2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2014 FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the eleventh round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 26 October 2014 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. This was the first time the race was held on the full Grand Prix layout.

2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race details
Round 11 of 12 in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.
Date26 October, 2014
LocationSuzuka City, Japan
CourseSuzuka Circuit
5.807 kilometres (3.608 mi)
Race One
Laps 11
Pole position
Driver José María López Citroën Total WTCC
Time 2:05.439
Podium
First José María López Citroën Total WTCC
Second Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport
Third Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC
Fastest Lap
Driver José María López Citroën Total WTCC
Time 2:09.279
Race Two
Laps 11
Podium
First Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team
Second Dušan Borković Campos Racing
Third Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team
Time 2:09.063

Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Gabriele Tarquini for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team. López secured his first World Touring Car Championship drivers' title in race one, becoming the first Argentine driver to win a world drivers' championship since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957.

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