Rangoni tops first Valencia practice

In the opening practice session independent driver, Luca Rangoni of Proteam Motorsport was the man to set the quickest time. He and his BMW 320si did a lap of the Valencia track in 1:44.443 which was 0.183 of a second better than Peter Terting of SEAT Sport.

The second and third best times were separated by a mere 0.006 of a second, Augusto Farfus slotting in third at the wheel of his N.technology Alfa Romeo 156.

Positions 4 to 8 were occupied by SEAT León cars. Yvan Muller was followed by Jordi Gené, James Thompson, Gabriele Tarquini and finally Tom Coronel of GR Asia. Coronel’s team-mate Maurizio Ceresoli span off the track after two laps but after being towed from his dangerous position he re-joined the session.

Robert Huff set a time of 1:45.055 placing himself 9th on the time-sheet for Chervolet. Dirk Müller was in the position below, completing the top ten as the best of the BMW works drivers.

The majority of the best laps were set within the first 10 minutes of the session while the top 16 times are separated by just one second.