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Saturday, 23 April 2011 17:36 |
 World Touring Cars times and driver positions of the qualifying sessions from Belgium - Chevrolet driver from Britain Rob Huff claimed his second pole position of the season in Zolder, and in a repeat of Curitiba, the championship leader emerged as the fastest in Q2, beating his own team-mate Alain Menu and SUNRED's Gabriele Tarquini by one and two tenths respectively.
Weather/Track: Sun 25C/Dry 40C
Qualifying 1:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'38.952 |
3 |
|
145.52 |
| 2 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.293 |
5 |
0.341 |
145.02 |
| 3 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.328 |
10 |
0.376 |
144.97 |
| 4 |
1 |
|
Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'39.365 |
7 |
0.413 |
144.92 |
| 5 |
8 |
|
Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'39.367 |
6 |
0.415 |
144.91 |
| 6 |
2 |
|
Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'39.373 |
7 |
0.421 |
144.9 |
| 7 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.417 |
5 |
0.465 |
144.84 |
| 8 |
3 |
|
Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'39.493 |
6 |
0.541 |
144.73 |
| 9 |
12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.583 |
8 |
0.631 |
144.6 |
| 10 |
7 |
Y |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'39.638 |
9 |
0.686 |
144.52 |
| 11 |
15 |
|
Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.680 |
8 |
0.728 |
144.46 |
| 12 |
74 |
Y |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'39.780 |
9 |
0.828 |
144.31 |
| 13 |
30 |
|
Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
1'39.807 |
6 |
0.855 |
144.27 |
| 14 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'39.931 |
9 |
0.979 |
144.09 |
| 15 |
4 |
Y |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'40.110 |
10 |
1.158 |
143.84 |
| 16 |
65 |
Y |
Marchy LEE |
HKG |
BMW 320 TC |
1'40.406 |
8 |
1.454 |
143.41 |
| 17 |
10 |
Y |
Yukinori TANIGUCHI |
JPN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'41.712 |
10 |
2.76 |
141.57 |
| 18 |
35 |
Y |
Urs SONDEREGGER |
CHE |
BMW 320 TC |
1'43.537 |
9 |
4.585 |
139.08 |
| 19 |
21 |
Y |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
1'44.820 |
8 |
5.868 |
137.37 |
| Qualification maxima |
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17 |
Y |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
12'07.051 |
1 |
10'28.1 |
19.8 |
|
20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
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Qualifying 2:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
2 |
|
Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'38.458 |
6 |
|
146.25 |
| 2 |
8 |
|
Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'38.598 |
6 |
0.14 |
146.04 |
| 3 |
3 |
|
Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'38.723 |
6 |
0.265 |
145.86 |
| 4 |
1 |
|
Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'38.738 |
5 |
0.28 |
145.84 |
| 5 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'38.907 |
6 |
0.449 |
145.59 |
| 6 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.398 |
3 |
0.94 |
144.87 |
| 7 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.450 |
6 |
0.992 |
144.79 |
| 8 |
12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
1'39.962 |
4 |
1.504 |
144.05 |
| 9 |
7 |
Y |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'40.015 |
6 |
1.557 |
143.97 |
| 10 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
1'40.438 |
6 |
1.98 |
143.37 |
 (WTCC Media) - Rob Huff wins second pole position of 2011
 Chevrolet's Rob Huff claimed his second pole position of the season in Zolder.
Just like in Curitiba the championship leader emerged as the fastest in Q2, beating his own team-mate Alain Menu and SUNRED's Gabriele Tarquini by one and two tenths respectively.
Reigning world champion Yvan Muller qualified fourth ahead of Tiago Monteiro, with Kristian Poulsen sixth and best of the Yokohama Trophy.
Tom Coronel was the great disappointed as he failed to move forward to Q2, while Fredy Barth won pole position for Race 2.
Qualifying session 1
The red flag stopped the session after four minutes only, due to Michel Nykjaer's SEAT hitting the wall at the Villeneuve chicane.
As soon as the session resumed most of the drivers went for a quick lap with Tiago Monteiro posting the fastest for good with the time of 1'38.952.
Yokohama Trophy competitors Kristian Poulsen (1'39.293) and Mehdi Bennani (1'39.328) were second and third fastest respectively, followed by the Chevrolet trio of Yvan Muller, Alain Menu and Rob Huff.
In the dying moments of the session Tom Coronel was desperately trying to make the top ten, he eventually improved to 1'39.680 that was not enough as he qualified 11th, only 0.042 seconds behind Fredy Barth in 10th.
The following drivers qualified for Q2: Monteiro, Poulsen, Bennani, Muller, Menu, Huff, Michelisz (brilliant on his first outing with the BMW 320TC), Tarquini, Engstler and Barth. The latter will start from pole position on the reverse grid for Sunday's Race 2.
Javier Villa did not post any lap due to a turbo failure.
Qualifying session 2
Chevrolet drivers set the pace straight from the beginning, with Huff (1'38.458) and Muller (1'38.738) posting the provisional fastest laps.
Although Huff's time eventually proved to be out of reach for the rest of the field, Muller's was beaten by Menu (1'38.598) and Tarquini (1'38.723) who both managed to improve just before the chequered flag was waved.
Despite a spin, Poulsen won pole for the Yokohama Trophy posting a 1'39.398 that beat Michelisz's 1'39.450 by 0.052 seconds only.
Rob HUFF
“I was pretty surprised by my lap time, because I made a small mistake in the middle sector during my first lap, but the team had done a pretty good job in setting up the car. It would be nice if I could convert this pole in a victory like in Curitiba. For sure qualifying has become massively important and that was exactly my plan for today, being fastest in qualifying to pave the way for winning Race 1 tomorrow.”
Alain MENU
“I was not really happy with my car today, as I had massive vibrations on the braking. Therefore I was a little bit surprised that I managed to qualify in second position, especially because I did not take any risk trying to go faster. In the end this result was much better than the one I had in Brazil, which makes me very confident for the first race.”
Gabriele TARQUINI
“I am really happy for the job we have done. I pushed to the limit on my last lap and considering that the potential we have is far behind Chevrolet's qualifying in third position, ahead of Yvan Muller is something I did not expect. On my best lap I benefited from aspiration from Muller’s car before he made a small mistake.”
Kristian POULSEN - Best of Yokohama Trophy
“It was a very good result for me and the team, though we could have even achieved to do better if I had not spun on my second fast lap in Q2. For tomorrow I expect a couple of tough races as the pace of my competitors is very close to mine."
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