Rob Huff beats World Touring Car title rival Yvan Muller to Macau pole

The Briton was faster than Muller on both runs in the final 15 minute shoot-out - which had to be red-flagged early on when Robert Dahlgren crashed his Volvo heavily into the barriers at the Solitude Esses, with the car briefly bursting into flames.

Although Dahlgren was able to climb out of the wreckage unaided, he was later seen in a medical car with his arm in a sling receiving medical attention.

At the restart, Huff was quickest on the first run by 0.159 seconds but he had to dig deep second time around - and after brushing the wall at the exit of the final corner his effort was 0.268s quicker than Muller.

Gabriele Tarquini took third in his SUNRED SEAT with his final lap of the session, to finish ahead of Darryl O'Young in the Bamboo Chevrolet and Tom Coronel in the ROAL BMW.

Franz Engstler secured pole position for the second race, after finishing 10th in the first part of qualifying. He will start that race ahead of Michel Nykjaer, Huff, Coronel and Tarquini.

Chevrolet driver Alain Menu had a disaster, after an on-track incident with local driver Andre Couto in the closing stages of the session resulted in him failing to make it through to the second qualifying segment.

He ended up 13th overall - and angrily confronted Couto in the pits before storming out of the track.

Fredy Barth, who crashed heavily in the second of the day's free practice session, will miss Sunday's races after being retained in hospital for checks following his fiery accident.

Race one grid:

Pos  Driver             Team/Car          Time       Gap
 1.  Rob Huff           Chevrolet         2m32.881s
 2.  Yvan Muller        Chevrolet         2m33.177s  + 0.296s
 3.  Gabriele Tarquini  SUNRED SEAT       2m33.353s  + 0.472s
 4.  Darryl O'Young     Bamboo Chevrolet  2m33.954s  + 1.073s
 5.  Tom Coronel        ROAL BMW          2m33.976s  + 1.095s
 6.  Mehdi Bennani      Proteam BMW       2m34.085s  + 1.204s
 7.  Andre Couto        SUNRED SEAT       2m34.171s  + 1.290s
 8.  Michel Nykjaer     SUNRED SEAT       2m34.224s  + 1.343s
 9.  Franz Engstler     Engstler BMW      2m34.232s  + 1.351s
10.  Robert Dahlgren    Polestar Volvo    2m34.232s  + 1.351s
11.  Tiago Monteiro     SUNRED SEAT       2m34.320s  + 1.439s
12.  Norbert Michelisz  Zengo BMW         2m34.526s  + 1.645s
13.  Alain Menu         Chevrolet         2m34.804s  + 1.923s
14.  Kristian Poulsen   Engstler BMW      2m35.131s  + 2.250s
15.  Javier Villa       Proteam BMW       2m35.321s  + 2.440s
16.  Pepe Oriola        SUNRED SEAT       2m35.466s  + 2.585s
17.  Aleksei Dudukalo   SUNRED SEAT       2m36.694s  + 3.813s
18.  Charles Ng         Engstler BMW      2m39.822s  + 6.941s
19.  Gary Kwok          Wiechers BMW      2m41.598s  + 8.717s
20.  Joseph Merszei     Engstler BMW      2m42.042s  + 9.161s
21.  Mak Ka Lok         RPM BMW           2m43.810s  + 10.929s
22.  Filipe de Souza    Corsa Chevrolet   2m44.720s  + 11.839s
23.  Philip Ma          Proteam BMW       2m48.067s  + 15.186s
24.  Kuok Io Keong      Corsa Chevrolet   3m05.627s  + 32.746s

Race two grid:

Pos  Driver             Team/Car
 1.  Franz Engstler     Engstler BMW
 2.  Michel Nykjaer     SUNRED SEAT
 3.  Rob Huff           Chevrolet
 4.  Tom Coronel        ROAL BMW
 5.  Gabriele Tarquini  SUNRED SEAT
 6.  Mehdi Bennani      Proteam BMW
 7.  Andre Couto        SUNRED SEAT
 8.  Yvan Muller        Chevrolet
 9.  Darryl O'Young     Bamboo Chevrolet
10.  Robert Dahlgren    Polestar Volvo
11.  Tiago Monteiro     SUNRED SEAT
12.  Norbert Michelisz  Zengo BMW
13.  Alain Menu         Chevrolet
14.  Kristian Poulsen   Engstler BMW
15.  Javier Villa       Proteam BMW
16.  Pepe Oriola        SUNRED SEAT
17.  Aleksei Dudukalo   SUNRED SEAT
18.  Charles Ng         Engstler BMW
19.  Gary Kwok          Wiechers BMW
20.  Joseph Merszei     Engstler BMW
21.  Mak Ka Lok         RPM BMW
22.  Filipe de Souza    Corsa Chevrolet
23.  Philip Ma          Proteam BMW
24.  Kuok Io Keong      Corsa Chevrolet

Race one grid - Q2 top 10, Q1 times from 11th
Race two grid - Q1 top 10 reversed, Q1 order from 11th