Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Gene quickest as SEAT leads practice

Jordi Gene set the fastest time of Saturday's first World Touring Car free practice session at Portimao, as SEAT dominated

The Spaniard's best time of 1m56.232s proved quickest and was four tenths of a second faster than the best of the non-SEATs - Yvan Muller's Chevrolet in fifth.

Fredy Barth was second quickest, ahead of home favourite Tiago Monteiro and the fellow Leon TDi of Michel Nykjaer.

Gabriele Tarquini was sixth quickest behind Muller, but the reigning world champion's SEAT ground to a halt on the start/finish straight at the end of the session.

Andy Priaulx was the fastest BMW in seventh, ahead of Norbert Michelisz and Colin Turkington, who was the top indepedent in ninth.

Augusto Farfus was next up in the second RBM BMW, with the Chevrolets of Rob Huff and Alain Menu, and the SEAT of Tom Coronel all outside the top 10.

Pos Driver                 Car           Time      Gap    Laps
 1. Jordi Gene             SEAT          1m56.23s           10
 2. Fredy Barth            SEAT          1m56.35s  +0.127   14
 3. Tiago Monteiro         SEAT          1m56.57s  +0.338   12
 4. Michel Nykjaer         SEAT          1m56.61s  +0.380   10
 5. Yvan Muller            Chevrolet     1m56.67s  +0.441   11
 6. Gabriele Tarquini      SEAT          1m56.68s  +0.451   12
 7. Andy Priaulx           BMW           1m56.83s  +0.599   14
 8. Norbert Michelisz      SEAT          1m56.90s  +0.674   13
 9. Colin Turkington       BMW           1m56.94s  +0.716   12
10. Augusto Farfus         BMW           1m57.07s  +0.840   14
11. Rob Huff               Chevrolet     1m57.19s  +0.965   11
12. Alain Menu             Chevrolet     1m57.24s  +1.011   11
13. Tom Coronel            SEAT          1m57.26s  +1.033   12
14. Darryl O'Young         Chevrolet     1m57.48s  +1.254   14
15. Sergio Hernandez       BMW           1m57.64s  +1.410   14
16. Harry Vaulkhard        Chevrolet     1m57.74s  +1.511   14
17. Kristian Poulsen       BMW           1m58.14s  +1.909   14
18. Stefano D'Aste         BMW           1m58.15s  +1.924   15
19. Franz Engstler         BMW           1m58.43s  +2.200   10
20. Mehdi Bennani          BMW           1m58.52s  +2.288   15
21. Andrey Romanov         BMW           2m00.72s  +4.488   14

Be part of the Autosport community

Join the conversation
Previous article Priaulx tops Portimao test
Next article Farfus fastest in final Portimao practice

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe