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Moscow, Tests: WTCC ace Tarquini is test best in Russia

Catsburg marked his WTCC debut with the 13th fastest time

By Franck Drui

5 June 2015 - 12:05

Gabriele Tarquini has gone fastest in testing for ROSNEFT WTCC Race of Russia.

The winner of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2009 lapped the 3.391-kilometre Moscow Raceway in a fastest time of 1m38.460s at the wheel of his Honda Civic WTCC.

Yvan Muller was second fastest for Citroën, 0.043s slower than Tarquini, with Tiago Monteiro third in the second works Honda.

Championship leader José María López was fourth quickest with last year’s race two winner Ma Qing Hua fifth fastest. Rob Huff was the leading LADA driver in seventh with Norbert Michelisz the fastest Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy contender in eighth.

Nicky Catsburg marked his WTCC debut with the 13th fastest time in his LADA Sport ROSNEFT Vesta.

Despite the Moscow Raceway basking in glorious sunshine, there were drops of rain at some sections of the track.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:38.460
2	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:38.503
3	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:38.965
4	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:39.217
5	Ma Qing Hua	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:39.265
6	Sebastien Loeb	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:39.315
7	Robert Huff	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1:39.409
8	Norbert Michelisz	Zengo Motorsport	Honda	1:39.494
9	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:39.532
10	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1:39.692
11	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:39.874
12	Jaap Van Lagen	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1:39.590
13	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1:40.113
14	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1:40.852
15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:40.932
16	Stefano D’Aste	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:41.229
17	Grégoire Demoustier	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Chevrolet	1:42.108