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# c5 m# e- u& C- ]" T+ g* L- Y1 bJason 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 A4.8 W( L1 n& r( L4 a
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.
0 h3 k1 L: w F" s8 BTVBNOW 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。Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin., m; n* s% [6 v1 }: R. j
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.
/ ~. O+ n3 |1 M7 I; R2 y( P5.39.217.77:8898The 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.
M) I: j" m" X3 ~: w% P5.39.217.77:8898Fourteen 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.9 w9 ~0 N- i5 g, _& V1 A* K
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.
) e( I/ `5 D0 p公仔箱論壇Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.
9 V, Y- k' b" \" o/ HColin 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.
- H* `7 t6 w% a3 m- kAustin 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.公仔箱論壇+ Z8 h( ^! V. K- \, ?8 N( x
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go." W+ n# V! q! U, j% P2 x2 A1 N
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