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; U9 ^7 q0 n- U! R; ~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.
/ s# V% W$ [2 W7 @ e% x1 t6 i公仔箱論壇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.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。4 ?: e6 A4 z" p- R" \- \
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.
& C7 N1 k* f0 C$ Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTitle 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.
7 H# Y7 G9 m) z5 Q& P2 Q6 G" ZThe 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.
& Z: ^* o& W: c' { P+ Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFourteen 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.
; W& D. d, z- K3 ?5.39.217.77On 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.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。2 \( a& J2 ~+ U
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.公仔箱論壇0 }- F; H- g' C! a2 r1 h
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.公仔箱論壇: }' x" J. ~( Q& z
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.
; a9 W+ v& s! U% ^The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
4 R3 u$ K b* }( J0 f$ Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |