Muller tops Thursday test at Monza

A dozen of drivers took part in today’s test day at Monza that was split in seven sessions of sixty minutes each.

In a hot and sunny day, Yvan Muller drove his Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T to the fastest lap of 1:59.593 during the fifth session. The reigning world champion was the only driver to break the 2-minute wall.

Kristian Poulsen and Tom Coronel emerged as the second and third fastest drivers in the BMW 320 TC cars. The Dane set his best lap of 2:00.593 in the 6th session, while the Dutchman posted a 2:00.763 in the seventh and last one.

Muller’s team-mates Alain Menu and Rob Huff were fourth and fifth fastest respectively, ahead of Proteam’s Javier Villa and Polestar’s Robert Dahlgren.

Coronel completed the greatest number of laps: 56, the equivalent of 325 km. Bennani and Villa completed 48 laps each.

WTCC competitors will hit the track again on Saturday for the usual two 30-minute free practices and the 30-minute qualifying.

Monza test – fastest laps

1:59.593 – Y. Muller (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T)
2 :00.593 – K. Poulsen (BMW 320 TC)
2 :00.763 – T. Coronel (BMW 320 TC)
2 :01.060 – A. Menu (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T)
2 :01.136 – R. Huff (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T)
2 :01.597 – J. Villa (BMW 320 TC)
2 :01.941 – R. Dahlgren (Volvo C30)
2 :02.022 – Norbert Michelisz (BMW 320 TC)
2 :02.023 – F. Engstler (BMW 320 TC)
2 :02.161 – M. Bennani (BMW 320 TC)
2 :02.347 – D. O’Young (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T)
2 :03.101 – M. Lee (BMW 320 TC)
2 :03.186 – Y. Taniguchi (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T)