Norbert Michelisz

A tough qualifying session in Thailand. But Norbert Michelisz and the MOL Group Zengő Motorsport team made the best of it. With a lap of 1:38,642 minutes Norbert will line up tenth for race 1 but due to the reversed grid he will start from pole-position for race 2. This should enable the No. 5 Honda Civic WTCC driver to once again show his race craft.

“It was a positive qualifying session”, Norbert says. “Of course, P10 and the first row on the grid for race 2 look quite good. But once again I’m a bit disappointed. I had had higher hopes after yesterday’s practice sessions. However, we realized quite soon that we would not be fighting for Q3 positions. That’s a shame but we can be positive about the second race in which we can fight for a podium. This is the main target for today.”

In Q1 Norbert had secured P10, too, with a lap of 1:38,930 minutes on his second but last outing. His best lap in Q2 then came on his first attempt at a flying lap. But with all five Citroën cars dominating the qualifying session there was not much Norbert could do.

Results Qualifying (Top 5)
01. José María López (Citroën) – 1:37,916 minutes
02. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) +0.269s
03. Yvan Muller (Citroën) +0.315s
04. Qing-Hua Ma (Citroën) +0.417s
05. Mehdi Bennani (Citroën) – no time
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10. Norbert Michelisz (Honda) – 1:38,642 minutes

Source: zengomotorsport