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WTCC : 2011 Zolder - Qualifying result - Huff on Belgian World Touring Car pole E-mail
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
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

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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