Cruzes Okayama WTCC qualifying

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October 31, 2009 in Motorsport

Cruzes Okayama WTCC qualifying

Huff And Menu Make It Into Q2 And Will Share Fifth Row, Larini On Sixth

The three Chevrolet Cruzes are well-placed for Race 2 in tomorrow’s Race of Japan, the penultimate round of the 2009 WTCC, as Rob Huff and Alain Menu finished 9th and 10th respectively in today’s qualifying, while Nicola Larini is 12th.The Chevrolet team missed closely putting all three Cruzes in Q-2, a good result for the new Cruze, for which it was the debut in Okayama, a demanding track that is particularly well-suited for rear wheel-drive cars and turbodiesels.

• QUOTES

Rob Huff (9th): “I am happy with the balance of the car and didn’t make significant changes to theset-up after the free practice sessions. I managed to do a good lap time in qualifying and I amhopeful for tomorrow, although I must say this circuit does not suit us at the moment”.

Alain Menu (10th): “I am happy with the car and the times I did in qualifying session 1, with the firstset of new tires, I had some understeer, and the boys were quick to change the front springswhich improved the car. In Q2, unfortunately, I couldn’t repeat the same lap times. The track hadmuch less grip”.

Nicola Larini (12th): “It is disappointing to have missed the Top 10 for so little. I was reallyconvinced I could make it, but the car did not feel very good with the second set of new tyres. I lostthe back at turn 2 and after that, the car was slower”.

Mark Busfield: “Today has been a challenge, we have improved the car during the sessions, andinitially in Q1 things looked good but the rear wheel drive cars and turbo diesels seemed to havemore performance. The guys worked well to make some changes in the sessions to gain somemore time but it wasn’t enough. Tomorrow we need to aim for some points in race 1 and hopefullya good grid place for race 2 and some further good points”.

OKAYAMA QUALIFYING RESULTS1. G Tarquini SEAT León 1m37s6662. A Priaulx BMW 320si +0s0503. J Müller BMW 320si +0s0604. R Rydell SEAT León TDI +0s1335. A Farfus BMW 320si +0s1609. R Huff Chevrolet Cruze +0s95410. A Menu Chevrolet Cruze +1s38412. N Larini Chevrolet Cruze 1m39s126 (Q-1)

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