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Huff beats Muller to Macau pole
November 18th, 2011
Rob Huff took pole position for the first of the World Touring Car Championship finale races on Friday, after outpacing title rival and Chevrolet team-mate Yvan Muller in a thrilling battle for the top spot.
The Briton was faster than Muller on both runs in the final 15 minute shoot-out – which had to be red-flagged early on when Robert Dahlgren crashed his Volvo heavily into the barriers at the Solitude Esses, with the car briefly bursting into flames.
Although Dahlgren was able to climb out of the wreckage unaided, he was later seen in a medical car with his arm in a sling receiving medical attention.
At the restart, Huff was quickest on the first run by 0.159 seconds but he had to dig deep second time around – and after brushing the wall at the exit of the final corner his effort was 0.268s quicker than Muller.
Gabriele Tarquini took third in his SUNRED SEAT with his final lap of the session, to finish ahead of Darryl O’Young in the Bamboo Chevrolet and Tom Coronel in the ROAL BMW.
Franz Engstler secured pole position for the second race, after finishing 10th in the first part of qualifying. He will start that race ahead of Michel Nykjaer, Huff, Coronel and Tarquini.
Chevrolet driver Alain Menu had a disaster, after an on-track incident with local driver Andre Couto in the closing stages of the session resulted in him failing to make it through to the second qualifying segment.
He ended up 13th overall – and angrily confronted Couto in the pits before storming out of the track.
Fredy Barth, who crashed heavily in the second of the day’s free practice session, will miss Sunday’s races after being retained in hospital for checks following his fiery accident.
Race one grid:Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 2m32.881s
2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 2m33.177s + 0.296s
3. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 2m33.353s + 0.472s
4. Darryl O’Young Bamboo Chevrolet 2m33.954s + 1.073s
5. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 2m33.976s + 1.095s
6. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 2m34.085s + 1.204s
7. Andre Couto SUNRED SEAT 2m34.171s + 1.290s
8. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT 2m34.224s + 1.343s
9. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 2m34.232s + 1.351s
10. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo 2m34.232s + 1.351s
11. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 2m34.320s + 1.439s
12. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW 2m34.526s + 1.645s
13. Alain Menu Chevrolet 2m34.804s + 1.923s
14. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 2m35.131s + 2.250s
15. Javier Villa Proteam BMW 2m35.321s + 2.440s
16. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 2m35.466s + 2.585s
17. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 2m36.694s + 3.813s
18. Charles Ng Engstler BMW 2m39.822s + 6.941s
19. Gary Kwok Wiechers BMW 2m41.598s + 8.717s
20. Joseph Merszei Engstler BMW 2m42.042s + 9.161s
21. Mak Ka Lok RPM BMW 2m43.810s + 10.929s
22. Filipe de Souza Corsa Chevrolet 2m44.720s + 11.839s
23. Philip Ma Proteam BMW 2m48.067s + 15.186s
24. Kuok Io Keong Corsa Chevrolet 3m05.627s + 32.746sRace two grid:
Pos Driver Team/Car
1. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW
2. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT
3. Rob Huff Chevrolet
4. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW
5. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT
6. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW
7. Andre Couto SUNRED SEAT
8. Yvan Muller Chevrolet
9. Darryl O’Young Bamboo Chevrolet
10. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo
11. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT
12. Norbert Michelisz Zengo BMW
13. Alain Menu Chevrolet
14. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW
15. Javier Villa Proteam BMW
16. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT
17. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT
18. Charles Ng Engstler BMW
19. Gary Kwok Wiechers BMW
20. Joseph Merszei Engstler BMW
21. Mak Ka Lok RPM BMW
22. Filipe de Souza Corsa Chevrolet
23. Philip Ma Proteam BMW
24. Kuok Io Keong Corsa ChevroletRace one grid – Q2 top 10, Q1 times from 11th
Race two grid – Q1 top 10 reversed, Q1 order from 11th