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WTCC: Chevrolet and Rob Huff take the pole in Belgium

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Khatir Soltani
Rob Huff took the pole position in World Touring Car Championship in Zolder today.

Huff led a lap of 1:38.458 on board of his Chevrolet car. His teammate, Alain Menu, had the best of the rest with a lap only 0.140 seconds slower than that of Huff.

Chevrolet missed a 1-2-3 top of the grid by few as Yvan Muller looked on his way to achieve a great flying lap until he missed his exit on turn 4.

Gabriele Tarquini qualified in third despite his three strong sectors in his best qualifying lap. Tiago Monteiro completed the top-5 behind Muller, 4th.

The race one grid will feature the results of Q2 (top-10) and the results of Q1 (from 11th on) while race two will feature Q1 results with a reversed top-10.

This means Fredy Barth will lead race two ahead of Franz Engstler and Gabriele Tarquini, in third.

Race one grid:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m38.458s
2. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m38.598s + 0.140s
3. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT 1m38.723s + 0.265s
4. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m38.738s + 0.280s
5. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT 1m38.907s + 0.449s
6. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW 1m39.398s + 0.940s
7. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW 1m39.450s + 0.992s
8. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW 1m39.962s + 1.504s
9. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT 1m40.015s + 1.557s
10. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW 1m40.438s + 1.980s
11. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW 1m39.680s (Q1)
12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT 1m39.780s (Q1)
13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo 1m39.807s (Q1)
14. Darryl O'Young bamboo Chevrolet 1m39.931s (Q1)
15. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT 1m40.110s (Q1)
16. Marchy Lee KK BMW 1m40.406s (Q1)
17. Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo Chevrolet 1m41.712s (Q1)
18. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW 1m43.537s (Q1)
19. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW 1m44.820s (Q1)
20. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT (Q1)
21. Javier Villa Proteam BMW (Q1)

Race two grid:

Pos Driver Team/Car
1. Fredy Barth SUNRED SEAT
2. Franz Engstler Engstler BMW
3. Gabriele Tarquini SUNRED SEAT
4. Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension BMW
5. Rob Huff Chevrolet
6. Alain Menu Chevrolet
7. Yvan Muller Chevrolet
8. Mehdi Bennani Proteam BMW
9. Kristian Poulsen Engstler BMW
10. Tiago Monteiro SUNRED SEAT
11. Tom Coronel ROAL BMW
12. Pepe Oriola SUNRED SEAT
13. Robert Dahlgren Polestar Volvo
14. Darryl O'Young bamboo Chevrolet
15. Aleksei Dudukalo SUNRED SEAT
16. Marchy Lee KK BMW
17. Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo Chevrolet
18. Urs Sonderegger Wiechers BMW
19. Fabio Fabiani Proteam BMW
20. Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT
21. Javier Villa Proteam BMW

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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