WTCC: Brno: SEAT Sport qualifying notes



The heat's on: Tarquini on pole for SEAT Sport

Today's 30-minute qualifying session for Round 13 of the FIA World
Touring Car Championship saw Italy's Gabriele Tarquini secure his second
pole position for the SEAT Sport team. Rear-wheel-drive cars dominated
the early part of the session, with Tarquini seizing pole around 10
minutes from the end, although hopes of an all-SEAT front row were dashed
in the first few seconds when an engine sensor broke on Jordi Gené's car
as the Spaniard pressed the starter button. Gené had been fastest in the
first of the morning's free practice sessions, but was only 5th after
missing the first 10 minutes of qualifying while his mechanics changed
the sensor.

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