It should be great racing tomorrow. Amazingly, James Thompson is on pole, in his old Alfa 156 by 0.1 secs - incredibly close session. Valencia always serves up close racing, so it should be good.

Qaulifying times:

1. James Thompson Alfa Romeo 1:43.954
2. Yvan Muller SEAT 1:43.955 + 0.00
3. Andy Priaulx BMW 1:44.114 + 0.16
4. Jordi Gene SEAT 1:44.228 + 0.27
5. M.Jourdain Jr. SEAT 1:44.234 + 0.28
6. Nicola Larini Chevrolet 1:44.261 + 0.31
7. Augusto Farfus BMW 1:44.265 + 0.31
8. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1:44.280 + 0.33
9. Robert Huff Chevrolet 1:44.319 + 0.37
10. Roberto Colciago SEAT 1:44.352 + 0.40
11. G.Tarquini SEAT 1:44.430 + 0.48
12. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1:44.460 + 0.51
13. Felix Porteiro BMW 1:44.503 + 0.55
14. Jorg Muller BMW 1:44.576 + 0.62
15. Luca Rangoni BMW 1:44.581 + 0.63
16. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1:44.595 + 0.64
17. Tom Coronel SEAT 1:44.627 + 0.67
18. A.Zanardi BMW 1:44.705 + 0.75
19. P-Y.Corthals SEAT 1:44.925 + 0.97
20. O.Tielemans Alfa Romeo 1:45.076 + 1.12
21. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1:45.167 + 1.21
22. M.Ceresoli SEAT 1:45.629 + 1.68
23. Maria de Villota Chevrolet 1:46.808 + 2.85
24. Miguel Freitas Alfa Romeo 1:47.501 + 3.55
25. V.Shapovalov BMW 1:48.413 + 4.46
26. M.Pedala SEAT No time

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Good to see Thommo on pole, hopefully he will be able to get a race win as well. Hopefully Priaulx will be able to get his championship challenge back on track as well.

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Yeah, great from Thommo. I reckon Priaulx might be able to win, he's great at overtaking. Also, the circuit is hard wearing on tyres, so Prialux's rear drive BMW might have an advantage in the latter part of the race.

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Exellent from Thommo. Prixaulx should be in good shape from 3rd aswell

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Where are Jörg Müller and Alex Zanardi???
What the hell is going on? 14. and 18. position, there is definitely something wrong!
And nothing against Thompson, but an old Alfa on pole?
What about the Chevys?
Weird qualifying!!!

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Earp, those Chevy's are immensely fast now. They've improved the car massively.

Jorg Muller isn't very good at qaulifying, but he's awesome in the races. He'll pull something out something tomorrow, trust me...

Thompson has a light car with no success ballest. But also the old Alfa is still a very decent car, but I agree it's surprising. Alex Zanardi always is always slow, so no suprise there then.

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Yeah chevy's new car looks good, oh course they won last time out

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Was surprised to see Thommo on pole, the Alfa hasnt been good so far this season. If he can get away at the begining then i think he can win as well, dont think Valencia is easy to overtake even in touring cars!!!
Lets hope Andy Priaulx can have a good 2 races as well the BMW Germany cars have been faster in the races so far.

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Yep, he won both races - that's incredible!
That Alfa's straight line speed was colossal, great drives from Thompson.
Good job from Andy Priaulx and Jorg Muller, they are joint leaders in the drivers championship.

The second race was just sensational, WOW!!!!! I haven't seen a race like that in ages, I thoroughly enjoyed that - it was a proper motor race. I'm happy!

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cool i'll try and catch a repeat of that then, all i saw was the end of the race 1 highlights

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You really should Matt, that was one awesome race. You can watch the re-run at 10 PM tonight on Eurosport 1 - highly recommended.

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No problem.

Here are the results:

Race one:

1. James Thompson N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 29mins 37.113secs 15 laps
2. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +2.839secs
3. Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +4.237secs
4. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +4.810secs
5. Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si +5.492secs
6. Michel Jourdain SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +8.883secs
7. Luca Rangoni Proteam BMW 320si +9.900secs I
8. Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si +11.773secs

9. Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +16.216secs
10. Sergio Hernandez Proteam BMW 320si +19.210secs I
11. Massimiliano Pedala SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Leon7 +23.179secs I
12. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si +25.991secs I
13. Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon SEAT Leon +30.272secs I
14. Olivier Tielemans N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 +31.539secs
15. Maurizio Ceresoli GR Asia SEAT Leon +32.818secs I
16. Miguel Freitas Racing for Belgium Alfa Romeo 156 +39.471secs
17. Emmet O'Brien GR Asia SEAT Leon +40.386secs I
18. Maria de Villota Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti +42.180secs
19. Viktor Shapovalov Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320si +1min 14.582secs I
20. Lev Fridman Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320si +1min 19.279secs I
21. Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Leon +1 lap

Race 2:

1. James Thompson N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 28mins 12.970secs 15 laps
2. Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si +1.811secs
3. Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si +2.266secs
4. Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +3.224secs
5. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +4.716secs
6. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +8.824secs
7. Luca Rangoni Proteam BMW 320si +10.642secs I
8. Sergio Hernandez Proteam BMW 320si +11.287secs I

9. Michel Jourdain SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +12.049secs
10. Augusto Farfus Jr. BMW Team Germany BMW 320si +17.041secs
11. Olivier Tielemans N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 +17.182secs
12. Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +17.395secs
13. Rob Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +17.639secs
14. Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +20.058secs
15. Massimiliano Pedala SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Leon7 +24.462secs I
16. Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon SEAT Leon +28.778secs I
17. Emmet O'Brien GR Asia SEAT Leon +33.286secs I
18. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si +33.546secs I
19. Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si +43.750secs
20. Maria de Villota Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti +59.793secs
21. Viktor Shapovalov Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320si +1min 03.702secs I
22. Lev Fridman Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320si +1min 05.051secs I
23. Maurizio Ceresoli GR Asia SEAT Leon +1min 33.643secs I
24. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +1 lap
25. Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Leon +1 lap

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Great news that Thommo has done the double, I'll have to try and catch the re-run later now Good to hear that Priaulx is back at the top of the table and hopefully he will remain there until the end of the season.

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