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Matteo Greco claims Imola pole, heading three Cupras

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Matteo Greco headed three Cupras in a close qualifying session to claim pole position for the TCR Italy round at Imola.

The Italian headed Igor Stefanovski by a mere 0.061 seconds, with Team Wimmer Werk driver Felix Wimmer in third position, a further 41 thousands of a second behind.

Championship leader Enrico Bettera was best of the non-Cupra drivers in fourth position behind the wheel of an Audi RS 3 LMS, 0.108 seconds from pole position.

Salvatore Tavano claimed fifth position ahead of Target Competition driver Marco Pellegrini, placed second in the championship, who lapped the circuit in 1:52.810 behind the wheel of his Hyundai i30 N TCR.

Eric Scalvini, driving a Cupra TCR, and Jacopo Guidetti, driving a Audi RS 3 LMS, rounded off the top eight.

The first race of the weekend starts at 16:15 CEST tomorrow.