2014 FIA WTCC Race of France
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Round 2 of 12 in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.
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| Date | 20 April, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Le Castellet, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circuit Paul Ricard 3.841 kilometres (2.387 mi) |
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| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:29.857 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:43.675 | ||
| Laps | 18 | ||
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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 |
 Tiago Monteiro
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:31.468 | ||
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of France (formally the FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of France) was the second round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 20 April 2014 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, reigning champion Yvan Muller won race one and José María López won race two.
After the opening round of the season, José María López was leading the drivers' championship by one point over of teammate Sébastien Loeb. Franz Engstler was leading the Yokohama Trophy for drivers in TC2 specification cars.
After a crash in race two caused significant damage to his car, Tom Coronel missed the French round while his Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 was repaired.Mehdi Bennani came into the weekend with a three–place grid penalty for race one having been deemed to have caused the collision.
López led a Citroën 1–2 in Friday testing, he headed Loeb and the Zengő Motorsport Honda of Norbert Michelisz.
Loeb headed Campos Racing's Hugo Valente in free practice one on Saturday. The session was interrupted when Yvan Muller collided with a tyre stack and damaged his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC.
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