Esteban Guerrieri keeps Honda on top of WTCR times at Zandvoort

Esteban Guerrieri kept Honda on top of the times in second practice for the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) at Zandvoort, as Münnich Motorsport once again occupied the top two places with Yann Ehrlacher in second.

Guerrieri lapped the Dutch circuit around six tenths faster than Ehrlacher had in the morning’s earlier session, edging out his team-mate by a slither over a tenth of a second to continue to improve to push the lap record for a TCR car around the circuit.

The Argentine had hit the top of the times at just over the half-way mark, with his lap holding the top spot thereafter.

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Ehrlacher, was slower than his team-mate throughout the entire session, whilst Aurélien Comte was a surprise third fastest in his Peugeot 308.

Leopard Lukoil’s Jean-Karl Vernay was the leading Audi driver in fourth, having topped the times in the early part of the session, ahead of Comtoyou Racing duo Frédéric Vervisch and Nathanaël Berthon in fifth and sixth respectively.

Rob Huff, who was also in the top ten earlier in FP1, was seventh fastest in his Volkswagen Golf, ahead of Boutsen Ginion Racing’s Benjamin Lessennes in eighth, who cracked the top ten for the first time in the weekend, just over half a second off the pace.

Comtoyou Racing’s Aurélien Panis and Leopard Lukoil’s Gordon Shedden completed the top ten in their Audi RS3s respectively, making it five cars in the top ten for the Ingolstadt marque.

The next WTCR track action is qualifying for race one on Sunday at 08:30 CEST (07:30 BST).

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	86	Esteban GUERRIERI		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	13	1:44.300	0.000
2	68	Yann EHRLACHER		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	12	1:44.408	0.108
3	7	Aurélien COMTE		DG Sport Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	13	1:44.587	0.287
4	69	Jean-Karl VERNAY		Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team	Audi RS3 LMS	14	1:44.718	0.418
5	22	Frédéric VERVISCH		Audi Sport Team Comtoyou	Audi RS3 LMS	13	1:44.719	0.419
6	23	Nathanaël BERTHON		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	12	1:44.740	0.440
7	12	Rob HUFF		Sébastien Loeb Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	12	1:44.760	0.460
8	63	Benjamin LESSENNES		Boutsen Ginion Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	13	1:44.891	0.591
9	21	Aurélien PANIS		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	12	1:44.907	0.607
10	52	Gordon SHEDDEN		Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team	Audi RS3 LMS	11	1:44.946	0.646
11	70	Mat’o HOMOLA		DG Sport Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	1:45.131	0.831
12	15	James THOMPSON		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	13	1:45.138	0.838
13	74	Pepe ORIOLA		Team Oscaro by Campos Racing	CUPRA TCR	14	1:45.178	0.878
14	25	Mehdi BENNANI		Sébastien Loeb Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	14	1:45.305	1.005
15	20	Denis DUPONT		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	12	1:45.373	1.073
16	30	Gabriele TARQUINI		BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	12	1:45.654	1.354
17	66	Zsolt Dávid SZABÓ		Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA TCR	14	1:45.713	1.413
18	5	Norbert MICHELISZ		BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	13	1:45.759	1.459
19	11	Thed BJÖRK		YMR	Hyundai i30 N TCR	12	1:45.858	1.558
20	27	John FILIPPI		Team Oscaro by Campos Racing	CUPRA TCR	10	1:46.095	1.795
21	88	Fabrizio GIOVANARDI		Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	12	1:46.104	1.804
22	48	Yvan MULLER		YMR	Hyundai i30 N TCR	12	1:46.106	1.806
23	10	Gianni MORBIDELLI		Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	12	1:46.150	1.850
24	3	Michael VERHAGEN		Bas Koeten Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	15	1:45.458	1.158
25	8	Norbert NAGY		Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA TCR	14	1:46.508	2.208
26	2	Bernhard VAN ORANJE NASSAU		Bas Koeten Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	14	1:46.708	2.408
27	9	Tom CORONEL		Boutsen Ginion Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	12	1:47.185	2.885