Farfus fastest in first Valencia practice
Augusto Farfus set the quickest time in the opening free practice session of this weekend's World Touring Car round at Valencia
The Brazilian was just 0.033s faster than Alain Menu's Chevrolet, with his BMW team-mate Andy Priaulx third.
Rob Huff jumped to fourth with his final flying lap of the session, while the leading SEATs of Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro completed the top six.
Championship leader Yvan Muller was seventh, with the SEATs of Norbert Michelisz, Jordi Gene and Tom Coronel rounding out the top 10.
Marc Carol was the best of the independent class runners in 12th on his return to the series for a one-off prize drive with SEAT.
Darryl O'Young was first of the regular independents in 13th.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Augusto Farfus BMW 1m45.509s 12 2. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m45.542s +0.033 9 3. Andy Priaulx BMW 1m45.612s +0.103 7 4. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m45.663s +0.154 11 5. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 1m45.822s +0.313 9 6. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1m45.871s +0.362 10 7. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m46.042s +0.533 10 8. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 1m46.106s +0.597 10 9. Jordi Gene SEAT 1m46.138s +0.629 9 10. Tom Coronel SEAT 1m46.179s +0.670 7 11. Fredy Barth SEAT 1m46.484s +0.975 13 12. Marc Carol SEAT 1m46.624s +1.115 12 13. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 1m46.717s +1.208 12 14. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 1m46.790s +1.281 10 15. Kristian Poulsen BMW 1m47.254s +1.745 15 16. Franz Engstler BMW 1m47.344s +1.835 11 17. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1m47.377s +1.868 15 18. Mehdi Bennani BMW 1m47.859s +2.350 17 19. Andrey Romanov BMW 1m48.478s +2.969 15 20. Yukinori Taniguchi Chevrolet 1m48.664s +3.155 15 21. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1m49.056s +3.547 15
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