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Felipe Fernández claims final pole position of 2026 at Barcelona

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Felipe Fernández scored the final pole position of the 2026 TCR Spain season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ahead of series leader Viktor Andersson.

Honda driver Felipe Fernandez rose to the top at the end of the Q2 session with a lap time of 1:49.362, claiming the pole by three tenths ahead of Cupra driver Andersson.

Sten-Dorian Piirimagi finished third for ALM Motorsport, sixth tenths behind, while Rubén Fernández was 0.889 seconds adrift in fourth and the final driver within one second of the pole time.

Danish Honda driver Réné Polven claimed fifth place, 1.115 seconds slower than Felipe Fernández, ahead of Victor Fernández and Carl Boardley.

Erik Zabala (Audi) claimed eighth position, 1.8 seconds from the fastest time, ahead of Demir Eröge and Samuel Chaligne.

The TCR Spain field returns to the track on Sunday morning at 10:10 CET for Race 1.