Hungaroring WTCC: Yvan Muller tops second practice

Where Honda had seized the initiative in the opening session, this time Chevrolet was in the ascendancy as Muller, RML team-mate Tom Chilton and the Bamboo Cruze of James Nash locked out the top three.

Muller's best, a 1m54.704s, was almost two tenths faster than Tarquini's respective practice-one effort.

The Italian didn't break the 55s mark in the second session, leaving him eighth overall and more than eight tenths down on Muller.

His works team-mate Tiago Monteiro also failed to match his FP1 pace, ending the session in seventh.

Norbert Michelisz in the Zengo-run Civic did at least go fastest early on, but as the Chevrolets improved he was bumped down the order.

He eventually wound up fifth, with defending champion Rob Huff also demoting him late on with a lap that included the overall best in sector one.

Tom Coronel claimed sixth, while James Thompson made it five manufacturers in the top 10 by putting Lada ninth, just ahead of Michel Nykjaer's NIKA Chevrolet.

Several drivers were again warned about exceeding track limits, with Stefano D'Aste black flagged after repeated transgressions. He ended the session 22nd overall.


Pos Driver              Car                    Time      Gap      Laps
 1. Yvan Muller         RML Chevrolet          1m54.704s           11
 2. Tom Chilton         RML Chevrolet          1m54.923s  + 0.219  12
 3. James Nash          Bamboo Chevrolet       1m54.934s  + 0.230   8 
 4. Rob Huff            Munnich SEAT           1m54.937s  + 0.233   9 
 5. Norbert Michelisz   Zengo Honda            1m54.988s  + 0.284  12
 6. Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW               1m55.516s  + 0.812  14
 7. Gabriele Tarquini   Honda                  1m55.547s  + 0.843  11
 8. Tiago Monteiro      Honda                  1m55.547s  + 0.843  11
 9. James Thompson      Lada                   1m55.845s  + 1.141  10
10. Michel Nykjaer      Nika Chevrolet         1m55.937s  + 1.233  13
11. Marc Basseng        Munnich SEAT           1m55.981s  + 1.277  12
12. Tom Boardman        Special Tuning SEAT    1m56.052s  + 1.348   9 
13. Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW           1m56.128s  + 1.424  14
14. Darryl O'Young      ROAL BMW               1m56.218s  + 1.514  14
15. Hugo Valente        Campos SEAT            1m56.222s  + 1.518  12
16. Medhi Bennani       Proteam BMW            1m56.234s  + 1.530  14
17. Mikhail Kozlovskiy  Lada                   1m56.357s  + 1.653  14
18. Pepe Oriola         Tuenti SEAT            1m56.419s  + 1.715  10
19. Alex MacDowall      Bamboo Chevrolet       1m56.423s  + 1.719  13
20. Fredy Barth         Wiechers BMW           1m56.586s  + 1.882  13
21. Charles Ng          Engstler BMW           1m56.596s  + 1.892  14
22. Stefano D'Aste      PB BMW                 1m56.873s  + 2.169   9 
23. Fernando Monje      Campos SEAT            1m57.392s  + 2.688  10
24. Rene Munnich        Munnich SEAT           1m58.022s  + 3.318  14