Sami Taoufik was again fastest in the second TCR Europe practice session at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The Moroccan was the only driver to get below the 1 minute 55 barrier and was 0.555 seconds faster than Jessica Bäckman in the Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR.
Third fastest in Friday afternoon’s second session was Evgenii Leonov. The Russian driver’s 1 minute 55.487 time was quickest for the majority of the 30 minutes but was beaten by the duo ahead late on.
Nicolas Baert was as like in the first session fourth fastest, although just 0.069 seconds behind Leonov with Pepe Oriola also close by in fifth and just 0.003 seconds adrift of the Belgian driver.
Mat’o Homola and David Nagy in the pair of BRC Racing Team Hyundais, Mike Halder, Andreas Bäckman and Teddy Clairet completed the top 10.
Again, as like this morning, two of the top three drivers in the championship appeared to struggle. Mehdi Bennani was 12th quickest, while series leader Dan Lloyd was down in 17th in the second of the Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda’s.
Qualifying for this weekend’s TCR Europe races in Barcelona is scheduled to take place at 11:45 CEST tomorrow (10:45 BST).
Session results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 25 | Sami TAOUFIK |  |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 13 | 1:54.653 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 26 | Jessica BÄCKMAN |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | 1:55.208 | 0.555 |
| 3 | 16 | Evgenii LEONOV |  |
Volcano Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | 12 | 1:55.487 | 0.834 |
| 4 | 8 | Nicolas BAERT |  |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 13 | 1:55.556 | 0.903 |
| 5 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA |  |
Brutal Fish Racing Team | Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR | 11 | 1:55.559 | 0.906 |
| 6 | 70 | Mat’o HOMOLA |  |
BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | 1:55.565 | 0.912 |
| 7 | 99 | Dániel NAGY |  |
BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | 1:55.668 | 1.015 |
| 8 | 7 | Mike HALDER |  |
Profi Car Team Halder | Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR | 10 | 1:55.681 | 1.028 |
| 9 | 19 | Andreas BÄCKMAN | |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | 1:55.700 | 1.047 |
| 10 | 20 | Teddy CLAIRET |  |
Team Clairet Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 12 | 1:55.716 | 1.063 |
| 11 | 24 | Julien BRICHÉ | |
JSB Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 13 | 1:55.759 | 1.106 |
| 12 | 250 | Mehdi BENNANI | |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 13 | 1:55.779 | 1.126 |
| 13 | 53 | Michelle HALDER | |
Profi Car Team Halder | Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR | 10 | 1:55.862 | 1.209 |
| 14 | 81 | Stéphane VENTAJA | |
Team Clairet Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 13 | 1:55.894 | 1.241 |
| 15 | 21 | Jimmy CLAIRET | |
Team Clairet Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 12 | 1:56.032 | 1.379 |
| 16 | 17 | Martin RYBA | |
Brutal Fish Racing Team | Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR | 13 | 1:56.064 | 1.411 |
| 17 | 123 | Daniel LLOYD |  |
Brutal Fish Racing Team | Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR | 12 | 1:56.330 | 1.677 |
| 18 | 27 | John FILIPPI | |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 10 | 1:56.444 | 1.791 |
| 19 | 33 | José Manuel SAPAG |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 10 | 1:57.137 | 2.484 |
| 20 | 4 | Florian BRICHÉ | |
JSB Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 6 | 1:57.975 | 3.322 |
| 21 | 6 | Jean Laurent NAVARRO | |
JSB Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 11 | 1:58.464 | 3.811 |
| 22 | 66 | Gilles COLOMBANI | |
Team Clairet Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 14 | 1:58.629 | 3.976 |