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2 {6 a' e' \' p2 |1 o3 iJason 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 ]- ]- e5 w, t( u
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.
+ P7 H: f4 I; `: N/ L( @! y3 G- utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.& x' c' n$ ~4 y8 H+ d/ |7 N7 M" Z
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.
/ G2 g- }0 o5 I& W# D5.39.217.76The 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.
5 z& [+ `: S3 T/ }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,bttvb3 S7 ~. @6 Y. X# B) o+ 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.$ ]: w$ T/ x& X4 s! @& Q9 g
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.+ U% ]! _0 W' p4 O$ \. d" ~
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.
; Q% I& Y& e9 pAustin 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 T) b! z- D( b# r6 N; ~; F+ G1 b公仔箱論壇The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.5.39.217.76) T: [3 h6 W* N+ I4 x
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