BTCC Brands Hatch: Speedworks driver Ingram leads first practice
Tom Ingram topped the timesheets in the opening free practice session for the British Touring Car Championship curtain-rasier at Brands Hatch this weekend
The Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis driver slotted into prime position after 20 minutes of the session and remained there throughout.
He clocked a 48.164s, which put him just over one tenth of a second clear of the WSR BMW 125i M Sport of Rob Collard - who left it late before attempting his faster runs.
Ingram, who also topped the timesheets at the season's official pre-season test day at Donington Park two weeks ago, said: "It is nice to be fastest, but it doesn't mean anything just yet.
"We were looking for a balance from the car and we found a good one.
"I think the pole time will be well inside the 47s bracket though, so there is still a chunk of time to find. But we are in a good place."
Andrew Jordan was third in his WSR BMW 125i M Sport, again leaving it late to set his lap time, while early pacesetter Adam Morgan was fourth in in the Ciceley Racing Mercedes-Benz A-CLass.
Reigning champion Gordon Shedden wsa fifth in his Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type-R from the third WSR BMW of Colin Turkington and Ash Sutton's Team BMR Subaru Levorg.
Jack Goff (Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type-R), the MG6 of Aron Taylor-Smith and the Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis of Rob Austin completed the top 10.
FIRST PRACTICE TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Ingram | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota | 48.164s | 30 |
2 | Rob Collard | WSR | BMW | 0.117s | 26 |
3 | Andrew Jordan | WSR | BMW | 0.139s | 26 |
4 | Adam Morgan | Ciceley Racing | Mercedes | 0.156s | 29 |
5 | Gordon Shedden | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 0.168s | 24 |
6 | Colin Turkington | WSR | BMW | 0.182s | 27 |
7 | Ash Sutton | Team BMR | Subaru | 0.329s | 26 |
8 | Jack Goff | Eurotech Racing | Honda | 0.342s | 24 |
9 | Aron Taylor-Smith | Triple Eight/MG | MG | 0.374s | 27 |
10 | Rob Austin | Handy Motorsport | Toyota | 0.387s | 25 |
11 | Dave Newsham | BTC Racing | Chevrolet | 0.520s | 22 |
12 | Tom Chilton | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall | 0.523s | 25 |
13 | Michael Epps | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 0.533s | 17 |
14 | Jake Hill | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 0.548s | 22 |
15 | Daniel Lloyd | Triple Eight/MG | MG | 0.565s | 31 |
16 | Jeff Smith | Eurotech Racing | Honda | 0.585s | 23 |
17 | Matt Neal | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 0.589s | 22 |
18 | Will Burns | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 0.680s | 28 |
19 | Chris Smiley | BTC Racing | Chevrolet | 0.715s | 21 |
20 | Josh Cook | Maximum Motorsport | Ford | 0.772s | 25 |
21 | Mat Jackson | Motorbase | Ford | 0.775s | 30 |
22 | Senna Proctor | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall | 0.780s | 22 |
23 | Luke Davenport | Motorbase | Ford | 0.853s | 28 |
24 | James Cole | Team BMR | Subaru | 0.884s | 23 |
25 | Stephen Jelley | Team Parker Racing | Ford | 0.909s | 25 |
26 | Ollie Jackson | AmD Tuning | Audi | 0.980s | 29 |
27 | Martin Depper | Motorbase | Ford | 1.116s | 28 |
28 | Ant Whorton-Eales | AmD Tuning | Audi | 1.120s | 17 |
29 | Matt Simpson | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1.136s | 22 |
30 | Jason Plato | Team BMR | Subaru | 1.165s | 23 |
31 | Aiden Moffat | Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes | 1.566s | 8 |
32 | Josh Price | Team BMR | Subaru | 2.067s | 23 |
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