Saturday, April 23, 2011

WTCC: Rob Huff Chevrolet and took the pole in Belgium

Rob Huff took the pole position for the first race weekend of the WTCC round at Zolder today.

Huff has bested its rivals with a fast lap in 1:38.458 minute to board his Chevrolet. His teammate Alain Menu took second place with a time slower only 0140 seconds.

Chevrolet has spent close to a 1-2-3 formation for the first two races. Yvan Muller was indeed well positioned to complete the trio until it comes out too large of turn four on his last flying lap.

Gabriele Tarquini has finished third, falling between Menu and Muller. Tiago Monteiro completed the top-5.

Tarquini leave also third in the second race of the weekend also with Fredy Barth and Franz Engstler on the first line.

The gates are formed as follows: for the first race, the top-10 results are those of the second qualifying position with 11 + of the first qualification, for the second race, the results are those of the first qualification but the top-10 is reversed.

Starting grid race 1:
Pos Driver Team / Car Time Gap
1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m38.458s
2. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 0.140 1m38.598s
3. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT SUNRED 1m38.723s + 0.265
4. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 0.280 1m38.738s
5. Tiago Monteiro SEAT SUNRED 1m38.907s + 0.449
6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 1m39.398s + 0.940
7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW 1m39.450s + 0.992
8. Engstler Franz Engstler BMW 1m39.962s + 1.504
9. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT + 1.557 1m40.015s
10. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 1m40.438s + 1.980
11. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 1m39.680s (Q1)
12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 1m39.780s (Q1)
13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo 1m39.807s (Q1)
14. Darryl O'Young bamboo Chevrolet 1m39.931s (Q1)
15. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 1m40.110s (Q1)
16. Marchy Lee KK BMW 1m40.406s (Q1)
17. Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo Chevrolet 1m41.712s (Q1)
18. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW 1m43.537s (Q1)
19. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW 1m44.820s (Q1)
20. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT (Q1)
21. Javier Villa Proteam BMW (Q1)

Starting grid for Race 2:
Pos Driver Team / Car
1. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT
2. Engstler Franz Engstler BMW
3. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT SUNRED
4. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW
5. Rob Huff Chevrolet
6. Alain Menu Chevrolet
7. Yvan Muller Chevrolet
8. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW
9. Kristian Poulsen BMW Engstler
10. Tiago Monteiro SEAT SUNRED
11. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW
12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT
13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo
14. Darryl O'Young bamboo Chevrolet
15. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT
16. Marchy Lee KK BMW
17. Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo Chevrolet
18. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW
19. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW
20. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT
21. Javier Villa Proteam BMW
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