World Touring Car Championship 2014

World Champion José María López 2014

José María López (World Champion 2014) and Yvan Muller (World Champion 2013) in the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC

The 2014 World Touring Car Championship was the eleventh season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and the tenth since the series began again in 2005.

Teams and drivers

team	vehicle	No.	driver	class	Race weekend
Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	01	Yvan Muller	TC1	1-12
		09	Sébastien Loeb	TC1	1-12
		33	Qing Hua Ma	TC1	6, 7, 9, 10, 12
		37	José María López	TC1	1-12
Castrol Honda WTC Team	Honda Civic WTCC	02	Gabriele Tarquini	TC1	1-12
		18th	Tiago Monteiro	TC1	1-12
ROAL motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	03	Tom Chilton	TC1	1-12
		04th	Tom Coronel	TC1	1-12
Zengõ Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	05	Norbert Michelisz	TC1	1-12
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	06th	Franz Engstler	TC2	1-12
		08th	Pasquale Di Sabatino	TC2	1-7
		15th	Camilo Echevarría	TC2	8th
		26th	Filipe de Souza	TC2	9-12
Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	07th	Hugo Valente	TC1	1-12
		74	Pepe Oriola	TC1	12
	SEAT Léon WTCC	19th	Henry Kwong	TC2	11, 12
		22nd	Petr Fulín	TC2	1, 4
		27	John Filippi	TC2	1-12
		38	William Lok	TC2	10, 12
		50	Nikita Misiulia	TC2	6th
		55	Norbert Nagy	TC2	7th
		80	Michael John Soong	TC2	9
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	TC1	1-12
		77	René Münnich	TC1	1-12
LADA Sport Lukoil	LADA Granta 1.6T	11	James Thompson	TC1	1-12
		12	Rob Huff	TC1	1-12
		14th	Mikhail Koslowski	TC1	1-12
Proteam Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	25th	Mehdi Bennani	TC1	1-12
RPM Racing Team	BMW 320 TC	44	Ka Lok Mak	TC2	12
NIS Petrol by Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	98	Dušan Borković	TC1	1-11
NIKA Racing	Honda Civic S2000 TC	99	Yukinori Taniguchi	TC2	3

Racing calendar

The racing calendar comprised 12 events with two races each. The Race of Italy in Monza and the Race of Portugal in Porto were canceled and replaced by the Race of France in Le Castellet and the Race of Belgium in Spa-Francorchamps .

No.		date	Race name / place	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap
01	01	April 13th	Race of Morocco ( Marrakech )	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Yvan Muller	José María López	Sébastien Loeb
	02			Sébastien Loeb	José María López	Hugo Valente	Tom Coronel	José María López
02	03	20th of April	Race of France ( Le Castellet )	Yvan Muller	Sébastien Loeb	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller
	04th			José María López	Yvan Muller	Tiago Monteiro	Mehdi Bennani	José María López
03	05	0May 4th	Race of Hungary ( Mogyoród )	Yvan Muller	José María López	Tiago Monteiro	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller
	06th			Gianni Morbidelli	Tiago Monteiro	Hugo Valente	Hugo Valente	Tiago Monteiro
04th	07th	May 11th	Race of Slovakia ( Orechová Potôň )	Sébastien Loeb	José María López	Norbert Michelisz	José María López	Sébastien Loeb
	08th			called off
05	09	25. May	Race of Austria ( Salzburg )	Yvan Muller	Tom Coronel	José María López	Yvan Muller	José María López
	10			José María López	Gabriele Tarquini	Tiago Monteiro	Gabriele Tarquini	José María López
06th	11	08th June	Race of Russia ( Wolokolamsk )	José María López	Gabriele Tarquini	Sébastien Loeb	José María López	José María López
	12			Qing Hua Ma	Yvan Muller	Mehdi Bennani	Hugo Valente	Hugo Valente
07th	13	June 22	Race of Belgium ( Spa-Francorchamps )	Yvan Muller	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller
	14th			José María López	Yvan Muller	Tom Coronel	Gianni Morbidelli	José María López
08th	15th	03rd August	Race of Argentina ( Río Hondo )	José María López	Norbert Michelisz	Yvan Muller	José María López	José María López
	16			José María López	Rob Huff	Yvan Muller	Rob Huff	José María López
09	17th	05th October	Race of China ( Beijing )	Tom Chilton	Yvan Muller	José María López	Tom Chilton	Tom Chilton
	18th			Rob Huff	Tom Coronel	Sébastien Loeb	Rob Huff	José María López
10	19th	October 12th	Race of China ( Shanghai )	José María López	Qing Hua Ma	Yvan Muller	José María López	Qing Hua Ma
	20th			Mehdi Bennani	Tiago Monteiro	José María López	Mehdi Bennani	Gabriele Tarquini
11	21st	October 26th	Race of Japan ( Suzuka )	José María López	Tom Chilton	Sébastien Loeb	José María López	José María López
	22nd			Gabriele Tarquini	Dušan Borković	Norbert Michelisz	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini
12	23	November 16	Guia Race of Macau ( Macau )	José María López	Norbert Michelisz	Gabriele Tarquini	José María López	José María López
	24			Rob Huff	Yvan Muller	Hugo Valente	Hugo Valente	Rob Huff

World championship stands

Driver ranking

The driver who accumulated the most points in the driver standings by the end of the season became world champion. When distributing points for the drivers' classification, the placements in the overall result of the respective race were taken into account. The top ten drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

In addition, points were awarded to the first five pilots for qualifying according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme.

