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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.
/ d; v% u& j( N& S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.. d* C& ]1 J4 s4 A$ U( w
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.公仔箱論壇4 E7 J/ W0 _4 y* D1 \6 k( M
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, {/ r: A; N5 j2 B _4 Y. v
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.
$ J, m) A& t6 ?' sFourteen 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 o4 |$ j9 t/ a2 i9 C xOn 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.
1 J. E, s2 i6 Z0 m+ iDebutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; t% M% U! m& O& v1 }" q
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 s7 s; @5 F$ `# Y6 B2 dAustin 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.
1 K- Z" A7 X: o! m公仔箱論壇The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go./ s2 e+ _9 w1 x1 A$ T) @% Q
The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |