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Portimao - FP2: The Chevrolet trio reacts

The Lukoil Racing SEAT León cars were among the fastest once again

By Franck Drui

2 June 2012 - 14:15

In the second free practice the Chevrolet trio of Yvan Muller, Alain Menu and Rob Huff reacted to Gabriele Tarquini’s exploit in the previous session and set the three fastest laps.

For most of the thirty minutes, Menu was topping the time sheet with a lap of 1:55.910; however, just before the chequered flag was waved, Muller improved to 1:55.570. At the same time Huff completed a lap of 1:56.067 and moved up to third behind his team-mates.

The Lukoil Racing SEAT León cars were among the fastest once again, with Aleksei Dudukalo (1:56.135) and Tarquini (1:56.239) placing themselves in fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Franz Engstler posted the sixth fastest lap of 1:56.301, emerging as the best of the BMW drivers, and second in the Yokohama Trophy behind Dudukalo.

Norbert Michelisz, Tiago Monteiro, Pasquale Di Sabatino and Stefano D’Aste rounded out the top ten.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Yvan MULLER	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:55.590
2	Alain MENU	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:55.910
3	Robert HUFF	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:56.067
4	Aleksei DUDUKALO	SEAT Leon WTCC	1:56.135
5	Gabriele TARQUINI	SEAT Leon WTCC	1:56.239
6	Franz ENGSTLER	BMW 320 TC	1:56.301
7	Norbert MICHELISZ	BMW 320 TC	1:56.406
8	Tiago MONTEIRO	SR Leon 1.6T	1:56.491
9	Pasquale DI SABATINO	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:56.624
10	Stefano D’ASTE	BMW 320 TC	1:56.651
11	Darryl O’YOUNG	SEAT Leon WTCC	1:56.674
12	Tom CORONEL	BMW 320 TC	1:56.743
13	Alex MACDOWALL	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:56.791
14	Pepe ORIOLA	SEAT Leon WTCC	1:56.821
15	Gabor WEBER	BMW 320 TC	1:56.854
16	Tom BOARDMAN	SEAT Leon WTCC	1:56.898
17	Mehdi BENNANI	BMW 320 TC	1:56.907
18	Alberto CERQUI	BMW 320 TC	1:56.934
19	James THOMPSON	LADA Granta	1:57.031
20	Charles NG	BMW 320 TC	1:57.834
21	Tom CHILTON	Ford Focus S2000 TC	1:58.002
22	James NASH	Ford Focus S2000 TC	1:58.155