Nicky🃏 Catsburg has claimed an emphatic first pole in the World Touring Car Championship for both him and LADA as the Russian manufacturer dominated a wet 🍒qualifying on home turf.

Catsburg produced untouchꦇable palce through difficult conditions, leading both Q1 and Q2 before claiming pole position by 1.438 second💯s in shootout.

It was a session which Lada stamped authority all over with Catsburg's team-mates Gabriele Tarquini and Hugo Valente completing a 1-2-3 at Mosc🎃ow Raceway.

The biggest challenge to LADA came from stand-in driver James Thompson for Mun🌌nich Motorsprot, who secured fourth on t꧑he grid on his third appearance of the year.

Norbert Michelisz rounded out the top five in the Q3 shootout, as championship leader Jos? Mar?a L?pez was forced to take sixth in his Citroen🦂. Tom 🏅Coronel was seventh ahead of Yvan Muller, as Mehdi Bennani and Tiago Monteiro completed the top ten starters.