Andrew Jordan fastest in Brands Hatch British Touring Car practice as new-for-2012 cars fly
Andrew Jordan topped the second free practice session at Brands Hatch as the new British Touring Cars showed their pace for the first time
As in the morning session, Rob Austin's revised NGTC Audi was rapid early on, but this time he was soon pushed back by the Honda Civics.
Reigning champion Matt Neal briefly topped the times in his works version before Jordan took the private Eurotech-run example round in 48.790s.
Jason Plato also made an early run, recording 49.097s in the new works MG6, which was initially good enough for third. He ended up fifth, after being usurped by rear-wheel-drive frontrunners Tom Onslow-Cole (WSR BMW) and Austin late on.
Jordan also pushed hard in the last 10 minutes, receiving a black-and-white warning flag for going over the track limits, eventually lowering his best to 48.639s. That is around 0.4s down on Neal's 2011 pole time in the old Civic.
Mat Jackson's Motorbase Ford Focus was fifth, just ahead of inexperienced team-mate Aron Smith, while Eurotech's Jeff Smith put a third example of the new Civic inside the top eight.
Rob Collard and Nick Foster made it three WSR BMWs in the top 10, both within a second of Jordan.
Gordon Shedden's woes continued, a persistent electrical problem keeping his Honda in the pits for most of the session.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Honda 48.639s 2. Matt Neal Dynamics Honda 48.912s + 0.273s 3. Tom Onslow-Cole WSR BMW 48.935s + 0.296s 4. Rob Austin Austin Audi 49.046s + 0.407s 5. Jason Plato Triple 8 MG 49.097s + 0.458s 6. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 49.153s + 0.514s 7. Aron Smith Motorbase Ford 49.308s + 0.669s 8. Jeff Smith Eurotech Honda 49.319s + 0.680s 9. Rob Collard WSR BMW 49.371s + 0.732s 10. Nick Foster WSR BMW 49.444s + 0.805s 11. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 49.482s + 0.843s 12. Daniel Welch Welch Proton 49.628s + 0.989s 13. Ollie Jackson AmD Volkswagen 49.630s + 0.991s 14. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 49.654s + 1.015s 15. Adam Morgan Speedworks Toyota 49.720s + 1.081s 16. Dave Newsham ES Vauxhall 49.970s + 1.331s 17. Chris James ES Vauxhall 50.169s + 1.530s 18. Lea Wood Wood Vauxhall 50.314s + 1.675s 19. Andy Neate Triple 8 MG 50.381s + 1.742s 20. Tony Gilham Gilham Honda 50.841s + 2.202s 21. Tony Hughes Speedworks Toyota 52.181s + 3.542s 22. Gordon Shedden Dynamics Honda 55.944s + 7.305s
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