[賽車] Jason Plato leads MG 1-2 in Rockingham qualifying ， 描述： BTCC

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: I$ K9 J4 i4 H+ T1 S) ~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.; ]2 A  ~5 B; `6 x7 N! W4 t" _
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% o+ N9 F- O! E3 l/ u$ [
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" _4 ]; L& P" B# j$ N" C" U' Y
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.
( V: e- P2 U! R# s2 w! J2 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.公仔箱論壇! }3 w" {. D  `1 A& f) i: G
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.公仔箱論壇; m0 b# Y& {( X: Z4 C* V
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.
# K4 Y' x4 B* `3 C" @Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.
1 ~3 ^0 Z2 Y- \- ^$ Bos.tvboxnow.comColin 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.- _, h1 v& ^- j
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.
! S; m# O& Y9 ZThe Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
7 T* J  n7 i: W$ ~) ^2 {2 X8 b7 m2 k公仔箱論壇The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST.