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Néstor Girolami claims Rosario pole position

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Néstor Girolami claimed pole position for the penultimate TCR South America round at Rosario in Argentina.

The Hyundai driver lapped the circuit in 1:36.555 to beat rival Hyundai driver Joaquin Cafaro by just 67 thousandths of a second.

Points leader and Honda Racing driver Leonel Pernía was third fastest, 0.157 seconds from pole position.

Team-mates Tiago Pernía and Nelson Piquet Jr claimed fourth place and fifth place on the grid respectively.

Hyundai MSA driver Camilo Trappa set an identical lap time to Piquet Jr, but set it after the Honda driver and will line up in sixth place.

Juan Angel Rosso was fastest of the Lynk & Co drivers in seventh place ahead of Cupra driver Raphael Reis.

Fabricio Pezzini and Gabriel Moura rounded off the top ten.

The first race of the weekend starts at 10:10 local time/14:10 CET.