Hyundai racer Dušan Borković pipped Audi driver Jaap van Lagen by less than a tenth of a second to top the times in second practice for the TCR Europe Series at Zandvoort.
The times had been topped by the Audi of Jaap van Lagen, shod with fresh rubber, for much of the session, with the Leopard Lukoil driver at one point being eight tenths clear of second place.
But towards the end of the session Borković, who had been fifth quickest, put in a quick lap to go to the top, although his time was still two tenths slower than van Lagen’s best of the day set earlier in first practice.
Attila Tassi was third fastest, improving on his classification of 13th in first practice, with the KCMG Honda driver being 0.354 seconds from the pace.
Comtoyou Racing’s Maxime Potty had been one of the early pace-setters in the session and the Volkswagen racer ended up in fourth, ahead of PCR Sport’s Mikel Azcona in fifth, who continued to demonstrate that he has front-running pace in his CUPRA.
The morning’s leading Hyundai racer Kris Richard was sixth in his Target Competition i30 N, ahead of Stian Paulsen in seventh and the third Target Hyundai of Reece Barr in eighth, with the latter being the last driver within a second of the pace.
KCMG’s Josh Files and M1RA’s Francisco Mora completed the top ten, whilst Mora’s team-mate Dániel Nagy was 11th, a mere 0.007 seconds slower.
Qualifying for TCR Europe takes place at 15:45 CEST (14:45 BST).
Session results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 62 | Dušan BORKOVIĆ |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 1:45.428 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 46 | Jaap VAN LAGEN |  |
Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 13 | 1:45.526 | 0.098 |
| 3 | 9 | Attila TASSI |  |
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 12 | 1:45.782 | 0.354 |
| 4 | 88 | Maxime POTTY |  |
Comtoyou Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 14 | 1:45.824 | 0.396 |
| 5 | 25 | Mikel AZCONA |  |
PCR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 13 | 1:45.871 | 0.443 |
| 6 | 94 | Kris RICHARD |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 15 | 1:46.275 | 0.847 |
| 7 | 34 | Stian PAULSEN |  |
Stian Paulsen Racing | CUPRA TCR | 14 | 1:46.344 | 0.916 |
| 8 | 8 | Reece BARR |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 15 | 1:46.392 | 0.964 |
| 9 | 99 | Josh FILES |  |
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 1:46.447 | 1.019 |
| 10 | 26 | Francisco MORA |  |
M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | 1:46.524 | 1.096 |
| 11 | 999 | Dániel NAGY | |
M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 1:46.531 | 1.103 |
| 12 | 4 | Julien BRICHÉ |  |
JSB Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 12 | 1:46.782 | 1.354 |
| 13 | 23 | Francisco ABREU | |
Sports & You | Peugeot 308 TCR | 13 | 1:46.830 | 1.402 |
| 14 | 38 | Danny KROES | |
PCR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 13 | 1:46.870 | 1.442 |
| 15 | 7 | Igor STEFANOVSKI |  |
Stefanovski Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 14 | 1:47.424 | 1.996 |
| 16 | 13 | Cedric PIRO |  |
Autodis Racing by Piro Sports | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 14 | 1:47.497 | 2.069 |
| 17 | 11 | Jens Reno MØLLER |  |
Reno Racing | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 12 | 1:47.631 | 2.203 |
| 18 | 20 | Márk JEDLÓCZKY | |
JLG Sport | CUPRA TCR | 15 | 1:48.052 | 2.624 |
| 19 | 10 | Viktor DAVIDOVSKY | |
PSS Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 14 | 1:48.497 | 3.069 |
| 20 | 17 | Martin RYBA |  |
Brutal Fish Racing Team | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 15 | 1:49.618 | 4.190 |
| 21 | 21 | Marie BAUS-COPPENS | |
JSB Compétition | CUPRA TCR DSG | 10 | 1:53.749 | 8.321 |
| 22 | 14 | Loris CENCETTI |  |
Autodis Racing by Piro Sports | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 2 | 2:00.770 | 15.342 |