Honda’s Norbert Michelisz headed a popular 1-2 for the marque in a wet final practice session ahead of this weekend’s World Touring Car Championship meeting at the Hungaroring.
RC Motorsport’s Yann Ehrlacher had been on course to claim the runner-up spot, however a late improvement from Michelisz’s team-mate, Tiago Monteiro, saw him claim the honours.
Despite practice frequently being subjective as to how representative it’s results are, the pace shown by both Civic WTCC machines with 80kgs of compensation weight looks ominous ahead of qualifying at 13:00.
The pace-setter from the morning session, Rob Huff, came next in fourth ahead of another Honda, this time the JAS of Ryo Michigami.
Nicky Catsburg put in a turn of impressive wet weather pace in the Volvo to claim sixth, with Monza race-winner Tom Chilton seventh in the privateer Sebastien Leob Racing Citroen C-Elysee.
The top ten was rounded out by Medhi Bennani, Daniel Nagy and the Volvo of Nestor Girolami.
The session had to be halted twice for a brace of issues at turn six. Aurelien Panis suffered electrical issues and parked up after quarter of an hour, with Catsburg also stopping in the closing stages.
Session results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 5 | Norbert MICHELISZ |  |
Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda Civic WTCC | 14 | 2:03.646 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 18 | Tiago MONTEIRO |  |
Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda Civic WTCC | 14 | 2:03.838 | 0.192 |
| 3 | 68 | Yann EHRLACHER |  |
RC Motorsport | LADA Vesta WTCC | 17 | 2:04.313 | 0.667 |
| 4 | 12 | Rob HUFF |  |
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 13 | 2:04.541 | 0.895 |
| 5 | 34 | Ryo MICHIGAMI |  |
Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda Civic WTCC | 15 | 2:04.852 | 1.206 |
| 6 | 63 | Nicky CATSBURG |  |
Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar | 13 | 2:04.894 | 1.248 |
| 7 | 3 | Tom CHILTON | |
Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 14 | 2:05.129 | 1.483 |
| 8 | 25 | Mehdi BENNANI |  |
Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 17 | 2:05.158 | 1.512 |
| 9 | 99 | Dániel NAGY | |
Zengő Motorsport Kft | Honda Civic WTCC | 13 | 2:05.521 | 1.875 |
| 10 | 61 | Néstor GIROLAMI |  |
Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar | 14 | 2:05.531 | 1.885 |
| 11 | 86 | Esteban GUERRIERI | |
Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 12 | 2:05.532 | 1.886 |
| 12 | 24 | Kevin GLEASON |  |
RC Motorsport | LADA Vesta WTCC | 18 | 2:05.857 | 2.211 |
| 13 | 27 | John FILIPPI | |
Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 16 | 2:05.945 | 2.299 |
| 14 | 9 | Tom CORONEL | |
ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 14 | 2:06.225 | 2.579 |
| 15 | 62 | Thed BJÖRK |  |
Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar | 14 | 2:07.269 | 3.623 |
| 16 | 8 | Aurélien PANIS | |
Zengő Motorsport Kft | Honda Civic WTCC | 7 | 2:07.379 | 3.733 |