Augusto Farfus set the quickest time in Friday’s free test session in the lead up to the Monza round of the World Touring Car Championship 
this weekend.
The Brazilian BMW’s fastest lap was set on his lap of the session, and was some 0.3 seconds quicker than Yvan Muller’s Chevrolet Cruze.
Third-quickest was Tom Coronel, who ran fastest of the SEAT armada; he was followed by the other factory Chevrolets of Robert Huff and Alain Menu.
Stefano D’Aste was the second-quickest BMW and leading Independents’ class runner in ninth overall.
Argentina’s Leonel Pernía completed his first outing in a Chevrolet Cruze 13th overall, two seconds adrift of the pacesetting Farfus.
Andy Priaulx’s BMW and Fredy Barth’s SEAT posted just five laps between them in the session, with both cars losing much of the session with their bonnets raised in the team garages.
2010 WTCC Round 3 Monza Test Session Times:
| Driver | Team | Time | Laps | ||
| 1. | Augusto Farfus |  |
RBM Team BMW 320si | 2:01.491 | 12 |
| 2. | Yvan Muller |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 0.340 | 10 |
| 3. | Tom Coronel |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 0.501 | 10 |
| 4. | Gabriele Tarquini |  |
SR Sport SEAT | + 0.550 | 10 |
| 5. | Robert Huff |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 0.661 | 10 |
| 6. | Alain Menu |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 0.732 | 9 |
| 7. | Jordi Gené |  |
SR Sport SEAT | + 0.873 | 10 |
| 8. | Michel Nykjær |  |
SUNRED SEAT | + 1.176 | 10 |
| 9. | Stefano D’Aste (I) | |
Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si | + 1.709 | 11 |
| 10. | Norbert Michelisz |  |
Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI | + 1.944 | 11 |
| 11. | Mehdi Bennani (I) |  |
Wiechers Sport BMW 320si | + 1.960 | 10 |
| 12. | Harry Vaulkhard (I) | |
Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti | + 2.128 | 11 |
| 13. | Leonel Pernía |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 2.173 | 9 |
| 14. | Darryl O’Young (I) |  |
Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti | + 2.365 | 11 |
| 15. | Tiago Monteiro |  |
SR Sport SEAT | + 2.499 | 9 |
| 16. | Kristian Poulsen (I) | |
Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si | + 2.503 | 12 |
| 17. | Franz Engstler (I) |  |
Team Engstler BMW 320si | + 2.657 | 11 |
| 18. | Andrei Romanov (I) |  |
Team Engstler BMW 320si | + 3.409 | 11 |
| 19. | Fabio Fabiani (I) | |
Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si | + 9.658 | 8 |
| 20. | Fredy Barth | |
SUNRED SEAT | no time | 3 |
| 21. | Andy Priaulx | |
RBM Team BMW 320si | no time | 2 |
[Original image via FIA WTCC official website]
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