Esteban Guerrieri kept Honda on top of the times in second practice for the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) at Zandvoort, as Münnich Motorsport once again occupied the top two places with Yann Ehrlacher in second.
Guerrieri lapped the Dutch circuit around six tenths faster than Ehrlacher had in the morning’s earlier session, edging out his team-mate by a slither over a tenth of a second to continue to improve to push the lap record for a TCR car around the circuit.
The Argentine had hit the top of the times at just over the half-way mark, with his lap holding the top spot thereafter.
Ehrlacher, was slower than his team-mate throughout the entire session, whilst Aurélien Comte was a surprise third fastest in his Peugeot 308.
Leopard Lukoil’s Jean-Karl Vernay was the leading Audi driver in fourth, having topped the times in the early part of the session, ahead of Comtoyou Racing duo Frédéric Vervisch and Nathanaël Berthon in fifth and sixth respectively.
Rob Huff, who was also in the top ten earlier in FP1, was seventh fastest in his Volkswagen Golf, ahead of Boutsen Ginion Racing’s Benjamin Lessennes in eighth, who cracked the top ten for the first time in the weekend, just over half a second off the pace.
Comtoyou Racing’s Aurélien Panis and Leopard Lukoil’s Gordon Shedden completed the top ten in their Audi RS3s respectively, making it five cars in the top ten for the Ingolstadt marque.
The next WTCR track action is qualifying for race one on Sunday at 08:30 CEST (07:30 BST).
Session results
POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
1 | 86 | Esteban GUERRIERI | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 13 | 1:44.300 | 0.000 | |
2 | 68 | Yann EHRLACHER | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 12 | 1:44.408 | 0.108 | |
3 | 7 | Aurélien COMTE | DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 13 | 1:44.587 | 0.287 | |
4 | 69 | Jean-Karl VERNAY | Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | 14 | 1:44.718 | 0.418 | |
5 | 22 | Frédéric VERVISCH | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | Audi RS3 LMS | 13 | 1:44.719 | 0.419 | |
6 | 23 | Nathanaël BERTHON | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 12 | 1:44.740 | 0.440 | |
7 | 12 | Rob HUFF | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 12 | 1:44.760 | 0.460 | |
8 | 63 | Benjamin LESSENNES | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 13 | 1:44.891 | 0.591 | |
9 | 21 | Aurélien PANIS | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 12 | 1:44.907 | 0.607 | |
10 | 52 | Gordon SHEDDEN | Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | 11 | 1:44.946 | 0.646 | |
11 | 70 | Mat’o HOMOLA | DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 14 | 1:45.131 | 0.831 | |
12 | 15 | James THOMPSON | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 13 | 1:45.138 | 0.838 | |
13 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA | Team Oscaro by Campos Racing | CUPRA TCR | 14 | 1:45.178 | 0.878 | |
14 | 25 | Mehdi BENNANI | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 14 | 1:45.305 | 1.005 | |
15 | 20 | Denis DUPONT | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 12 | 1:45.373 | 1.073 | |
16 | 30 | Gabriele TARQUINI | BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 12 | 1:45.654 | 1.354 | |
17 | 66 | Zsolt Dávid SZABÓ | Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | 14 | 1:45.713 | 1.413 | |
18 | 5 | Norbert MICHELISZ | BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 1:45.759 | 1.459 | |
19 | 11 | Thed BJÖRK | YMR | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 12 | 1:45.858 | 1.558 | |
20 | 27 | John FILIPPI | Team Oscaro by Campos Racing | CUPRA TCR | 10 | 1:46.095 | 1.795 | |
21 | 88 | Fabrizio GIOVANARDI | Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 12 | 1:46.104 | 1.804 | |
22 | 48 | Yvan MULLER | YMR | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 12 | 1:46.106 | 1.806 | |
23 | 10 | Gianni MORBIDELLI | Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 12 | 1:46.150 | 1.850 | |
24 | 3 | Michael VERHAGEN | Bas Koeten Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 15 | 1:45.458 | 1.158 | |
25 | 8 | Norbert NAGY | Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | 14 | 1:46.508 | 2.208 | |
26 | 2 | Bernhard VAN ORANJE NASSAU | Bas Koeten Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 14 | 1:46.708 | 2.408 | |
27 | 9 | Tom CORONEL | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 12 | 1:47.185 | 2.885 |