Muller stays on top in practice two

Date published : 18 Jun 2011 - 10:27:50

Yvan Muller followed up his strong pace this morning by once again posting the fastest lap in the second World Touring Car Championship free practice session at Brno.Muller's time of 2m10.202s, set early on in the session, remained unbeaten throughout, leaving the reigning champion in a good position ahead of this afternoon's qualifying sessions. Series leader Rob Huff was just a tenth of a second in arrears, while Alain Menu completed the Chevrolet trio in third.Volvo driver Robert Dahlgren had looked set to spoil Chevrolet's session early on. His 2m11.041s time kept him in second position for well over 15 minutes. The Polestar Racing driver eventually finished best of the rest behind the Chevrolets in fourth.ROAL Motorsport's Tom Coronel went one better than this morning by finishing fifth fastest in the top BMW, just ahead of Gabriele Tarquini's SUNRED SEAT.Norbert Michelisz could not repeat his fourth position from first free practice but finished a solid performance in eighth for the Zengo Dension team. Franz Engstler (Engstler BMW) and Darryl O'Young (Bamboo Chevrolet) rounded out the top 10.Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 2m10.202s 2. Rob Huff Chevrolet 2m10.387s + 0.185s 3. Alain Menu Chevrolet 2m10.840s + 0.638s 4. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo 2m11.041s + 0.839s 5. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 2m11.516s + 1.314s 6. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 2m11.784s + 1.582s 7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW 2m11.918s + 1.716s 8. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 2m12.201s + 1.999s 9. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet 2m12.349s + 2.147s10. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 2m12.367s + 2.165s11. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 2m12.827s + 2.625s12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 2m12.843s + 2.641s13. Javier Villa Proteam BMW 2m12.914s + 2.712s14. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 2m13.188s + 2.986s15. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 2m13.374s + 3.172s16. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet 2m13.898s + 3.696s17. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 2m15.018s + 4.816s18. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW 2m16.919s + 6.717s19. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 3m12.447s + 1m02.245s