Reigning world champion Gabriele Tarquini topped the time sheets in the final practice session ahead of the first WTCC qualifying sessions of 2010 at Curitiba.
Tarquini set the fastest time of 1m24.664s beating local hero Augusto Farfus to top time after the Brazilian had dominated the previous practice and yesterday’s test.
Farfus and Priaulx lead the best of the rest ahead of the three Chevrolet’s of Muller, Huff and Menu.
Tom Coronel lead three Seat’s with Gene and Monteiro rounding out the top nine.
Franz Engstler finished the session an overall tenth place as he lead the Independent teams.
WTCC debutant Harry Vaulkhard only managed a handful of laps with the team working hard to fix the car after a heavy crash in the first practice session.
POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | CAR | TIME | LAPS | GAP | KPH |
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1 | 1 | Gabriele TARQUINI | ITA | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:24.664 | 14 | 157.11 | ||
2 | 10 | Augusto FARFUS | BRA | BMW 320si | 1:24.713 | 16 | 0.049 | 157.02 | |
3 | 11 | Andy PRIAULX | GBR | BMW 320si | 1:24.798 | 18 | 0.134 | 156.86 | |
4 | 6 | Yvan MULLER | FRA | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:24.948 | 13 | 0.284 | 156.59 | |
5 | 7 | Robert HUFF | GBR | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:24.967 | 13 | 0.303 | 156.55 | |
6 | 8 | Alain MENU | SUI | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:25.069 | 11 | 0.405 | 156.36 | |
7 | 2 | Tom CORONEL | NED | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:25.198 | 17 | 0.534 | 156.13 | |
8 | 4 | Jordi GENE | ESP | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:25.228 | 10 | 0.564 | 156.07 | |
9 | 3 | Tiago MONTEIRO | POR | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:25.383 | 15 | 0.719 | 155.79 | |
10 | 15 | I | Franz ENGSTLER | GER | BMW 320si | 1:25.539 | 14 | 0.875 | 155.50 |
11 | 5 | Norbert MICHELISZ | HUN | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:25.572 | 15 | 0.908 | 155.44 | |
12 | 21 | I | Mehdi BENNANI | MAR | BMW 320si | 1:25.859 | 18 | 1.195 | 154.92 |
13 | 17 | Michel NYKJAER | DEN | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:25.918 | 14 | 1.254 | 154.82 | |
14 | 25 | I | Sergio HERNANDEZ | ESP | BMW 320si | 1:26.124 | 16 | 1.460 | 154.45 |
15 | 20 | I | Darryl O’YOUNG | HKG | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1:26.234 | 17 | 1.570 | 154.25 |
16 | 26 | I | Stefano D’ASTE | ITA | BMW 320si | 1:26.314 | 17 | 1.650 | 154.11 |
17 | 18 | Fredy BARTH | SUI | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:26.517 | 17 | 1.853 | 153.75 | |
18 | 19 | I | Harry VAULKHARD | GBR | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1:28.202 | 5 | 3.538 | 150.81 |
19 | 16 | I | Andrei ROMANOV | RUS | BMW 320si | 1:28.886 | 13 | 4.222 | 149.65 |