Farfus quickest in final practice

The 25-year-old was the only driver to break into the 1m33s this morning as he lapped the GP circuit more than three tenths of a second faster than his nearest rivals.

His Schnitzer Motorsport team-mate Jorg Muller finished the session second fastest, just a fraction ahead of the Chevrolet Cruzes of Alain Menu and Nicola Larini.

Home driver Andy Priaulx was fifth quickest in his BMW, with Tom Coronel producing a stunning late effort to go sixth in his independent SEAT.

Rob Huff was seventh for Cheverolet ahead of the first of the factory Leons of Rickard Rydell., while Sergio Hernandez and Gabriele Tarquini completed the top 10.

Championship leader Yvan Muller was only 16th quickest in his SEAT.

Pos Driver                 Car             Time          Gap
 1. Augusto Farfus         BMW             1m33.864s
 2. Jorg Muller            BMW             1m34.198s  +0.334
 3. Alain Menu             Chevrolet       1m34.230s  +0.366
 4. Nicola Larini          Chevrolet       1m34.263s  +0.399
 5. Andy Priaulx           BMW             1m34.270s  +0.406
 6. Tom Coronel            SEAT            1m34.273s  +0.409
 7. Robert Huff            Chevrolet       1m34.404s  +0.540
 8. Rickard Rydell         SEAT            1m34.561s  +0.697
 9. Sergio Hernandez       BMW             1m34.615s  +0.751
10. Gabriele Tarquini      SEAT            1m34.865s  +1.001
11. Felix Porteiro         BMW             1m34.888s  +1.024
12. Robert Dahlgren        Volvo           1m34.900s  +1.036
13. Alex Zanardi           BMW             1m34.926s  +1.062
14. Tom Boardman           SEAT            1m35.055s  +1.191
15. Jordi Gene             SEAT            1m35.185s  +1.321
16. Yvan Muller            SEAT            1m35.200s  +1.336
17. Franz Engstler         BMW             1m35.239s  +1.375
18. Tiago Monteiro         SEAT            1m35.278s  +1.414
19. Philip Geipel          BMW             1m35.318s  +1.454
20. Jaap van Lagen         Lada            1m35.401s  +1.537
21. Vito Postiglione       BMW             1m35.464s  +1.600
22. Norbert Michelisz      SEAT            1m35.502s  +1.638
23. Tommy Rustad           Volvo           1m35.674s  +1.810
24. Kristian Poulsen       BMW             1m35.687s  +1.823
25. Stefano D'Aste         BMW             1m36.366s  +2.502
26. James Thompson         Lada            1m36.531s  +2.667
27. Kirill Ladygin         Lada            1m37.904s  +4.040