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9 m5 g5 j- n6 SJason 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 A4.0 F6 k1 K" |' A
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.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。- p" n6 Z! K' h, j D, w# G+ ~
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.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。3 ~" Q! H. F4 l- m% ?1 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.
. f6 H2 g5 E: d, X5 K* l7 cThe 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.' i8 v2 M( {- ?5 [5 `
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.9 j, X4 M% H5 D
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.- l: i4 m' C, F( |% d9 B) t
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.
) X* }! W* L. ?' U3 k7 w5 y公仔箱論壇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.
% U5 w( `% Z/ O公仔箱論壇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.tvboxnow.com: ~9 T! L6 C; f& p
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
- K8 ]* B( w6 Y8 `- qtvboxnow.comThe first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |