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. X/ F: W- i* x5.39.217.77:8898Jason 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.
2 Q3 L8 r6 z$ C. q. pFollowing 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 T" [" }! g# v3 y9 D. XTordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.: |3 } C8 A5 H* K( N. B2 H
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.5.39.217.77:88982 P% d/ i0 h' d; d) 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.
, x" {7 e" y+ t/ l3 ~8 J% g" [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.公仔箱論壇* t& Y) D/ S% `/ a+ F7 a# ?5 m
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.5.39.217.77:88989 i& |8 l" _ p
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.5.39.217.77:88983 @ z; f- _" D7 C9 d7 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.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 h- O, a$ Y$ X# v
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.1 I2 r- y' a! `6 a& ]+ ?4 Q# w( } Z
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.8 V9 t# E6 I7 w& L9 _9 ^
The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |