Weather conditions improved a bit since the early morning; the track remained wet and tricky, but the racing lines began to dry out in the late stages of the session.
Rob Huff was in total control once again and topped the time sheet for most of the 30 minutes, consistently improving and eventually posting the fastest lap of 1:49.513.
However, Gabriele Tarquini managed to fill most of the gap and set the second best time of 1:49.594, only eight hundredths behind Huff. The Italian racer relegated Yvan Muller to third, as the reigning world champion was the last driver to complete a lap under the 1:50. mark (1:49.911).
Robert Dahlgren ranked fourth in his Volvo (1:50.169), followed by the first Yokohama Trophy competitors: an especially impressive Pepe Oriola (1:50.540), Fredy Barth (1:50.572) and Michel Nykjær (1:50.669).
Alain Menu, Tiago Monteiro and Javier Villa (the best BMW driver) rounded up the top ten, while Colin Turkington could not post any quick lap because of a power steering failure.
Just like in the first session, some of the drivers had moments on the damp tarmac, especially at the Old hairpin, the Fogarty esses, the Melbourne hairpin and Goddards. However, none of them hit the barriers.
Pos. | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
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01 | R. Huff | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:49.513 | |
02 | G. Tarquini | Seat Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:49.594 | +0.081s |
03 | Y. Muller | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:49.911 | +0.398s |
04 | R. Dahlgren | Volvo C30 | 1:50.169 | +0.656s |
05 | P. Oriola | SR Leon 1.6T | 1:50.540 | +1.027s |
06 | F. Barth | SR Leon 1.6T | 1:50.572 | +1.059s |
07 | M. Nykjaer | SR Leon 1.6T | 1:50.669 | +1.156s |
08 | A. Menu | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:50.898 | +1.385s |
09 | T. Monteiro | Seat Leon 2.0 TDI | 1:51.265 | +1.752s |
10 | J. Villa | BMW 320 TC | 1:51.646 | +2.133s |
11 | F. Engstler | BMW 320 TC | 1:51.712 | +2.199s |
12 | A. Dudukalo | SR Leon 1.6T | 1:51.826 | +2.313s |
13 | T. Coronel | BMW 320 TC | 1:52.050 | +2.537s |
14 | M. Bennani | BMW 320 TC | 1:52.720 | +3.207s |
15 | Y. Taniguchi | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:52.829 | +3.316s |
16 | K. Poulsen | BMW 320 TC | 1:53.088 | +3.575s |
17 | N. Michelisz | BMW 320 TC | 1:53.284 | +3.771s |
18 | D. O’Young | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 1:53.304 | +3.791s |
19 | C. Turkington | BMW 320 TC | 1:58.314 | +8.801s |
20 | F. Fabiani | BMW 320 si | -:—.--- | +-.---s |