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Slovakia Ring, Tests: Honda follows Citroën

In a very humid atmosphere

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9 May 2014 - 13:25

Today’s test session at the Slovakia Ring took place on a dry track, after the rain fallen in the morning, but in a very humid atmosphere.

This did not prevent lap times to go down 3.5 seconds from last year.
Championship leader José María López (Citroën) set the pace from the beginning and improved his initial best time to conclude the session at the top of the time sheets with a time of 2.05.208.

In the course of the 30-minute session, the Honda cars improved progressively to take second and third-fastest, with Tiago Monteiro and Mehdi Bennani, with gaps below the second (891 and 916 thousandths, respectively).
Yvan Muller (Citroën) was fourth and Gabriele Tarquini (Honda) fifth.

Among the TC2T cars, Frank Engstler (BMW) was fastest, with a time of 2.14.506, beating Petr Fulín (SEAT) on his reappearance in the series, John Filippi (SEAT) and Pasquale Di Sabatino (BMW).

There were no particular incidents during the session, although a few drivers (including Muller, Fulín, Michelisz, Tarquini, Filippi and Loeb) had slight off-tracks with no consequence.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	José Maria LOPEZ	Citroen C-Elysee WTCC	2:05.208
2	Tiago MONTEIRO	Honda Civic WTCC	2:06.099
3	Mehdi BENNANI	Honda Civic WTCC	2:06.124
4	Yvan MULLER	Citroen C-Elysee WTCC	2:06.252
5	Gabriele TARQUINI	Honda Civic WTCC	2:06.314
6	Hugo VALENTE	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2:06.385
7	Sébastien LOEB	Citroen C-Elysee WTCC	2:06.513
8	Tom CHILTON	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2:06.627
9	Tom CORONEL	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2:06.783
10	Norbert MICHELISZ	Honda Civic WTCC	2:07.084
11	Dusan BORKOVIC	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2:07.515
12	René MUNNICH	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2:07.745
13	Gianni MORBIDELLI	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2:07.904
14	Rob HUFF	LADA Granta 1.6T	2:08.026
15	James THOMPSON	LADA Granta 1.6T	2:08.372
16	Mikhail KOZLOVSKIY	LADA Granta 1.6T	2:10.148
17	Franz ENGSTLER	BMW E90 320 TC	2:14.506
18	Petr FULIN	SEAT Leon WTCC	2:15.818
19	John FILIPPI	SEAT Leon WTCC	2:15.976
20	Pasquale DI SABATINO	BMW E90 320 TC	2:15.986