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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.
& ?5 O1 v9 `# r% i2 r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.公仔箱論壇2 A$ k$ m7 e) u5 h0 ?3 B6 U
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.公仔箱論壇$ s% p; c& t1 d. K* h) E( J$ ^- ~6 n
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。& ^/ T& N8 G3 s5 P5 y4 g3 R
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.# r6 n/ m0 V- s* n- b/ y: ~
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# z2 Q) U# v' D) v! x: s' L
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.5.39.217.76: X- \! V/ q3 h$ r4 I5 d0 K& T
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: M% J9 ?6 t; p# t
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& v( l* Z% F9 ?7 F, y' F9 P: G& X
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.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。! W4 q# C* t7 Q
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
3 X, i2 z; ~, ?2 c$ @2 v6 t) }7 q5.39.217.76The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |