Thompson leads final practice
James Thompson continued SEAT's domination of this weekend's World Touring Car Championship meeting at Brands Hatch, by topping the timesheets in the final free practice session before qualifying
The top four positions all went to SEAT drivers, with Yvan Muller ending the session just 0.021 seconds behind his British teammate. All three practice sessions so far have been topped by SEAT drivers.
Swede Rickard Rydell was third quickest ahead of German Peter Terting, with all four cars covered by less than four tenths of a second.
Alain Menu's Chevrolet was the quickest non-SEAT in fifth place.
The track has dried since this morning's heavy showers, however that didn't stop several drivers spinning or going off onto the grass. Augusto Farfus Jr spun at Graham Hill Bend, as did Rydell at the superfast Westfield bend.
Robert Huff's Chevrolet also hit trouble, going through the Paddock Hill Bend gravel trap.
The biggest accident was suffered by the Alfa Romeo of Salvatore Tavano, who crashed head first into the barriers at the exit of Westfield, spinning back on to the track before digging into the grass off the circuit. Moments later the privateer BMW of Emmett O'Brien spun at virtually the same spot, thankfully missing Farfus's stricken 156.
The session was red flagged at this point and not restarted.
Practice times:
Pos Driver Make Time 1. James Thompson SEAT Leon 1:34.668 2. Yvan Muller SEAT Leon 1:34.689 + 0.021 3. Rickard Rydell SEAT Leon 1:34.822 + 0.154 4. Peter Terting SEAT Leon 1:35.027 + 0.359 5. Alain Menu Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.080 + 0.412 6. Dirk Muller BMW 320si 1:35.134 + 0.466 7. Jordi Gene SEAT Leon 1:35.179 + 0.511 8. Marcel Costa BMW 320si 1:35.252 + 0.584 9. Andy Priaulx BMW 320si 1:35.283 + 0.615 10. Alessandro Zanardi BMW 320si 1:35.307 + 0.639 11. Jorg Muller BMW 320si 1:35.433 + 0.765 12. Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo 156 1:35.446 + 0.778 13. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Leon 1:35.451 + 0.783 14. Tom Coronel SEAT Leon 1:35.496 + 0.828 15. Salvatore Tavano Alfa Romeo 156 1:35.541 + 0.873 16. Robert Huff Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.655 + 0.987 17. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.672 + 1.004 18. Pierre-Yves Corthals Honda Accord Euro R 1:35.896 + 1.228 19. Gianni Morbidelli Alfa Romeo 156 1:35.992 + 1.324 20. Maurizio Ceresoli SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:36.270 + 1.602 21. Stefano D'Aste BMW 320i 1:36.408 + 1.740 22. Ryan Sharp Honda Accord Euro R 1:36.483 + 1.815 23. Luca Rangoni BMW 320si 1:36.571 + 1.903 24. Emmet O'Brien BMW 320i 1:36.827 + 2.159 25. Diego Romanini BMW 320i 1:38.462 + 3.794
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