Tom Ingram leads Senna Proctor again in second practice

Tom Ingram doubled up in the second British Touring Car Championship practice session at Croft, going even quicker below the qualifying lap record.

The Team Vertu driver had earlier in the day topped the opening practice session with a time which was already half a second quicker than the qualifying benchmark set last year.

But Ingram went a further 0.153 seconds quicker in second practice to remain the man to beat, with team-mate Senna Proctor again his closest challenger, albeit over half a second back himself this time.

The session was also interrupted twice by red flags – the first coming after 20 minutes when Team Vertu’s Tom Chilton went into the barriers at the exit of Clervaux, causing considerable damage to his Hyundai haead of qualifying.

A second red flag in the final minute brought the session to an early end, when James Dorlin also went off the road at the same corner as Chilton.

Toyota’s Árón Taylor-Smith was classified in third, although the Irishman had posted an identical lap time to Restart Racing’s Chris Smiley, who was left in fourth, putting the two drivers in different groups for the first part of qualifying later in the day.

Toyota’s Gordon Shedden was fifth, ahead of Chilton in sixth, who had put in a quick lap just before his shunt.

Daniel Rowbottom was the leading NAPA Racing UK driver in seventh, ahead of team-mate Ash Sutton in eighth, with the top ten being completed by Restart Racing’s Daniel Lloyd and WSR’s Aiden Moffat.

Reigning champion Jake Hill did not take part in the session due to illness, being temporarily replaced by Colin Turkington, who ended up in 17^th. A decision will be made prior to qualifying whether Hill can get back in the car or if Turkington will take over for the rest of the weekend.

Qualifying is scheduled to get underway at 15:30 BST.

Session results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	80		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	10	1:20.361	–
2	18		Senna PROCTOR	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	11	1:20.936	0.575
3	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	10	1:21.002	0.641
4	22		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	11	1:21.002	0.641
5	52		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	10	1:21.059	0.698
6	3		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	9	1:21.259	0.898
7	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	12	1:21.396	1.035
8	116		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	11	1:21.399	1.038
9	123		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	11	1:21.452	1.091
10	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	13	1:21.521	1.160
11	132		James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	1:21.532	1.171
12	2		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	9	1:21.611	1.250
13	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	13	1:21.682	1.321
14	33		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	12	1:21.808	1.447
15	88		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	9	1:21.922	1.561
16	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	12	1:22.176	1.815
17	21		Colin TURKINGTON	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	11	1:22.543	2.182
18	28		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	9	1:22.771	2.410
19	17		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	10	1:22.895	2.534
20	99		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	13	1:22.962	2.601
21	12		Stephen JELLEY	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	11	1:23.821	3.460
22	50		Nick HALSTEAD	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	11	1:24.883	4.522
23	19		Max BUXTON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	8	1:41.801	21.440