Farfus tops morning practice
BMW's weekend got off to a promising start at Oschersleben this morning, where Augusto Farfus topped the opening practice session, with teammate Andy Priaulx close behind
Farfus, who is the most lightly-ballasted BMW driver this weekend with just 30 extra kilos on board, posted a best time of 1:36.089, putting him 0.144 seconds clear of Priaulx.
In a session rife with drivers overestimating the grip levels and bouncing through gravel, BMW Independent driver Franz Englster was a surprise third-fastest in the Liqui Moly Team Englster BMW 320si.
"This is the first time this year that we have turned up and already known the track," Englster told autosport.com. "I know Oschersleben, the team knows Oschersleben, and it makes such a difference because you can just start working straight away. But I think the other teams will pass us in the next session though."
Behind him the other manufacturers were closely matched, with James Thompson going fourth-quickest in his N.Technology Honda Accord, his 1:36.987 putting him just ahead of Jordi Gene in the first of the SEAT Leons and Chevrolet's Rob Huff.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Augusto Farfus BMW 1:36.089 2. Andy Priaulx BMW 1:36.233 + 0.144 3. Franz Engstler BMW 1:36.929 + 0.840 4. James Thompson Honda 1:36.947 + 0.858 5. Jordi Gene SEAT 1:37.063 + 0.974 6. Robert Huff Chevrolet 1:37.165 + 1.076 7. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1:37.171 + 1.082 8. G.Tarquini SEAT 1:37.178 + 1.089 9. Nicola Larini Chevrolet 1:37.194 + 1.105 10. Jorg Muller BMW 1:37.262 + 1.173 11. Felix Porteiro BMW 1:37.281 + 1.192 12. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1:37.376 + 1.287 13. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1:37.411 + 1.322 14. Duncan Huisman BMW 1:37.418 + 1.329 15. A.Zanardi BMW 1:37.445 + 1.356 16. Rickard Rydell SEAT 1:37.610 + 1.521 17. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1:37.630 + 1.541 18. Jaap van Lagen Lada 1:37.631 + 1.542 19. Yvan Muller SEAT 1:37.707 + 1.618 20. Marin Colak SEAT 1:37.799 + 1.710 21. P-Y.Corthals SEAT 1:37.841 + 1.752 22. Tom Coronel SEAT 1:37.990 + 1.901 23. O.Tielemans BMW 1:38.244 + 2.155 24. Kristian Poulsen BMW 1:38.315 + 2.226 25. George Tanev BMW 1:39.177 + 3.088 26. Andrey Romanov BMW 1:39.179 + 3.090 27. Ibrahim Okyay BMW 1:39.267 + 3.178 28. V.Shapovalov Lada 1:39.604 + 3.515 29. Aytac Biter BMW 1:42.232 + 6.143
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