Today’s test session at the Slovakia Ring took place on a dry track, after the rain fallen in the morning, but in a very humid atmosphere.
This did not prevent lap times to go down 3.5 seconds from last year.
Championship leader José María López (Citroën) set the pace from the beginning and improved his initial best time to conclude the session at the top of the time sheets with a time of 2.05.208.
In the course of the 30-minute session, the Honda cars improved progressively to take second and third-fastest, with Tiago Monteiro and Mehdi Bennani, with gaps below the second (891 and 916 thousandths, respectively).
Yvan Muller (Citroën) was fourth and Gabriele Tarquini (Honda) fifth.
Among the TC2T cars, Frank Engstler (BMW) was fastest, with a time of 2.14.506, beating Petr Fulín (SEAT) on his reappearance in the series, John Filippi (SEAT) and Pasquale Di Sabatino (BMW).
There were no particular incidents during the session, although a few drivers (including Muller, Fulín, Michelisz, Tarquini, Filippi and Loeb) had slight off-tracks with no consequence.
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Maria LOPEZ | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 2:05.208 |
| 2 | Tiago MONTEIRO | Honda Civic WTCC | 2:06.099 |
| 3 | Mehdi BENNANI | Honda Civic WTCC | 2:06.124 |
| 4 | Yvan MULLER | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 2:06.252 |
| 5 | Gabriele TARQUINI | Honda Civic WTCC | 2:06.314 |
| 6 | Hugo VALENTE | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 2:06.385 |
| 7 | Sébastien LOEB | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 2:06.513 |
| 8 | Tom CHILTON | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 2:06.627 |
| 9 | Tom CORONEL | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 2:06.783 |
| 10 | Norbert MICHELISZ | Honda Civic WTCC | 2:07.084 |
| 11 | Dusan BORKOVIC | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 2:07.515 |
| 12 | René MUNNICH | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 2:07.745 |
| 13 | Gianni MORBIDELLI | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 2:07.904 |
| 14 | Rob HUFF | LADA Granta 1.6T | 2:08.026 |
| 15 | James THOMPSON | LADA Granta 1.6T | 2:08.372 |
| 16 | Mikhail KOZLOVSKIY | LADA Granta 1.6T | 2:10.148 |
| 17 | Franz ENGSTLER | BMW E90 320 TC | 2:14.506 |
| 18 | Petr FULIN | SEAT Leon WTCC | 2:15.818 |
| 19 | John FILIPPI | SEAT Leon WTCC | 2:15.976 |
| 20 | Pasquale DI SABATINO | BMW E90 320 TC | 2:15.986 |