Menu leads first Brno practice

Date published : 31 Jul 2010 - 07:10:58

Alain Menu went fastest in this weekend's opening World Touring Car practice session at Brno.The Chevrolet driver finished the half-hour session two tenths clear of SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini, with his RML team-mate Rob Huff the only other driver within half a second.Colin Turkington is set to continue his impressive run since joining the series, setting the fourth quickest time this morning and best of the BMWs.The SEATs of Jordi Gene and Norbert Michelisz sandwiched Andy Priaulx's BMW, while the BMWs of Stefano D'Aste, Augusto Farfus and Sergio Hernandez completed the top 10.Championship leader Yvan Muller was just 16th in his Chevrolet, while Fabio Fabiani was 22nd on his return to the series.Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Alain Menu Chevrolet 2m11.500s 10 2. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 2m11.708s +0.208 9 3. Rob Huff Chevrolet 2m11.866s +0.366 9 4. Colin Turkington BMW 2m12.053s +0.553 15 5. Jordi Gene SEAT 2m12.060s +0.560 9 6. Andy Priaulx BMW 2m12.127s +0.627 11 7. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 2m12.284s +0.784 11 8. Stefano D'Aste BMW 2m12.293s +0.793 14 9. Augusto Farfus BMW 2m12.301s +0.801 1210. Sergio Hernandez BMW 2m12.307s +0.807 1311. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 2m12.465s +0.965 912. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 2m12.541s +1.041 1213. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 2m12.568s +1.068 1314. Tom Coronel SEAT 2m12.675s +1.175 1115. Franz Engstler BMW 2m12.720s +1.220 1316. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 2m13.010s +1.510 1017. Kristian Poulsen BMW 2m13.301s +1.801 1318. Fredy Barth SEAT 2m13.568s +2.068 1219. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 2m13.613s +2.113 1120. Mehdi Bennani BMW 2m14.558s +3.058 1221. Andrey Romanov BMW 2m15.500s +4.000 1322. Fabio Fabiani BMW 2m18.229s +6.729 12