» WTCC Round 3: SEAT and Chevrolet quickest in Monza practice sessions

Both SEAT and Chevrolet managed to top a Friday practice session in preparation for Round 3 of the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship, being held at the historic Monza circuit in Milan.

Defending champion Gabriele Tarquini led the timesheets in the morning session in his turbo-diesel SEAT, heading the BMW 320si of Andy Priaulx.

Chevrolet returned serve by heading proceedings in the afternoon’s running, with Robert Huff (pictured) taking a turn at the top of the session times, with Priaulx again in second place and Tarquini this time third-quickest.

2010 WTCC Round 3 Monza 1st Practice Session Times:

	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Gabriele Tarquini	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	2:01.047	10
2.	Andy Priaulx	RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.246	14
3.	Jordi Gené	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.278	9
4.	Robert Huff	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.433	10
5.	Yvan Muller	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.567	9
6.	Augusto Farfus	RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.659	12
7.	Tiago Monteiro	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.660	13
8.	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 0.708	10
9.	Tom Coronel	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.797	12
10.	Norbert Michelisz	Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI	+ 0.821	13
11.	Franz Engstler (I)	Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 0.874	12
12.	Fredy Barth	SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 0.933	12
13.	Kristian Poulsen (I)	Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si	+ 0.973	12
14.	Alain Menu	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.994	10
15.	Mehdi Bennani (I)	Wiechers Sport BMW 320si	+ 1.512	13
16.	Leonel Pernía	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 1.654	10
17.	Darryl O’Young (I)	Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 1.703	10
18.	Sergio Hernández (I)	Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 2.037	11
19.	Harry Vaulkhard (I)	Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 2.504	11
20.	Andrei Romanov (I)	Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 3.482	13
21.	Fabio Fabiani (I)	Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 5.944	13
22.	Stefano D’Aste (I)	Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	no time	1

2010 WTCC Round 3 Monza 2nd Practice Session Times:

	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Robert Huff	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	2:01.685	9
2.	Andy Priaulx	RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.070	12
3.	Gabriele Tarquini	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.208	9
4.	Alain Menu	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.231	10
5.	Yvan Muller	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.469	8
6.	Fredy Barth	SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 0.526	12
7.	Norbert Michelisz	Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI	+ 0.617	11
8.	Augusto Farfus	RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.649	10
9.	Tiago Monteiro	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.670	12
10.	Michel Nykjær	SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 0.687	11
11.	Jordi Gené	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.829	11
12.	Mehdi Bennani (I)	Wiechers Sport BMW 320si	+ 0.917	8
13.	Darryl O’Young (I)	Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 0.959	10
14.	Leonel Pernía	RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 1.011	9
15.	Franz Engstler (I)	Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 1.088	12
16.	Kristian Poulsen (I)	Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si	+ 1.447	11
17.	Harry Vaulkhard (I)	Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 1.957	11
18.	Stefano D’Aste (I)	Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 2.130	12
19.	Sergio Hernández (I)	Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 2.623	7
20.	Andrei Romanov (I)	Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 3.173	11
21.	Fabio Fabiani (I)	Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 6.522	13
22.	Tom Coronel	SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 10.351	3