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Nurburgring WTCC: Catsburg breaks lap record in FP2
Volvo driver Nicky Catsburg broke the WTCC lap record at the Nurburgring in the second practice session on Friday, lapping the legendary circuit in 8m34.813s.
Edited: May 26, 2017, 9:46 AM
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The Dutchman set his time after the chequered flag fell on his final run, demoting Honda’s Norbert Michelisz, who had only just gone fastest with a time of 8m37.201s, to second place.
Michelisz, in turn, outpaced the Munnich Citroen of Rob Huff, who’d been on the top of the timesheets for most of the last half hour of the session.
Catsburg had set the first benchmark early in the session, with no further improvements possible until the half-way point while the ETCC Audi of Plamen Kralev was rescued after stopping at the exit of Schwalbenschwanz.
Behind Catsburg, Michelisz and Huff was Volvo’s Thed Bjork in fourth, with Esteban Guerrieri fifth fastest after setting a competitive lap in the Campos Racing Chevrolet.
Championship leader Tiago Monteiro (Honda) was a conservative sixth, with Sebastien Loeb Racing’s Tom Chilton seventh, personally delighted with his time set on old tyres in the Citroen.
Nestor Girolami was eighth fastest in the third Volvo ahead of Tom Coronel’s Chevrolet, with the SLR Citroen of Mehdi Bennani completing the top 10.
Unlike Thursday, there were no signs of punctures during the 60-minute session. The only drama was traffic, with a number of WTCC drivers getting caught behind some of the TCR-specification ETCC cars at awkward points on their quickest laps.
Neil Hudson / TouringCarTimes
Practice 2 Results:
ClaDriverChassisTimeGap 1 
Nicky Catsburg Volvo 8'34.813 2 
Norbert Michelisz Honda 8'37.201 2.388 3 
Rob Huff Citroën 8'39.328 4.515 4 
Thed Björk Volvo 8'41.396 6.583 5 
Esteban Guerrieri Chevrolet 8'42.232 7.419 6 
Tiago Monteiro Honda 8'42.586 7.773 7 Tom Chilton Citroën 8'42.855 8.042 8 Nestor Girolami Volvo 8'44.705 9.892 9 Tom Coronel Chevrolet 8'44.841 10.028 10 
Mehdi Bennani Citroën 8'45.322 10.509 11 
John Filippi Citroën 8'45.671 10.858 12 
Kevin Gleason LADA 8'48.987 14.174 13 
Ryo Michigami Honda 8'49.506 14.693 14 Daniel Nagy Honda 8'54.326 19.513 15 Aurelien Panis Honda 8'55.079 20.266 16 Yann Ehrlacher LADA 9'14.620 39.807
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