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Yann Ehrlacher tops first practice on the streets of Vila Real

Cyan Racing’s Yann Ehrlacher set the early pace in the first FIA TCR World Tour practice session on the streets of Vila Real, lapping in 2 minutes 0.256 seconds, over seven tenths ahead of his nearest rival.

The Frenchman was quick out of the blocks, topping the times early on with an effort of 2:01.696 before improving to a 2:00.256, a time which was around three quarters of a second slower than the qualifying lap record of 1:59.498 posted in 2019.

GOAT Racing’s Esteban Guerrieri was second as the top Honda, improving late in the session to break into the top ten.

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The Cyan Racing cars were all strong on the street circuit, with Thed Björk in third, Santiago Urrutia in fourth and Ma Qing Hua in fifth, the only other drivers within a second of the pace.

Norbert Michelisz was the leading BRC Racing Hyundai driver in sixth, 1.282 seconds off the pace, directly ahead of team-mate Mikel Azcona in seventh.

Series returnee Dušan Borković put his Honda in eighth, whilst the top ten was completed by SP Compétition’s Aurélien Comte and BRC’s Néstor Girolami.

Second practice gets underway at 12:40 WEST (12:40 BST).

Session results

POS NO NAT DRIVER ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 168 Yann EHRLACHER Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 11 2:00.256
2 186 Esteban GUERRIERI GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 10 2:00.970 0.714
3 111 Thed BJÖRK Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 11 2:01.142 0.886
4 112 Santiago URRUTIA Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 12 2:01.171 0.915
5 155 MA Qing Hua Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 12 2:01.248 0.992
6 105 Norbert MICHELISZ BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 11 2:01.538 1.282
7 196 Mikel AZCONA BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 6 2:01.759 1.503
8 62 Dušan BORKOVIĆ GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 10 2:03.166 2.910
9 107 Aurélien COMTE SP Compétition CUPRA Leon VZ TCR 10 2:03.478 3.222
10 129 Néstor GIROLAMI BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 9 2:03.717 3.461
11 77 Manuel FERNANDES JR SP Compétition CUPRA Leon VZ TCR 8 2:03.769 3.513
12 123 Ignacio MONTENEGRO GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 11 2:03.776 3.520
13 59 Daniel TEIXEIRA JT59 Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 9 2:04.705 4.449
14 11 Marco BUTTI GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 11 2:06.049 5.793
15 10 Viktor ANDERSSON MA:GP Lynk & Co 03 TCR 11 2:06.546 6.290
16 14 Michel FERNANDES J. Santos Competição Peugeot 308 TCR 9 2:15.028 14.772
17 127 John FILIPPI SP Compétition CUPRA Leon VZ TCR 0 No time N/A
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