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Snetterton BTCC: MGs of Tordoff and Plato uncatchable in practice

MG dominated British Touring Car free practice at Snetterton, with Sam Tordoff ending up fastest

Having topped the Dunlop tyre test last month, the Triple Eight-run works MG6s of Jason Plato and Tordoff again set the pace and were the only cars to get below 1m58s around the 300 circuit.

Double champion Plato led the way in the morning and went even quicker later on, but two late laps from Tordoff put him on top of the timesheets with 1m57.388s. That was 0.2 seconds faster than Frank Wrathall's 2012 pole.

Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Honda Civic was third in the first session and briefly challenged Tordoff later on, but was ultimately bumped to fourth by the works Civic of Gordon Shedden.

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Dave Newsham's Speedworks Toyota Avensis set almost identical times in both sessions to end up fifth as the team targets the podium after recent set-up improvements.

Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing) made it two Toyotas in the top six and Aron Smith was the quickest of the Motorbase Ford Focuses thanks to his time set in session one.

Croft dominator Colin Turkington was eighth in his WSR BMW, while championship leader Matt Neal, running with 45kg of success ballast, struggled to get into the top 10.

His best of 1m59.060s, set in session two, put him a second behind Honda team-mate Shedden and 1.7s down on Tordoff.

Practice one:

Pos  Driver            Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Jason Plato       MG                 1m57.870s
 2.  Sam Tordoff       MG                 1m57.985s  +0.115s
 3.  Andrew Jordan     Eurotech Honda     1m58.237s  +0.367s
 4.  Dave Newsham      Speedworks Toyota  1m58.334s  +0.464s
 5.  Adam Morgan       Ciceley Toyota     1m58.379s  +0.509s
 6.  Aron Smith        Motorbase Ford     1m58.430s  +0.560s
 7.  Colin Turkington  WSR BMW            1m58.615s  +0.745s
 8.  Gordon Shedden    Honda              1m58.736s  +0.866s
 9.  Rob Austin        Austin Audi        1m58.949s  +1.079s
10.  Mat Jackson       Motorbase Ford     1m58.990s  +1.120s
11.  Matt Neal         Honda              1m59.097s  +1.227s
12.  Jack Goff         Hard Vauxhall      1m59.115s  +1.245s
13.  Rob Collard       WSR BMW            1m59.378s  +1.508s
14.  Ollie Jackson     Speedworks Toyota  1m59.640s  +1.770s
15.  Daniel Welch      Welch Proton       1m59.726s  +1.856s
16.  Tom Onslow-Cole   Hard VW            1m59.771s  +1.901s
17.  Nick Foster       WSR BMW            1m59.812s  +1.942s
18.  Will Bratt        Austin Audi        2m00.358s  +2.488s
19.  Jeff Smith        Eurotech Honda     2m00.672s  +2.802s
20.  Andy Neate        IP Chevrolet       2m01.021s  +3.151s
21.  Lea Wood          Wood Vauxhall      2m01.056s  +3.186s*
22.  Frank Wrathall    Dynojet Toyota     2m01.330s  +3.460s
23.  Liam Griffin      Motorbase Ford     2m01.700s  +3.830s*
24.  James Kaye        AmD Honda          2m02.019s  +4.149s*
25.  Robb Holland      Hard Vauxhall      2m02.594s  +4.724s
26.  David Nye         Welch Ford         2m02.601s  +4.731s*
27.  Warren Scott      BMR VW             2m08.258s  +10.388s

* S2000

Practice two:

Pos  Driver            Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Sam Tordoff       MG                 1m57.388s
 2.  Jason Plato       MG                 1m57.629s  +0.241s
 3.  Gordon Shedden    Honda              1m58.078s  +0.690s
 4.  Dave Newsham      Speedworks Toyota  1m58.346s  +0.958s
 5.  Andrew Jordan     Eurotech Honda     1m58.444s  +1.056s
 6.  Adam Morgan       Ciceley Toyota     1m58.649s  +1.261s
 7.  Mat Jackson       Motorbase Ford     1m58.850s  +1.462s
 8.  Matt Neal         Honda              1m59.060s  +1.672s
 9.  Colin Turkington  WSR BMW            1m59.099s  +1.711s
10.  Jack Goff         Hard Vauxhall      1m59.117s  +1.729s
11.  Aron Smith        Motorbase Ford     1m59.187s  +1.799s
12.  Rob Collard       WSR BMW            1m59.371s  +1.983s
13.  Ollie Jackson     Speedworks Toyota  1m59.397s  +2.009s
14.  Tom Onslow-Cole   Hard VW            1m59.538s  +2.150s
15.  Rob Austin        Austin Audi        1m59.618s  +2.230s
16.  Daniel Welch      Welch Proton       1m59.796s  +2.408s
17.  Frank Wrathall    Dynojet Toyota     2m00.090s  +2.702s
18.  Will Bratt        Austin Audi        2m00.459s  +3.071s
19.  Jeff Smith        Eurotech Honda     2m00.522s  +3.134s
20.  Nick Foster       WSR BMW            2m00.616s  +3.228s
21.  Robb Holland      Hard Vauxhall      2m01.341s  +3.953s
22.  Liam Griffin      Motorbase Ford     2m01.718s  +4.330s*
23.  David Nye         Welch Ford         2m01.730s  +4.342s*
24.  James Kaye        AmD Honda          2m02.000s  +4.612s*
25.  Andy Neate        IP Chevrolet       2m02.049s  +4.661s
26.  Lea Wood          Wood Vauxhall                        *

* S2000

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