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Valencia - Dahlgren tops sunny warm-up

The Chevrolet trio filled the spots from second to fourth

By Franck Drui

4 September 2011 - 10:25

Making up from yesterday’s disappointing qualifying, Robert Dahlgren clocked the fastest lap in the 15-minute warm up.

On a sunny morning at Valencia the Volvo driver posted a 1:43.291 that would have placed him on top of Saturday’s Q1; instead he qualified 17th with a lap of 1:45.082.

The Chevrolet trio of Yvan Muller (1:43.717), Rob Huff (1:43.991) and Alain Menu (1:44.007) filled the spots from second to fourth, with Tom Coronel in fifth (1:44.032) and Javier Villa in sixth (1:44.313) and best of the Yokohama Trophy.

A couple of drivers had moments at Turn 1: Fredy Barth drove wide and rejoined, while Aleksei Dudukalo went straight onto the gravel bed.

Russian newcomer David Sigacev proved competitive once again. He set the 15th fastest lap this morning, after having qualified 14th yesterday in the KK Motorsport BMW.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
01	R. Dahlgren	Volvo C30	1:43.291
02	Y. Muller	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:43.717	+0.426s
03	R. Huff	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:43.991	+0.700s
04	A. Menu	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:44.007	+0.716s
05	T. Coronel	BMW 320 TC	1:44.032	+0.741s
06	J. Villa	BMW 320 TC	1:44.315	+1.024s
07	G. Tarquini	SR Leon 1.6T	1:44.327	+1.036s
08	K. Poulsen	BMW 320 TC	1:44.544	+1.253s
09	T. Monteiro	SR Leon 1.6T	1:44.635	+1.344s
10	F. Engstler	BMW 320 TC	1:44.644	+1.353s
11	M. Nykjaer	SR Leon 1.6T	1:44.689	+1.398s
12	N. Michelisz	BMW 320 TC	1:44.741	+1.450s
13	F. Barth	SR Leon 1.6T	1:44.852	+1.561s
14	D. O’Young	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:45.093	+1.802s
15	D. Sigacev	BMW 320 TC	1:45.153	+1.862s
16	M. Bennani	BMW 320 TC	1:45.178	+1.887s
17	S. D’Aste	BMW 320 TC	1:45.221	+1.930s
18	P. Oriola	SR Leon 1.6T	1:45.270	+1.979s
19	Y. Taniguchi	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1:45.621	+2.330s
20	A. Dudukalo	SR Leon 1.6T	1:47.220	+3.929s
21	F. Fabiani	BMW 320 si	-:—.---	+-.---s