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Hungaroring, FP1: Tarquini’s LADA WTCC leads Polestar and Honda

Tarquini set a time of 1m47.929s

By Franck Drui

23 April 2016 - 10:25

Gabriele Tarquini posted the best time in Free Practice 1 at the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, as LADA, Polestar and Honda filled the top positions.

Delighted with the improvements made to the setup of his LADA Vesta from Friday, Tarquini set a time of 1m47.929s towards the end of the session, displacing Norbert Michelisz.

Fredrik Ekblom took second in his Volvo S60 Polestar, a tenth of a second slower than Tarquini. Michelisz was third ahead of Honda team-mate and championship leader Tiago Monteiro, with Nicky Catsburg fifth in the second of the LADAs.

Yvan Muller took sixth at the quickest Citroën driver ahead of Honda’s Rob Huff and Chevrolet RML Cruze driver Tom Coronel, who was quickest in the WTCC Trophy. José María López was ninth with Thed Björk 10th.

John Filippi failed to set a time after slowing on track with an apparent problem in his Cruze.

Free Practice 2 takes place at 12h15 local time.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Gabriele Tarquini	LADA Sport	Lada	1:47.929
2	Fredrik Ekblom	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	1:48.037
3	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:48.182
4	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:48.238
5	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport	Lada	1:48.436
6	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:48.577
7	Rob Huff	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:48.694
8	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:48.734
9	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:48.775
10	Thed Bjork	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	1:48.833
11	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:48.837
12	Tom Chilton	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:48.940
13	Hugo Valente	LADA Sport	Lada	1:49.228
14	Rene Munnich	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:49.584
15	Grégoire Demoustier	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:50.324
16	Ferenc Ficza	Zengo	Honda	1:50.787
17	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	-:—.---