Santiago Urrutia kept Cyan Racing on top of the times in the second FIA TCR World Tour practice session at El Pinar in Uruguay, with Yann Ehrlacher once again ending up second quickest.
After the first session earlier in the day, topped by Ma Qing Hua, was held in very wet conditions, having also been delayed due to the weather, second practice also took place on a wet circuit, although the rain had stopped falling by this stage.
That meant lap times could be better than earlier in the day, with Urrutia’s ultimately quickest lap of 1 minute 27.119 seconds being just over three seconds faster than Ma’s earlier benchmark.
Ehrlacher was just over a tenth back, ahead of Ma in third.
The BRC Racing Hyundais again proved to be the Cyan Racing quartet’s closest challengers, with Néstor Girolami this time heading up the Elantra drivers in fourth, ahead of team-mate Norbert Michelisz in fifth.
Galid Osman was the leading TCR South America driver this time, putting his W2 Pro GP CUPRA in sixth, just under a second off the pace.
The session saw two red flag stoppages, the first coming after ten minutes when Toyota’s Matías Rossi went off at Turn 12, followed by another with seven minutes remaining when W2 Pro GP’s Guilherme Reischl went off at Turn 3.
Qualifying is scheduled to get underway at 15:05 local time (19:05 BST, 20:05 CEST).
Session results
| POS | NO | NAT | DRIVER | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 112 |  |
Santiago URRUTIA | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 10 | 1:27.119 | – |
| 2 | 168 |  |
Yann EHRLACHER | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 10 | 1:27.247 | 0.128 |
| 3 | 155 |  |
MA Qing Hua | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 10 | 1:27.555 | 0.436 |
| 4 | 129 |  |
Néstor GIROLAMI | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 10 | 1:27.718 | 0.599 |
| 5 | 105 |  |
Norbert MICHELISZ | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 10 | 1:27.972 | 0.853 |
| 6 | 28 |  |
Galid OSMAN | W2 Pro GP | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 10 | 1:28.055 | 0.936 |
| 7 | 111 |  |
Thed BJÖRK | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 9 | 1:28.124 | 1.005 |
| 8 | 196 |  |
Mikel AZCONA | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 9 | 1:28.233 | 1.114 |
| 9 | 62 |  |
Dušan BORKOVIĆ | GOAT Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR | 9 | 1:28.294 | 1.175 |
| 10 | 186 | |
Esteban GUERRIERI | GOAT Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR | 10 | 1:28.304 | 1.185 |
| 11 | 199 |  |
Marco BUTTI | GOAT Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR | 9 | 1:28.495 | 1.376 |
| 12 | 77 | |
Raphael REIS | W2 Pro GP | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 9 | 1:28.510 | 1.391 |
| 13 | 47 | |
Norberto FONTANA | Squadra Martino Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 9 | 1:28.513 | 1.394 |
| 14 | 3 | |
Rodrigo BAPTISTA | Squadra Martino | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 8 | 1:28.567 | 1.448 |
| 15 | 17 | |
Matías ROSSI | Toyota Team Argentina | Toyota Corolla GRS TCR | 10 | 1:28.836 | 1.717 |
| 16 | 7 | |
Thiago VIVACQUA | Cobra Racing Team | Toyota Corolla GRS TCR | 10 | 1:28.881 | 1.762 |
| 17 | 43 | |
Pedro CARDOSO | PMO Racing | Peugeot 308 TCR | 9 | 1:28.916 | 1.797 |
| 18 | 127 | |
John FILIPPI | Volcano Motorsport | Audi RS3 LMS TCR II | 10 | 1:29.249 | 2.130 |
| 19 | 60 | |
Juan Manuel CASELLA | Squadra Martino | Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR | 8 | 1:29.519 | 2.400 |
| 20 | 8 | |
Rafael SUZUKI | PMO Racing | Peugeot 308 TCR | 10 | 1:29.568 | 2.449 |
| 21 | 15 | |
Enrique MAGLIONE | Squadra Martino | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 9 | 1:30.271 | 3.152 |
| 22 | 18 | |
Carlos SILVA | Paladini Racing | Toyota Corolla GRS TCR | 10 | 1:30.295 | 3.176 |
| 23 | 16 | |
Juan Ángel ROSSO | Paladini Racing | Toyota Corolla GRS TCR | 9 | 1:30.323 | 3.204 |
| 24 | 34 | |
Fabio CASAGRANDE | Squadra Martino | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 9 | 1:30.690 | 3.571 |
| 25 | 37 | |
Guilherme REISCHL | W2 Pro GP | CUPRA Leon Competición TCR | 7 | 1:31.774 | 4.655 |