SEAT just ahead of BMW in Mexico

During todays test at Puebla, where the second round of this year’s WTCC is being held, Yvan Muller set the fastest time. He was quicker than Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus with a small margin. Chevrolet couldn’t keep up with the pace, and were not even within the top ten with one car, although Chevrolet said they weren’t after a fast lap and didn’t go out on new tyres at the end of the session.

At the beginning of the session it was Augusto Farfus who set the pace, but was soon pushed down to second when Priaulx set a lap time that was almost a second faster, and was even faster than last year’s track record by Jordi Gene.

Halfway through the session SEAT drivers Rydell and Tarquini took over the top of the tables, but they were unable to stay there untill the end of the session. With only one minute to go Yvan Muller went fastest, and soon Priaulx and Farfus went quicker than Rydell and Tarquini as well.

The Chevrolet drivers were down in 12th (Larini), 13th (Huff) and 14th (Menu), at 1.5 seconds from Yvan Muller’s time.

Viktor Shapovalov set the 21st fastest lap, the best of the LADA drivers. Jaap van Lagen was 22nd, Kirill Ladygin 23rd.

Félix Porteiro was the fastest independent driver in sixth. His next rival was Tom Coronel in tenth, six tenths slower than the Spaniard.