Chevrolet set the pace in the two Saturday morning free practice sessions at Zolder. Rob Huff was quickest in the first session ahead of teammate Yvan Muller, while in the second session Muller finished on top ahead of both Huff and Alain Menu in a Chevrolet 1-2-3. Due to rising temperatures the times recorded in the second session were not as quick as those in the first session.
SUNRED SEAT driver Michel Nykjaer emerged as the closest challenger to the Chevrolets in both sessions, finishing third in the first session and fourth in the second. Gabriele Tarquini, who was fastest in the Friday test session, was the fifth quickest driver over the two sessions. Darryl O'Young, racing the Chevrolet Cruze for the first time, was in the top six in both sessions.
Making his first appearance in a BMW, Norbert Michelisz was 16th and 15th fastest respectively in the two sessions, while newcomer Urs Sonderegger was 20th of the 21 runners in both sessions.
Free Practice 1 times:
Pos | Cl | Driver | Nat | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Robert Huff | GBR | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:38.531 | 10 | ||
2 | Yvan Muller | FRA | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:38.796 | 0.265 | 11 | |
3 | Y | Michel Nykjaer | DNK | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:39.321 | 0.790 | 6 |
4 | Gabriele Tarquini | ITA | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:39.482 | 0.951 | 14 | |
5 | Alain Menu | CHE | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:39.486 | 0.955 | 11 | |
6 | Y | Darryl O’Young | HKG | Bamboo | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:39.511 | 0.980 | 12 |
7 | Tiago Monteiro | PRT | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:39.524 | 0.993 | 11 | |
8 | Tom Coronel | NLD | ROAL | BMW 320 TC | 1:39.551 | 1.020 | 14 | |
9 | Y | Mehdi Bennani | MAR | Proteam | BMW 320 TC | 1:39.901 | 1.370 | 14 |
10 | Y | Marchy Lee | HKG | KK | BMW 320 TC | 1:39.973 | 1.442 | 12 |
11 | Y | Franz Engstler | DEU | Engstler | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.001 | 1.470 | 6 |
12 | Robert Dahlgren | SWE | Polestar | Volvo C30 | 1:40.046 | 1.515 | 10 | |
13 | Y | Fredy Barth | CHE | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:40.277 | 1.746 | 15 |
14 | Y | Pepe Oriola | ESP | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:40.326 | 1.795 | 13 |
15 | Y | Javier Villa | ESP | Proteam | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.423 | 1.892 | 12 |
16 | Y | Norbert Michelisz | HUN | Zengo | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.502 | 1.971 | 14 |
17 | Y | Kristian Poulsen | DNK | Engstler | BMW 320 TC | 1:41.228 | 2.697 | 3 |
18 | Y | Yukinori Taniguchi | JPN | Bamboo | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:41.932 | 3.401 | 15 |
19 | Y | Aleksei Dudukalo | RUS | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:42.203 | 3.672 | 10 |
20 | Y | Urs Sonderegger | CHE | Wiechers | BMW 320 TC | 1:43.266 | 4.735 | 14 |
21 | Y | Fabio Fabiani | ITA | Proteam | BMW 320si | 1:44.765 | 6.234 | 7 |
Free Practice 2 times:
POS | CL | Driver | NAT | Team | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
1 | Yvan Muller | FRA | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:39.190 | 12 | ||
2 | Robert Huff | GBR | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:39.297 | 0.107 | 12 | |
3 | Alain Menu | CHE | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:39.363 | 0.173 | 13 | |
4 | Y | Michel Nykjaer | DNK | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:39.548 | 0.358 | 11 |
5 | Y | Darryl O’Young | HKG | Bamboo | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:39.597 | 0.407 | 8 |
6 | Gabriele Tarquini | ITA | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:39.814 | 0.624 | 14 | |
7 | Y | Franz Engstler | DEU | Engstler | BMW 320 TC | 1:39.919 | 0.729 | 14 |
8 | Tiago Monteiro | PRT | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:40.005 | 0.815 | 12 | |
9 | Robert Dahlgren | SWE | Polestar | Volvo C30 | 1:40.075 | 0.885 | 10 | |
10 | Y | Pepe Oriola | ESP | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:40.233 | 1.043 | 12 |
11 | Tom Coronel | NLD | ROAL | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.342 | 1.152 | 12 | |
12 | Y | Kristian Poulsen | DNK | Engstler | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.422 | 1.232 | 4 |
13 | Y | Marchy Lee | HKG | KK | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.637 | 1.447 | 9 |
14 | Y | Mehdi Bennani | MAR | Proteam | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.647 | 1.457 | 19 |
15 | Y | Norbert Michelisz | HUN | Zengo | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.710 | 1.520 | 16 |
16 | Y | Javier Villa | ESP | Proteam | BMW 320 TC | 1:40.713 | 1.523 | 15 |
17 | Y | Aleksei Dudukalo | RUS | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:40.782 | 1.592 | 13 |
18 | Y | Fredy Barth | CHE | SUNRED | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:41.343 | 2.153 | 12 |
19 | Y | Yukinori Taniguchi | JPN | Bamboo | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:42.111 | 2.921 | 16 |
20 | Y | Urs Sonderegger | CHE | Wiechers | BMW 320 TC | 1:43.073 | 3.883 | 14 |
21 | Y | Fabio Fabiani | ITA | Proteam | BMW 320si | 1:45.480 | 6.290 | 14 |