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Jordi Gené heads Craft-Bamboo 1-2-3 in Valencia practice

Jordi Gené headed a Craft-Bamboo Racing 1-2-3 in first practice for the TCR International Series in Valencia, with the Spaniard posting a best time just 0.002 seconds faster than team-mate Pepe Oriola.

Gené went fastest in the opening minutes of the session, which took place under clear blue skies in Valencia. Pepe Oriola was second fastest throughout the half-hour session, originally 0.060 seconds off his compatriot before slashing the gap to a mere 0.002 seconds with around ten minutes remaining.

In the final minutes Russian Sergey Afanasyev made it a SEAT 1-2-3 and perfect practice for Craft-Bamboo, with WestCoast Racing Honda’s Gianni Morbidelli in fourth, 0.387 seconds off the pace.

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Behind Morbicelli was a trio of Target Competition SEATs, with Stefano Comini in fifth ahead of Michel Nykjær and Andrea Belicchi.

Bas Schouten was an impressive eighth fastest in his first-ever TCR event, with the Dutch driver posting a lap 0.688 seconds off the pace. Fellow rookie David Cebrián Ariza was ninth for JSB Compétition, ending the session as the last driver within a second of the pace.

Completing the top ten was Franz Engstler, who was one tneht faster than team-mate and fellow Audi TT driver Mikhail Grachev.

Both of Campos Racing’s Opel Astra OPC cars ran relatively problem-free in the session, but ended up as the slowest two cars. Jordi Oriola was 16th, whilst one-make series specialist Oscar Nogués Farré was last, more than two seconds off the pace.

Second practice takes place at 12:30 CEST (11:30 BST).

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 88 Jordi GENÉ Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 10 1:42.247 0.000
2 74 Pepe ORIOLA Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 12 1:42.249 0.002
3 77 Sergey AFANASYEV Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 9 1:42.621 0.374
4 10 Gianni MORBIDELLI West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 10 1:42.634 0.387
5 25 Stefano COMINI Target Competition SEAT León Racer 7 1:42.724 0.477
6 17 Michel NYKJÆR Target Competition SEAT León Racer 11 1:42.807 0.560
7 33 Andrea BELICCHI Target Competition SEAT León Racer 9 1:42.820 0.573
8 34 Bas SCHOUTEN ST Motorsport / Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Racer 9 1:42.935 0.688
9 32 David CEBRIÁN Ariza JSB Compétition SEAT León Racer 14 1:43.012 0.765
10 6 Franz ENGSTLER Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi Sport TT Cup 12 1:43.281 1.034
11 8 Mikhail GRACHEV Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi Sport TT Cup 13 1:43.350 1.103
12 24 Kevin GLEASON West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 13 1:43.433 1.186
13 11 Lucile CYPRIANO JSB Compétition SEAT León Racer 12 1:43.441 1.194
14 7 Lorenzo VEGLIA Liqui Moly Team Engstler SEAT León Racer 14 1:43.542 1.295
15 20 Igor SKUZ West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 12 1:43.556 1.309
16 21 Jordi ORIOLA Campos Racing Opel Astra OPC 10 1:43.614 1.367
17 19 Oscar NOGUÉS Campos Racing Opel Astra OPC 8 1:44.506 2.259

Complete session results.

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