Daryl DeLeon emerges on top in overcast opening session at Silverstone

WSR’s Daryl DeLeon topped the times in the opening British Touring Car Championship practice session of the weekend at Silverstone, the BMW driver being the only driver to lap under the 57-second lap marker.

DeLeon went to the top of the session just five minutes from the end when he lapped the circuit in 56.966 seconds, knocking NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish off the top spot.

Cammish was the quickest of the Ford quartet, 0.036 seconds adrift of DeLeon, whilst both Team Vertu’s Adam Morgan in third and WSR’s Aiden Moffat in fourth were both also within a tenth of the pace.

Charles Rainford made it three of the four WSR-run BMWs in the top five, whilst Team Vertu’s Senna Proctor was sixth – although the Hyundai racer had been black-flagged earlier in the session for repeatedly exceeding track limits.

Restart Racing’s Daniel Lloyd was seventh, ahead of Team Vertu’s Tom Chilton in eighth.

The top ten was completed by NAPA Racing UK duo Daniel Rowbottom and Ashley Sutton, the latter having been as low as 16^th at one stage before upping his times to just over a quarter of a second off the pace.

Championship leader Tom Ingram was 14^th fastest, 0.403 seconds adrift of DeLeon, and 0.025 seconds slower than 13^th-placed Jake Hill.

Second practice is scheduled to get underway at 12:05 BST.

Session results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	2		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	23	56.966	–
2	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	19	57.002	0.036
3	33		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	20	57.028	0.062
4	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	23	57.050	0.084
5	99		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	25	57.075	0.109
6	18		Senna PROCTOR	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	14	57.120	0.154
7	123		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	22	57.192	0.226
8	3		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	19	57.206	0.240
9	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	23	57.228	0.262
10	116		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	23	57.242	0.276
11	66		Josh COOK	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	23	57.294	0.328
12	52		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	20	57.329	0.363
13	1		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	11	57.344	0.378
14	80		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	23	57.369	0.403
15	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	25	57.513	0.547
16	22		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	23	57.568	0.602
17	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	23	57.750	0.784
18	88		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	17	58.106	1.140
19	19		Max BUXTON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	22	58.220	1.254
20	28		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	18	58.466	1.500
21	50		Nick HALSTEAD	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	21	58.474	1.508
22	17		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	17	58.674	1.708