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+ D" I6 T: s; W+ e公仔箱論壇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 A4.5.39.217.77:88981 f" @0 F$ E# u. L& B: x
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./ \8 F6 l( ?* h# [
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.
6 |. o0 L$ G" U9 h& BTitle 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.2 j4 A! L/ K; g9 j5 d3 z
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.
( }" R3 h0 A- J5 ~) O3 v8 ~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.5.39.217.77:88982 j& t* M$ y2 L& N( P- Q$ P# b$ j7 r
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.5 t2 {/ K# s1 P x, L" w3 t
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 P; q# @5 o2 o
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 1.22.660.5.39.217.77:8898. ^$ N8 c) u) J: A
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.5 k! B' J% |/ k
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.5.39.217.77:88989 J4 v/ c% o! d" R
The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |
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