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Marco Butti beats Franco Girolami to Misano pole position

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Championship leader Marco Butti (Hyundai) claimed his second consecutive TCR Italy pole position of 2023 at Misano, beating title rival Franco Girolami (Audi) by close to two tenths of a second.

Reigning champion Niels Langeveld claimed third behind the wheel of his new generation Honda Civic Type R TCR, beating Ruben Volt, who drives the older generation Honda, by a mere 0.043 seconds.

Denis Babuin headed fellow Audi driver Felice Jelmini in positions five and six, six and seven tenths of a second behind respectively.

Frenchman Aurelien Comte was seventh fastest while Target Competition driver Michele Imberti rounded off the top eight, 0.966 seconds from pole.

The session was interrupted once with a full course yellow as Ruben Fernandez (Audi RS 3 LMS) came to a halt on track.

The first race of the Misano weekend starts at 13:40 CEST on Saturday.