Jack Goff topped the timesheets in the second British Touring Car Championship practice session at Donington Park ahead of Jake Hill and Tom Ingram.
Goff, who set a fastest lap time of 1:09.876 in the Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R towards the end of the session, spent the majority of the running lapping consistently in a likely attempt to simulate race conditions.
Team.HARD continued their early form with Hill in second, whilst team-mate Mike Epps backed up his earlier pace in sixth in the Volkswagen CC.
Current championship runner-up Tom Ingram came within 0.008 seconds of the top spot but ultimately had to settle for third after setting the largest number of laps in the field.
Matt Neal came fourth after a morning session spent scrubbing tyres, with team-mate and defending champion Gordon Shedden similarly improving to seventh.
Practice one pace-setter Rob Austin came fifth, with Chris Smiley, Aiden Moffat and Ollie Jackson rounding out the top ten in the classification.
Only Luke Davenport encountered issues during the forty-minute session, spinning his Motorbase Ford Focus ST at the Old Hairpin before recovering to the pit lane under his own power.
Subaru endured another challenging session, with James Cole the highest placed of the four Subaru Levorg GT runners in 17th.
BMW disguised their true form and similarly ranked in the midfield, Colin Turkington the fastest in 15th as all three West Surrey Racing BMW 1-series’ ran in tangent.
Mat Jackson left it late to put fresh rubber on for a qualifying simulation and ended up 22nd; Brands Hatch podium-scorer Tom Chilton also struggled in 20th.
The second qualifying session of the season gets underway at 15:40.
Session results
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 31 | Jack GOFF |  |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 20 | 1:09.876 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | 24 | Jake HILL | |
TAG Racing | Volkswagen CC | 23 | 1:09.883 | 0.007 | |
| 3 | 80 | Tom INGRAM | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 25 | 1:09.891 | 0.015 | |
| 4 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 20 | 1:09.916 | 0.040 |
| 5 | 11 | Rob AUSTIN | |
Handy Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 21 | 1:09.978 | 0.102 | |
| 6 | 12 | Mike EPPS | |
Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing | Volkswagen CC | 23 | 1:10.111 | 0.235 | |
| 7 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 22 | 1:10.212 | 0.336 |
| 8 | 22 | Chris SMILEY | |
BTC Norlin Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 22 | 1:10.219 | 0.343 | |
| 9 | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 21 | 1:10.253 | 0.377 | |
| 10 | 48 | Ollie JACKSON | |
AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts | Audi S3 | 19 | 1:10.254 | 0.378 | |
| 11 | 23 | M | Daniel LLOYD | |
MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 21 | 1:10.399 | 0.523 |
| 12 | 17 | Dave NEWSHAM | |
BTC Norlin Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 21 | 1:10.491 | 0.615 | |
| 13 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 21 | 1:10.513 | 0.637 | |
| 14 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | |
Ciceley Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 19 | 1:10.519 | 0.643 | |
| 15 | 4 | M | Colin TURKINGTON | |
Team BMW | BMW 125i M Sport | 21 | 1:10.585 | 0.709 |
| 16 | 77 | M | Andrew JORDAN | |
BMW Pirtek Racing | BMW 125i M Sport | 20 | 1:10.624 | 0.748 |
| 17 | 5 | M | Rob COLLARD | |
Team BMW | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 1:10.628 | 0.752 |
| 18 | 66 | Josh COOK | |
Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport | Ford Focus | 23 | 1:10.659 | 0.783 | |
| 19 | 20 | M | James COLE | |
Adrian Flux Subaru Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 24 | 1:10.672 | 0.796 |
| 20 | 2 | M | Tom CHILTON | |
Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 20 | 1:10.706 | 0.830 |
| 21 | 40 | M | Árón TAYLOR-SMITH |  |
MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 18 | 1:10.716 | 0.840 |
| 22 | 3 | Mat JACKSON | |
Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo | Ford Focus | 21 | 1:10.742 | 0.866 | |
| 23 | 18 | M | Senna PROCTOR | |
Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 20 | 1:10.783 | 0.907 |
| 24 | 303 | M | Matt SIMPSON | |
Simpson Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 14 | 1:10.854 | 0.978 |
| 25 | 99 | M | Jason PLATO | |
Adrian Flux Subaru Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 18 | 1:10.913 | 1.037 |
| 26 | 61 | Will BURNS | |
Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing | Volkswagen CC | 23 | 1:10.934 | 1.058 | |
| 27 | 10 | Ant WHORTON-EALES | |
AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts | Audi S3 | 20 | 1:10.987 | 1.111 | |
| 28 | 7 | Stephen JELLEY | |
Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport | Ford Focus | 18 | 1:10.997 | 1.121 | |
| 29 | 116 | M | Ashley SUTTON | |
Adrian Flux Subaru Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 11 | 1:11.099 | 1.223 |
| 30 | 28 | M | Josh PRICE | |
BMR Racing Academy | Subaru Levorg GT | 18 | 1:11.384 | 1.508 |
| 31 | 30 | Martin DEPPER | |
Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo | Ford Focus | 23 | 1:11.442 | 1.566 | |
| 32 | 300 | Luke DAVENPORT | |
Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo | Ford Focus | 15 | 1:11.552 | 1.676 |