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Monza WTCC: Bjork leads Volvo 1-2 in second practice

Volvo driver Thed Bjork set the pace in the second WTCC practice session at Monza, leading teammate Nestor Girolami by a quarter of a second.

Edited: Apr 29, 2017, 11:52 AM

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Thed Björk, Polestar Cyan Racing, Volvo S60 Polestar TC1

Bjork was fast from the off, quickly breaking into the high 1m53s, and working his way down to a 1m53.160s by the end of the 45-minute session.

Norbert Michelisz briefly took over the top spot in his Honda, while teammate and championship leader Tiago Monteiro was also set to improve before going wide at the first Lesmo, having to abort his lap.

Girolami then took over the top position before Bjork set his fastest lap with just under 10 minutes to go.

Michelisz and Monteiro would finish the session third and fourth, while Tom Chilton was the fastest of the Citroens in fifth in the Sebastien Loeb Racing entry.

Nicky Catsburg ensured all three Volvos were in the top six, while Rob Huff was seventh fastest in his Munnich Citroen.

RC Lada driver Yann Ehrlacher, Honda’s Ryo Michigami and ROAL Chevrolet’s Tom Coronel completed the top 10.

After a handful of punctures in the first practice, there was just one in this session, with Lada newcomer Kevin Gleason picking up a front-left puncture in the first sector late in the session.

Practice 2 results:

PosDriverCarTimeGap 1 sweden Thed Bjork Volvo 1m53.160s 2 argentina Nestor Girolami Volvo 1m53.411s 0.251 3 hungary Norbert Michelisz Honda 1m53.663s 0.503 4 portugal Tiago Monteiro Honda 1m53.711s 0.551 5 united_kingdom Tom Chilton Citroën 1m53.859s 0.699 6 netherlands Nicky Catsburg Volvo 1m54.122s 0.962 7 Rob Huff Citroën 1m54.216s 1.056 8 france Yann Ehrlacher LADA 1m54.291s 1.131 9 japan Ryo Michigami Honda 1m54.384s 1.224 10 Tom Coronel Chevrolet 1m54.549s 1.389 11 france Aurelien Panis Honda 1m54.634s 1.474 12 france John Filippi Citroën 1m54.744s 1.584 13 morocco Mehdi Bennani Citroën 1m54.897s 1.737 14 argentina Esteban Guerrieri Chevrolet 1m55.441s 2.281 15 hungary Daniel Nagy Honda 1m56.592s 3.432 16 united_states Kevin Gleason LADA 1m56.792s 3.632

by Neil Hudson/TouringCarTimes

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