Argentina, FP2: López leads Citroën 1-2-3 in red flagged practice

Argentine hero López at the double in WTCC Free Practice

By Franck Drui

7 March 2015 - 16:10
Argentina, FP2: López leads Citroën

Another Free Practice session and another fastest time for world champion José María López, who continues to impress at Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, venue of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season-opener.

The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC driver set a fasest time of 1m46.589s over the 4.806-kilometre lap to head team-mates Ma Qing Ha (1m46.589s) and Yvan Muller (1m46.979s) with Tiago Monteiro the fastest Honda driver in fourth (1m47.031s). Rob Huff (1m47.442s) was a strong fifth in the all-new LADA Vesta despite a couple of off-track moments as he attempted to find the car’s limits. Mehdi Bennani was the top Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy contender in sixth, one place ahead of category rival Stefano D’Aste (Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1).

It proved a dramatic Free Practice 2 for Hugo Valente, who blamed a brake issue for a sizeable crash aboard his Campos Racing Chevrolet, which sustained significant damage in the initial impact and when a fire ignited at the front of the car.

The WTCC drivers will be back on track at 15h00 local time for Qualifying.

Pos. Driver Team Car Time
1 Jose Maria Lopez Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:46.589
2 Ma Qing Hua Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:46.833
3 Yvan Muller Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:46.979
4 Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:47.031
5 Robert Huff LADA Sport Rosneft Lada 1:47.442
6 Mehdi Bennani Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1:47.950
7 Stefano D’Aste All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Chevrolet 1:47.956
8 Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:47.976
9 John Filippi Campos Racing Chevrolet 1:48.110
10 Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet 1:48.128
11 Gabriele Tarquini Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:48.170
12 Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 1:48.209
13 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 1:48.632
14 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport Honda 1:48.648
15 Grégoire Demoustier Craft-Bamboo Racing Chevrolet 1:48.850
16 Rickard Rydell Nika International Honda 1:49.062
17 James Thompson LADA Sport Rosneft Lada 1:49.134
18 Dusan Borkovic Proteam Racing Honda 1:49.762

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