Huff pips Muller in second WTCC practice at Oschersleben

Having led for much of the session, Muller was spurred into a late attack of his own as a superb lap from Polestar Racing's Robert Dahlgren put the Volvo C30 at the head of the field, 0.076 seconds clear of Muller.

The Frenchman's response was immediate as he shaved almost two tenths from his personal best to move back into first, but Huff had already set a personal best in sector one and with 38s still on the clock he posted a 1m34.741s - leaving him more than three tenths clear of Muller and the rest of the field.

Alain Menu in the third Chevrolet Cruze also improved at the death but could not better Dahlgren's time, leaving the Frenchman fourth fastest.

ROAL Motorsport's Tom Coronel topped the session after the first six minutes, but dropped slightly and was edged out by SUNRED's Michel Nykjaer in the battle for fifth. As was the case in first practice, both drivers finished more than 1s off the ultimate pace.

Engstler duo Franz Engstler and Kristian Poulsen were split by SUNRED's Gabriele Tarquini - whose engine was changed ahead of this weekend - in the fight for seventh. Bamboo Engineering's Darryl O'Young meanwhile rounded out the top 10.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car          Time       Gap
 1.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet         1m34.741s
 2.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet         1m35.055s  + 0.314s
 3.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo    1m35.152s  + 0.411s
 4.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet         1m35.202s  + 0.461s
 5.  Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT       1m35.969s  + 1.228s
 6.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW          1m36.266s  + 1.525s
 7.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW      1m36.486s  + 1.745s
 8.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT       1m36.497s  + 1.756s
 9.  Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW      1m36.509s  + 1.768s
10.  Darryl O'Young      Bamboo Chevrolet  1m36.542s  + 1.801s
11.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT       1m36.708s  + 1.967s
12.  Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT       1m36.818s  + 2.077s
13.  Norbert Michelisz   Zengo BMW         1m36.852s  + 2.111s
14.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW       1m37.080s  + 2.339s
15.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW       1m37.196s  + 2.455s
16.  Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT       1m37.433s  + 2.692s
17.  Yukinori Taniguchi  Bamboo Chevrolet  1m37.965s  + 3.224s
18.  Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT       1m38.912s  + 4.171s
19.  Ibrahim Okyay       Borusan BMW       1m39.424s  + 4.683s
20.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW       1m43.541s  + 8.800s
21.  Stefano D'Aste      Wiechers BMW