Item	driver	MAR		FRA		HUN		SVK		AUT		RUS		BEL		ARG		CHN		CHN		JPN		MAC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
01	J. López	1 1	2	4th	1	2 2	6th	2 1	C.	3 5	1	1 1	DNF	2 3	1	1 1	1	3 4	4th	1 1	3	1 1	6th	1 1	5	462
02	Y. Muller	3 4	DNF	1 1	2	1 1	5	10 3	C.	1 2	DNF	4th	2	1 1	2	3 2	3	2 3	9	3 3	DNF	DNF 2	5	5 3	2	336
03	S. Loeb	2 2	1	2	6th	7 3	9	1 2	C.	4 3	7th	3 4	5	3 2	5	4 3	6th	5	3	4 5	12	3 3	7th	6 2	6th	295
04th	N. Michelisz	9	DNS	7 4	8th	6th	10	3 4	C.	9	4th	9	7th	7th	7th	2 4	7th	6th	5	5 4	4th	4th	3	2 4	4th	201
05	T. Monteiro	5	10 *	8th	3	3 4	2	7th	C.	5	3	7 3	DNF	6th	4th	5 5	5	DNF	13	7th	2	9	9	4th	16 *	186
06th	G. Tarquini	DNS	DNS	3 2	4th	4 5	8th	8th	C.	8th	2	2 2	DNF	8 5	8th	8th	4th	16 * 2	10	6th	DNF	6th	1	3	DNS	182
07th	T. Coronel	DNF	DNF	DNA	DNA	8th	4th	4th	C.	2 4	5	8th	4th	5	3	11	10	17 *	2	8th	6th	7th	4th	7 5	8th	159
08th	T. Chilton	4 3	4th	9 5	15th	13	7th	5	C.	6th	DNF	5 5	6th	10	10	6th	DNF	1 1	8th	DNF	7th	2 4	10	12	7th	150
09	G. Morbidelli	15th	6th	11	9	9	1	6 5	C.	10 1	6th	12	8th	4th	6th	12	13	4 5	7th	11	13	10	8th	10	DNF	109
10	R. Huff	DNF	DNF	5	11	11	12	9	C.	12	DNF	10	DNF	16	13	7th	2	8th	1	15 *	DNF	12	11	9	1	93
11	M. Bennani	7th	DNS	13	5	5	DNS	14th	C.	7th	8th	11	3	13	11	9	8th	9	DNF	10	1	11	DNF	19 *	DNS	85
12	H. Valente	8th	3	6 3	10	10	3	11	C.	NC	DNF	DNF	9	12 4	9	DNF	DNF	12	11	9	8th	5 5	DNF	NC	3	85
13	Q. Ma											6th	1	11	DNF			15 *	12	2 2	5			8th	DNF	69
14th	D. Borković	6 5	DNF	14th	7th	12	11	12	C.	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	9	DNF	DNF	DSQ	DNF	DNS	12	9	8th	2	INJ	INJ	41
15th	J. Thompson	10	DNS	10	13	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	C.	13	DNF	14th	12	17th	15th	10	9	7th	6th	DNF	10	13	12	11	9	22nd
16	M. Koslowski	11	5	15th	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	C.	14th	10	15th	DNF	14th	12	14th	11	11	DNS	DNF	11	14th	13	13	DNF	11
17th	F. Engstler	12	7th	16	16	15th	14th	16	C.	15th	11	16	13	18th	16	15th	14th	10	14th	13	14th	15th	DNF	14th	10	8th
18th	J. Filippi	14th	8th	18th	DNF	16	16	18 *	C.	16	13	18th	15th	19th	19th	16	15th	13	15th	14th	15th	16	14th	16	12	4th
19th	R. Münnich	DNF	DNF	12	12	18th	13	13	C.	11	9	13	10	15th	14th	13	12	DNF	DNS	17 *	DNF	NC	16	15th	11	3
20th	P. Di Sabatino	13	9	17th	17th	14th	15th	17th	C.	17th	12	17th	14th	21st	17th											2
-	F. de Souza																	14th	DNF	16	16	DNF	15th	17th	13	0
-	K. Mak																							18th	14th	0
-	H. Kwong																					17th	NC	DSQ	15th	0
-	P. Fulín	DNS	DNS					15th	C.																	0
-	C. Echevarría															17th	16									0
-	N. Misiulia											DNF	16													0
-	Y. Taniguchi					17th	17th																			0
-	N. Nagy													20th	18th											0
-	W. Lok																			DNF	DNS			DNF	DNS	0
-	M. Soong																	DNS	DNS							0
-	P. Oriola																							DNS	DNS	0
Item	driver	MAR		FRA		HUN		SVK		AUT		RUS		BEL		ARG		CHN		CHN		JPN		MAC		Points

Legend

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

• ¹ : first in qualifying, ² : second in qualifying, ...

Individual evidence

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9. ^ “Filipe de Souza replaces Pasquale Di Sabatino at Engstler”. touringcartimes.com, September 12, 2014, accessed October 12, 2014 . 
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17. ↑ "Michael Soong joins Campos Racing in Beijing". touringcartimes.com, October 2, 2014, accessed October 12, 2014 . 
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19. ↑ “Münnich Motorsport confirm reduced programs in 2014”. TouringCarTimes.com, November 3, 2013, accessed November 3, 2013 . 
20. ↑ ^{a b c} Stefan Ziegler: "Ex-Champion Huff changes to Lada". Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2013, accessed November 3, 2013 . 
21. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Bennani gets the fourth Honda in 2014". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2013, accessed October 26, 2013 . 
22. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "WTCC newcomer Borkovic before debut with new Chevrolet". Motorsport-Total.com, December 22, 2013, accessed December 23, 2013 . 
23. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: “No surprises: 2014 calendar adopted”. Motorsport-Total.com, December 4, 2013, accessed December 16, 2013 .