BMW’s August Farfus set the fastest lap time in the free test session held in the lead-up to the return of the Zolder circuit to the World Touring Car Championship, which is playing home to the fourth round of the 2010 championship season.
With Farfus’ team-mate Andy Priaulx helping to sandwich the current championship leader Yvan Muller’s Chevrolet into second place, it can be consdered a productive day for the BMW team.
The greatest surprise was the fourth-placed result for Independent Trophy driver Daryl O’Young, who achieved a time just over 0.4s slower than Farus in the (comparitively) elderly Chevrolet Lacetti.
SEAT’s Tom Coronel finished atop the timesheets for the Spanish marque, with the Dutchman finishing ahead of the other Chevrolet Cruzes of Robert Huff and Alain Menu.
Just behind the other SEATs of Jordi Gené and Gabriele Tarquini came hometown hero Vincent Radermecker, who rounded out the top-ten in the session
2010 WTCC Round 4 Zolder Test Session Times:
| Driver | Team | Time | ||
| 1. | Augusto Farfus |  |
RBM Team BMW 320si | 1:40.096 |
| 2. | Yvan Muller |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 0.163 |
| 3. | Andy Priaulx |  |
RBM Team BMW 320si | + 0.215 |
| 4. | Darryl O’Young (I) |  |
Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti | + 0.411 |
| 5. | Tom Coronel |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 0.551 |
| 6. | Robert Huff | |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 0.787 |
| 7. | Alain Menu |  |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 0.865 |
| 8. | Jordi Gené |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 1.027 |
| 9. | Gabriele Tarquini |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 1.027 |
| 10. | Vincent Radermecker | ![BEL_thumb1[1]](http://motorsportm8.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BEL_thumb11.gif "BEL_thumb1[1]"){kind=small} |
RML Chevrolet Cruze LT | + 1.148 |
| 11. | Tiago Monteiro |  |
SR Sport SEAT León TDI | + 1.172 |
| 12. | Kristian Poulsen (I) |  |
Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si | + 1.449 |
| 13. | Stefano D’Aste (I) | |
Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si | + 1.646 |
| 14. | Franz Engstler (I) |  |
Team Engstler BMW 320si | + 1.746 |
| 15. | Mehdi Bennani (I) |  |
Wiechers Sport BMW 320si | + 1.841 |
| 16. | Fredy Barth | |
SUNRED SEAT | + 1.950 |
| 17. | Norbert Michelisz |  |
Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI | + 2.082 |
| 18. | Michel Nykjær | |
SUNRED SEAT León TDI | + 2.198 |
| 19. | Sergio Hernández (I) | |
Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si | + 2.605 |
| 20. | Harry Vaulkhard (I) | |
Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti | + 2.809 |
| 21. | Pierre-Yves Corthals (I) | |
Exagon SEAT León TFSI | + 3.183 |
| 22. | Andrei Romanov (I) |  |
Team Engstler BMW 320si | + 5.043 |
[Original image via FIA WTCC official website]
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