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Date | 3 May, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Mogyoród, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
Hungaroring 4.381 kilometres (2.722 mi) |
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Laps | 13 | ||
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Pole position | |||
Driver | Yvan Muller | Citroën Total WTCC | |
Time | 1:48.848 | ||
Podium | |||
First | José María López | Citroën Total WTCC | |
Second | Yvan Muller | Citroën Total WTCC | |
Third | Hugo Valente | Campos Racing | |
Fastest Lap | |||
Driver | José María López | Citroën Total WTCC | |
Time | 1:50.783 |
Laps | 14 | ||
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Podium | |||
First | Norbert Michelisz | Zengő Motorsport | |
Second | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | |
Third | Tom Chilton | ROAL Motorsport | |
Fastest Lap | |||
Driver | Gabriele Tarquini | Honda Racing Team | |
Time | 1:50.356 |
The 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary (formally the 2015 MOL Group Race of Hungary) was the third round of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 3 May 2015 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary.
Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Norbert Michelisz for Zengő Motorsport.
After the second round López led the drivers' championship by 17 points over team mate Sébastien Loeb. Mehdi Bennani led the Yokohama Trophy standings by one point over Norbert Michelisz.
Proteam Racing were absent from the grid following the departure of Dušan Borković from the team after the previous round in Morocco. With Rickard Rydell still recovering from thyroiditis, Nika International did not enter their car for the Hungarian round after deciding not to enter a substitute driver.
Hungary saw the first compensation weight revisions of year; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC gained the maximum ballast of 60 kilograms (132 lb) to increase their weight to 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs, Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s and Lada Vesta WTCCs remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).