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Vila Real, FP2: López takes WTCC top spot

Outpacing Norbert Michelisz by 0.334 seconds

By Franck Drui

25 June 2016 - 12:40

José Maria López ended Honda’s stranglehold on the fastest times at FIA WTCC Race of Portugal by topping Free Practice 2 at Vila Real.

López posted a time of 1m56.365s in his Citroën, outpacing Norbert Michelisz by 0.334 seconds.

Home hero Tiago Monteiro was third once more ahead of Yvan Muller, who spent a large part of the session in the pits after braking a wishbone in contact with a barrier, but Citroën got him back on track before the end.

Thed Björk continued to improve in his Volvo with fifth place ahead of FP2 pace-setter Rob Huff. Tom Coronel was the best WTCC Trophy driver in seventh and was followed by Nicky Catsburg, Mehdi Bennani and James Thompson.

Qualifying will begin at 14h00.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:56.365
2	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:56.699
3	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:56.865
4	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:56.926
5	Thed Bjork	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	1:57.061
6	Rob Huff	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:57.340
7	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:58.069
8	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport	Lada	1:58.264
9	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:58.271
10	James Thompson	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:58.455
11	Tom Chilton	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:58.613
12	Hugo Valente	LADA Sport	Lada	1:59.312
13	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Cyan	Volvo	2:00.049
14	Ferenc Ficza	Zengo	Honda	2:00.055
15	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	2:00.935
16	Grégoire Demoustier	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	2:01.416
17	Gabriele Tarquini	LADA Sport	Lada	-:—.---
18	Daniel Nagy	Zengo	Honda	-:—.---