2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
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Round 2 of 12 in the 2015 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, Morocco.
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| Date | 19 April, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1:43.854 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
 Ma Qing Hua
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
 Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:43.847 | ||
| Laps | 14 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Second |
Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Third |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
José María López
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Citroën Total WTCC | |
| Time | 1:43.480 | ||
The 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco (formally the 2015 Eurodatacar Race of Morocco) was the second round of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 19 April 2015 at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, Morocco.
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, José María López won race one and Yvan Muller won race two. Both drivers achieved their second win at the circuit, setting a new record.
After the first round López led the drivers' championship by five points over team mate Sébastien Loeb. Norbert Michelisz led the Yokohama Trophy standings by three points over local driver Mehdi Bennani.
Lada Sport Rosneft expanded to three cars as Mikhail Kozlovskiy started his season following the late build of his car.Rickard Rydell and Nika International missed the round after Rydell was taken ill in the week before.
Yvan Muller took a five-place grid drop for race one after a collision with Bennani at the previous round.John Filippi also lost five places on the grid for race one after a collision with James Thompson in Argentina. Grégoire Demoustier dropped to the back of the grid for race one after blowing an engine in testing prior to the event. Thompson and team mate Robert Huff both moved to the back of the grid for engine changes after the last round. RML Group released an engine update to their customer teams, ROAL Motorsport's Tom Chilton and Campos Racing's Hugo Valente both took this upgrade and dropped to the back of the grid for race one.
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