Slovakia Ring, Tests: Honda follows Citroën

In a very humid atmosphere

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9 May 2014 - 13:25
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Today’s test session at the Slovakia Ring took place on a dry track, after the rain fallen in the morning, but in a very humid atmosphere.

This did not prevent lap times to go down 3.5 seconds from last year.
Championship leader José María López (Citroën) set the pace from the beginning and improved his initial best time to conclude the session at the top of the time sheets with a time of 2.05.208.

In the course of the 30-minute session, the Honda cars improved progressively to take second and third-fastest, with Tiago Monteiro and Mehdi Bennani, with gaps below the second (891 and 916 thousandths, respectively).
Yvan Muller (Citroën) was fourth and Gabriele Tarquini (Honda) fifth.

Among the TC2T cars, Frank Engstler (BMW) was fastest, with a time of 2.14.506, beating Petr Fulín (SEAT) on his reappearance in the series, John Filippi (SEAT) and Pasquale Di Sabatino (BMW).

There were no particular incidents during the session, although a few drivers (including Muller, Fulín, Michelisz, Tarquini, Filippi and Loeb) had slight off-tracks with no consequence.

Pos. Driver Car Time
1 José Maria LOPEZ Citroen C-Elysee WTCC 2:05.208
2 Tiago MONTEIRO Honda Civic WTCC 2:06.099
3 Mehdi BENNANI Honda Civic WTCC 2:06.124
4 Yvan MULLER Citroen C-Elysee WTCC 2:06.252
5 Gabriele TARQUINI Honda Civic WTCC 2:06.314
6 Hugo VALENTE Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 2:06.385
7 Sébastien LOEB Citroen C-Elysee WTCC 2:06.513
8 Tom CHILTON Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 2:06.627
9 Tom CORONEL Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 2:06.783
10 Norbert MICHELISZ Honda Civic WTCC 2:07.084
11 Dusan BORKOVIC Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 2:07.515
12 René MUNNICH Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 2:07.745
13 Gianni MORBIDELLI Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 2:07.904
14 Rob HUFF LADA Granta 1.6T 2:08.026
15 James THOMPSON LADA Granta 1.6T 2:08.372
16 Mikhail KOZLOVSKIY LADA Granta 1.6T 2:10.148
17 Franz ENGSTLER BMW E90 320 TC 2:14.506
18 Petr FULIN SEAT Leon WTCC 2:15.818
19 John FILIPPI SEAT Leon WTCC 2:15.976
20 Pasquale DI SABATINO BMW E90 320 TC 2:15.986

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