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Jordi Gené leads Craft-Bamboo 1-2 in Friday testing

Jordi Gené lead Craft-Bamboo Racing team-mate Pepe Oriola in the times in Friday testing for the TCR International Series in Thailand, with the West Coast Racing trio of Hondas behind.

Gené and Oriola swapped the top time throughout the extended two-hour session, before Gené eventually sealed the fastest time with a lap of 1:44.218 to go 0.165 seconds faster than his compatriot.

Gianni Morbidelli was the lead Honda driver in third, over half a second off the pace. His sometime team-mate René Münnich was fourth, ahead of regular team-mate Kevin Gleason in fifth.

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The third Craft-Babmoo Lukoil car of Sergey Afansyev was sixth, with the Russian being the last driver to be within a second of the leading pace.

Loris Hezemans was the top Target Competition driver in seventh, contesting only his second meeting in the series, ahead of championship leader Stefano Comini in eighth.

Liqui Moly Team Engstler cars completed the top ten, with Mikhail Grachev putting his Volkswagen in ninth ahead of Lorenzo Veglia’s SEAT in tenth. Tomas Engström just missed the top ten in the second Volkswagen, ending up 11th fastest.

Alain Menu enjoyed a solid start to his début weekend in TCR, putting the Top Run Motorsport Subaru STi car in 12th fastest, 1.488 seconds off the pace.

World Touring Car Championship regular Hugo Valente was 13th in the Campos Racing Opel, less than a tenth slower than Menu.

Newcomer Munkong Sathienthirakul was the leading TCR Asia Series driver in 14th position, with the Thai driver using his local knowledge of the circuit to good effect in his Craft-Bamboo Racing SEAT.

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 88 Jordi GENÉ Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 36 1:44.218 0.000
2 74 Pepe ORIOLA Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 38 1:44.383 0.165
3 10 Gianni MORBIDELLI West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 25 1:44.772 0.554
4 23 René MÜNNICH West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 33 1:44.940 0.722
5 24 Kevin GLEASON West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 39 1:45.084 0.866
6 77 Sergey AFANASYEV Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 34 1:45.113 0.895
7 15 Loris HEZEMANS Target Competition SEAT León Racer 40 1:45.244 1.026
8 25 Stefano COMINI Target Competition SEAT León Racer 35 1:45.474 1.256
9 8 Mikhail GRACHEV Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf TCR 35 1:45.493 1.275
10 7 Lorenzo VEGLIA Liqui Moly Team Engstler SEAT León Racer 35 1:45.523 1.305
11 4 Tomas ENGSTRÖM Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf TCR 29 1:45.568 1.350
12 52 Alain MENU Top Run Motorsport Subaru STi TCR 23 1:45.706 1.488
13 45 Hugo VALENTE Campos Racing Opel Astra OPC 27 1:45.754 1.536
14 80 Munkong SATHIENTHIRAKUL Craft-Bamboo Racing SEAT León Racer 34 1:45.770 1.552
15 27 Robb HOLLAND FRD Ford HK Racing Team Ford Focus ST 28 1:46.499 2.281
16 68 Michael CHOI Prince Racing Hong Kong Honda Civic TCR 35 1:46.712 2.494
17 35 Rafaël GALIANA Target Competition SEAT León Racer 32 1:46.835 2.617
18 31 Tin SRITRAI Asia Racing Team SEAT León Racer 28 1:46.878 2.660
19 38 Kenneth LAU Prince Racing Hong Kong Honda Civic TCR 34 1:47.286 3.068
20 66 Filipe Clemente DE SOUZA Roadstar Racing Team SEAT León Racer 31 1:47.291 3.073
21 67 Johnson HUANG Roadstar Racing Team SEAT León Racer 34 1:48.776 4.558
22 56 Samson CHAN Roadstar Racing Team SEAT León Racer 34 1:48.786 4.568
23 65 Douglas KHOO Niza Racing SEAT León Racer 30 1:55.663 11.445
24 69 Kevin PU Asia Racing Team SEAT León Racer No time N/A

Complete session results.

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