Huff takes pole hat-trick at Monza
Rob Huff completed a hat-trick of pole positions from the opening three rounds of the WTCC season by leading a Chevrolet 1-2-3 in qualifying at Monza
The Briton pulled out a 1m59.034s to secure his place at the front of the grid, with Yvan Muller and Alain Menu finishing 0.097s and 0.399s behind him respectively.
"I was lucky to get into the top 10," Huff said. "It was the last lap that did it - it was a bit touch and go."
Zengo Denison BMW 320 TC driver Norbert Michelisz will start from fourth place as quickest of the Independents, with SUNRED's Tiago Monteiro just behind him.
The latter will start the reversed-grid race from pole by virtue of finishing the opening phase of qualifying in 10th.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m59.034s 2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m59.131s + 0.097s 3. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m59.433s + 0.399s 4. Norbert Michelisz Dengo-Zension BMW 1m59.458s + 0.424s 5. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 1m59.574s + 0.540s 6. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet 1m59.866s + 0.832s 7. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 2m00.010s + 0.976s 8. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 2m00.244s + 1.210s 9. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 2m00.930s + 1.896s 10. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 2m01.073s + 2.039s 11. Javier Villa Proteam BMW 2m00.803s (Q1) 12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 2m00.861s (Q1) 13. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 2m00.912s (Q1) 14. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 2m00.971s (Q1) 15. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet 2m01.534s (Q1) 16. Robert Dahlgren Polester Volvo 2m01.823s (Q1) 17. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 2m02.008s (Q1) 18. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 2m02.009s (Q1) 19. Marchy Lee KK BMW 2m04.088s (Q1) 20. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW 2m04.682s (Q1) 21. Ibrahim Okyay Otomotiv BMW 2m04.790s (Q1) 22. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW 2m08.789s (Q1)
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