Ferrara places his Alfa Romeo on pole at Misano
Luigi Ferrara claimed pole position at Misano, for Race 1 of TCR Italy’s third event. The V-Action Racing driver, who is currently leading the standings, and his Alfa Romeo Giulietta posted the fastest lap of 1:42.499 with only three minutes left in the session.
Immediately afterwards, Salvatore Tavano drove his SEAT León to complete a lap in 1:42.799 that gave him the second place on the grid for this afternoon’s Race 1, while Lorenzo Nicoli qualified third in his MM Motorsport Honda Civic FK2 with a lap of 1:42.898.
None of the other competitors was able to break the 1:43 wall including BRC Racing’s Eric Scalvini who had topped the timesheet for much of the session in his Hyundai i30 N; Scalvini was not able to answer the improvements of his rivals in the final moments and had to settle in fourth position with the time of 1:43.054.
The third row of the grid for Race 1 will be filled by Massimiliano Mugelli’s MM Motorsport Honda Civic FK7 (1:43.191) and Plamen Kralev’s Kraf Racing Audi RS3 LMS (1:43.198).
Jürgen Schmarl (Target Competition Honda FK2), Enrico Bettera (Pit Lane Competizioni Audi), José Rodrigues (Target Competition Honda FK2) and Davide Nardilli (MM Motorsport Honda FK2) rounded off the top ten.
Defending champion Nicola Baldan (Pit Lane Competizioni Hyundai) qualified in 11th position, while TCR Italy newcomer Felix Wimmer (Wimmer Motorsport Cupra) set the 14th fastest lap and topped the DSG Trophy field.
Race 1 will start at 18:10 CET; live streaming at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.
