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Yann Ehrlacher comes out on top in second Marrakech practice

Cyan Racing’s Yann Ehrlacher put his first practice woes behind him to post the fastest time in second practice for the FIA TCR World Tour in Morocco, just 0.030 seconds ahead of BRC Racing’s Néstor Girolami.

The Frenchman had been just 12th fastest in first practice, having had to stop at one point when debris got caught on the front of his car.

But in second practice, the two-time WTCR champion was consistently challenging near the top, ending the session with a lap of 50.197 seconds, some six tenths quicker than the best lap of the earlier session and a second and a half quicker than he himself went in the morning.

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Hyundai’s Girolami was second, three hundredths back, ahead of the leading Honda of GOAT Racing’s Esteban Guerrieri in third, just five hundredths behind his Argentine compatriot.

Santiago Urrutia, who was also off the pace in FP1, was fourth, a tenth slower than Ehrlacher.

Home hero Sami Taoufik put his Volcano Motorsport Audi in fifth, another tenth back, ahead of FP1 pace-setter Norbert Michelisz in sixth.

The second Volcano Motorsport Audi of John Filippi was seventh, ahead of 2022 WTCR champion Mikel Azcona in eighth.

The top ten, which was covered by less than half a second, was completed by GOAT Racing duo Marco Butti and Dušan Borković.

Moroccan home hero Mehdi Bennani put his new CUPRA Leon VZ in 11th, whilst 12th-placed Julien Piguet and 13th-placed Thed Björk were the only other drivers within a second of the pace in their Audi and Lynk & Co cars respectively.

Qualifying gets underway at 16:00 local time (16:00 BST, 17:00 CEST).

Session results

POS NO NAT DRIVER ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 168 Yann EHRLACHER Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 23 50.197
2 129 Néstor GIROLAMI BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 22 50.227 0.030
3 186 Esteban GUERRIERI GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 26 50.274 0.077
4 112 Santiago URRUTIA Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 24 50.301 0.104
5 212 Sami TAOUFIK Volcano Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR II 24 50.399 0.202
6 105 Norbert MICHELISZ BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 25 50.409 0.212
7 127 John FILIPPI Volcano Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR II 30 50.482 0.285
8 196 Mikel AZCONA BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 23 50.509 0.312
9 199 Marco BUTTI GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 27 50.588 0.391
10 62 Dušan BORKOVIĆ GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 24 50.631 0.434
11 125 Mehdi BENNANI Team Clairet Sport CUPRA Leon VZ TCR 28 50.776 0.579
12 30 Julien PIGUET Team Clairet Sport Audi RS3 LMS TCR II 31 50.901 0.704
13 111 Thed BJÖRK Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 26 51.097 0.900
14 155 MA Qing Hua Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 26 51.261 1.064
15 41 Victor FERNÁNDEZ Gil GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR 27 52.703 2.506
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