Tom Ingram fastest in second practice at Silverstone

Speedworks Motorsport’s Tom Ingram snatched the fastest lap in second practice for the British Touring Car Championship at the Silverstone National Circuit in the last minute of the session, on an almost completely dry circuit that was still cold and overcast.

The Mercedes’ of both Ciceley Motorsport’s Adam Morgan and Laser Tools Racing’s Aiden Moffat were the quickest initially after the first 15 minutes of practice, with none of the championship protagonists being featured.

Ash Sutton was down in 22nd, ahead of defending champion Gordon Shedden, whilst Colin Turkington, who had suffered from electrical problems in the first practice session of the day, was way down the order in 32nd.

Michael Epps and Dave Newsham continued their strong start in the session, putting in solid times during the first half, but fell back down the order during the second.

Eurotech Racing’s Brett Smith put in a brilliant 59.484 and was briefly fastest until spinning into the gravel at Becketts, causing a yellow flag in sector one whilst he was recovered.

At the half way stage, the top three were  Epps, Rob Collard and Jack Goff, with just 0.067 seconds splitting the three.

Many of the teams then changed from the Dunlop hard tyre to the prime compound, in order to see what they could do in the second half of the session.

Once again, there were plenty of track limit warnings given – on one lap alone, Collard, Stephen Jelley, Ant Whorton-Eales, Aron Taylor-Smith, Will Burns and Stewart Lines all received the black and white flag warnings.

Meanwhile, Morgan, Rory Butcher, Ollie Jackson, Newsham and Sutton all went on to receive black flags for continued track limit demeanours.

About 20 minutes in, the Eurotech Honda of Goff put in a fastest time of 59.134 with Turkington and Shedden still struggling to put in quick times, sitting in 28th and 30th respectively.

With just 14 minutes remaining, Turkington finally managed to get a lap time under 1 minute, posting a 59.684 which was just 0.007 faster than Sutton, but still only good enough for 11th.  Shedden followed with a faster lap of 59.748, putting him in 16th.

With just 12 minutes left, the Championship leaders were in 12th (Turkington), 13th (Sutton) and 14th (Shedden) with less than a tenth between them and Collard sitting in 8th.

MG Racing RCIB Insurance’s Josh Cook (who is racing under appeal of exclusion this weekend), registered a 59.260, which with 10 minutes remaining was good enough for third fastest.

In the last dying moments of the session, the top three were Goff, Ingram and Cook and almost everyone made a trip to the pits to make last minute adjustments for a final push.  Turkington managed a 59.503 which put him 11th and provided a bit of space between himself and Sutton and Shedden who were still down in 15th and 16th.

In the last minute, Ingram put together a fantastic lap of 58.967 leaving him fastest in second practice, followed by Goff and Jake Hill. Turkington finished in 10th with Shedden in 22nd and Sutton in 23rd (not being able to make use of the full session due to his black flag).

Qualifying is scheduled to take place at 15:15 BST

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	80	Tom INGRAM		Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	25	58.967	0.000
2	31	Jack GOFF		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	25	59.134	0.167
3	24	Jake HILL		TAG Racing	Volkswagen CC	26	59.145	0.178
4	5	Rob COLLARD		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	24	59.165	0.198
5	16	Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	31	59.187	0.220
6	66	Josh COOK		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	25	59.260	0.293
7	11	Rob AUSTIN		Handy Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	22	59.262	0.295
8	77	Andrew JORDAN		BMW Pirtek Racing	BMW 125i M Sport	25	59.372	0.405
9	99	Jason PLATO		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	22	59.373	0.406
10	4	Colin TURKINGTON		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	22	59.377	0.410
11	12	Mike EPPS		Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing	Volkswagen CC	27	59.407	0.440
12	303	Matt SIMPSON		Simpson Racing	Honda Civic Type R	22	59.425	0.458
13	33	Adam MORGAN		Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	22	59.465	0.498
14	10	Ant WHORTON-EALES		AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts	Audi S3	23	59.471	0.504
15	22	Chris SMILEY		BTC Norlin Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	27	59.477	0.510
16	39	Brett SMITH		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	9	59.484	0.517
17	17	Dave NEWSHAM		BTC Norlin Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	27	59.565	0.598
18	25	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	25	59.566	0.599
19	28	Josh PRICE		A-Plan Academy	Subaru Levorg GT	26	59.575	0.608
20	40	Árón TAYLOR-SMITH		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	27	59.664	0.697
21	18	Senna PROCTOR		Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	23	59.674	0.707
22	52	Gordon SHEDDEN		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	24	59.687	0.720
23	116	Ashley SUTTON		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	23	59.688	0.721
24	20	James COLE		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	24	59.780	0.813
25	37	Rob HUFF		Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	24	59.820	0.853
26	61	Will BURNS		Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing	Volkswagen CC	25	59.908	0.941
27	3	Mat JACKSON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	21	1:00.011	1.044
28	48	Ollie JACKSON		AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts	Audi S3	17	1:00.032	1.065
29	6	Rory BUTCHER		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	20	1:00.056	1.089
30	7	Stephen JELLEY		Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	27	1:00.058	1.091
31	95	Stewart LINES		Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	26	00.001	1.184
32	30	Martin DEPPER		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	24	00.001	1.352