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Huff takes Zolder WTCC pole

Rob Huff led a Chevrolet lockout of the front row in World Touring Car Championship qualifying at Zolder today

The Briton's 1m38.458s lap proved beyond the reach of his rivals, with team-mate Alain Menu best of the rest courtesy of a late flying lap that left him just 0.14s short.

It could easily have been a Chevrolet 1-2-3 when reigning champion Yvan Muller set out on his final run with a clear track ahead, but his hopes were dashed when he ran wide at the exit of Turn 4.

SUNRED SEAT driver Gabriele Tarquini, who was right behind Muller, attempted to capitalise by passing the Cruze and stringing together three strong sectors, but his brief claim to second was ended by Menu a few moments later.

Tiago Monteiro, who headed the opening qualifying session, will start from fifth in the SUNRED SEAT alongside the Englster BMW of Kristian Poulsen, with Norbert Michelisz, Franz Engstler, Fredy Barth and Mehdi Bennani rounding out the top 10.

High-profile absentees from Q2 included Tom Coronel, who finished 11th, and this morning's stand-out Michel Nykjaer, whose afternoon came to an early end when he clipped a barrier at the chicane in the opening minutes of Q1 and was unable to continue.

Race one grid:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet          1m38.458s
 2.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet          1m38.598s  + 0.140s
 3.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT        1m38.723s  + 0.265s
 4.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet          1m38.738s  + 0.280s
 5.  Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT        1m38.907s  + 0.449s
 6.  Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW       1m39.398s  + 0.940s
 7.  Norbert Michelisz   Zengo-Dension BMW  1m39.450s  + 0.992s
 8.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW       1m39.962s  + 1.504s
 9.  Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT        1m40.015s  + 1.557s
10.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW        1m40.438s  + 1.980s
11.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW           1m39.680s  (Q1)
12.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT        1m39.780s  (Q1)
13.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo     1m39.807s  (Q1)
14.  Darryl O'Young      bamboo Chevrolet   1m39.931s  (Q1)
15.  Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT        1m40.110s  (Q1)
16.  Marchy Lee          KK BMW             1m40.406s  (Q1)
17.  Yukinori Taniguchi  bamboo Chevrolet   1m41.712s  (Q1)
18.  Urs Sonderegger     Wiechers BMW       1m43.537s  (Q1)
19.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW        1m44.820s  (Q1)
20.  Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT                   (Q1)
21.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW                   (Q1)

Race two grid:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car
 1.  Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT
 2.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW
 3.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT
 4.  Norbert Michelisz   Zengo-Dension BMW
 5.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet
 6.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet
 7.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet
 8.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW
 9.  Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW
10.  Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT
11.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW
12.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT
13.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo
14.  Darryl O'Young      bamboo Chevrolet
15.  Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT
16.  Marchy Lee          KK BMW
17.  Yukinori Taniguchi  bamboo Chevrolet
18.  Urs Sonderegger     Wiechers BMW
19.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW
20.  Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT
21.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW

Race one: Q2 top 10 then Q1 results from 11th
Race two: Q1 results with top 10 reversed

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