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Monza day two

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Augusto Farfus emerged again as the fastest driver on the second FIA WTCC official test day in Monza. Alfa Romeo’s Brazilian youngster improved by 7 tenths of a second his yesterday’s time and set the fastest lap at 1:58.783. He was the only driver to go under the 1:59. mark. Second fastest was his team mate Gabriele Tarquini, while Dirk Müller set the third fastest time, the best of the BMW cars.

Roberto Colciago’s JAS Motorsport Honda Civic (8th fastest), and Jordi Gené’s SEAT Toledo Cupra (10th fastest) were the only cars to break the Alfa Romeo-BMW front in the the top ten. Most of the drivers improved consistently over the two days, and Stefano D’Aste emerged as the best of the Independents, setting an excellent 13th fastest time in his Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i. Gianluca De Lorenzi remained the fastest of the Italian Championship’s competitors, despite missing the second half of the day due to a crash at the Ascari. Probably because of a brake failure, his BMW creashed into the barriers, but the driver escaped with only a sore neck.