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Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:00 |
 World Touring Cars times and driver positions of the qualifying sessions from Monza.
Weather/Track: Sun 23C / Dry 41C
Qualifying 1:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
15 |
|
Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
1'59.907 |
8 |
|
173.92 |
| 2 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
1'59.961 |
4 |
0.054 |
173.84 |
| 3 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.005 |
6 |
0.098 |
173.78 |
| 4 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
2'00.030 |
7 |
0.123 |
173.74 |
| 5 |
8 |
|
Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
2'00.279 |
7 |
0.372 |
173.38 |
| 6 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.287 |
8 |
0.38 |
173.37 |
| 7 |
1 |
|
Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
2'00.382 |
6 |
0.475 |
173.23 |
| 8 |
3 |
|
Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'00.511 |
6 |
0.604 |
173.05 |
| 9 |
2 |
|
Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
2'00.515 |
7 |
0.608 |
173.04 |
| 10 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'00.549 |
8 |
0.642 |
172.99 |
| 11 |
20 |
Y |
Javier VILLA |
ESP |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.803 |
8 |
0.896 |
172.63 |
| 12 |
74 |
Y |
Pepe ORIOLA |
ESP |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'00.861 |
7 |
0.954 |
172.55 |
| 13 |
12 |
Y |
Franz ENGSTLER |
DEU |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.912 |
7 |
1.005 |
172.47 |
| 14 |
17 |
Y |
Michel NYKJAER |
DNK |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'00.971 |
6 |
1.064 |
172.39 |
| 15 |
10 |
Y |
Yukinori TANIGUCHI |
JPN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
2'01.534 |
6 |
1.627 |
171.59 |
| 16 |
30 |
|
Robert DAHLGREN |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
2'01.823 |
5 |
1.916 |
171.18 |
| 17 |
7 |
Y |
Fredy BARTH |
CHE |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'02.008 |
8 |
2.101 |
170.93 |
| 18 |
4 |
Y |
Aleksei DUDUKALO |
RUS |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'02.009 |
8 |
2.102 |
170.92 |
| 19 |
65 |
Y |
Marchy LEE |
HKG |
BMW 320 TC |
2'04.088 |
5 |
4.181 |
168.06 |
| 20 |
35 |
Y |
Urs SONDEREGGER |
CHE |
BMW 320 TC |
2'04.682 |
8 |
4.775 |
167.26 |
| 21 |
13 |
Y |
Ibrahim OKYAY |
TUR |
BMW 320si |
2'04.790 |
8 |
4.883 |
167.11 |
| Qualification maxima |
|
21 |
Y |
Fabio FABIANI |
ITA |
BMW 320si |
2'08.789 |
8 |
8.882 |
161.93 |
Qualifying 2:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
2 |
|
Robert HUFF |
GBR |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'59.034 |
4 |
|
175.2 |
| 2 |
1 |
|
Yvan MULLER |
FRA |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'59.131 |
4 |
0.097 |
175.05 |
| 3 |
8 |
|
Alain MENU |
CHE |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'59.433 |
4 |
0.399 |
174.61 |
| 4 |
5 |
Y |
Norbert MICHELISZ |
HUN |
BMW 320 TC |
1'59.458 |
4 |
0.424 |
174.57 |
| 5 |
18 |
|
Tiago MONTEIRO |
PRT |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
1'59.574 |
4 |
0.54 |
174.4 |
| 6 |
9 |
Y |
Darryl O'YOUNG |
CHN |
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
1'59.866 |
3 |
0.832 |
173.98 |
| 7 |
11 |
Y |
Kristian POULSEN |
DNK |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.010 |
4 |
0.976 |
173.77 |
| 8 |
15 |
|
Tom CORONEL |
NLD |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.244 |
4 |
1.21 |
173.43 |
| 9 |
25 |
Y |
Mehdi BENNANI |
MAR |
BMW 320 TC |
2'00.930 |
4 |
1.896 |
172.45 |
| 10 |
3 |
|
Gabriele TARQUINI |
ITA |
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI |
2'01.073 |
4 |
2.039 |
172.25 |
 (WTCC Media) - Robert Huff makes three poles out of three
 Chevrolet's Rob Huff is still undefeated in this season's qualifying as he claimed today his third pole position out of three events.
The championship leader posted the fastest lap in Q2 at Monza, outpacing his team-mates Yvan Muller and Alain Menu, the latter managed to recover third position just as the chequered flag was waved.
Yokohama Trophy competitor Norbert Michelisz set the fourth fastest lap, ahead of Tiago Monteiro and Darryl O'Young.
Q1:
Tom Coronel posted the fastest lap of 1'59.907 with two minutes left on the clock. The Dutchman demoted Norbert Michelisz to second as the Hungarian youngster had previously completed a lap of 1'59.961.
Tiago Monteiro ranked 10th in the session with the time of 2'00.549 and won pole position for tomorrow's second race. Rob Huff (9th with 2:00.515) will complete the front row.
The following drivers qualified for Q2: Coronel, Michelisz, Poulsen, O'Young, Menu, Bennani, Muller, Tarquini, Huff and Monteiro.
Javier Villa and Pepe Oriola were the first two drivers excluded from Q2 as they qualified 11th and 12th respectively.
Q2:
The three Chevrolet drivers took the track as soon as the pit lane opened to play the slipstreaming game chased by a bunch of SEAT and BMW cars.
Muller set a provisional pole of 1'59.131 followed by Michelisz (1'59.458) and Monteiro (1'59.574).
On his second flying lap Huff improved to 1'59.034, beating Muller's time by less than one tenth of a second, later on Menu clocked a 1'59.433 that gave him a last-gasp third place.
Michelisz, and Monteiro were classified fourth and fifth with O'Young sixth after he aborted his last attempt for driving too wide at the Parabolica.
Gabriele Tarquini's hopes were jeopardized when the window of his left door broke apart shooting splinters of glass inside the cockpit, the Italian driver underwent medical checks at the track's infirmary to be sure that his eyes were unscathed.
Rob HUFF – pole position
“In Q1 I struggled to make the top ten because of a few complications in the first laps. In Q2 Yvan gave me the tow, then he sled a little bit at the Parabolica, but he did not damage my lap. It has been a great result for the team to claim a 1-2-3 today. Pole position is the better place to start from and I hope I will manage to convert it to another win.”
Yvan MULLER – 2nd fastest
“I am disappointed, because I did a mistake on my first lap. I did not leave enough gap between Alain and myself and this may have cost me that tenth of a second from Huff that gave him the pole. But it was my fault.”
Alain MENU – 3rd fastest
“I did not even realized I had set the third fastest lap by the end of the session. My goal for the races is to score some good points, so let’s wait and see what tomorrow brings.”
Norbert MICHELISZ - 4th fastest, best of Yokohama Trophy
“I am delighted. It is the second event for me in the BMW car and to achieve such a good result is fantastic. I could have gone a little bit faster, however I don’t think it was possible to beat any of the three Chevrolet guys.”
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