Russia, Tests: Monteiro heads a WTCC Honda 1-2-3 in Moscow

Showing no ill effects from his crash

By Franck Drui

10 June 2016 - 12:15
Russia, Tests: Monteiro heads a (...)

Tiago Monteiro topped the times in the Testing session ahead of FIA WTCC ROSNEFT Race of Russia, leading Honda team-mates Norbert Michelisz and Rob Huff.

Showing no ill effects from his crash at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Monteiro led for most of the session and finished up with a best time of 1m38.523s. Michelisz and Huff claimed second and third respectively late in the session, although both were three tenths of a second down on their team-mate.

Nicky Catsburg made it a positive start to the home event for LADA by claiming fourth. Volvo driver Fredrik Ekblom briefly interrupted Monteiro’s dominance but was shuffled back to eighth within a few minutes, behind team-mate Thed Björk, LADA’s Hugo Valente and the championship leader José María López of Citroën.

Mehdi Bennani was the quickest WTCC Trophy driver in ninth, but just 0.021 seconds faster than John Filippi.

Pos. Driver Team Car Time
1 Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:38.523
2 Norbert Michelisz Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:38.828
3 Rob Huff Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:38.921
4 Nicky Catsburg LADA Sport Lada 1:38.995
5 Thed Bjork Polestar Cyan Volvo 1:39.165
6 Hugo Valente LADA Sport Lada 1:39.247
7 Jose Maria Lopez Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:39.248
8 Fredrik Ekblom Polestar Cyan Volvo 1:39.284
9 Mehdi Bennani Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1:39.371
10 John Filippi Campos Racing Chevrolet 1:39.392
11 Tom Chilton Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1:39.508
12 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 1:39.819
13 Gabriele Tarquini LADA Sport Lada 1:39.890
14 Yvan Muller Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:39.890
15 James Thompson Munnich Motorsport Chevrolet 1:40.628
16 Grégoire Demoustier Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1:41.256
17 Ferenc Ficza Zengo Honda 1:41.411

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