Tom Coronel went fastest in the second test session ahead of the WTCC Race of Brazil at Curitiba. The ROAL Motorsport driver's quickest lap time from the 30 minute session was a blistering six tenths quicker than the next best time of Chevrolet's Rob Huff.
Yvan Muller was third quickest for Chevrolet, with Fredy Barth the quickest of the SEAT drivers in fourth, the Swiss driver also the quickest Independent. After sitting out the morning shakedown test, Gabriele Tarquini was fifth quickest for SUNRED, with local star Caca Bueno sixth in another of the factory Chevrolets.
Kristian Poulsen and Franz Engstler were seventh and eighth in their Team Engstler BMWs. Robert Dahlgren was ninth in the Polestar Volvo, with morning pacesetter Tiago Monteiro rounding out the top ten.
Aleksei Dudukalo did not take part in the session after his heavy crash in the morning session, while Javier Villa has yet to set a time this weekend in his Proteam BMW due to mechanical issues.
Test session 2:
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | 15 | Tom Coronel | BMW 320 TC | 1:23.090 | 14 | |
2 | 2 | Robert Huff | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:23.713 | +0.623 | 15 |
3 | 1 | Yvan Muller | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:23.796 | +0.706 | 13 |
4 | 7 | Fredy Barth | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:23.864 | +0.774 | 10 |
5 | 3 | Gabriele Tarquini | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:24.003 | +0.913 | 11 |
6 | 6 | Carlos Bueno | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:24.338 | +1.248 | 11 |
7 | 11 | Kristian Poulsen | BMW 320 TC | 1:24.369 | +1.279 | 14 |
8 | 12 | Franz Engstler | BMW 320 TC | 1:24.373 | +1.283 | 13 |
9 | 30 | Robert Dahlgren | Volvo C30 | 1:24.379 | +1.289 | 7 |
10 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:24.474 | +1.384 | 13 |
11 | 17 | Michel Nykjaer | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:24.678 | +1.588 | 12 |
12 | 8 | Alain Menu | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:24.691 | +1.601 | 14 |
13 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:24.881 | +1.791 | 16 |
14 | 9 | Darryl O’Young | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1:25.230 | +2.140 | 12 |
15 | 25 | Mehdi Bennani | BMW 320 TC | 1:25.503 | +2.413 | 14 |
16 | 65 | Marchy Lee | BMW 320 TC | 1:25.562 | +2.472 | 8 |
17 | 10 | Yukinori Taniguchi | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1:26.745 | +3.655 | 12 |
18 | 21 | Fabio Fabiani | BMW 320si | 1:31.591 | +8.501 | 10 |