Menu leads first Brno practice

The Chevrolet driver finished the half-hour session two tenths clear of SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini, with his RML team-mate Rob Huff the only other driver within half a second.

Colin Turkington is set to continue his impressive run since joining the series, setting the fourth quickest time this morning and best of the BMWs.

The SEATs of Jordi Gene and Norbert Michelisz sandwiched Andy Priaulx's BMW, while the BMWs of Stefano D'Aste, Augusto Farfus and Sergio Hernandez completed the top 10.

Championship leader Yvan Muller was just 16th in his Chevrolet, while Fabio Fabiani was 22nd on his return to the series.

Pos Driver                   Car               Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Alain Menu               Chevrolet         2m11.500s            10
 2. Gabriele Tarquini        SEAT              2m11.708s  +0.208     9
 3. Rob Huff                 Chevrolet         2m11.866s  +0.366     9
 4. Colin Turkington         BMW               2m12.053s  +0.553    15
 5. Jordi Gene               SEAT              2m12.060s  +0.560     9
 6. Andy Priaulx             BMW               2m12.127s  +0.627    11
 7. Norbert Michelisz        SEAT              2m12.284s  +0.784    11
 8. Stefano D'Aste           BMW               2m12.293s  +0.793    14
 9. Augusto Farfus           BMW               2m12.301s  +0.801    12
10. Sergio Hernandez         BMW               2m12.307s  +0.807    13
11. Tiago Monteiro           SEAT              2m12.465s  +0.965     9
12. Darryl O'Young           Chevrolet         2m12.541s  +1.041    12
13. Michel Nykjaer           SEAT              2m12.568s  +1.068    13
14. Tom Coronel              SEAT              2m12.675s  +1.175    11
15. Franz Engstler           BMW               2m12.720s  +1.220    13
16. Yvan Muller              Chevrolet         2m13.010s  +1.510    10
17. Kristian Poulsen         BMW               2m13.301s  +1.801    13
18. Fredy Barth              SEAT              2m13.568s  +2.068    12
19. Harry Vaulkhard          Chevrolet         2m13.613s  +2.113    11
20. Mehdi Bennani            BMW               2m14.558s  +3.058    12
21. Andrey Romanov           BMW               2m15.500s  +4.000    13
22. Fabio Fabiani            BMW               2m18.229s  +6.729    12