Vila Real, FP2: López takes WTCC top spot

Outpacing Norbert Michelisz by 0.334 seconds

By Franck Drui

25 June 2016 - 12:40
Vila Real, FP2: López takes WTCC (...)

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 -:—.---

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