標題: [賽車] Jason Plato leads MG 1-2 in Rockingham qualifying [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-15 02:32 PM 標題: Jason Plato leads MG 1-2 in Rockingham qualifying
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5 W+ U# ~. E7 {os.tvboxnow.comJason 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.公仔箱論壇! M( @6 q# e5 k+ b1 [
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.公仔箱論壇 I6 O# a* ^" w) k! C* Y
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.& Z" v3 x2 p( a1 c3 V2 {
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. + C/ k7 E; X2 g H1 N/ |The 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.) Y- i3 B/ L' f3 |6 L, O6 R, k" }
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. ! d! \$ q k" X+ P3 Y( ]1 nOn 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 U3 M* U/ `3 `6 j; hDebutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC. + c: f z) X" [, `4 \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. 7 T1 T, j I% l' Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAustin 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. . u8 |$ g. t" |4 }% E" ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.+ X" r& t# O+ L f: {3 {
The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST.
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