2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia
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| Date | 8 June, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Volokolamsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moscow Raceway 3.931 kilometres (2.443 mi) |
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| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:38.651 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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Castrol Honda Team | |
| Third |
 Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:40.148 | ||
| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Ma Qing Hua
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
 Mehdi Bennani
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Proteam Racing | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Hugo Valente
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Campos Racing | |
| Time | 1:40.742 | ||
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia (formally the 2014 FIA WTCC Lukoil Race of Russia) was the sixth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Russia. It was held on 8 June 2014 at the Moscow Raceway in Volokolamsk, Russia.
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, José María López won race one and Ma Qing Hua won race two. Ma's victory in race two was the first for a Chinese driver in an FIA World Championship race.
López continued to lead the drivers' championship after the first five rounds, forty–one points ahead of teammate and defending champion Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.
Citroën Total WTCC expanded to four cars for the Russian round with Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua joining the team.Campos Racing added a second TC2T SEAT for WTCC débutant Nikita Misiulia.
The compensation weights were changed 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 both gained 20 kilograms (44 lb) of ballast to increase their weight to 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).
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