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Mikel Azcona climbs to second with Paul Ricard pole

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Mikel Azcona has climbed to a joint second place overall with Thed Björk after his FIA TCR World Tour pole position at Paul Ricard, his second pole of 2026.

“The car balance was mega,” said Azcona.

“Some changes we did in qualifying made the car better and better every time, so as a driver I had the best car, which allows me to push to the limits and to set the fastest lap time and pole position. I’m happy for the team, but there is still a lot of work that has been done.”

The BRC Hyundai driver is confident ahead of the first race where reigning champion Yann Ehrlacher will line up second, setting a lap time just 0.099 seconds slower.

“I know what I have to do, so now I have to think about it,” said Azcona.

“Don’t let’s stress too much to be honest. I really like to be without pressure and normally when I don’t worry all things go very well. I know what to do: sleep well and do a good start!”

Azcona is trailing points leader Santiago Urrutia, who qualified fifth, by 18 points.