2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium
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Round 7 of 12 in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium.
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| Date | 22 June, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Francorchamps, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7.004 kilometres (4.352 mi) |
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| Laps | 9 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 2:23.497 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
 José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 2:26.579 | ||
| Laps | 9 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
 Tom Coronel
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ROAL Motorsport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 2:26.679 | ||
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium was the seventh round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Belgium after an absence of two seasons. It was held on 22 June 2014 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium.
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC; Yvan Muller won race one from pole position and José María López won race two.
López continued to lead the drivers' championship after the first six rounds, forty–one points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.
European Touring Car Cup racer Norbert Nagy joined Campos Racing for the Belgian round, driving a TC2 SEAT León WTCC.
The compensation weights remained unchanged after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs and Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s retained 20 kilograms (44 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).
Tiago Monteiro picked up a five–place grid penalty for the first race after colliding with Tom Chilton in race two at the FIA WTCC Race of Russia.
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