Restart Racing’s Chris Smiley topped the second British Touring Car Championship practice session of the weekend at Thruxton, lapping the Hampshire circuit just 0.008 seconds ahead of Team Vertu’s Tom Ingram.
Smiley put his Hyundai on top with a lap of 1 minute 14.951 seconds around three quarters of the way through the session, deposing Ingram from the top by a slender margin.
It was nevertheless a Hyundai 1-2 at the top of the times, with WSR’s Charles Rainford, who had also shown top ten pace in first practice, in third as the leading BMW driver.
Dan Cammish was the best of the NAPA Racing UK quartet in fourth, also within a tenth of a second, ahead of team-mate and FP1 pace-setter Ash Sutton in fifth.
Team Vertu’s Senna Proctor continued to impress on his return to the BTCC after several seasons away, ending the session in sixth, ahead of the second Restart Hyundai of Daniel Lloyd in seventh.
The top ten was completed by Team Vertu’s Adam Morgan, Toyota’s Árón Taylor-Smith and Laser Tools Racing’s Jake Hill.
Qualifying, which is forecast to be affected by rain, gets underway at 15:00 BST.
Session result
| POS | NO | NAT | DRIVER | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 22 |  |
Chris SMILEY | Restart Racing | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 17 | 1:14.951 | – |
| 2 | 80 | |
Tom INGRAM | Team Vertu | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 17 | 1:14.959 | 0.008 |
| 3 | 99 | |
Charles RAINFORD | LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR | BMW 330i M Sport | 19 | 1:15.012 | 0.061 |
| 4 | 27 | |
Dan CAMMISH | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 20 | 1:15.022 | 0.071 |
| 5 | 116 | |
Ashley SUTTON | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 17 | 1:15.177 | 0.226 |
| 6 | 18 | |
Senna PROCTOR | Team Vertu | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 16 | 1:15.192 | 0.241 |
| 7 | 123 | |
Daniel LLOYD | Restart Racing | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 18 | 1:15.305 | 0.354 |
| 8 | 33 | |
Adam MORGAN | Team Vertu | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 22 | 1:15.418 | 0.467 |
| 9 | 40 |  |
Árón TAYLOR-SMITH | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 19 | 1:15.428 | 0.477 |
| 10 | 1 | |
Jake HILL | Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport | BMW 330i M Sport | 16 | 1:15.493 | 0.542 |
| 11 | 52 | |
Gordon SHEDDEN | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 18 | 1:15.512 | 0.561 |
| 12 | 3 | |
Tom CHILTON | Team Vertu | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 17 | 1:15.567 | 0.616 |
| 13 | 88 | |
Mikey DOBLE | Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 14 | 1:15.677 | 0.726 |
| 14 | 32 | |
Daniel ROWBOTTOM | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 13 | 1:15.915 | 0.964 |
| 15 | 2 |  |
Daryl DELEON | WSR | BMW 330i M Sport | 17 | 1:15.917 | 0.966 |
| 16 | 66 | |
Josh COOK | One Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | 17 | 1:15.942 | 0.991 |
| 17 | 17 | |
Dexter PATTERSON | ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport | CUPRA Leon | 19 | 1:16.143 | 1.192 |
| 18 | 16 | |
Aiden MOFFAT | LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR | BMW 330i M Sport | 19 | 1:16.147 | 1.196 |
| 19 | 12 | |
Stephen JELLEY | One Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | 20 | 1:16.336 | 1.385 |
| 20 | 14 | |
Ronan PEARSON | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 15 | 1:16.603 | 1.652 |
| 21 | 132 | |
James DORLIN | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 12 | 1:16.665 | 1.714 |
| 22 | 93 | |
Max HALL | ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport | CUPRA Leon | 15 | 1:16.780 | 1.829 |
| 23 | 77 | |
Sam OSBORNE | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 19 | 1:17.357 | 2.406 |
| 24 | 28 | |
Nicolas HAMILTON | Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock | CUPRA Leon | 19 | 1:17.839 | 2.888 |
| 25 | 50 | |
Nick HALSTEAD | Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 0 | No time | N/A |