Tom Ingram doubles up in Donington Park practice

Team Vertu’s Tom Ingram continued to lead the way in practice for the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park, as NAPA Racing’s Ash Sutton was his closest challenger in the afternoon session.

Ingram had earlier lapped the National circuit in 1 minute 7.364 seconds in the morning session, and although he topped the times in second practice, he was unable to emulate his earlier pace, lapping in 1:07.429.

That came despite the 2022 champion being black-flagged for exceeding track limits, making him one of seven drivers to be hit with the indiscretion, although drivers were allowed to return to the session after a talking to from the clerk of the course.

Sutton was 0.360 seconds behind as the best of the Alliance Racing drivers, with Team Vertu’s Adam Morgan, who had been fourth earlier in the day, in third, a further three tenths back.

It was once again three EXCELR8 Hyundais in the top four places, as Tom Chilton was fourth, ahead of NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish in fifth.

Reigning champion Jake Hill was sixth and the leading BMW driver, the only other person within a second of the pace.

Power Maxed Racing’s Mikey Doble once again featured in the top ten as the leading Independent in seventh, ahead of Restart Racing’s Daniel Lloyd in eighth.

The top ten was completed by WSR’s Charles Rainford and One Motorsport’s Josh Cook, the latter having undergone an engine change between the first and second session.

None of the Speedworks Motorsport-run Toyota drivers made it into the top ten; James Dorlin was once again the quickest of the quartet in 12^th.

Qualifying gets underway at 15:10 BST.

Session results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	80		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	16	1:07.429	–
2	116		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	19	1:07.789	0.360
3	33		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	18	1:08.128	0.699
4	3		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	19	1:08.200	0.771
5	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	17	1:08.308	0.879
6	1		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	14	1:08.317	0.888
7	88		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	20	1:08.453	1.024
8	123		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	19	1:08.460	1.031
9	99		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	20	1:08.500	1.071
10	66		Josh COOK	One Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	18	1:08.514	1.085
11	22		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	18	1:08.523	1.094
12	132		James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	21	1:08.540	1.111
13	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	18	1:08.577	1.148
14	14		Ronan PEARSON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	18	1:08.590	1.161
15	52		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	19	1:08.617	1.188
16	2		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	22	1:08.626	1.197
17	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	17	1:08.782	1.353
18	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	20	1:08.895	1.466
19	17		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	18	1:09.102	1.673
20	93		Max HALL	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	14	1:09.161	1.732
21	12		Stephen JELLEY	One Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	18	1:09.180	1.751
22	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	19	1:09.252	1.823
23	777		Michael CREES	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	16	1:09.345	1.916
24	28		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	19	1:10.656	3.227