Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Dave Newsham close to Matt Neal's lap record in Donington's BTCC second practice

Dave Newsham was quickest in the second British Touring Car free practice session at Donington Park on Saturday afternoon

The ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra driver, who took his first series pole at the Brands Hatch season opener, recorded a time of 1m10.967s. That was just 0.065s slower than Matt Neal's lap record.

Neal, having fought with Jason Plato's works MG6 and the WSR BMW of Rob Collard for top spot early in the session, took his new NGTC Honda Civic to second, just 0.050s away from Newsham.

Plato was third, from Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Civic and the Motorbase Ford Focus of Mat Jackson.

Gordon Shedden, whose Civic seems to be running without the electrical gremlins that hampered his Brands weekend, made it three Hondas in the top six.

Early pacesetter Rob Austin ended up seventh in his rear-wheel-drive Audi A4, ahead of Aron Smith's Motorbase Focus.

Collard was ninth, and was one of the few drivers to improve after an off for Adam Morgan's Toyota caused a late red flag.


Pos  Driver           Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Dave Newsham     ES Vauxhall        1m10.967s          
 2.  Matt Neal        Dynamics Honda     1m11.017s  + 0.050s
 3.  Jason Plato      Triple 8 MG        1m11.155s  + 0.188s
 4.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Honda     1m11.233s  + 0.266s
 5.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford     1m11.239s  + 0.272s
 6.  Gordon Shedden   Dynamics Honda     1m11.260s  + 0.293s
 7.  Rob Austin       Austin Audi        1m11.327s  + 0.360s
 8.  Aron Smith       Motorbase Ford     1m11.439s  + 0.472s
 9.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW            1m11.520s  + 0.553s
10.  Tom Onslow-Cole  WSR BMW            1m11.531s  + 0.564s
11.  Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota     1m11.732s  + 0.765s
12.  Andy Neate       Triple 8 MG        1m11.963s  + 0.996s
13.  Jeff Smith       Eurotech Honda     1m11.989s  + 1.022s
14.  Adam Morgan      Speedworks Toyota  1m12.245s  + 1.278s
15.  Daniel Welch     Welch Proton       1m12.274s  + 1.307s
16.  Chris James      ES Vauxhall        1m12.318s  + 1.351s
17.  Tony Gilham      Gilham Honda       1m12.321s  + 1.354s
18.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford     1m12.815s  + 1.848s
19.  Lea Wood         Wood Vauxhall      1m12.820s  + 1.853s
20.  Ollie Jackson    AmD Volkswagen     1m13.130s  + 2.163s
21.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW            1m13.666s  + 2.699s
22.  John Thorne      Thorney Vauxhall   1m16.652s  + 5.685s
23.  Tony Hughes      Speedworks Toyota  1m18.000s  + 7.033s

Be part of the Autosport community

Join the conversation
Previous article Mat Jackson sets early pace in free practice for Donington BTCC round
Next article Jason Plato puts new MG on pole for first time in Donington Park British Touring Car round

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe