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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.
! H) _, X8 D4 [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。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.
/ o$ a7 x' h( E2 c$ L# sTordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.1 \- f, i8 ]" g+ Z9 M1 r5 l
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., T2 z8 N1 N9 R- v C( E# m! ]
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.
7 ~3 T6 {0 a! a0 h! M5 xFourteen 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.
% m: v8 W5 u. M; W, s; ]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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 C, T% S% w: B9 ]+ R
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' G) \( C% c, M. x$ _9 j
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.
: m# X: o% _* I. B2 _& ?" X$ V; @9 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAustin 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.
- Q3 ]7 ~0 `5 h- p Y) I+ RThe Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
4 I, }% O. L( X7 M, g+ @The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |