Hungaroring - FP1: Chevrolet trio stays on top

Just like in yesterday’s test

By Franck Drui

4 June 2011 - 09:52
Hungaroring - FP1: Chevrolet trio (…)

The three Chevrolet Cruze cars of Yvan Muller, Rob Huff and Alain Menu retained the top positions in this morning’s free practice at Budapest’s Hungaroring.

Just like in yesterday’s test, the trio on RML drivers posted the best laps. This time Huff was fastest of his team-mates with the time of 1:57.296 that was clocked as the session was expiring. The current championship leader outpaced Muller’s provisional fastest lap of 1:57.577, while Menu (who had topped Friday’s test session) was classified third at 1:57.880.

Three Yokohama Trophy competitors filled the spots between fourth and sixth, with local hero Norbert Michelisz completing a lap in 1:57.923 at the wheel of his BMW car to rank ahead of Darryl O’Young’s 1:58.173 and Javier Villa’s 1:58.209.

Tiago Monteiro drove the fastest SEAT TDi car to clock the seventh fastest time (1:58.235) with Robert Dahlgren’s Volvo C30 in tenth (1:58.501).

The three SUNRED turbo cars continued suffering from technical issues to the new 1.6L engine, however all the drivers – Fredy Barth, Michel Nykjær and Pepe Oriola – managed to complete a decent number of laps and were placed from 13th to 15th.

A few competitors experienced thrilling moments, mainly at turns 4 and 12, while Urs Sonderegger find himself in uncomfortable positions twice: first when he spun at the exit of the last corner and then when he went off onto the grass at T5.

Pos. Driver Car Time Gap
01 R. Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.296
02 Y. Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.577 +0.281s
03 A. Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.880 +0.584s
04 N. Michelisz BMW 320 TC 1:57.923 +0.627s
05 D. O’Young Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:58.173 +0.877s
06 J. Villa BMW 320 TC 1:58.209 +0.913s
07 T. Monteiro Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1:58.235 +0.939s
08 T. Coronel BMW 320 TC 1:58.311 +1.015s
09 K. Poulsen BMW 320 TC 1:58.467 +1.171s
10 R. Dahlgren Volvo C30 1:58.501 +1.205s
11 G. Tarquini Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1:58.861 +1.565s
12 M. Bennani BMW 320 TC 1:58.923 +1.627s
13 F. Barth SR Leon 1.6T 1:59.684 +2.388s
14 M. Nykjaer SR Leon 1.6T 1:59.728 +2.432s
15 P. Oriola SR Leon 1.6T 1:59.854 +2.558s
16 F. Engstler BMW 320 TC 2:00.081 +2.785s
17 Y. Taniguchi Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:00.230 +2.934s
18 A. Dudukalo Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 2:00.457 +3.161s
19 U. Sonderegger BMW 320 TC 2:04.704 +7.408s
20 F. Fabiani BMW 320si 2:06.229 +8.933s

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