Late charge gives Jack Goff the top time on day one at Snetterton

Jack Goff produced a late effort to topple Jake Hill and top the timesheets on the opening day of the Dunlop tyre test at Snetterton.

The Eurotech Racing driver clocked a 1:57.408 on the final of his 34 afternoon laps in the Honda Civic Type-R to eclipse Hill’s Volkswagen CC by 0.012 seconds.

Goff completed the most laps of any driver in the combined session classification, with 92 laps of the Norfolk circuit under his belt.

Ollie Jackson claimed third in the Audi S3 ahead of the Mercedes A-Class pairing of Aiden Moffat and Adam Morgan.

Tom Ingram went fastest of the direct championship contenders in sixth, with Mat Jackson seventh.

Brett Smith took eighth on his first mileage in the British Touring Car Championship for Eurotech after being announced as the replacement for father Jeff, who continues his recovery after a heavy crash during qualifying at Croft.

Will Burns ratified Team HARD’s pace in ninth, with Jason Plato tenth as the quickest of Team BMR’s Subaru Levorg quartet.

Tom Chilton led the charge for Vauxhall in 14th, with Andrew Jordan and Josh Cook fastest for BMW and MG in 17th and 19th respectively.

Matt Neal was 16th as the only works Honda runner, nearly 1.5 seconds adrift.

With the test commonly used for setup innovations and testing of Dunlop’s current and 2018 compounds, the timesheets are likely to only partially reflect the running order when the championship races at the 2.99 mile Norfolk circuit later this month.

The 27-strong field will tackle the circuit during the second day of testing tomorrow.

Combined session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	31	Jack GOFF		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	92	1:57.408	0.000
2	24	Jake HILL		TAG Racing	Volkswagen CC	59	1:57.420	0.012
3	48	Ollie JACKSON		AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts	Audi S3	73	1:57.793	0.385
4	16	Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	79	1:57.824	0.416
5	33	Adam MORGAN		Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	57	1:57.848	0.440
6	80	Tom INGRAM		Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	50	1:57.864	0.456
7	3	Mat JACKSON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	54	1:58.024	0.616
8	61	Will BURNS		Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing	Volkswagen CC	73	1:58.025	0.617
9	39	Brett SMITH		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	61	1:58.123	0.715
10	22	Chris SMILEY		BTC Norlin Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	62	1:58.155	0.747
11	25	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	55	1:58.214	0.806
12	11	Rob AUSTIN		Handy Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	39	1:58.226	0.818
13	116	Ashley SUTTON		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	79	1:58.284	0.876
14	4	Colin TURKINGTON		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	30	1:58.329	0.921
15	99	Jason PLATO		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	46	1:58.444	1.036
16	17	Dave NEWSHAM		BTC Norlin Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	67	1:58.513	1.105
17	20	James COLE		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	61	1:58.664	1.256
18	77	Andrew JORDAN		BMW Pirtek Racing	BMW 125i M Sport	55	1:58.682	1.274
19	66	Josh COOK		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	58	1:58.760	1.352
20	2	Tom CHILTON		Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	87	1:58.783	1.375
21	303	Matt SIMPSON		Simpson Racing	Honda Civic Type R	42	1:58.928	1.520
22	7	Stephen JELLEY		Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	64	1:59.216	1.808
23	5	Rob COLLARD		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	12	1:59.383	1.975
24	5	Rob COLLARD		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	23	1:59.717	2.309
25	30	Martin DEPPER		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	71	1:59.778	2.370
26	51	Chris MILFORD		Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing	Volkswagen CC	74	2:00.205	2.797
27	28	Josh PRICE		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	66	2:00.234	2.826
28	95	Stewart LINES		Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	75	2:01.085	3.677