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# G3 y" K4 H3 @( q7 O1 O$ d5 WJason 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; N* p* t$ e7 f8 f6 q
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& h6 U7 d& T: h
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.. G1 I4 x8 u* [ T; ^ W
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。: H! b4 ]" v+ |) d0 w8 z0 D
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.公仔箱論壇$ P# o. F; L0 v; f6 q; f+ x
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.5 f% `5 x0 q1 W5 F& A" 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.
2 Y( F* h, P2 J1 dDebutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; e7 P8 h7 e) L0 |& ?4 `
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.公仔箱論壇6 L* U5 O& q4 m. w/ C4 {# b) O
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.
& q( [+ Z |( ^- U5 c% N2 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
+ X, O, ~ }* o% i9 E9 h公仔箱論壇The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |