Rob Huff fastest in Friday Marrakech WTCC session for Honda

On a redesigned Circuit Moulay El Hassan around the streets of Marrakech, Huff dragged his Civic to a best time of 1m22.451s with five minutes of the half-hour session to spare.

Jose Maria Lopez jumped up to second in the dying moments in his Citroen C-Elysee, denying Honda a 1-2-3 in the session as long-time pacesetter Norbert Michelisz ended up third ahead of Tiago Monteiro.

Yvan Muller was fifth-fastest in the second factory Citroen C-Elysee, one second away from Huff's ultimate pace, with Lada drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Nicky Catsburg next up.

In a trouble-free session, home favourite Mehdi Bennani was the best-placed of Sebastien Loeb Racing's three independent Citroens in eighth ahead of James Thompson - the Brit filling in at Munnich Motorsport for a second weekend - while the third Lada Vesta of Hugo Valente completed the top 10.

FRIDAY TIMES

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Rob Huff	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m22.451s	-	16
2	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Racing	Citroen	1m22.667s	0.216s	13
3	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m22.678s	0.227s	17
4	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1m23.050s	0.599s	18
5	Yvan Muller	Citroen Racing	Citroen	1m23.548s	1.097s	14
6	Gabriele Tarquini	LADA Sport	Lada	1m23.918s	1.467s	15
7	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport	Lada	1m23.946s	1.495s	16
8	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1m23.995s	1.544s	16
9	James Thompson	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m24.200s	1.749s	16
10	Hugo Valente	LADA Sport	Lada	1m24.209s	1.758s	16
11	Tom Chilton	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1m24.324s	1.873s	17
12	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1m24.353s	1.902s	16
13	Thed Bjork	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo	1m24.594s	2.143s	16
14	Fredrik Ekblom	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo	1m24.972s	2.521s	16
15	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1m26.695s	4.244s	15
16	Gregoire Demoustier	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1m27.109s	4.658s	16
17	Ferenc Ficza	Zengo Motorsport	Honda	1m27.123s	4.672s	17