2011 FIA WTCC Race of UK
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Round 7 of 12 in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England.
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| Date | 17 July, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donington Park 4.003 kilometres (2.487 mi) |
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| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:38.470 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Third |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:37.380 | ||
| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Third |
 Franz Engstler
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Liqui Moly Team Engstler | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:37.993 | ||
The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of UK was the seventh round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of UK. It was held on 17 July 2011 at the Donington Park circuit in Leicestershire, England.
Both races were won by Chevrolet RML driver Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler finished on the podium in the WTCC for the first time in race two when he finished third.
Coming to the Race of UK, local driver Robert Huff was leading the drivers' championship ahead of Muller. Norbert Michelisz was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
Aleksei Dudukalo became the final SEAT driver to switch to the new 1.6 turbo engine in his Lukoil-SUNRED car. Fabio Fabiani returned to Proteam Racing in the naturally aspirated BMW 320si having last raced at the Race of Hungary. Regular Scandinavian Touring Car Championship driver Colin Turkington joined Wiechers-Sport in place of Stefano D'Aste who was not available for the British round.
Proteam Racing driver Javier Villa would drop five places on the grid for race one after causing a collision with Fredy Barth at the Race of Portugal.
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