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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, }- o. Y, P/ b3 I Jason 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.os.tvboxnow.com0 ]* F3 S [+ J T: h4 w% d: H
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% x' o- q; T* a
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin. ) f7 R! P# m6 Q2 z; D/ [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. X" B; j2 I4 Y1 P- z公仔箱論壇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.2 B2 v; B. ]5 u( T. r2 k/ `( t
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. 4 C" _' g2 Z$ W- vos.tvboxnow.comOn 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# i* K" g T# H8 ]7 |1 `, o' w) m
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.7 R8 [0 W- l; \2 ?2 I1 S O/ x
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.os.tvboxnow.com7 h( U4 ?. p2 s( c3 u
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.; Z0 o" i2 R. V
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.os.tvboxnow.com3 x- b9 }& d' w
The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST.
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