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* g1 }: l# F; B4 ]公仔箱論壇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.
$ K/ Y9 F9 \( C% M8 b: t1 d# r4 A5 v/ a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.www2.tvboxnow.com" j1 S/ d' K3 s" M Y' N6 Y1 S
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.
3 U" s- z6 \' z% I' utvb 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.
" X, Z% j6 h0 M6 E1 j) ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.
3 ?: P( y4 j5 d" W2 E5 SFourteen 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.公仔箱論壇1 P. ?: U$ {+ B# N" ~
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.
. P. `5 L: Q% oDebutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.www2.tvboxnow.com- q4 g9 H( U) A: b3 g1 k% i! s
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.
, _, o, z3 P( j# t! U# y- jAustin 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.0 `) G" N3 w9 }1 \3 Y
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
( j7 ~ L! ^2 ]) i* h' {The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |