Moscow WTCC: Rob Huff's Lada and Gabriele Tarquini's Honda set pace

After topping Friday's test session, Honda driver Tarquini then set the pace in the first free practice session with a best time of 1m39.036.

Citroen drivers Jose Maria Lopez and Yvan Muller both trailed him by around a tenth and a half, and were separated from each other by just nine thousandths of a second.

Sebastien Loeb was fourth ahead of Tarquini's team-mate Tiago Monteiro and Huff, the best of the Ladas at the Russian marque's home circuit.

Huff then claimed the honours in second practice with a late lap of 1m38.853s to pip session-long leader Muller by 0.043s.

Lopez was three tenths back in third, just ahead of ROAL Chevrolet driver Tom Chilton, while Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen racer Mehdi Bennani and Campos Chevrolet man Hugo Valente rounded out the top six.

Making his WTCC debut for Lada this weekend, Dutchman Nicky Catsburg was seventh in the second session.

He was followed by Rickard Rydell, who returns with the Nika Honda team after missing the past three rounds with illness.

PRACTICE ONE:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m39.036s	-	9
2	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m39.185s	0.149s	12
3	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m39.194s	0.158s	13
4	Sebastien Loeb	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m39.559s	0.523s	13
5	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m39.722s	0.686s	11
6	Rob Huff	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1m39.740s	0.704s	9
7	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1m39.977s	0.941s	10
8	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m39.983s	0.947s	9
9	Norbert Michelisz	Zengo Motorsport	Honda	1m40.011s	0.975s	13
10	Ma Qinghua	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m40.214s	1.178s	13
11	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1m40.332s	1.296s	13
12	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1m40.542s	1.506s	13
13	Rickard Rydell	Nika International	Honda	1m40.647s	1.611s	14
14	Stefano D'Aste	All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m40.713s	1.677s	14
15	Gregoire Demoustier	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Chevrolet	1m40.816s	1.780s	14
16	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m40.868s	1.832s	11
17	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1m40.986s	1.950s	15
18	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1m41.625s	2.589s	11

PRACTICE TWO:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Rob Huff	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1m38.853s	-	15
2	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m38.896s	0.043s	12
3	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m39.226s	0.373s	10
4	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m39.254s	0.401s	11
5	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1m39.396s	0.543s	13
6	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1m39.483s	0.630s	11
7	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1m39.623s	0.770s	13
8	Rickard Rydell	Nika International	Honda	1m39.650s	0.797s	13
9	Ma Qinghua	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m39.728s	0.875s	13
10	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m39.792s	0.939s	14
11	Sebastien Loeb	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1m39.912s	1.059s	12
12	Norbert Michelisz	Zengo Motorsport	Honda	1m40.008s	1.155s	11
13	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m40.024s	1.171s	11
14	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1m40.369s	1.516s	10
15	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m40.437s	1.584s	12
16	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1m40.714s	1.861s	13
17	Stefano D'Aste	All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m40.961s	2.108s	11
18	Gregoire Demoustier	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Chevrolet	1m41.273s	2.420s	12