Charles Rainford tops second practice at Knockhill

West Surrey Racing’s Charles Rainford topped the final practice session in Scotland with a time of 50.787 seconds, about three tenths off the qualifying lap record. Rainford went to the top of the timesheets with just under 15 minutes to go, improving his time two minutes later.

Aron Taylor Smith impressed again for Toyota after a good showing in FP1, as he finished just 0.020 behind Rainford. Dan Lloyd was the leading independent as he looks to close the gap at the top of the independents championship this weekend, finishing the session in third in his Restart Racing Hyundai.

EXCELR8 Motorsport’s Tom Ingram, who topped the earlier session, was fourth, with teammate Senna Proctor rounding out the top five.

Chris Smiley made it two Restart Racing Hyundai’s in the top six.

WSR’ s Daryl Deleon who spent the majority of the session in the top ten was seventh. Then it was NAPA’s Daniel Rowbottom and Dan Cammish in eighth and ninth, with Aiden Moffat the lead Scotsman completing the top ten with a time of 51.155 seconds.

The session was interrupted twice by red flags as the barriers at the chicane had to be returned to their original place as drivers played with track limits. Three drivers, including Unlimited’s Dexter Patterson were given the black flag for track limits late on in the session.

Gordon Shedden only completed two laps due to a exhaust clamp problem. Toyota will look to get the car fixed for qualifying after teammates impressed, with James Dorlin putting his Toyota in 11th place. Championship hopeful Ash Sutton finished the session in 19th.

Qualifying is due to get underway at 15:00

Second practice results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	99		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	24	50.787	–
2	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	22	50.807	0.020
3	123		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	21	50.918	0.131
4	80		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	25	50.982	0.195
5	18		Senna PROCTOR	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	19	50.986	0.199
6	22		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	23	51.001	0.214
7	2		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	23	51.085	0.298
8	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	51.116	0.329
9	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	18	51.155	0.368
10	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	24	51.155	0.368
11	132		James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	26	51.163	0.376
12	33		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	19	51.165	0.378
13	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	19	51.293	0.506
14	1		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	23	51.306	0.519
15	3		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	20	51.389	0.602
16	88		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	17	51.554	0.767
17	17		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	18	51.611	0.824
18	19		Max BUXTON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	23	51.637	0.850
19	116		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	22	51.669	0.882
20	28		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	23	52.095	1.308
21	50		Nick HALSTEAD	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	22	53.272	2.485
22	52		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	2	1:05.386	14.599