SEAT, Chevrolet top Monza practices
Date published : 22 May 2010 - 10:59:12
SEAT and Chevrolet topped a session of World Touring Car practice each at Monza on Saturday.Reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini led the way in the earlier session for SR Sport after displacing BMW's Andy Priaulx from the top of the pile.Chevrolet then came to the fore in the afternoon session, with Rob Huff leading the way, Priaulx second again and Tarquini completing the top three.Priaulx's RBM team-mate Augusto Farfus was only sixth and eighth, with Chevrolet's Yvan Muller fifth in both sessions and Alain Menu 14th and fourth.Jordi Gene was Tarquini's nearest SEAT challenge in the first session - third quickest - before Freddy Barth was closest in the afternoon in sixth.Franz Engstler and Mehdi Bennani were the fastest independents in 11th and 12th places respectively.Practice 1Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 2m01.047s 10 2. Andy Priaulx BMW 2m01.293s +0.246 14 3. Jordi Gene SEAT 2m01.325s +0.278 9 4. Rob Huff Chevrolet 2m01.480s +0.433 10 5. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 2m01.614s +0.567 9 6. Augusto Farfus BMW 2m01.706s +0.659 12 7. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 2m01.707s +0.660 13 8. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 2m01.755s +0.708 10 9. Tom Coronel SEAT 2m01.844s +0.797 1210. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 2m01.868s +0.821 1311. Franz Engstler BMW 2m01.921s +0.874 1212. Fredy Barth SEAT 2m01.980s +0.933 1213. Kristian Poulsen BMW 2m02.020s +0.973 1214. Alain Menu Chevrolet 2m02.038s +0.991 1015. Mehdi Bennani BMW 2m02.559s +1.512 1316. Leonel Pernia Chevrolet 2m02.701s +1.654 1017. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 2m02.750s +1.703 1018. Sergio Hernandez BMW 2m03.084s +2.037 1119. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 2m03.551s +2.504 1120. Andrey Romanov BMW 2m04.529s +3.482 1321. Fabio Fabiani BMW 2m06.991s +5.944 1322. Stefano D'Aste BMW no time 1Practice 2Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 2m01.685s 9 2. Andy Priaulx BMW 2m01.755s +0.070 12 3. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 2m01.893s +0.208 9 4. Alain Menu Chevrolet 2m01.916s +0.231 10 5. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 2m02.154s +0.469 8 6. Fredy Barth SEAT 2m02.211s +0.526 12 7. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 2m02.302s +0.617 11 8. Augusto Farfus BMW 2m02.334s +0.649 10 9. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 2m02.355s +0.670 1210. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 2m02.372s +0.687 1111. Jordi Gene SEAT 2m02.514s +0.829 1112. Mehdi Bennani BMW 2m02.602s +0.917 813. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 2m02.644s +0.959 1014. Leonel Pernia Chevrolet 2m02.696s +1.011 915. Franz Engstler BMW 2m02.773s +1.088 1216. Kristian Poulsen BMW 2m03.132s +1.447 1117. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 2m03.642s +1.957 1118. Stefano D'Aste BMW 2m03.815s +2.130 1219. Sergio Hernandez BMW 2m04.308s +2.623 720. Andrey Romanov BMW 2m04.858s +3.173 1121. Fabio Fabiani BMW 2m08.207s +6.522 1322. Tom Coronel SEAT 2m12.036s +10.351 3
