Marrakech (Morocco), April 6, 2013. - Fernando Monje (Seat Leon WTCC) has achieved the 10th time in qualifying for the races of the second round of the WTCC, which take place this weekend on the street circuit Moulay El Hassan Marrakech. This result means that Monk will start from the 10th position for the first race from pole but in the second, an excellent result for the reigning European Touring Car.

Monk came to Marrakech for a few days to acclimate to the area and know the track as soon as possible. The strong storm fall on Friday, forcing the cancellation of the tests since flooded track and paddock, threw to ruin the plans of shooting in the circuit Moulay El Hassan. For this reason, the first time that Fernando was able to drive your León WTCC in that urban design has been during the morning session today, half an hour, which has scored an excellent 10 th time, first between Seat and third independent . In the second session, after shooting always in the top ten, got the 11th best time to be overcome in extremis by Tom Coronel and finish fourth among independent drivers.

In qualifying, low sun and good temperatures, the Chic & Basic pilot began apace and when he held the 9th time red flag was pulled mid-session, which temporarily truncated his chances for improvement. Restarted the march, Fernando applied thoroughly but lost the 10th position after a tough battle against the Seat Leon's World Champion, Rob Huff, who eventually took out 7/10 the pilot of Campos Racing but in turn lost the tenth place after the final attack of Tom Coronel. Anyway, both were able to go into Q2 as neither James Thompson and Tom Coronel fought over having had two separate touches in Q1, although Fernando could only do in your last 2 minutes in a buffer problems. No chance of scoring a good lap in such a short space of time, Monk ended in 10th place.

With this result, Fernando Monje not only been able to play his first Q2 but doing 10th in the same allowed out from the pole in the second race tomorrow, which is an event so unexpected as meritorious and does entertain all hopes to pilot Spanish.

Tomorrow, Sunday, will host the two runs, both scheduled for 10 laps each, at 15.20 and 16.20 hours, two hours in Spanish territory.