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WTCC Vila Real
Portugal WTCC: Huff outpaces Michelisz in second practice
Munnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff was fastest of all in the second WTCC practice session at Vila Real, leading the two Hondas of Norbert Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro.
Edited: Jun 24, 2017, 2:45 PM
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The second session was uneventful in comparison to this morning’s, with no red flags or major incidents, with just an escape road jaunt for Ryo Michigami in the Honda near the end of the session.
Michelisz led the majority of the 45-minute practice, with the Hungarian getting to the low 1m58s before the half-way point, leading his teammate Monteiro.
The two Hondas were soon split by Huff in last year’s championship-winning Citroen, with the Briton four-tenths from Michelisz’s pace.
A final run on new tyres saw Huff going faster on his second lap and go into the 1m57s, with Michelisz also improving but finishing second, the two drivers over half a second clear of Monteiro.
Championship leader Nicky Catsburg was fourth fastest and the best-placed of the Volvos, leading teammate Thed Bjork.
Esteban Guerrieri, who again chose to never try out the new joker lap, meaning his first experience won’t be until the race itself, was sixth quickest, the only Chevrolet in the race following the withdrawal of Tom Coronel after his crash this morning.
The top 10 were completed by the privateer Citroen of Mehdi Bennani, the Volvo of Nestor Girolami, the Honda of Ryo Michigami and Tom Chilton’s Citroen.
Neil Hudson / TouringCarTimes
Practice 2 Results:
ClaDriverChassisLapsTimeGap 1 
Rob Huff Citroën 16 1'58.030 2 
Norbert Michelisz Honda 16 1'58.057 0.027 3 
Tiago Monteiro Honda 17 1'58.600 0.570 4 
Nicky Catsburg Volvo 15 1'58.627 0.597 5 
Thed Björk Volvo 12 1'58.779 0.749 6 
Esteban Guerrieri Chevrolet 12 1'58.997 0.967 7 
Mehdi Bennani Citroën 16 1'59.018 0.988 8 Nestor Girolami Volvo 10 1'59.089 1.059 9 
Ryo Michigami Honda 15 1'59.737 1.707 10 Tom Chilton Citroën 16 2'00.104 2.074 11 
Yann Ehrlacher LADA 18 2'00.690 2.660 12 John Filippi Citroën 15 2'00.997 2.967 13 
Kevin Gleason LADA 14 2'02.451 4.421 14 Daniel Nagy Honda 16 2'03.077 5.047 15 Manuel Fernandes LADA 17 2'03.480 5.450 16 Aurelien Panis Honda 5 2'04.108 6.078
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