Vila Real, FP1: Huff heads Honda WTCC 1-2-3

Dániel Nagy appeared in a WTCC session for the first time

By Franck Drui

25 June 2016 - 10:40
Vila Real, FP1: Huff heads Honda (...)

The trio of factory Honda drivers occupied the top three places in first practice for FIA WTCC Race of Portugal.

Rob Huff claimed top spot away from Norbert Michelisz after the chequered flag, his lap of 1m56.941s beating his team-mate’s effort by a quarter of a second.

Home hero Tiago Monteiro was two tenths further back in the third Honda, and one second clear of fourth-placed José María López of Citroën. LADA driver Hugo Valente was close behind the championship leader and ahead of the second Citroën man Yvan Muller.

Thed Björk was seventh in the best Volvo, followed by the leading WTCC Trophy duo of Tom Chilton and Mehdi Bennani. Nicky Catsburg took 10th for LADA.

Returning Polestar Cyan Racing driver Robert Dahlgren was 13th behind Chevrolet racers Tom Coronel and John Filippi.

Eighteen-year-old Dániel Nagy appeared in a WTCC session for the first time, getting on track towards the end after his Zengő Motorsport team was able to fit an engine into his Honda.

Free Practice 2 takes place at 11h00.

Pos. Driver Team Car Time
1 Rob Huff Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:56.941
2 Norbert Michelisz Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:57.188
3 Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1:57.405
4 Jose Maria Lopez Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:58.436
5 Hugo Valente LADA Sport Lada 1:58.507
6 Yvan Muller Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1:58.639
7 Thed Bjork Polestar Cyan Volvo 1:59.103
8 Tom Chilton Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1:59.330
9 Mehdi Bennani Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1:59.427
10 Nicky Catsburg LADA Sport Lada 1:59.651
11 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 2:00.305
12 John Filippi Campos Racing Chevrolet 2:00.415
13 Robert Dahlgren Polestar Cyan Volvo 2:00.488
14 James Thompson Munnich Motorsport Chevrolet 2:00.623
15 Gabriele Tarquini LADA Sport Lada 2:00.680
16 Ferenc Ficza Zengo Honda 2:01.942
17 Grégoire Demoustier Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 2:02.183
18 Daniel Nagy Zengo Honda 9:33.720

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