Qualifying report: Rookie rules! Urrutia the (Vila) Real deal with blistering WTCR pole lap in

Santiago Urrutia made light work of intense heat on the Vila Real’s city streets to bag pole position for WTCR Race of Portugal with a stunning lap on the 4.790-kilometre iconic round-the-houses track. WTCR Race of Portugal Qualifying Q3 classification 1 Santiago Urrutia (URY) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, 1m59.626s (144.1kph) 2 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +0.049s 3 Néstor Girolami (ARG) ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR, +0.253s 4 Ma Qing Hua (CHN) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +0.254s 5 Norbert Michelisz (HUN) BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, Hyundai Elantra N TCR, +0.475sReverse-grid pole for Race 2:Yvan Muller, Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR Ad/> WTCR Race of Portugal Qualifying points allocation10 points: Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR 8 points: Santiago Urrutia (URY) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR 6 points: Ma Qing Hua (CHN) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR 4 points: Néstor Girolami (ARG) ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR 2 points: Norbert Michelisz (HUN) BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, Hyundai Elantra N TCR WTCRMuller to start 100th WTCR race from pole position4 HOURS AGO Driving a Lynk & Co 03 TCR on Goodyear tyres and in ambient temperatures of 33 degrees centigrade, the Uruguayan sensation beat King of WTCR Yann Ehrlacher to top spot by a slender margin of 0.049s with Néstor Girolami in third place, 0.204s slower than Cyan Racing Lynk & Co driver Ehrlacher.