Tom Chilton leads the charge in second Brands practice

EXCELR8 Motorsport’s Tom Chilton set the pace in the second British Touring Car Championship practice session around the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, as times ended up slightly slower than in first practice.

Chilton put his Hyundai on top of the times just under 25 minutes into the session, which was red-flagged just three minutes later when NAPA Racing UK’s Daniel Rowbottom went off into the barriers at Paddock Hill bend, using up seven of the final 13 minutes.

Chilton’s top time was 48.047 seconds, which ended up being a tenth slower than Árón Taylor-Smith had gone in the opening session of the day.

Despite causing the red flag, Rowbottom was still the leading Ford in second, 0.171 seconds from Chilton, with team-mate Dan Cammish in third, a further 0.013 seconds back.

Josh Cook continued to be the quickest of the Speedworks Motorsport-run Toyotas in fourth, ahead of EXCELR8’s Ronan Pearson in fifth, exactly a quarter of a second off the pace.

Adam Morgan was the best BMW in sixth, with FP1 pace-setter Taylor-Smith putting his Vauxhall in seventh, four tenths slower than he had gone earlier on.

The top ten was completed by Speedworks’ Aiden Moffat, NAPA Racing’s Ashley Sutton and Laser Tools Racing’s Jake Hill.

Both factory Toyotas continued to struggle to break into the top ten, with Andrew Watson and Rob Huff in 14^th and 15^th respectively.

Qualifying is scheduled to get underway at 15:25 BST.

Session results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	3		Tom CHILTON	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	23	48.047	–
2	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	21	48.218	0.171
3	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	26	48.231	0.184
4	66		Josh COOK	LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	23	48.236	0.189
5	14		Ronan PEARSON	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	22	48.297	0.250
6	33		Adam MORGAN	Team BMW	BMW 330e M Sport	23	48.325	0.278
7	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	21	48.326	0.279
8	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	26	48.381	0.334
9	1		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	48.446	0.399
10	24		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e M Sport	28	48.505	0.458
11	88		Mikey DOBLE	Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	24	48.510	0.463
12	80		Tom INGRAM	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	23	48.510	0.463
13	20		Colin TURKINGTON	Team BMW	BMW 330e M Sport	24	48.537	0.490
14	11		Andrew WATSON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	25	48.571	0.524
15	12		Rob HUFF	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	29	48.608	0.591
16	222		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	CUPRA Leon	27	48.705	0.658
17	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	48.938	0.891
18	29		Scott SUMPTON	Restart Racing	CUPRA Leon	18	49.260	1.213
19	18		Daryl DELEON	Duckhams Racing with Bartercard	CUPRA Leon	24	49.377	1.330
20	22		Nick HALSTEAD	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	26	49.580	1.533