The SEAT will feel extremely confident in the lead-up to the all important qualifying session for this weekend’s Zolder World Touring Car Championship round, withthe Spanish cars dominating proceedings in today’s two practice sessions.

Tiago Monteiro headed a SEAT trifecta in the opening wet-dry session, and Jordi Gené managed to top the timesheets in the second, drier session, with Monteiro keeping a watching brief just behind in second place.

Of the cars that weren’t SEATs, it was a more challenging afternoon, with Augusto Farfus quickest in FP1 and Yvan Muller quickest in FP2.

Both Andy Priaulx and Stefano D’Aste were black-flagged in FP1 for failing to respect the limits of the circuit, according to the Race Stewards.

2010 WTCC Round 4 Zolder 1st Practice Session Times:

	Driver		Team	Time	Laps
1.	Tiago Monteiro		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	1:44.492	15
2.	Tom Coronel		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.093	8
3.	Jordi Gené		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.389	10
4.	Augusto Farfus		RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.449	14
5.	Fredy Barth		SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 0.624	12
6.	Gabriele Tarquini		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.964	11
7.	Alain Menu		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 1.042	13
8.	Yvan Muller		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 1.220	13
9.	Franz Engstler (I)		Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 1.427	13
10.	Sergio Hernández (I)		Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 1.474	15
11.	Robert Huff		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 1.554	12
12.	Pierre-Yves Corthals (I)		Exagon SEAT León TFSI	+ 1.667	14
13.	Norbert Michelisz		Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI	+ 2.008	12
14.	Kristian Poulsen (I)		Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si	+ 2.198	12
15.	Michel Nykjær		SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 2.318	7
16.	Andy Priaulx		RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 3.044	12
17.	Harry Vaulkhard (I)		Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 3.760	11
18.	Darryl O’Young (I)		Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 4.093	13
19.	Mehdi Bennani (I)		Wiechers Sport BMW 320si	+ 4.277	14
20.	Stefano D’Aste (I)		Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 7.571	7
21.	Vincent Radermecker		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 7.678	6
22.	Andrei Romanov (I)		Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 8.310	14

2010 WTCC Round 4 Zolder 2nd Practice Session Times:

	Driver		Team	Time	Laps
1.	Jordi Gené		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	1:40.046	7
2.	Tiago Monteiro		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.034	12
3.	Yvan Muller		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.047	8
4.	Alain Menu		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.203	10
5.	Harry Vaulkhard (I)		Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 0.209	11
6.	Andy Priaulx		RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.349	12
7.	Norbert Michelisz		Zengö-Dension SEAT León TDI	+ 0.473	11
8.	Gabriele Tarquini		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.489	8
9.	Darryl O’Young (I)		Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti	+ 0.504	12
10.	Michel Nykjær		SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 0.523	10
11.	Tom Coronel		SR Sport SEAT León TDI	+ 0.534	8
12.	Augusto Farfus		RBM Team BMW 320si	+ 0.546	11
13.	Robert Huff		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.629	9
14.	Kristian Poulsen (I)		Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si	+ 0.637	13
15.	Pierre-Yves Corthals (I)		Exagon SEAT León TFSI	+ 0.737	10
16.	Vincent Radermecker		RML Chevrolet Cruze LT	+ 0.964	9
17.	Fredy Barth		SUNRED SEAT León TDI	+ 1.057	11
18.	Franz Engstler (I)		Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 1.169	12
19.	Stefano D’Aste (I)		Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 1.298	10
20.	Sergio Hernández (I)		Scuderia Proteam BMW 320si	+ 1.384	12
21.	Mehdi Bennani (I)		Wiechers Sport BMW 320si	+ 1.487	12
22.	Andrei Romanov (I)		Team Engstler BMW 320si	+ 4.424	14

[Original images via FIA WTCC official website]

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