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Slovakia Ring, FP2: Catsburg gets ahead of the WTCC Volvos

The Citroën drivers continue to have a low-key weekend

By Franck Drui

16 April 2016 - 12:27

LADA FIA World Touring Car Championship driver Nicky Catsburg topped Free Practice 2 for the WTCC Race of Slovakia after outpacing the Polestar Volvo Racing cars.

After heading the first session, Fredrik Ekblom and Thed Björk led the way again for much of FP2 before Catsburg set a 2m05.581s lap that would not be beaten. Björk finished up ahead of Ekblom thanks to a mid-session improvement.

Norbert Michelisz took fourth for Honda ahead of the returning James Thompson, who was a fine fifth overall and quickest in the WTCC Trophy in his ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1. LADA’s Hugo Valente and Honda’s Tiago Monteiro followed.

The Citroën drivers continue to have a low-key weekend, with Tom Chilton the best of them in eighth. Yvan Muller was 10th behind Honda driver Rob Huff while championship leader José María López was only 12th.

John Filippi was 14th after his beaching his Cruze in the gravel late on when poised to improve his time. Qualifying is next up at 14h00.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport	Lada	2:05.581
2	Thed Bjork	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	2:05.885
3	Fredrik Ekblom	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	2:06.596
4	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	2:06.605
5	James Thompson	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	2:06.712
6	Hugo Valente	LADA Sport	Lada	2:06.820
7	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	2:06.914
8	Tom Chilton	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	2:07.263
9	Rob Huff	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	2:07.551
10	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	2:07.557
11	Gabriele Tarquini	LADA Sport	Lada	2:07.705
12	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	2:07.814
13	Ferenc Ficza	Zengo	Honda	2:07.930
14	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	2:07.941
15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	2:07.971
16	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	2:08.200
17	Grégoire Demoustier	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	2:09.862