Dahlgren’s Volvo tops the warm up

The Swedish driver clocked an impressive time

By Franck Drui

5 June 2011 - 10:00
Dahlgren's Volvo tops the warm up

Robert Dahlgren emerged as the fastest driver in this morning’s warm up session, proving that the Hungaroring suits very well his normally-aspirated Volvo C30 car.

The Swedish driver clocked an impressive 1:56.430 that was more than one tenth faster than Alain Menu’s pole position time from Saturday’s qualifying.

Rob Huff recovered from the disappointing qualifying result and posted the second fastest lap, (1:56.885) nearly half-a-second slower than the Volvo. Yvan Muller (1:57.214) was third fastest ahead of Norbert Michelisz (1:57.276) and Javier Villa (1:57.496).

The SUNRED León 1.6 turbo cars continued to improve and Michel Nykjær was able to make the top ten with a lap of 1:58.051.

Wiechers-Sport’s Urs Sonderegger did not to take part in the session. Following the crash he had during yesterday’s second free practice, the Swiss drivers decided not to race because of a persistent backache.

Pos. Driver Car Time Gap
01 R. Dahlgren Volvo C30 1:56.430
02 R. Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:56.885 +0.455s
03 Y. Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.124 +0.694s
04 N. Michelisz BMW 320 TC 1:57.276 +0.846s
05 J. Villa BMW 320 TC 1:57.496 +1.066s
06 A. Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.619 +1.189s
07 T. Monteiro Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1:57.892 +1.462s
08 K. Poulsen BMW 320 TC 1:57.980 +1.550s
09 G. Tarquini Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1:58.015 +1.585s
10 M. Nykjaer SR Leon 1.6T 1:58.051 +1.621s
11 D. O’Young Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:58.137 +1.707s
12 F. Barth SR Leon 1.6T 1:58.147 +1.717s
13 M. Bennani BMW 320 TC 1:58.156 +1.726s
14 P. Oriola SR Leon 1.6T 1:58.868 +2.438s
15 T. Coronel BMW 320 TC 1:59.100 +2.670s
16 Y. Taniguchi Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:59.205 +2.775s
17 F. Engstler BMW 320 TC 1:59.711 +3.281s
18 A. Dudukalo Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 2:00.289 +3.859s
19 F. Fabiani BMW 320si 2:04.265 +7.835s

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