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Marrakech, FP2: Coronel quickest in WTCC in Marrakech

The Dutch is a surprise pacesetter

By Franck Drui

7 May 2016 - 13:17

Tom Coronel was a surprise pacesetter in his Chevrolet in Free Practice 2 for FIA WTCC AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco.

Coronel went a quarter of a second clear of the rest of the field right at the end of the session with a superb 1m21.824s lap of the new-look Circuit Moulay El Hassan.

Behind Coronel, the order was close, with Honda’s Rob Huff leading Citroën’s José María López, and the other two Civic WTCCs of Norbert Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro following behind.

As in the first session, Nicky Catsburg was the quickest LADA in sixth, with team-mate Gabriele Tarquini eighth behind Yvan Muller.

James Thompson posted the best time in the WTCC Trophy in ninth ahead of the Moroccan hero Mehdi Bennani.

The Qualifying session begins at 15h00 local time, with MAC3 following at 16h30.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:21.824
2	Rob Huff	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:22.076
3	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:22.143
4	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:22.224
5	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:22.248
6	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport	Lada	1:22.423
7	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:22.638
8	Gabriele Tarquini	LADA Sport	Lada	1:22.681
9	James Thompson	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:22.707
10	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:22.866
11	Fredrik Ekblom	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	1:22.980
12	Thed Bjork	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	1:23.062
13	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1:23.240
14	Hugo Valente	LADA Sport	Lada	1:23.252
15	Tom Chilton	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:23.347
16	Grégoire Demoustier	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:24.078
17	Ferenc Ficza	Zengo	Honda	1:24.300