2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
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Round 1 of 12 in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, Morocco.
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| Date | 13 April, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Marrakech, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 4.545 kilometres (2.824 mi) |
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| Laps | 14 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:43.730 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
 Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:43.777 | ||
| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
Hugo Valente
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Campos Racing | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:43.704 | ||
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco was the first round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 13 April 2014 at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, Morocco.
It was the first round for the new Super 2000 TC1 technical regulations.
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC during the team's first weekend in the World Touring Car Championship. Race one was won by José María López and race two was won by Sébastien Loeb.
New technical regulations were brought in for the start of the 2014 season, the existing Super 2000 cars were given bigger wings, tyres and more power in order to improve the racing. Older specification cars will still be allowed under TC2T regulations although they will be approximately 5 seconds per lap slower; drivers of these cars would be eligible for the Yokohama Trophy. Qualifying will be split into three parts, Q3 will see the top five drivers in Q2 set one lap time to determine the grid for race one. The race distances for all races will increase to 60 km (37.3 mi) in length.
The works Honda and Lada teams were joined by new entry Citroën. Chevrolet were represented by six privately run cars built by RML Group.
Yvan Muller set the pace in testing on the Friday before the race, José María López and Sébastien Loeb made it a Citroën 1–2–3. Hugo Valente was fourth and the quickest Chevrolet driver ahead of Tiago Monteiro in fifth and Robert Huff's Lada sixth.
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