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Hungary WTCC: Michelisz leads Honda 1-2-3 in testing
Hungarian Honda driver Norbert Michelisz headed a Honda 1-2-3 in the first test session of the FIA World Touring Car Championship weekend, at the Hungaroring.
Edited: Apr 22, 2016, 12:32 PM
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Michelisz was 0.369 seconds faster than team mate Rob Huff and 0.724 seconds ahead of teammate Tiago Monteiro.
Chevrolet privateer Tom Coronel was best of the rest in fourth position, close to one second slower than Michelisz.
The fastest Citroen driver was Mehdi Bennani in fifth position, 1.2 seconds from the top time, with manufacturer colleague and reigning champion Jose Maria Lopez in sixth position.
Lada Sport drivers Hugo Valente and Nicky Catsburg finished seventh and eighth as Tom Chilton and Yvan Muller, rounded off the top ten.
Neither of the Polestar Cyan Racing drivers made it into the top ten, with Fredrik Ekblom in 12th position and Thed Bjork forced to remain in the pits after just two laps due to technical issues.
FP0 results:
Pos****Driver Car****Time/Gap 1 
Norbert Michelisz Honda 1'48.112 2 
Rob Huff Honda 0.369 3 
Tiago Monteiro Honda 0.724 4 
Tom Coronel Chevrolet 0.945 5 
Mehdi Bennani Citroen 1.242 6 
Jose Maria Lopez Citroen 1.464 7 
Hugo Valente Lada 1.548 8 Nicky Catsburg Lada 1.666 9 Tom Chilton Citroen 1.675 10 Yvan Muller Citroen 1.823 11 Gabriele Tarquini Lada 1.829 12 
Fredrik Ekblom Volvo 1.914 13 John Filippi Chevrolet 2.529 14 Gregoire Demoustier Citroen 3.242 15 
Rene Munnich Chevrolet 3.858 16 Thed Bjork Volvo 17 Ferenc Ficza Honda
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