César Ramos closed Friday (1) in the lead of the Stock Car TL2, held at the Velopark Speedway, in Rio Grande do Sul. The Ipiranga Racing pilot set a time of 55s727 and was only 0s059 ahead of Marcos Gomes, who led the first practice session earlier.

Bruno Baptista, from RCM Motorsport, finished third, with a time of 55s863, ahead of Ricardo Maurício, from Eurofarma, who was fourth. In fifth place came Ricardo Zonta, also from RCM, with 55s924.

In sixth place was the season's leader, Gabriel Casagrande, who clocked 55s939. In seventh place comes his A. Mattheis Vogel teammate, Matías Rossi.

Líder da temporada, Gabriel Casagrande fechou o TL2 no Velopark na sexta posição (Foto: Duda Bairros) — Season's leader Gabriel Casagrande closed TL2 at Velopark in the sixth position (Photo: Duda Bairros)

In eighth position was Thiago Camilo, from Ipiranga, with 55s988. Júlio Campos, from Lubrax, closed in ninth, and Felipe Baptista completed the top-10 with a time of 56s098.

The first group of drivers to enter was the same as in TL1:Attila Abreu, Maurício, Denis Navarro, Zonta, Felipe Baptista, Gianluca Petecof, Allam Khodair, Rossi, Tony Kanaan, Rodrigo Baptista, Lucas Foresti, Campos, Gustavo Frigotto, Camilo, Beto Monteiro and Tuca Antoniazi.

And the second group took to the track with:Cacá Bueno, Rafael Suzuki, Gaetano Di Mauro, Felipe Massa, Galid Osman, Daniel Serra, Ramos, Nelsinho Piquet, Gabriel Robe, Pedro Cardoso, Bruno, Diego Nunes, Sergio Jimenez, Gomes, Casagrande, Guilherme Salas, Felipe Lapenna, and Rubens Barrichello.

The best first sector of TL2 went to Campos, with a time of 16s067. And the last two best sectors of the gaúcha track went to Ramos, with 16s109 and 23s325, respectively.

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Stock Car, TL2, Velopark, Friday:

Pos.CarDriverTeamTimeDiffLaps130C RAMOSIPIRANGA RACING TOYOTA0:55,72717280M GOMESCAVALEIRO SPORTS CHEVROLET0:55,786+0,05920344B BAPTISTARCM MOTORSPORT TOYOTA0:55,863+0,13620490R MAURITIUSEUROFARMA RC CHEVROLET0:55,892+0,16519510R ZONTARCM MOTORSPORT TOYOTA0:55,924+0,19718683G CASAGRANDEA. MATTHEIS VOGEL CHEVROLET0:55,939+0,212197117M ROSSIA. MATTHEIS VOGEL CHEVROLET0:55,960+0,23323821T CAMILOIPIRANGA RACING TOYOTA0:55,988+0,2611794J CAMPOSCHEVROLET LUBRAX PODIUM0:56,053+0,3262210121F BAPTISTAKTF SPORTS CHEVROLET0:56,098+0,371221170D NUNESBLAU MOTORSPORT CHEVROLET0:56,198+0,471181218KHODAIRBLAU MOTORSPORT CHEVROLET0:56,208+0,48120138R SUZUKIFULL TIME BASSANI TOYOTA0:56,223+0,496251411G DI MAUROKTF SPORTS CHEVROLET0:56,268+0,54123155D NAVARROCAVALEIRO SPORTS CHEVROLET0:56,272+0,545221619F MASSCHEVROLET LUBRAX PODIUM0:56,363+0,636221729D SERRAEUROFARMA RC CHEVROLET0:56,410+0,6831118101G PETECOFFULL TIME TOYOTA0:56,443+0,716211933N PIQUETMOTUL TMG TOYOTA0:56,484+0,757222085G SALASKTF RACING CHEVROLET0:56,499+0,772232173S JIMENEZSCUDERIA CJ TOYOTA0:56,523+0,796202251A ABREUSHELL V-POWER CHEVROLET0:56,535+0,80819230C BUENOCROWN RACING CHEVROLET0:56,559+0,8322224110F LAPENNAHOT CAR CHEVROLET0:56,569+0,842202512L FORESTIKTF RACING CHEVROLET0:56,589+0,862252628G OSMANSHELL V-POWER CHEVROLET0:56,591+0,864222743P CARDOSOCROWN RACING CHEVROLET0:56,659+0,9322228111R BARRICHELLOFULL TIME SPORTS TOYOTA0:56,687+0,96018296T KANAANFULL TIME BASSANI TOYOTA0:56,705+0,97823303R BAPTISTACROWN RACING CHEVROLET0:56,721+0,994203135G ROBERKL CHEVROLET COMPETITIONS0:57,372+1,645223286G FRIGOTTORKL CHEVROLET COMPETITIONS0:57,586+1,859243354T ANTONIAZIHOT CAR CHEVROLET0:58,388+2,661253488B MONTEIROSCUDERIA CJ TOYOTA0:58,521+2,79410