Muller (2nd) fastest among Chevy boys on greasy Belgian track
ZOLDER, 18th June 2010 – It was a fruitful and interesting testing session, as the World TouringCar Championship made yesterday its first appearance in Zolder, one of the landmark tracks fortouring cars in Europe. The Chevrolet team had a promising first working session on the Flemishcircuit: Yvan Muller was second fastest, with Rob Huff sixth, Alain Menu seventh and Belgium’sVincent Radermecker, who drives here the fourth Cruze, tenth.
The four Chevrolet Cruzes took the track with different set-ups, in a cool but dry afternoon. Thiswill allow to compare the wide array of data gathered tonight and have a better basis on which towork tomorrow in free practice to optimize set-ups for the decisive qualifying session in theafternoon.
• QUOTES
Yvan Muller (2nd): «The track was very dirty and slippery, so it was difficult to really try to go fast.On top, the rubber left by the Formula 2 cars does not help, as their tires are quite different fromours. This said, I enjoyed the track, which is interesting and offers good rhythm.”Rob Huff (6th): “I had a problem with an exhaust pipe, but the boys were quick in fixing it, andcould only do four laps. Despite that and despite the fact the track was very green, I could reachP6 and I am very happy with the set-up of the car that we had developed at the factory. I think it’sa very promising start of the week-end”.
Alain Menu (7th): “The track has not much grip and the car is sliding, sometimes with the front,sometimes with rear, so it is really too early to say anything. There are certainly a couple ofchanges to the set-up that I have in mind. I have also noticed that many drivers are really cuttingsome corners, by fully jumping on the kerbs, we will have to see how the stewards will approachthis, as it really makes a difference in lap times”.
Vincent Radermacker (10th): “As expected, I was quite fast at the beginning, that is theadvantage of not having to learn the track! As everybody, I thought the track had not a lot of grip,especially in the first two fast corners. I will now work with the engineers on the data collected,but I already know where I can improve: coming from rear-wheel drive cars I have a tendency toenter too fast in the corners, losing then time at the exit”.
ZOLDER TESTING RESULTS1. A Farfus BMW 320si 1m40s0962. Y Muller Chevrolet Cruze + 0s1633. A Priaulx BMW 320si + 0s2154. D O’Young Chevrolet Lacetti + 0s4115. T Coronel SEAT León TDI + 0s5516. R Huff Chevrolet Cruze + 0s7877. A Menu Chevrolet Cruze + 0s86510. V Radermecker Chevrolet Cruze + 1s148
