Rob Huff stays on top in second World Touring Car practice in China
Rob Huff remained quickest in the final practice session before qualifying for the World Touring Car Championship races at Tianma in China
A 1m06.360s on his first flying lap of the afternoon gave Chevrolet driver Huff the top spot, and that stood for the rest of the half-hour.
Zengo-Dension BMW driver Norbert Michelisz came closest to beating the Briton with a lap 0.032 seconds slower. The other works Chevrolets of Alain Menu and Huff's title rival Yvan Muller were third and fifth, split by Robert Dahlgren's Polestar Volvo.
Behind Tom Coronel (ROAL BMW) and Colin Turkington (Wiechers BMW), Aleksei Dudukalo produced the best result for a SEAT so far this weekend with eighth place. But SUNRED's regular lead driver Gabriele Tarquini ran into trouble, stopping with a suspected engine issue after five laps.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m06.360s 2. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW 1m06.392s + 0.032s 3. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m06.541s + 0.181s 4. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo 1m06.595s + 0.235s 5. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m06.633s + 0.273s 6. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 1m06.741s + 0.381s 7. Colin Turkington Wiechers BMW 1m06.889s + 0.529s 8. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 1m06.898s + 0.538s 9. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 1m06.991s + 0.631s 10. Javier Villa Proteam BMW 1m07.079s + 0.719s 11. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 1m07.121s + 0.761s 12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 1m07.143s + 0.783s 13. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet 1m07.410s + 1.050s 14. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 1m07.479s + 1.119s 15. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 1m07.571s + 1.211s 16. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 1m07.624s + 1.264s 17. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet 1m07.687s + 1.327s 18. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 1m07.975s + 1.615s 19. Charles Ng KK BMW 1m08.036s + 1.676s 20. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 1m08.577s + 2.217s 21. Fabio Fabiani Engstler BMW 1m10.504s + 4.144s 22. Philip Ma Proteam BMW 1m10.900s + 4.540s
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