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Gabriele Tarquini sets the pace in first free practice

A late lap put LADA’s Gabriele Tarquini on top of the times in first practice for the World Touring Car Championship at the Hungaroring, ahead of Volvo’s Fredrik Ekblom and Honda’s Norbert Michelisz.

Tarquini ended the session 0.108 seconds ahead of Cyan Racing’s Ekblom, having improved late in the session on new rubber.

Michelisz, who had topped Friday’s test session, ended up third at his home circuit, ahead of Honda team-mate and championship leader Tiago Monteiro in fourth.

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LADA’s Nicky Catsburg was fifth fastest, just over half a second off his team-mate, with the Dutchman admitting to being surprised about how much his car had improved since testing, when he was ninth and over a second off the pace.

Yvan Muller was the leading Citroën driver in sixth, ahead of Honda’s Rob Huff and ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Coronel in seventh and eighth respectively.

Reigning champion José María López was ninth quickest, whilst Volvo’s Thed Björk completed the top ten.

Numerous drivers were warned for exceeding track limits during the session, including Tarquini, Hugo Valente (13th), Catsburg and Monteiro.

Session results

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 2 Gabriele TARQUINI LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta WTCC 12 1:47.929 0.000
2 61 Fredrik EKBLOM Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 WTCC 13 1:48.037 0.108
3 5 Norbert MICHELISZ Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 10 1:48.182 0.253
4 18 Tiago MONTEIRO Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 12 1:48.238 0.309
5 10 Nicky CATSBURG LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta WTCC 13 1:48.436 0.507
6 68 Yvan MULLER Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 9 1:48.577 0.648
7 12 Rob HUFF Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 11 1:48.694 0.765
8 9 Y Tom CORONEL ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 11 1:48.734 0.805
9 37 José María LÓPEZ Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 15 1:48.775 0.846
10 62 Thed BJÖRK Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 WTCC 11 1:48.833 0.904
11 25 Y Mehdi BENNANI Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 12 1:48.837 0.908
12 3 Y Tom CHILTON Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 11 1:48.940 1.011
13 7 Hugo VALENTE LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta WTCC 12 1:49.228 1.299
14 77 Y René MÜNNICH ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 13 1:49.584 1.655
15 11 Y Grégoire DEMOUSTIER Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 11 1:50.324 2.395
16 55 Y Ferenc FICZA Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 12 1:50.787 2.858
17 27 Y John FILIPPI Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 4 N/A

Complete session results.

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