Shanghai - Proteam drivers on top in the warm up

Bennani and Villa placed themselves first and third

By Franck Drui

6 November 2011 - 03:23
Shanghai - Proteam drivers on top in (…)

In a cool and grey morning at the Shanghai Tianma Circuit, Proteam Racing’s drivers Mehdi Bennani and Javier Villa placed themselves first and third in the 15-minute warm up.

For most of the session Robert Dahlgren and his Volvo C30 car topped the time sheet with a lap 1:05.891, which proved once again that the Swedish duo has a great potential but often fails to put it to good use in qualifying. Since the team adopted the 1.6-litre turbo engine, Dahlgren made the top three in seven warm ups out of eight!

However, in the final moments of today’s session, Bennani and Villa were able to significantly improve their lap times. The Moroccan racer posted the fastest lap of 1:05.850, while his Spanish team mate set a 1:05.905 that placed him in third, just ahead of Yvan Muller (1:06.086).

It was a very close session with the top-four covered by only 0.086 seconds.

Pos. Driver Car Time Gap
01 M. Bennani BMW 320 TC 1:05.850
02 R. Dahlgren Volvo C30 1:05.891 +0.041s
03 J. Villa BMW 320 TC 1:05.905 +0.055s
04 Y. Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:05.936 +0.086s
05 A. Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:06.086 +0.236s
06 T. Coronel BMW 320 TC 1:06.090 +0.240s
07 C. Turkington BMW 320 TC 1:06.289 +0.439s
08 R. Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:06.490 +0.640s
09 K. Poulsen BMW 320 TC 1:06.541 +0.691s
10 F. Engstler BMW 320 TC 1:06.557 +0.707s
11 N. Michelisz BMW 320 TC 1:06.794 +0.944s
12 M. Nykjaer SR Leon 1.6T 1:06.827 +0.977s
13 G. Tarquini SR Leon 1.6T 1:06.877 +1.027s
14 Y. Taniguchi Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:07.057 +1.207s
15 T. Monteiro SR Leon 1.6T 1:07.171 +1.321s
16 D. O’Young Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:07.245 +1.395s
17 A. Dudukalo SR Leon 1.6T 1:07.287 +1.437s
18 P. Oriola SR Leon 1.6T 1:08.191 +2.341s
19 C. Ng BMW 320 TC 1:08.287 +2.437s
20 F. Barth SR Leon 1.6T 1:08.675 +2.825s
21 F. Fabiani BMW 320 si 1:09.658 +3.808s
22 P. Ma BMW 320 si 1:10.416 +4.566s

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