Rob Huff tops morning World Touring Car practice in China
Rob Huff was quickest in an uneventful morning practice session for the World Touring Car Championship's Shanghai event at the Tianma circuit
The Chevrolet driver's early 1m05.750s lap was sufficient to keep him on top until the end of the half-hour session, 0.214 seconds clear of the second-placed BMW of ROAL's Tom Coronel.
Huff's title rival and team-mate Yvan Muller was third, with the third works Cruze of Friday testing pacesetter Alain Menu back in seventh.
Robert Dahlgren kept Polestar's Volvo near the front in fourth place, ahead of BMW duo Colin Turkington (Wiechers Sport) and Kristian Poulsen (Engstler).
As had been the case on Friday, the SEATs were struggling to get among the frontrunners, with Gabriele Tarquini the best of their number in a distant 12th.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m05.750s 2. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 1m05.964s + 0.214s 3. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m06.115s + 0.365s 4. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo 1m06.173s + 0.423s 5. Colin Turkington Wiechers BMW 1m06.196s + 0.446s 6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 1m06.284s + 0.534s 7. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m06.310s + 0.560s 8. Javier Villa Proteam BMW 1m06.570s + 0.820s 9. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 1m06.631s + 0.881s 10. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 1m06.775s + 1.025s 11. Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet 1m06.815s + 1.065s 12. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 1m07.022s + 1.272s 13. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW 1m07.029s + 1.279s 14. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 1m07.136s + 1.386s 15. Charles Ng KK BMW 1m07.161s + 1.411s 16. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 1m07.377s + 1.627s 17. Yukinori Taniguchi Bamboo Chevrolet 1m07.448s + 1.698s 18. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 1m07.589s + 1.839s 19. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 1m07.802s + 2.052s 20. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 1m08.483s + 2.733s 21. Fabio Fabiani Engstler BMW 1m09.404s + 3.654s 22. Philip Ma Proteam BMW 1m09.988s + 4.238s
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