Salzburgring (Salzburg, Austria), May 19, 2012. Fernando Monje (SEAT León TDI) has achieved the fastest time in qualifying timed from the third round of the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC), which takes place this order week in the Austrian Salzburgring track parallel to the sleeve of WTCC. Thus, the pilot Barcelona 19 years sponsored by GBS Finance will start tomorrow as a leader in the first of two races to 12 laps to be played starting at 15:50 hours.

Fernando, who debuts in this race engine Austrian made â??â??his first turns at the track on Friday, as there was never shot it. Since the two free practice was taking the pulse to the circuit, marking one of the first three times in both sessions, but it was not until the morning of Saturday training has achieved the fastest time of the lot, 1'29 "709, corroborating their good setup.

In qualifying disputed during the afternoon, Fernando has shown a mastery, giving only 4 turns and setting his quickest time (1'29 "453) at the beginning of the session, staying most of the time stopped in the pits . In the end, pole more than clear with more than one second and a half on the Ukrainian Igor Skuz, who will accompany him in the first row of the grid.

Sunday morning will be held two races that make up this third round of the ETCC championship codirector Fernando Monje. Will be played followed, both at 12 laps, with an interval between them about half an hour, starting at 15:50 the first and the second at 17:05 hours.

Classification ETCC Salzburgring official training
1-Fernando Monje (Spain / Seat Leon), 1'29 "453
2-Skuz Igor (Ukraine / Seat Leon), 1 "548
3-Andreas Pfister (Germany / Seat Leon), 1 "848
4-Petr Fulin (Czech Republic / BMW 320), 1 "977
5-Stian Paulsen (Norway / Seat Leon), a 2 "359