Portugal WTCC: Huff outpaces Michelisz in second practice

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:

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
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