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5 e& E3 Z& m, [4 ^8 `' l9 d: i1 ]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.公仔箱論壇3 \. |8 k, P5 S" A+ y% o
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.
+ e1 e0 V7 T9 a3 e. L6 n公仔箱論壇Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.
1 s! G4 [1 M8 C3 G3 n, `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTitle 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.+ b M4 r4 @$ R7 v& C/ p
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.* g9 K2 |! Z: E0 w$ ?
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.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。% B1 \7 G$ H3 m: o$ @$ A' J- Z
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.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。6 R6 f) P9 b% N
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.公仔箱論壇0 x* A; L# L7 J. S1 y' m# C
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.. Z5 F9 w M. ~: p" S
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 b# C( c1 L7 @9 \
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
- m% S3 C e! |$ J" h" jThe first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |