Michelisz fastest in Marrakech test
Norbert Michelisz set the quickest time of Friday's World Touring Car test session in Morocco
The Hungarian, who impressed at the season-opening races in Brazil in March in his Zengo-Dension SEAT Leon TDi, knocked Tom Coronel off the time of the timesheet in the last five minutes.
Coronel's early effort of the streets of Marrakech earned him the top spot for the majority of the half hour, before a red flag stoppage caused by local driver Ismail Sbai.
When the session restarted with seven minutes left, a flurry of improvements including Michelisz's time, shook up the order.
Rob Huff and Augusto Farfus jumped to third and fourth places, ahead of Jordi Gene and Yvan Muller.
Reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini was seventh quickest, with Alain Menu, Andy Priaulx and rookie Fredy Barth completing the top 10.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 1m49.347s 13 2. Tom Coronel SEAT 1m49.446s +0.099 10 3. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m49.505s +0.158 12 4. Augusto Farfus BMW 1m49.525s +0.178 14 5. Jordi Gene SEAT 1m49.734s +0.387 10 6. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m49.885s +0.538 10 7. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 1m49.949s +0.602 13 8. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m50.421s +1.074 10 9. Andy Priaulx BMW 1m50.620s +1.273 14 10. Fredy Barth SEAT 1m50.770s +1.423 11 11. Franz Engstler BMW 1m50.880s +1.533 11 12. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1m51.058s +1.711 9 13. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 1m51.350s +2.003 8 14. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1m52.078s +2.731 10 15. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1m52.132s +2.785 12 16. Mehdi Bennani BMW 1m52.341s +2.994 15 17. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 1m53.972s +4.625 12 18. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 1m54.480s +5.133 8 19. Youssaf El-Marnissi Chevrolet 1m56.310s +6.963 7 20. Andrei Romanov BMW 1m56.849s +7.502 14 21. Ismail Sbai Chevrolet 2m13.611s +24.264 3
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