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Jason Plato belied his lack of dry weather running to take pole position at Rockingham, ahead of Triple Eight MG team-mate Sam Tordoff and Rob Austin’s Audi A4.9 G: w& |3 j8 j0 B! F, X; Y6 {
Following a brief red flag stoppage after an off for Frank Wrathall, Plato set a new qualifying lap record of 1.22.350 with five minutes to go in the session, beating his own record from 2012 by 0.098s.
) A j1 m" m7 _+ j* N+ Z7 f8 k5.39.217.77Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 J) W" g3 G3 G W( O4 I
Title contender Andrew Jordan was fourth for Eurotech Racing, heading a quartet of Hondas, with reigning champion Gordon Shedden fifth, Jeff Smith sixth and series leader Matt Neal seventh.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: A+ o) u4 K5 N8 Z. b* z1 M- C5 T
The top 10 was completed by Dave Newsham, Colin Turkington and Will Bratt, with the Rob Austin Racing man taking his best grid slot of the season.- \5 ?( o. y9 r. I7 s1 k
Fourteen drivers were within a second of pole, while Lea Wood was the fastest of the Jack Sears Trophy runners in 24th overall in the JWT Performance Vauxhall Vectra, half a second clear of his title rival Liam Griffin.6 x$ `/ ~0 E; L5 b+ W( w; g4 d
On his season debut, Howard Fuller was 20th in the Tony Gilham Racing Vauxhall Insignia, 1.364s off the pace, while Tom Onslow-Cole was 18th in his first outing for Motorbase Performance.
- h9 M7 d4 q7 Z+ p8 }+ b4 o6 [5.39.217.77Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 {; g* R1 y# }* L) Q8 K# M
Colin Turkington was the first driver to set a representative time in his West Surrey Racing BMW 125i, his 1.23.092 quickly beaten by Tordoff, with a 1.22.660.* j+ Z' p& w: w( O- U$ p
Austin then moved to the top of the times in his Audi A4 and remained at the summit for eight minutes, before Tordoff returned to the top.' H3 B/ h6 K* E0 K
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
; s1 O. w+ y/ f8 `$ q/ Y- aThe first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |
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