the support races when heavy rain flooded the circuit, the lost half–hour session would not be replaced.
Muller led the dry first free practice session on Saturday morning with team–mate Tom Chilton third, the pair separated by the Honda of Gabriele Tarquini who had set the pace earlier on. Norbert Michelisz was fourth in the independent Honda ahead of James Thompson in the leading Lada. Tom Coronel was sixth as the fastest BMW while Fernando Monje in tenth was the quickest SEAT. There were no improved times in the final minutes of the session due to yellow flags at the final hairpin brought out by Tom Boardman who had stopped on the circuit.
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