Attila Tassi edges out Tom Coronel in first practice at Zandvoort

Attila Tassi headed the times for Honda in first practice for the FIA World Touring Car Cup at Zandvoort, edging out home hero Tom Coronel’s CUPRA by three tenths of a second at the seaside circuit.

Tassi put his KCMG Honda at the top in the closing minutes of the session, edging out Coronel, who also put in a fast lap late on.

Augusto Farfus last won a touring car race at the Dutch circuit back in his second year in the DTM, and the BRC Racing driver ended the session in third, half a tenth further back, having been quickest with two minutes left in the session.

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PWR duo Mikel Azcona and Daniel Haglöf were fourth and fifth respectively, meaning that three of the four CUPRAs on the grid were inside the top ten.

Benjamin Leuchter was the top SLR Volkswagen driver in sixth, the German just over six tenths off the pace, ahead of championship leader Néstor Girolami in seventh, the Münnich Motorsport driver having slipped down the order in the closing minutes.

After an increase in power this weekend, Thed Björk was the best Lynk & Co driver in eighth, 0.760 seconds off the pace.

The second Münnich Honda of Esteban Guerrieri and BRC Racing’s Gabriele Tarquini completed the top ten.

None of the Audi drivers made it into the top ten, with local racer Niels Langeveld the best of the RS3 runners in 12^th, almost nine tenths off the pace.

WRT’s Gordon Shedden propped up the timesheets in 26^th, more than three seconds off the pace and a full second slower than the next slowest driver.

Second practice gets underway at 15:20 CEST (14:20 BST).

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	9	Attila TASSI		KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR	17	1:45.692	0.000
2	50	Tom CORONEL		Comtoyou DHL Team CUPRA Racing	CUPRA TCR	18	1:45.995	0.303
3	8	Augusto FARFUS		BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	17	1:46.050	0.358
4	96	Mikel AZCONA		PWR Racing	CUPRA TCR	20	1:46.076	0.384
5	37	Daniel HAGLÖF		PWR Racing	CUPRA TCR	12	1:46.114	0.422
6	33	Benjamin LEUCHTER		SLR Volkswagen	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	15	1:46.340	0.648
7	29	Néstor GIROLAMI		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	17	1:46.383	0.691
8	11	Thed BJÖRK		Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	15	1:46.452	0.760
9	86	Esteban GUERRIERI		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	17	1:46.477	0.785
10	1	Gabriele TARQUINI		BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Hyundai i30 N TCR	15	1:46.493	0.801
11	111	Andy PRIAULX		Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	16	1:46.498	0.806
12	10	Niels LANGEVELD		Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	18	1:46.574	0.882
13	14	Johan KRISTOFFERSSON		SLR Volkswagen	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	14	1:46.641	0.949
14	5	Norbert MICHELISZ		BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Hyundai i30 N TCR	17	1:46.673	0.981
15	100	Yvan MULLER		Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	15	1:46.673	0.981
16	18	Tiago MONTEIRO		KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR	16	1:46.810	1.118
17	88	Nicky CATSBURG		BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	17	1:46.885	1.193
18	68	Yann EHRLACHER		Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	16	1:46.934	1.242
19	21	Aurélien PANIS		Comtoyou DHL Team CUPRA Racing	CUPRA TCR	17	1:46.970	1.278
20	69	Jean-Karl VERNAY		Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	15	1:47.117	1.425
21	12	Rob HUFF		SLR VW Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	14	1:47.129	1.437
22	25	Mehdi BENNANI		SLR VW Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	14	1:47.232	1.540
23	55	Ma QING HUA		Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	18	1:47.257	1.565
24	31	Kevin CECCON		Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	18	1:47.341	1.649
25	22	Frédéric VERVISCH		Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	14	1:47.968	2.276
26	52	Gordon SHEDDEN		Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	15	1:48.913	3.221