Manuel Fernandes beats Petr Fulin in first Vila Real test

Local driver and FIA European Touring Car Cup newcomer Manuel Fernandes was fastest in the first test session at Vila Real in Portugal.

The SEAT driver lapped the circuit in 2:08.273 and was fastest ahead of championship leader Petr Fulín in second place.

Fábio Mota made it two Portuguese drivers in the top three, just four hundredth of a second behind Fulín.

Norbert Nagy was fastest of the Single Make Trophy drivers in fourth, with the Rikli Motorsport duo of Kris Richard and Peter Rikli in positions five and six.

Nicklas Mackschin was fastest of the Super 1600, several seconds faster than Tomas Koreny.

Next up for the ETCC drivers is the second test session, starting at 14:00 local time.