Gabriele Tarquini remained at the top of the timesheets after the second practice session of the day in Morocco. His time of 1:46.143 in the final minutes demoted rookie Norbert Michelisz to second.
Tarquini was quick from the off and continued to improve his time throughout the 30-minute session. Hungarian Michelisz then headed the field but ended 0.844-seconds adrift of the reigning champion with a time of 1:46.987.
Chevrolet’s Yvan Muller (1:47.507) was third followed by BMW Team RBM’s Andy Priaulx (1:47.533) and Tom Coronel (1:47.642) in his SEAT León TDI.
SR-Sports’ Jordi Gené (1:47.642) improved from the morning session to finish sixth ahead of Augusto Farfus (1:47.673) and Rob Huff (47.675).
Michel Nykjær (1:47.735) also made improvements in his SEAT León TDI to move up to ninth with Chevrolet’s Alain Menu (1:47.763) completing the top ten.
Wiechers-Sport’s Mehdi Bennani made up for a disappointing start to the day by ending the second practice session as fastest Independent, 12th overall, in front of his home crowd.
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | G. Tarquini | Seat Leon TDI | 1m46.143s | |
| 02 | N. Michelisz | Seat Leon TDI | 1m46.987s | + 0.844 |
| 03 | Y. Muller | Chevrolet Cruze | 1m47.507s | + 1.364 |
| 04 | A. Priaulx | BMW 320si | 1m47.533s | + 1.390 |
| 05 | T. Coronel | Seat Leon TDI | 1m47.642s | + 1.499 |
| 06 | J. Gene | Seat Leon TDI | 1m47.650s | + 1.507 |
| 07 | A. Farfus | BMW 320si | 1m47.673s | + 1.530 |
| 08 | R. Huff | Chevrolet Cruze | 1m47.675s | + 1.532 |
| 09 | M. Nykjaer | Seat Leon TDI | 1m47.735s | + 1.592 |
| 10 | A. Menu | Chevrolet Cruze | 1m47.763s | + 1.620 |
| 11 | T. Monteiro | Seat Leon TDI | 1m48.104s | + 1.961 |
| 12 | M. Bennani | BMW 320si | 1m48.525s | + 2.382 |
| 13 | F. Barth | Seat Leon TDI | 1m48.564s | + 2.421 |
| 14 | F. Engstler | BMW 320si | 1m48.603s | + 2.460 |
| 15 | S. D’Aste | BMW 320si | 1m48.700s | + 2.557 |
| 16 | D. O’Young | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1m49.799s | + 3.656 |
| 17 | H. Vaulkhard | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1m49.975s | + 3.832 |
| 18 | S. Hernandez | BMW 320si | 1m50.143s | + 4.000 |
| 19 | A. Romanov | BMW 320si | 1m51.157s | + 5.014 |
| 20 | I. Sbai | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1m53.127s | + 6.984 |