Curitiba - FP1: Huff fastest in the wet

Villa was finally able to complete his very first laps

By Franck Drui

19 March 2011 - 12:58
Curitiba - FP1: Huff fastest in the wet

The track was wet and slippery after an early morning shower when the first practice started. A few drivers had moments on their first laps: Bennani, Lee and Fabiani spun, the latter slightly hitting the barrier at turn 7, while Oriola, Barth and Poulsen missed the braking point at turn 1 and made trips on the grass.

The front-wheel drive cars benefited from the track conditions and filled the top of the time-sheet. Huff set an early fastest lap of 1:33.507 that no one was able to match, though Tarquini (1:33.690), Monteiro (1:33.751), Menu (1:33.754) and Muller (1:33.781) were close behind.

Nykjær emerged as the fastest of the Yokohama Trophy in sixth overall (1:33.931) ahead of Bueno.

Coronel who had set the fastest time in yesterday’s test took a cautious approach and ranked 9th, with Dahlgren in 10th.

The 16-year old Spaniard Oriola posted a promising 12th fastest lap, while Dudukalo, whose car was rebuilt by the SUNRED crew after yesterday’s crash, classified 15th.

Villa was finally able to complete his very first laps in the Proteam Motorsport BMW after missing the whole testing day because of a steering problem.

Pos. Driver Car Time Gap
01 R. Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1m33.507s
02 G. Tarquini Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1m33.690s +0.183s
03 T. Monteiro Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1m33.751s +0.244s
04 A. Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1m33.754s +0.247s
05 Y. Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1m33.781s +0.274s
06 M. Nykjaer Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1m33.931s +0.424s
07 C. Bueno Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1m34.026s +0.519s
08 K. Poulsen BMW 320 TC 1m34.566s +1.059s
09 T. Coronel BMW 320 TC 1m34.661s +1.154s
10 T. Dahlgren Volvo C30 1m34.704s +1.197s
11 F. Barth Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1m34.908s +1.401s
12 P. Oriola Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1m35.029s +1.522s
13 F. Engstler BMW 320 TC 1m35.112s +1.605s
14 M. Lee BMW 320 TC 1m35.417s +1.910s
15 A. Dudukalo Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1m35.630s +2.123s
16 M. Bennani BMW 320 TC 1m36.303s +2.796s
17 J. Villa BMW 320 TC 1m36.356s +2.849s
18 D. O’Young Chevrolet Lacetti 1m36.402s +2.895s
19 Y. Taniguchi Chevrolet Lacetti 1m37.168s +3.661s
20 F. Fabiani BMW 320si 1m42.472s +8.965s

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