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Andrew Jordan fastest in disrupted opening practice session

Andrew Jordan set the pace during the first free practice ahead of this weekend’s British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Rockingham, with a fastest lap time of 1:23.045 among three red-flag stoppages.

Rising stars Tom Ingram and Adam Morgan completed the top three on the timesheets, the former finding his feet later in the session to post a time just 0.059 adrift of the Pirtek Racing Ford Focus, whilst Morgan was the earlier pace-setter in the session.

It was another young protegee, Jake Hill, who brought out the red flags first when his Toyota Avensis stopped on the approach to Tarzan hairpin, and with Tony Gilham and Michael Epps both also requiring mechanical repairs across the forty minutes it proved to be a character-building session for Team.HARD.

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The second stoppage was arguably the most high profile, as championship leader Sam Tordoff lost control of his BMW 125i M-Sport at the same location and spun backwards into the gravel trap. Though he managed to make it back to the pit lane under his own steam after marshal assistance, he was absent for the remainder of the session. Michael Epps completed the stoppages with a spin in the closing stages.

Tordoff’s closest championship challengers spent most of the session absent from the timesheets, before emerging late on to lockout the midfield and lower top ten. With front-wheel drive cars such as the Honda tipped to struggle around Rockingham, Matt Neal could only manage 10th, and his team-mate, defending champion Gordon Shedden, just 6th.

After a turbulent week for Silverline Subaru BMR Racing, Colin Turkington was their standout performer with 8th; double champion Jason Plato sat slightly further back in 11th.

More to follow….

Session results

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 77 Andrew JORDAN Motorbase Performance Ford Focus 9 1:23.045 0.000
2 80 Tom INGRAM Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis 14 1:23.104 0.059
3 33 Adam MORGAN WIX Racing Mercedes-Benz A-Class 15 1:23.173 0.128
4 66 M Josh COOK MG Racing RCIB Insurance MG6GT 13 1:23.229 0.184
5 7 Mat JACKSON Motorbase Performance Ford Focus 13 1:23.460 0.415
6 52 M Gordon SHEDDEN Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R 12 1:23.529 0.484
7 116 M Ashley SUTTON MG Racing RCIB Insurance MG6GT 14 1:23.532 0.487
8 4 M Colin TURKINGTON Silverline Subaru BMR Racing Subaru Levorg GT 12 1:23.722 0.677
9 40 Árón SMITH BKR Volkswagen CC 13 1:23.862 0.817
10 25 M Matt NEAL Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R 12 1:23.865 0.820
11 99 M Jason PLATO Silverline Subaru BMR Racing Subaru Levorg GT 12 1:23.938 0.893
12 71 David NEWSHAM Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 13 1:23.970 0.925
13 20 M James COLE Silverline Subaru BMR Racing Subaru Levorg GT 12 1:24.063 1.018
14 55 Jeff SMITH Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R 14 1:24.274 1.229
15 16 Aiden MOFFAT Laser Tools Racing Mercedes-Benz A-Class 11 1:24.294 1.249
16 31 C Jack GOFF Team IHG Rewards Club BMW 125i M Sport 14 1:24.304 1.259
17 53 Hunter ABBOTT Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 14 1:24.307 1.262
18 303 Matt SIMPSON Speedworks Motorsport Honda Civic Type R 14 1:24.313 1.268
19 100 C Rob COLLARD Team JCT600 with GardX BMW 125i M Sport 12 1:24.389 1.344
20 39 M Warren SCOTT Silverline Subaru BMR Racing Subaru Levorg GT 13 1:24.486 1.441
21 30 Martin DEPPER Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R 13 1:24.490 1.445
22 48 Ollie JACKSON AmD Tuning Audi S3 13 1:24.549 1.504
23 11 Rob AUSTIN Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis 13 1:24.612 1.567
24 24 Jake HILL RCIB Insurance Racing Toyota Avensis 10 1:24.689 1.644
25 17 Dan WELCH Goodestone Racing Proton Persona 13 1:24.716 1.671
26 12 Mike EPPS RCIB Insurance Racing Toyota Avensis 10 1:24.923 1.878
27 14 Alex MARTIN Dextra Racing with Team Parker Ford Focus 12 1:24.973 1.928
28 95 Stewart LINES Maximum Motorsport Ford Focus 11 1:25.570 2.525
29 38 Mark HOWARD BKR Volkswagen CC 13 1:25.682 2.637
30 600 C Sam TORDOFF Team JCT600 with GardX BMW 125i M Sport 4 1:31.935 8.890
31 34 Tony GILHAM TLC Racing Toyota Avensis 1 No time N/A

Complete session results.

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