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! m7 m" u1 ^. k& e! D5.39.217.77Jason 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.
' P; |# F, u) K2 x3 x, o5.39.217.77Following 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.公仔箱論壇* g( f9 R0 ], t+ p6 z5 J7 ~
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.5.39.217.77! r) X; T! E* N" B
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.
9 r/ G, ]. r% I; |1 P5.39.217.77The 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.5.39.217.770 q e9 }" h X- _+ T" e! V' H
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.* u, Q e2 F1 O4 l
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.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。0 t# v/ g2 w- N, U
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.$ `% w" F8 n7 ]8 i) x
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.. l; j# \% }4 q) l
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.
) P, j& T, P z% Q5 ]2 k7 zThe Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.$ v2 e) Y/ e1 W2 Y/ B6 |% K
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