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Mat Jackson tops second practice at Silverstone

Mat Jackson topped the second British Touring Car free practice session at Silverstone this afternoon

Honda Racing duo and title rivals Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal exchanged fastest times early on before Jackson went round in 59.700s.

The Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leons were the first to go for quick times in the final 15 minutes, Dave Newsham going fastest with 59.635s.

Motorbase Ford Focus driver Jackson went for another run in the final moments, going quickest with 59.627s. That compares favourably to Tom Onslow-Cole's 2010 pole time of 59.659s.

The Honda Civics also went for times in the closing stages, Shedden taking third from Neal by less than a hundredth of a second.

Tom Chilton, Andy Neate, and Onslow-Cole were sixth, seventh and ninth respectively in their Arena Fords, making it four Mountune-engined Focuses in the top nine.

Title outsider James Nash was eighth in his Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectra, while team-mate Ollie Jackson was 10th on his second BTCC weekend.

Returning former champion James Thompson was 15th in his Motorbse Focus, setting a time of 60.399s with his 45kg of ballast as a late championship entry.

Many drivers were shown warning flags for not respecting the track limits at Copse, which could result in disallowed times if they persist in this afternoon's qualifying session.


Pos  Driver                  Car             Time             Laps
 1.  Mat Jackson             Ford            59.627s           25
 2.  Dave Newsham            SEAT            59.635s  + 0.008s 25
 3.  Gordon Shedden          Honda           59.746s  + 0.119s 22
 4.  Matt Neal               Honda           59.754s  + 0.127s 19
 5.  Tom Boardman            SEAT            59.781s  + 0.154s 20
 6.  Tom Chilton             Ford            59.816s  + 0.189s 23
 7.  Andy Neate              Ford            59.894s  + 0.267s 32
 8.  James Nash              Vauxhall        59.916s  + 0.289s 22
 9.  Tom Onslow-Cole         Ford            59.932s  + 0.305s 21
10.  Ollie Jackson           Vauxhall      1'00.021s  + 0.394s 26
11.  Andrew Jordan           Vauxhall      1'00.090s  + 0.463s 21
12.  Frank Wrathall          Toyota        1'00.152s  + 0.525s 26
13.  Jason Plato             Chevrolet     1'00.200s  + 0.573s 13
14.  Paul O'Neill            Chevrolet     1'00.279s  + 0.652s 20
15.  James Thompson          Ford          1'00.399s  + 0.772s 19
16.  Jeff Smith              Vauxhall      1'00.415s  + 0.788s 19
17.  Liam Griffin            Ford          1'00.461s  + 0.834s 28
18.  Alex MacDowall          Chevrolet     1'00.473s  + 0.846s 17
19.  Rob Collard             BMW           1'00.590s  + 0.963s 30
20.  Nick Foster             BMW           1'00.827s  + 1.200s 27
21.  John George             Chevrolet     1'00.884s  + 1.257s 25
22.  Tony Gilham             BMW           1'00.951s  + 1.324s 20
23.  Martin Byford           Volkswagen    1'01.035s  + 1.408s 25
24.  Daniel Welch            Proton        1'01.049s  + 1.422s 23
25.  Rob Austin              Audi          1'01.191s  + 1.564s 23
26.  Chris Swanwick          Audi          1'01.309s  + 1.682s 33
27.  Lea Wood                Honda         1'01.847s  + 2.220s 27
28.  Chris James             Chevrolet     1'01.944s  + 2.317s 17
29.  Tony Hughes             Toyota        1'02.137   + 2.510s 32

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