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René Rast leads the way again in second practice

Audi’s René Rast again topped the times in second practice for the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, as times tumbled throughout the 40-minute session on a drying track.

Times were around 50 seconds slower than the dry laps which drivers were able to complete early on in first practice, as the session took place on a wet but drying track.

Boutsen Ginion Racing’s Tom Coronel was the first to put in an early fast lap, with the Dutchman putting in a time of 10 minutes 43.110 seconds early on in the damp conditions.

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The top time then changed hands to Aurélien Comte, Norbert Michelisz, René Rast, Tom Coronel and Thed Björk, before ending up back with Rast in the closing minutes after his time of 10 minutes 19.761 seconds propelled the defending DTM champion to the top.

Rast was a mere 0.219 seconds faster than YMR’s Thed Björk around the 26 kilometre circuit, despite the Hyundai driver hauling 60 kg of compensation weight compared to most of his opposition carrying none on board.

Leopard Lukoil’s Jean-Karl Vernay enjoyed a strong session once again, the Frenchman putting his Audi in third fastest. His team-mate Gordon Shedden once again endured a torrid time, after the Scot struggled with damage on the left-rear corner of his Audi, possibly as a result of his first practice prang.

Norbert Michelisz was the leading BRC Racing Hyundai driver in fifth, ahead of the Peugeot of Mat’o Homola in sixth.

Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Rob Huff, who had been second in first practice, was seventh after a late time pushed him up the order.

Coronel failed to improve after his time that briefly put him top, ending up in eighth, 5.723 seconds off the pace.

Completing the top ten were the Audi of Frédéric Vervisch – the last driver within ten seconds of the pace – and the Alfa Romeo of Gianni Morbidelli.

Qualifying is scheduled to take place at 15:30 CEST (14:30 BST).

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 33 René RAST Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team Audi RS3 LMS 3 10:19.761 0.000
2 11 Thed BJÖRK YMR Hyundai i30 N TCR 3 10:19.980 0.219
3 69 Jean-Karl VERNAY Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team Audi RS3 LMS 3 10:21.375 1.614
4 68 Yann EHRLACHER ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 2 10:22.881 3.120
5 5 Norbert MICHELISZ BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 3 10:23.379 3.618
6 70 Mat’o HOMOLA DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 4 10:24.209 4.448
7 12 Rob HUFF Sébastien Loeb Racing Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 2 10:25.268 5.507
8 9 Tom CORONEL Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 3 10:25.484 5.723
9 22 Frédéric VERVISCH Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS3 LMS 3 10:29.663 9.902
10 10 Gianni MORBIDELLI Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 4 10:29.911 10.150
11 27 John FILIPPI Team Oscaro by Campos Racing CUPRA TCR 3 10:30.555 10.794
12 88 Fabrizio GIOVANARDI Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 3 10:30.652 10.891
13 86 Esteban GUERRIERI ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 3 10:30.920 11.159
14 94 Kris RICHARD KCMG Honda Civic Type R TCR 3 10:31.322 11.561
15 63 Benjamin LESSENNES Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 3 10:33.633 13.872
16 20 Denis DUPONT Comtoyou Racing Audi RS3 LMS 4 10:34.488 14.727
17 7 Aurélien COMTE DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 3 10:35.511 15.750
18 15 James THOMPSON ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 3 10:36.011 16.250
19 21 Aurélien PANIS Comtoyou Racing Audi RS3 LMS 3 10:36.138 16.377
20 48 Yvan MULLER YMR Hyundai i30 N TCR 2 10:36.212 16.451
21 8 Norbert NAGY Zengő Motorsport CUPRA TCR 2 10:36.536 16.775
22 25 Mehdi BENNANI Sébastien Loeb Racing Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 2 10:36.672 16.911
23 30 Gabriele TARQUINI BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 2 10:37.352 17.591
24 74 Pepe ORIOLA Team Oscaro by Campos Racing CUPRA TCR 2 10:37.503 17.742
25 52 Gordon SHEDDEN Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team Audi RS3 LMS 3 10:38.906 19.145
26 23 Nathanaël BERTHON Comtoyou Racing Audi RS3 LMS 3 10:40.881 21.120
27 66 Zsolt Dávid SZABÓ Zengő Motorsport CUPRA TCR 0 No time N/A
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