Norbert Michelisz continues to top the times in Hungary

Norbert Michelisz was once again the quickest driver in second practice for the TCR International Series at the Hungaroring, with the M1Ra Honda driver over half a second clear of Leopard Racing’s Jean-Karl Vernay.

Michelisz traded top times during the session with team-mate Attila Tassi and the Volkswagen of Vernay, who was 0.736 seconds behind the home hero.

Tassi ended up third, having briefly been quickest on two occasions during the session, firstly with a time of 1 minute 55.158 seconds, then latterly with his lap of 1 minute 53.781 seconds, before firstly Vernay and then Michelisz went faster.

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Craft-Bamboo Racing’s James Nash was fourth heading up a trio of the Anglo-Kong Kong team’s cars, over a second off the pace, ahead of fellow Brit and team-mate Daniel Lloyd in fifth.

Pepe Oriola was sixth, 1 and a half seconds off the pace, having himself briefly been fastest in the early stages of the session.

WestCoast Racing duo Gianni Morbidelli and Giacomo Altoè were seventh and eighth respectively, whilst Jens Reno Møller and DG Sport Compétition’s Mat’o Homola completed the top ten.

Møller was later summoned to see the Stewards as he repeatedly exceeded the track limits.

Reigning champion Stefano Comini could manage just 19^th fastest in his Audi, with Comtoyou Racing team-mate Frédéric Vervisch also struggling and missing out on the top ten, with neither of the pair within 2.5 seconds of Michelisz’s pace.

Zengő Motorsport managed to complete three more of their cars on Saturday, with former WTCC racer Dániel Nagy taking to the circuit in his SEAT and ending up 18^th quickest.

Anett György also took to the track in her older-spec SEAT. The team are continuing to work on the brand new KIA Cee’d for Ferenc Ficza, and as a result he failed to post a time in the half-hour session, having gone just a few hundred metres before a broken cable throttle caused a red-flag stoppage.

Qualifying takes place at 16:50 CEST (15:50 BST) and will be streamed live online.

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	59	Norbert MICHELISZ		M1RA	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	12	1:52.860	0.000
2	2	Jean-Karl VERNAY		Leopard Racing Team WRT	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	12	1:53.596	0.736
3	9	Attila TASSI		M1RA	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	13	1:53.781	0.921
4	54	James NASH		Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	SEAT León TCR	12	1:54.113	1.253
5	17	Daniel LLOYD		Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	SEAT León TCR	11	1:54.200	1.340
6	74	Pepe ORIOLA		Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	SEAT León TCR	11	1:54.388	1.528
7	10	Gianni MORBIDELLI		West Coast Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	11	1:54.594	1.734
8	21	Giacomo ALTOÈ		West Coast Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	13	1:54.673	1.813
9	11	Jens Reno MØLLER		Reno Racing	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	12	1:54.912	2.052
10	70	Mat’o HOMOLA		DG Sport Compétition	Opel Astra TCR	12	1:55.099	2.239
11	34	Stian PAULSEN		Stian Paulsen Racing	SEAT León TCR	11	1:55.175	2.315
12	31	Milovan VESNIĆ		ASK Vesnić	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	11	1:55.333	2.473
13	62	Dušan BORKOVIĆ		GE-Force	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	11	1:55.409	2.549
14	6	Frédéric VERVISCH		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	12	1:55.464	2.604
15	16	Davit KAJAIA		GE-Force	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	12	1:55.480	2.620
16	66	Grégoire DEMOUSTIER		DG Sport Compétition	Opel Astra TCR	11	1:55.673	2.813
17	3	Rob HUFF		Leopard Racing Team WRT	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	12	1:55.745	2.885
18	80	Dániel NAGY		Zengő Motorsport	SEAT León TCR	12	1:55.834	2.974
19	1	Stefano COMINI		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	12	1:56.079	3.219
20	18	Duncan ENDE		Icarus Motorsports	SEAT León TCR	11	1:56.159	3.299
21	5	Roberto COLCIAGO		M1RA	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	12	1:56.215	3.355
22	20	Márk JEDLÓCZKY		Unicorse Team	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	12	1:56.743	3.883
23	26	István BERNULA		Botka Rally Team	KIA Cee’d TCR	7	1:57.960	5.100
24	77	Anett GYÖRGY		Zengő Motorsport	SEAT León TCR DSG	7	2:00.768	7.908
25	55	Ferenc FICZA		Zele Racing	KIA Cee’d TCR	0	No time