SEAT has continued its dominance of the Marrakech round with Gabriele Tarquini again heading the timesheets in the second free practice session.
It looked like Nortbert Michelisz might repeat his feat in yesterday’s open test session on the Moroccan street circuit, but Tarquini pulled a late flyer out of the bag to claim the top spot on the timesheets. His time of 1:46.143 was the best yet of the weekend, and some 0.8s faster than Michelisz’s quickest time.
Yvan Muller improved his overall pace, vaulting to third-quickest overall ahead of the BMW of Andy Priaulx. Just 0.2s covered third to tenth on the timesheets, with this close gaggle also made up of Tom Coronel, Jordi Gené, Augusto Farfus, Robert Huff, Michel Nykjær and Alain Menu.
Mehdi Bennani gave the local crowd a reason to smile after his repaired BMW lapped the circuit twelfth-quickest overall.
2010 WTCC Round 2 Marrakech 2nd Practice Session Times:
| Driver | Team | Time | Laps | ||
| 1. | Gabriele Tarquini |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | 1:46.143 | 12 |
| 2. | Norbert Michelisz |  |
Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI | + 0.844 | 11 |
| 3. | Yvan Muller |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 1.364 | 10 |
| 4. | Andy Priaulx |  |
RBM Team BMW 320si | + 1.390 | 14 |
| 5. | Tom Coronel |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 1.499 | 14 |
| 6. | Jordi Gené |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 1.507 | 7 |
| 7. | Augusto Farfus |  |
RBM Team BMW 320si | + 1.530 | 12 |
| 8. | Robert Huff | |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 1.532 | 10 |
| 9. | Michel Nykjær |  |
SUNRED SEAT León TDI | + 1.592 | 11 |
| 10. | Alain Menu |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 1.620 | 10 |
| 11. | Tiago Monteiro |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 1.961 | 10 |
| 12. | Mehdi Bennani (I) |  |
Wiechers Sport BMW 320si | + 2.382 | 16 |
| 13. | Fredy Barth | |
SUNRED SEAT León TDI | + 2.421 | 13 |
| 14. | Franz Engstler (I) |  |
Team Engstler BMW 320si | + 2.460 | 9 |
| 15. | Stefano D’Aste (I) | |
Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si | + 2.557 | 15 |
| 16. | Darryl O’Young (I) |  |
Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti | + 3.656 | 11 |
| 17. | Harry Vaulkhard (I) | |
Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti | + 3.832 | 13 |
| 18. | Sergio Hernández (I) | |
Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si | + 4.000 | 13 |
| 19. | Andrei Romanov (I) |  |
Team Engstler BMW 320si | + 5.014 | 10 |
| 20. | Ismaïl Sbaï (I) | |
Morocco Chevrolet Lacetti | + 6.984 | 13 |
| NP. | Youssaf El Marnissi (I) | |
Morocco Chevrolet Lacetti | ||
| NP. | Larbi Tadlaoui (I) | |
Morocco Chevrolet Lacetti |
[Images via the FIA WTCC official website]
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