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O’Young’S Car on fire in the warm up

The WTCC warm-up session was halted after less than three minutes when flames were spotted coming from the front left-hand side of the SEAT León of Darryl O'Young. The Hong Kong driver pulled up at the Ascari corner and marshals were able to douse the flames.

O'Young's car had suffered from engine problems during yesterday's qualifying session and the STR team had applied for an engine change that was approved by the Stewards without penalty.
Yvan Muller set the fastest lap of the session at 1:58.700, heading a quintet of Chevrolet cars as Menu, Huff, Rydell and MacDowall ranked behind him.

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