Jordan fastest in Donington practice

Andrew Jordan once again topped a British Touring Car session by going fastest in free practice at Donington Park.

The works Honda Civics had set the pace in the morning session, with reigning champion Gordon Shedden just 0.008 seconds ahead of team-mate Matt Neal, chased by the two MGs and Jordan.

But the pace was faster in the afternoon. Plato posted a 1m10.542s early on to beat both Shedden’s morning mark and the MG driver’s own 2012 pole time.

Jordan’s Eurotech-run Civic then matched Plato to the nearest thousandth of a second before Shedden moved back to the front with 1m10.353s.

That mark lasted until a flurry of quick laps in the closing minutes.

Jordan recorded a 1m10.175s, then a 1m10.046s as he took the flag to secure the top spot, while Plato’s last charge netted second from Shedden.

Sam Tordoff narrowly outpaced MG team-mate Plato in the morning and also improved in the afternoon. His late run resulted in 1m10.361s to put him fourth overall, ahead of Neal, who set almost identical times in the two sessions.

Toyotas filled the next three spots, Speedworks driver Dave Newsham taking sixth, from Frank Wrathall (Dynojet) and Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing).

Colin Turkington’s morning time was good enough for ninth in WSR’s new NGTC BMW, but Motorbase continued to struggle with its NGTC Ford Focuses, neither Mat Jackson or Aron Smith making it into the top 10 on combined session times.

Having set the S2000 pace in the morning, James Kaye improved later in AmD’s VW Golf to end up 20th overall as fastest Jack Sears Trophy runner.

Practice one:
 
Pos  Driver            Team/Car            Time       Gap
  1.  Gordon Shedden    Honda               1m10.595s
  2.  Matt Neal         Honda               1m10.603s  + 0.008s
  3.  Sam Tordoff       MG                  1m10.860s  + 0.265s
  4.  Jason Plato       MG                  1m10.880s  + 0.285s
  5.  Andrew Jordan     Eurotech Honda      1m10.893s  + 0.298s
  6.  Adam Morgan       Ciceley Toyota      1m10.932s  + 0.337s
  7.  Colin Turkington  WSR BMW             1m10.933s  + 0.338s
  8.  Aron Smith        Motorbase Ford      1m10.982s  + 0.387s
  9.  Frank Wrathall    Dynojet Toyota      1m11.035s  + 0.440s
 10.  Dave Newsham      Speedworks Toyota   1m11.098s  + 0.503s
 11.  Mat Jackson       Motorbase Ford      1m11.434s  + 0.839s
 12.  Jeff Smith        Eurotech Honda      1m11.554s  + 0.959s
 13.  Tom Onslow-Cole   HARD VW             1m11.606s  + 1.011s
 14.  Rob Collard       WSR BMW             1m11.632s  + 1.037s
 15.  Ollie Jackson     Speedworks Toyota   1m11.646s  + 1.051s
 16.  Will Bratt        Austin Audi         1m12.039s  + 1.444s
 17.  Jack Goff         HARD Vauxhall       1m12.288s  + 1.693s
 18.  James Kaye        AmD VW*             1m12.349s  + 1.754s
 19.  David Nye         Welch Ford*         1m13.027s  + 2.432s
 20.  Warren Scott      BMR SEAT*           1m13.042s  + 2.447s
 21.  Nick Foster       WSR BMW             1m13.051s  + 2.456s
 22.  Rob Austin        Austin Audi         1m13.068s  + 2.473s
 23.  Lea Wood          Wood Vauxhall*      1m13.269s  + 2.674s
 24.  Liam Griffin      Motorbase Ford      1m13.297s  + 2.702s
 25.  Daniel Welch      Welch Proton        1m13.390s  + 2.795s
 26.  James Cole        HARD Vauxhall       1m15.897s  + 5.302s
 27.  Joe Girling       Finesse Chevrolet*
 
Practice two:
 
Pos  Driver            Team/Car             Time        Gap
  1.  Andrew Jordan     Eurotech Honda       1m10.046s
  2.  Jason Plato       MG                   1m10.230s   + 0.184s
  3.  Gordon Shedden    Honda                1m10.353s   + 0.307s
  4.  Sam Tordoff       MG                   1m10.361s   + 0.315s
  5.  Matt Neal         Honda                1m10.606s   + 0.560s
  6.  Dave Newsham      Speedworks Toyota    1m10.775s   + 0.729s
  7.  Frank Wrathall    Dynojet Toyota       1m10.919s   + 0.873s
  8.  Adam Morgan       Ciceley Toyota       1m10.956s   + 0.910s
  9.  Jeff Smith        Eurotech Honda       1m11.064s   + 1.018s
 10.  Árón Smith        Motorbase Ford       1m11.149s   + 1.103s
 11.  Mat Jackson       Motorbase Ford       1m11.280s   + 1.234s
 12.  Colin Turkington  WSR BMW              1m11.281s   + 1.235s
 13.  Jack Goff         HARD Vauxhall        1m11.425s   + 1.379s
 14.  Daniel Welch      Welch Proton         1m11.592s   + 1.546s
 15.  Will Bratt        Austin Audi          1m11.742s   + 1.696s
 16.  Ollie Jackson     Speedworks Toyota    1m11.781s   + 1.735s
 17.  Tom Onslow-Cole   HARD VW              1m11.937s   + 1.891s
 18.  Rob Collard       WSR BMW              1m11.984s   + 1.938s
 19.  Rob Austin        Austin Audi          1m12.127s   + 2.081s
 20.  James Kaye        AmD VW*              1m12.222s   + 2.176s
 21.  Liam Griffin      Motorbase Ford*      1m12.600s   + 2.554s
 22.  David Nye         Welch Ford*          1m12.680s   + 2.634s
 23.  Nick Foster       WSR BMW              1m12.700s   + 2.654s
 24.  Lea Wood          Wood Vauxhall*       1m13.097s   + 3.051s
 25.  Joe Girling       Finesse Chevrolet*   1m13.132s   + 3.086s
 26.  James Cole        HARD Vauxhall        1m13.813s   + 3.767s
 27.  Warren Scott      BMR SEAT*            1m14.091s   + 4.045s
 
* S2000
 

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