Dan Cammish edges out Jason Plato to go fastest again at Snetterton

Halfords Yuasa Racing’s Dan Cammish was again fastest at Snetterton after topping opening British Touring Car Championship practice and doubling up in the second session, narrowly ahead of Jason Plato.

Cammish went quicker than his earlier benchmark to edge out Plato’s Vauxhall Astra by just 0.017s, the double champion continuing good form after placing sixth in first practice.

AmD Tuning’s Sam Tordoff was next, while Chris Smiley’s BTC Racing Honda Civic FK8 was behind him, albeit over half a second adrift of Cammish’s time.

Tom Ingram, who was third in the morning session, would finish the second session fifth fastest ahead of triple champion Matt Neal’s Honda.

Tom Chilton, who topped the Snetterton tyre test during the series’ summer break, was seventh in his Motorbase Ford Focus RS with Adam Morgan’s Mercedes in eighth.

Five-time 2019 race-winner Andrew Jordan was ninth, with Trade Price Cars Racing’s Jake Hill completing the top ten.

Plato’s team-mate Rob Collard could not repeat his earlier form in 11th ahead of Rory Butcher, while reigning champion Colin Turkington again struggled outside the top ten in 13th.

Matt Simpson, who was second in first practice, could only manage 14th with Ollie Jackson’s Ford in 15th.

Notably, both Josh Cook and Ash Sutton again struggled, with Cook down in 19th while Sutton placed 17th.

Qualifying for the opening BTCC race at Snetterton is set to get underway later this afternoon at 15:00 BST with a half-hour session to determine the grid.

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	27	Dan CAMMISH		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	12	1:55.546	0.000
2	11	Jason PLATO		Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	13	1:55.563	0.017
3	600	Sam TORDOFF		Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid / RCIB Insurance	Honda Civic Type R	15	1:55.899	0.353
4	22	Chris SMILEY		BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	17	1:56.089	0.543
5	80	Tom INGRAM		Team Toyota GB with Ginsters	Toyota Corolla	14	1:56.126	0.580
6	25	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	16	1:56.198	0.652
7	3	Tom CHILTON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher	Ford Focus RS	13	1:56.339	0.793
8	33	Adam MORGAN		Mac Tools with Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	14	1:56.389	0.843
9	77	Andrew JORDAN		BMW Pirtek Racing	BMW 330i M Sport	13	1:56.395	0.849
10	24	Jake HILL		TradePriceCars.com	Audi S3	14	1:56.441	0.895
11	9	Rob COLLARD		Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	13	1:56.477	0.931
12	6	Rory BUTCHER		Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid / RCIB Insurance	Honda Civic Type R	14	1:56.554	1.008
13	1	Colin TURKINGTON		Team BMW	BMW 330i M Sport	14	1:56.565	1.019
14	303	Matt SIMPSON		Simpson Racing	Honda Civic Type R	13	1:56.571	1.025
15	48	Ollie JACKSON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher	Ford Focus RS	14	1:56.670	1.124
16	31	Jack GOFF		RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	8	1:56.687	1.141
17	116	Ashley SUTTON		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg	14	1:56.743	1.197
18	12	Stephen JELLEY		Team Parker Racing	BMW 125i M Sport	14	1:56.965	1.419
19	66	Josh COOK		BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	14	1:57.070	1.524
20	8	Mark BLUNDELL		TradePriceCars.com	Audi S3	14	1:57.093	1.547
21	18	Senna PROCTOR		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg	18	1:57.101	1.555
22	15	Tom OLIPHANT		Team BMW	BMW 330i M Sport	13	1:57.298	1.752
23	41	Carl BOARDLEY		RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	10	1:57.414	1.868
24	777	Michael CREES		GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct	Volkswagen CC	16	1:57.517	1.971
25	28	Nicolas HAMILTON		ROKiT Racing with Motorbase	Ford Focus RS	13	1:57.818	2.272
26	4	Sam OSBORNE		Exceler8 Motorsport	MG6	14	1:57.922	2.376
27	32	Daniel ROWBOTTOM		Cataclean Racing with Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	4	1:58.071	2.525
28	37	Rob SMITH		Exceler8 Motorsport	MG6	15	1:58.399	2.853
29	16	Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Infiniti Q50	14	1:59.205	3.659