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Monteiro fastest during warm-up

A mixed grid at the front during the warm-up at Puebla, Mexico. It was a SEAT Léon TDI at the top again, this time driven by Tiago Monteiro. Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus found the pace after his sixth place yesterday in qualifying, and took second spot during the warm-up session with a gap of 0.005s to the front man.

Rickard Rydell drove third fastest time, over three tenths slower than team mate Monteiro. Nicola Larini, starting from second place on the grid today, drove to fourth in the warm-up, one place ahead of pole man Jordi Gené.

Yesterdays suprise Tom Coronel, who took third place on the starting grid, only managed to post 14th fastest in warm-up.