Farfus fastest again at Monza
Augusto Farfus continued his good start to the weekend at Monza by posting the fastest time during the final practice session ahead of qualifying this afternoon
Times were fractionally slower than they had been this morning, with Farfus's best being 2:01.006, around 0.4s off his time from the earlier session.
But the emphasis for all three manufacturers seemed to be less on going for a time and more on refining their slipstreaming technique in order to maximise their speed down Monza's long straights.
BMW dominated the timesheets, with Jorg Muller and a vastly improved Andy Priaulx rounding out the top three, although there had been red faces in the early part of the session when Muller ran a little too close to Farfus on the run to the first corner and inadvertently punted the Brazilian across the chicane.
Alessandro Zanardi spent most of the session in the garage while repairs to his 320si were completed following this morning's accident, but he still managed to go 12th fastest despite only completing three laps.
BMW Team Italy-Spain teammate Felix Porteiro was also a spectator for much of the session after beaching his car at the Parabolica.
Rob Huff was quickest of the Chevrolets in fourth, ahead of Gabriele Tarquini in the first of the SEAT Leon TDIs. Marc Gene (SEAT) and Alain Menu (Chevrolet) were next, with Nicola Larini (Chevrolet), Yvan Muller (SEAT) and the Independent SEAT of Pierre-Yves Corthals rounding out the top 10.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap 1. Augusto Farfus BMW 320si 2:01.006 2. Jorg Muller BMW 320si 2:01.065 +0.059 3. Andy Priaulx BMW 320si 2:01.069 +0.063 4. Robert Huff Chevrolet Lacetti 2:01.115 +0.109 5. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Leon TDI 2:01.183 +0.177 6. Jordi Gene SEAT Leon TDI 2:01.274 +0.268 7. Alain Menu Chevrolet Lacetti 2:01.560 +0.554 8. Rickard Rydell SEAT Leon TDI 2:01.629 +0.623 9. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Lacetti 2:01.696 +0.690 10. Yvan Muller SEAT Leon TDI 2:01.698 +0.692 11. Pierre-Yves Corthals SEAT Leon 2:01.787 +0.781 12. Alex Zanardi BMW 320si 2:01.824 +0.818 13. Sergio Hernandez BMW 320si 2:01.827 +0.821 14. James Thompson Honda Accord Euro R 2:01.927 +0.921 15. Stefano D'Aste BMW 320si 2:02.229 +1.223 16. Duarte Felix da Costa SEAT Leon 2:02.303 +1.297 17. Tom Coronel SEAT Leon 2:02.318 +1.312 18. Tiago Monteiro SEAT Leon TDI 2:02.394 +1.388 19. Franz Engstler BMW 320si 2:02.449 +1.443 20. Manabu Orido Chevrolet Lacetti 2:03.395 +2.389 21. Takayuki Aoki BMW 320si 2:03.600 +2.594 22. Kristian Poulsen BMW 320si 2:03.830 +2.824 23. Jaap Van Lagen Lada 110 2:04.007 +3.001 24. George Tanev BMW 320si 2:04.782 +3.776 25. Ibrahim Okyay BMW 320si 2:04.912 +3.906 26. Yukinori Taniguchi Honda Accord Euro R 2:05.138 +4.132 27. Andrey Romanov BMW 320si 2:05.169 +4.163 28. Kirill Ladygin Lada 110 2:05.228 +4.222 29. Felix Porteiro BMW 320si no time
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