Coronel ahead in second practice

No incidents were reported during the session

Tom Coronel finished second practice in Okayama, Japan quickest in his SEAT León TDI. His first flying lap of the session, a 1:38.943, was never bettered leaving the Dutchman on top ahead of qualifying this afternoon.

All 27 cars were all back out on track for practices although despite a drier track, the fastest time of the day was still slower than the quickest set this morning.

Rob Huff (1:38.979) and Tiago Monteiro (1:39.105) also set their fastest times early on to finish second and third respectively.

BMW Team RBM’s Augusto Farfus (1:39.110) posted the fourth quickest time, ahead of Sweden’s Robert Dahlgren who put in another solid performance in his Volvo.

Alain Menu (1:39.421) was sixth ahead of Franz Engstler (1:39.443) who finished as clear leader in the Independents with his closet rival, Darryl O’Young (1:40.230) in 16th.

Norbert Michelisz (1:39.455) was the best rookie yet again in eighth with current championship leader Yvan Muller (1:39.567) ninth, the Frenchman having to return to the pits with 10-minutes to go as his left-rear wheel was loose.

Colin Turkington (1:39.579) rounded out the top ten.

No incidents were reported during the session, although Henry Ho was called back to the pit by the black-and-orange flag to fix the front bonnet closed.