Onslow-Cole sets pace at Donington
| By Jamie O'Leary |
Saturday, May 3rd 2008, 09:44 GMT |
 Tom Onslow-Cole set the pace in the opening free practice session for this weekend's British Touring Car Championship round at Donington Park.
The 20-year-old Vauxhall driver, who had been quick throughout the 40-minute session, lapped the circuit in 1:12.544 with 90 seconds remaining to knock Gordon Shedden's Team Halfords Honda off the top spot by 0.109 seconds.
Reigning champion Fabrizio Giovanardi was third in the second of the Vauxhalls, while Jason Plato and Darren Turner completed the top five in the two works SEAT Leon TDIs.
Matt Neal's Vauxhall and Tom Chilton's Halfords Honda were next up with Mat Jackson the best BMW driver in eighth place for the BMW Dealer UK Team.
Colin Turkington's Team RAC BMW and Matt Allison's Robertshaw Chevrolet completed the top 10 with Andrew Jordan 11th and less then a second off the pace in his Eurotech Honda.
Stephen Jelley went off the circuit at the Old Hairpin in his RAC BMW, which suffered only very light front-end damage after being beached in the gravel.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Tom Onslow-Cole Vauxhall 1:12.544
2. Gordon Shedden Honda 1:12.653 +0.109
3. Fabrizio Giovanardi Vauxhall 1:12.835 +0.291
4. Jason Plato SEAT 1:12.878 +0.334
5. Darren Turner SEAT 1:12.970 +0.426
6. Matt Neal Vauxhall 1:13.021 +0.477
7. Tom Chilton Honda 1:13.226 +0.682
8. Mat Jackson BMW 1:13.332 +0.788
9. Colin Turkington BMW 1:13.348 +0.804
10. Matt Allison Chevrolet 1:13.409 +0.865
11. Andrew Jordan Honda 1:13.460 +0.916
12. Steven Kane BMW 1:13.601 +1.057
13. Mike Jordan Honda 1:13.607 +1.063
14. Adam Jones SEAT 1:13.751 +1.207
15. Rob Collard BMW 1:13.879 +1.335
16. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 1:14.026 +1.482
17. Jason Hughes Honda 1:14.098 +1.554
18. Stephen Jelley BMW 1:14.228 +1.684
19. Michael Doyle Honda 1:14.793 +2.249
20. Martyn Bell Vauxhall 1:15.118 +2.574
21. John George Honda 1:15.550 +3.006
22. Stuart Oliver Lexus 1:15.551 +3.007
23. Alan Taylor Honda 1:15.593 +3.049
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