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Raphael Reis claims first ever TCR South America pole position

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Raphael Reis claims first ever TCR South America pole position Reis claimed the first ever TCR South America pole position in the season opener qualifying session at Interlagos in Brazil.

The W2 Racing driver headed team-mate Pepe Oriola by close to four tenths of a second.

José Manuel Sapag was third fastest for Squadra Martino, making it a Honda Civic Type-R TCR 1-2-3.

Rodrigo Baptista claimed grid position four for Cobra Racing behind the wheel of his Audi RS 3 LMS, just below one second from the pole time.

Paul Holton put his Alfa Romeo Guilietta TCR on fifth position on the grid for PropCar Racing Team.

Honda driver Ayrton Chorne was sixth fastest, 1.282 seconds from pole, with Fabio Casagrande and Guilherme Reischl rounding off the top eight.

A total of ten cars took part in the qualifying session.

The first race of the weekend at Interlagos starts at 08:40 local time/13:40 CEST.