The day ahead at WTCR Race of Spain
Raceday awaits at MotorLand Aragón with the Alcañiz venue all set to host the latest rounds of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup. Race 1 is up first from 11h15 CET with Race 2 due to follow at 15h15.
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Qualifying report: Magic Magnus takes WTCR pole in Aragon with “simply perfect” lap for Comtoyou
Belgium’s Gilles Magnus stormed to a superb Race 1 pole position at WTCR Race of Spain this afternoon by beating Goodyear-equipped team-mate Nathanaël Berthon to the fastest time in a thrilling Q3 shootout. WTCR Race of Spain, MotorLand Aragón, June 25-26, 2022: Qualifying reportWTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup, Rounds 7 and 8 of 20 Ad/> WTCR Race of Spain Qualifying Q3 classification 1 Gilles Magnus (BEL) Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS, 2m05.485s (153.3kph) 2 Nathanaël Berthon (FRA), Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport, +0.195s 3 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +0.323s 4 Rob Huff (GBR) Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición, +0.460s 5 Yvan Muller (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +0.690sReverse-grid pole for Race 2:Ma Qing Hua, Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR WTCRMa secures WTCR pole position for reverse-grid Race 24 HOURS AGO WTCR Race of Spain Qualifying points allocation10 points: Gilles Magnus (BEL), Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS, 2m05.485s 8 points: Nathanaël Berthon (FRA), Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport, 2m05.680s 6 points: Rob Huff (GBR) Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición, 2m05.783s 4 points: Yann Ehrlacher (FRA), Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, 2m05.708s 2 points: Yvan Muller (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, 2m05.908s The Comtoyou Team Audi Sport racer is set to be joined by his fellow Audi RS3 LMS driver Berthon on the front row at MotorLand Aragón, with King of WTCR Yann Erhlacher and Rob Huff on row two.
Ma secures WTCR pole position for reverse-grid Race 2
Ma Qing Hua will start the partially reversed-grid Race 2 at WTCR Race of Spain on pole position at MotorLand Aragón. The Cyan Performance Lynk & Co driver was P10 in the Q2 session in qualifying, meaning his Lynk & Co 03 TCR will start from the front in Sunday’s second encounter.
WTCR Qualifying flash: Magnus pips Berthon to snatch Race 1 pole position
Gilles Magnus stormed to a superb Race 1 pole position at WTCR Race of Spain by beating Nathanaël Berthon to the fastest time in a thrilling Q3 shootout at MotorLand Aragón. More to follow.
WTCR Free Practice 2 flash: Ehrlacher fastest at the finish
Yann Erhlacher’s late effort lifted him to the top of the times in the second free practice session at WTCR Race of Spain as the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup field made their final preparations for qualifying at MotorLand Aragón. The King of WTCR put in a great lap right at the end of the 30-minute session, managing a time of 2m05.579s to head another late improver, Norbert Michelisz, by 0.286s.
WTCR Free Practice 1 flash: Huff sets the pace from Björk
Rob Huff kicked off WTCR Race of Spain by topping the times in the first free practice session at a hot MotorLand Aragón. The Zengő Motorsport driver set his best time late in the 45-minute session to lift his Cupra Leon Competición to the top, with a lap of 2m06.359s.
The day ahead at WTCR Race of Spain
WTCR Race of Spain gets serious today with the first track action taking place from 09h00 CET with Free Practice 1. That’s followed by Free Practice 2 from 13h00 with the three-stage Qualifying – and the chase for pole position for Sunday’s opening race – due to get underway at 15h30.