Klim Gavrilov sets the Qualifying pace at Mugello

On his second appearance in the TCR Italy after winning the season’s opener at Monza, Klim Gavrilov set pole position for tomorrow’s Race 1 at Mugello.
The TCR Russia title contender drove his VRC Team Audi RS 3 LMS to complete a lap of 1:56.851 in the latest stages of the 25-minute session. Gavrilov was the only driver to break the 1:57 wall and demoted to second Enrico Bettera who had set the pace from the beginning, clocking provisional fastest laps of 1:57.962 and 1:57.014.
However, Bettera will start from the pole position because Gavrilov will be dropped to tenth positions on the grid because of a penalty he was given after the second race at Monza.
This means that Marco Pellegrini’s Hyundai (1:57.283) will start from the second spot, while the CUPRA of reigning champion and current points leader Salvatore Tavano (1:57.325) and Jacopo Guidetti’s Audi (1:57.848) will fill the second row. After setting the sixth fastest lap in Qualifying, Felix Wimmer was also hit by a grid penalty, of five places, for improving under yellow flag. 
Tavano’s teammate Matteo Greco – second in the standings – qualified in seventh position, while the fastest in the DSG class was Eric Scalvini in eight. And so they will share the front row of the top-eight reverse grid for Sunday’s Race 2.
Race 1 will start tomorrow at 16:30 local time (CET); live streaming at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.

Qualifying
1. 1:56.851 – Klim Gavrilov (VRC Team, Audi RS 3 LMS)
2. 1:57.014 – Enrico Bettera (Pit Lane Competizioni, Audi RS 3 LMS)
3. 1:57.283 – Marco Pellegrini (Target Competition, Hyundai i30 N)
4. 1:57.325 – Salvatore Tavano (Scuderia del Girasole, CUPRA)
5. 1:57.948 – Jacopo Guidetti (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS)

Championship points
1. Tavano 70 pts; 2. Greco 62; 3. Pellegrini 61