2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
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| Date | 25 May, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Salzburg, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salzburgring 4.241 kilometres (2.635 mi) |
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| Laps | 15 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Gianni Morbidelli
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Münnich Motorsport | |
| Time | 1:22.137 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Third |
 José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:22.571 | ||
| Laps | 17 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
Gabriele Tarquini
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Third |
 Tiago Monteiro
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:23.864 | ||
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria was the fifth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Austria. It was held on 25 May 2014 at the Salzburgring in Salzburg, Austria.
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, as Yvan Muller won race one and José María López won race two.
López continued to lead the drivers' championship after four rounds, twenty–five points ahead of teammate Sébastien Loeb. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.
No changes were made to the compensation weight system after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb) while the rest of the grid remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).
López was quickest in the shortened test session on Friday with Campos Racing's Hugo Valente second and Mehdi Bennani third in the Proteam Racing Honda. Tom Coronel stopped on the back straight after suffering a puncture at the first chicane while Gabriele Tarquini also stopped on the circuit with technical problems. The two cars stopped on the circuit brought out the red flags three minutes before the end of the session which did not resume.
Free practice one saw López set the pace once again in a session which saw two red flags. The first occurred halfway through when Pasquale Di Sabatino spun at turn ten and collided with the barriers. The session was stopped once again with one minute to go when the Lada of Mikhail Kozlovskiy stopped on the circuit with electrical problems.
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