Muller leads Chevrolet 1-2-3

The championship leader was fastest of the three Chevrolets, which dominated Saturday afternoon's qualifying at Brands Hatch.

Muller flew off the road at Paddock Hill Bend on his first effort, but had time to return to the pits and regroup for another go. He went back out late on and set a time two tenths of a second better than Rob Huff's best, with Alain Menu completed the trio another tenth back.

Colin Turkington will start from the second row of the grid after his excellent performance earned him fourth place.

Reigning and former champions Gabriele Tarquini and Andy Priaulx will share the third row, ahead of Tom Coronel and Tiago Monteiro's Leons.

Norbert Michelisz and Augusto Farfus qualified ninth and 10th, while independent racer Franz Engstler was 11th fastst in the normally 10-car Q2 shootout.

Coronel looked to have been eliminated in Q1, lying 11th at the end of the session, but he was given another chance when 11 cars were waved through to the top 10 shootout.

Robert Dahlgren's Volvo, which is not eligible for points, was lying inside the top 10 during Q1. It was decided that an extra car would be allowed through with it, but the plan was not changed when Dahlgren was bumped out in the closing seconds.

The SUNRED SEATs of Jordi Gene, Fredy Barth and Michel Nykjaer did miss out on a spot in Q2, as did Caca Bueno in the fourth Cruze.

Pos Driver                 Car            Q1              Q2
 1. Yvan Muller            Chevrolet      1m32.658s       1m32.481s
 2. Rob Huff               Chevrolet      1m32.922s       1m32.678s
 3. Alain Menu             Chevrolet      1m33.128s       1m32.828s
 4. Colin Turkington       BMW            1m33.306s       1m32.842s
 5. Gabriele Tarquini      SEAT           1m33.157s       1m32.873s
 6. Andy Priaulx           BMW            1m33.239s       1m32.973s
 7. Tom Coronel            SEAT           1m33.549s       1m33.176s
 8. Tiago Monteiro         SEAT           1m33.272s       1m33.257s
 9. Norbert Michelisz      SEAT           1m33.441s       1m33.261s
10. Augusto Farfus         BMW            1m33.448s       1m33.337s
11. Franz Engstler         BMW            1m33.454s       1m35.164s
12. Robert Dahlgren        Volvo          1m33.579s
13. Jordi Gene             SEAT           1m33.588s
14. Fredy Barth            SEAT           1m33.803s
15. Kristian Poulsen       BMW            1m33.803s
16. Darryl O'Young         Chevrolet      1m33.911s
17. Caca Bueno             Chevrolet      1m34.122s
18. Tom Boardman           SEAT           1m34.409s
19. Michel Nykjaer         SEAT           1m34.419s
20. Stefano D'Aste         BMW            1m34.437s
21. Sergio Hernandez       BMW            1m34.594s
22. Mehdi Bennani          BMW            1m34.722s
23. Harry Vaulkhard        Chevrolet      1m34.736s
24. Tim Coronel            BMW            no time