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Huff flies in final Porto practice

Rob Huff snatched the quickest time in the dying seconds of the final World Touring Car free practice session at Porto today

The Briton dug deep after a late red flag stoppage and unleashed a stunning lap, nearly six tenths of a second faster than anyone else.

The Chevrolet driver was the only man to break below the 2m10s barrier, eclipsing the previous benchmark times of Augusto Farfus and Alain Menu.

Huff is looking to score his third win out of three on street circuits this season, following his earlier victories at Marrakech and Pau.

Farfus and Menu remained second and third to the end of the half hour practice with a couple of tenths in hand over the SEATs of Gabriele Tarquini, Rickard Rydell and home driver Tiago Monteiro.

Andy Priaux was seventh quickest in his BMW, ahead of the third Chevrolet of Nicola Larini, with Jordi Gene (SEAT) and Jorg Muller (BMW) completing the top 10.

Alex Zanardi's session ended early when he slid straight on into the tyres at Rua de Vila Nova. Fellow BMW driver Farfus did well to avoid him when he arrived on the scene, but Zanardi's ROAL Motorsport team-mate Sergio Hernandez crashed into the back of the stricken 3 Series and brought about the session's only red flag.

Tom Coronel was the best of the independent runners in 12th place, just a fraction ahead of Stefano D'Aste's BMW. Hernandez finished up 14th with championship leader Yvan Muller only 15th.

James Thompson continued to add mileage to the new Lada Priora, but his best time was only 23rd fastest - six tenths of a second slower than his team-mates in their older 110 models.

Pos Driver                  Car            Time          Gap
 1. Robert Huff             Chevrolet      2m09.771s
 2. Augusto Farfus          BMW            2m10.354s  +0.583
 3. Alain Menu              Chevrolet      2m10.397s  +0.626
 4. Gabriele Tarquini       SEAT           2m10.524s  +0.753
 5. Rickard Rydell          SEAT           2m10.663s  +0.892
 6. Tiago Monteiro          SEAT           2m10.735s  +0.964
 7. Andy Priaulx            BMW            2m10.855s  +1.084
 8. Nicola Larini           Chevrolet      2m10.999s  +1.228
 9. Jordi Gene              SEAT           2m11.280s  +1.509
10. Jorg Muller             BMW            2m11.418s  +1.647
11. Alex Zanardi            BMW            2m11.517s  +1.746
12. Tom Coronel             SEAT           2m11.931s  +2.160
13. Stefano D'Aste          BMW            2m11.987s  +2.216
14. Sergio Hernandez        BMW            2m12.146s  +2.375
15. Yvan Muller             SEAT           2m12.325s  +2.554
16. Franz Engstler          BMW            2m12.638s  +2.867
17. Mehdi Bennani           SEAT           2m12.707s  +2.936
18. Felix Porteiro          BMW            2m12.963s  +3.192
19. Kristian Poulsen        BMW            2m14.254s  +4.483
20. Kirill Ladygin          Lada           2m14.410s  +4.639
21. Jaap van Lagen          Lada           2m14.447s  +4.676
22. Tom Boardman            SEAT           2m14.600s  +4.829
23. James Thompson          Lada           2m15.018s  +5.247
24. Diego Puyo              SEAT           2m15.143s  +5.372

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