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Adam Morgan fastest in first practice

Adam Morgan set the fastest time in the opening British Touring Car Championship practice session at Brands Hatch ahead of Team BMR’s Jason Plato and Motorbase driver Mat Jackson.

The Ciceley Racing driver set a fastest time of 1:31.428s after a mid-session restart and stayed at the top of the times, but Morgan then pulled off at Druids near the end of the session with an electrical issue in his Mercedes A-Class.

Plato had led the opening half of the session before a red flag was shown when Jake Hill – deputising for Nicolas Hamilton – spun at Graham Hill bend.

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Championship hopeful Plato was then usurped by Morgan, and although he improved his time he had to settle for second, 0.169s behind in his Volkswagen CC, while Jackson was third in his previously all-conquering Ford Focus.

Colin Turkington was fourth in the second CC, 0.337s off Morgan’s pace, while Jack Goff was fifth ahead of Andy Priaulx.

Matt Neal was the best-placed of the Honda drivers in seventh, with Andrew Jordan and Aron Smith separating him from team-mate and championship leader Gordon Shedden, who wound up tenth.

The returning Menu was 28th in the session after completing a sole outlap in the fourth Team BMR Volkswagen CC.

Second practice starts at 12:45 BST.

Session results

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 33 Adam MORGAN WIX Racing Mercedes Benz A-Class 16 1:31.428 0.000
2 99 Jason PLATO Team BMR RCIB Insurance Volkswagen CC 12 1:31.597 0.169
3 4 Mat JACKSON Motorbase Performance Ford Focus 13 1:31.746 0.318
4 1 Colin TURKINGTON Team BMR RCIB Insurance Volkswagen CC 18 1:31.765 0.337
5 31 M Jack GOFF MG 888 Racing MG 6GT 16 1:31.826 0.398
6 111 C Andy PRIAULX Team IHG Rewards Club BMW 125i M Sport 16 1:31.861 0.433
7 25 M Matt NEAL Honda Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R 18 1:31.914 0.486
8 77 M Andrew JORDAN MG 888 Racing MG 6GT 17 1:31.951 0.523
9 40 Árón SMITH Team BMR RCIB Insurance Volkswagen CC 20 1:31.999 0.571
10 52 M Gordon SHEDDEN Honda Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R 13 1:32.085 0.657
11 17 Dave NEWSHAM Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 16 1:32.170 0.742
12 30 Martin DEPPER Eurotech Racing Honda Civic 16 1:32.468 1.040
13 66 Josh COOK Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 16 1:32.554 1.126
14 80 Tom INGRAM Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis 15 1:32.554 1.126
15 7 C Sam TORDOFF Team JCT600 with GardX BMW 125i M Sport 17 1:32.566 1.138
16 55 Jeff SMITH Eurotech Racing Honda Civic 16 1:32.646 1.218
17 54 Hunter ABBOTT Exocet AlcoSense Audi A4 15 1:32.684 1.256
18 16 Aiden MOFFAT Laser Tools Racing Mercedes Benz A-Class 18 1:32.752 1.324
19 6 C Rob COLLARD Team JCT600 with GardX BMW 125i M Sport 14 1:32.783 1.355
20 21 Mike BUSHELL AmD Tuning.com Ford Focus 17 1:32.859 1.431
21 14 Alex MARTIN Dextra Racing Ford Focus 16 1:33.344 1.916
22 101 Rob AUSTIN Exocet AlcoSense Audi A4 16 1:33.579 2.151
23 44 James COLE Motorbase Performance Ford Focus 15 1:33.623 2.195
24 18 Tony GILHAM RCIB Insurance Racing Toyota Avensis 17 1:34.008 2.580
25 95 Stewart LINES Houseman Racing Toyota Avensis 15 1:35.710 4.282
26 29 Jake HILL AmD Tuning.com Audi S3 7 1:35.966 4.538
27 11 Simon BELCHER Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis 7 1:36.158 4.730
28 9 Alain MENU Team BMR RCIB Insurance Volkswagen CC 1 No time N/A
29 22 Derek PALMER Jr Support Our Paras Racing Infiniti Q50 1 No time N/A
30 13 Dan WELCH Welch Motorsport Proton Gen-2 0 No time N/A

Complete session results.

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