Chris Smiley tops the times in second practice at Oulton Park

Restart Racing’s Chris Smiley went quickest in a shower-affected second British Touring Car Championship practice session at Oulton Park, a tenth of a second ahead of Toyota’s Árón Taylor-Smith.

A short but sharp rain shower ahead of the session meant that the opening minutes took place on a damp and slippery circuit, with the majority of drivers undertaking their initial running on wet tyres.

But conditions quickly improved and after 15 minutes timed dipped below the 1 minute 30 second mark, when Toyota’s Gordon Shedden went quickest on two successive laps.

Mikey Doble, Smiley and Tom Ingram then exchanged top times in what were dry conditions and meaningful laps, before Smiley emerged as the quickest of the field with his effort of 1:24.288 with just over 12 minutes to go.

Ten seconds before the chequered flag, Taylor-Smith then went second, 0.134 seconds adrift, with Ingram in third, having left it until the final five minutes to go for a meaningful lap time.

Toyota’s James Dorlin was fourth, ahead of the second Team Vertu Hyundai of Adam Morgan in fifth.

Another good session for the Toyotas saw Gordon Shedden make it three Corollas in the top seven, whilst Power Maxed Racing’s Doble ended up in eighth.

The top ten was completed by Un-Limited Motorsport’s Dexter Patterson, who had briefly been fastest as conditions improved, and the leading NAPA Racing UK car of Dan Cammish.

First practice pace-setter Daniel Rowbottom was 11^th behind his NAPA team-mate, whilst the leading WSR-run BMW was Daryl DeLeon in 12^th, as reigning champion Jake Hill was only 19^th – following on from 16ht in FP1.

Qualifying is scheduled to get underway at 15:00 BST.

Session results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	22		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	17	1:24.288	–
2	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	15	1:24.422	0.134
3	80		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	12	1:24.458	0.170
4	132		James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	16	1:24.541	0.253
5	33		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	14	1:24.581	0.293
6	123		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	16	1:24.584	0.296
7	52		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	15	1:24.637	0.349
8	88		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	16	1:24.655	0.367
9	17		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	15	1:24.718	0.430
10	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	17	1:24.728	0.440
11	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	19	1:24.739	0.451
12	2		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	14	1:24.783	0.495
13	116		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	14	1:24.812	0.524
14	18		Senna PROCTOR	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	11	1:24.869	0.581
15	3		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	9	1:24.872	0.584
16	99		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	16	1:24.984	0.696
17	66		Josh COOK	One Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	16	1:25.020	0.732
18	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	13	1:25.157	0.869
19	1		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	17	1:25.261	0.973
20	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	17	1:25.340	1.052
21	26		Finn LESLIE	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	17	1:26.042	1.754
22	93		Max HALL	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	16	1:26.176	1.888
23	28		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	17	1:26.599	2.311
24	50		Nick HALSTEAD	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	17	1:26.818	2.530
25	12		Stephen JELLEY	One Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	1	No time	N/A