The TCR Spa 500 got underway with practice sessions

Proceedings for the inaugural TCR Spa 500 race got underway today with two practice sessions.
Pepe Oriola at the wheel of the Red Camel-Jordans.nl CUPRA posted the fastest lap of 2:46.332 in the afternoon session on a dry track, while Jaap van Lagen was fastest in the night practice driving the NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten CUPRA with a lap of 2:55.653 under pouring rain.
The first practice saw cars of five different brands in the top six positions: the Bas Koeten Racing Audi second (2:47.721), the V-Max Engineering Opel Astra third (2:48.749) followed by the Wimmer Werk Motorsport CUPRA, the Burton Racing Peugeot 308 and the Holmgaard Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI.
The two-hour night session was affected by pouring rain that eased a bit during the final 30 minutes.
Behind van Lagen ranked Fabian Danz in the sister CUPRA run under the banner TopCar Sport by Bas Koeten (2:57.034), Charles Experlaub in the V-Max Engineering Opel Astra (2:57.628), Rory Pettinen in the GDL Team Australia Audi RS 3 LMS (2:57.983), Jérimy Danial in the Holmgaard Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI (2:58.415) and Teddy Clairet in the DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 (2:58.974).
Action will resume tomorrow morning with the 30-minute Qualifying at 11:00 local time (CET); the session will be streamed live at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.