Ash Sutton fastest in BTCC practice at Silverstone for MG

The 22-year-old was top of the pile in the later stages of the second 40-minute session and improved his time on the very last lap. He set a benchmark of 58.589s.

Tom Ingram consolidated second place with his best lap on his last tour in the Speedworks Toyota Avensis to clock 58.660s, just 0.071s adrift.

Adam Morgan had topped the damp morning session and finished third after the second timed period, with a 58.725s lap.

He was ahead of Rockingham race three winner Aron Smith in the Team BKR VW, who edged out Rob Austin in the Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis.

Championship leader Sam Tordoff left it late in the session to clock the 12th best time at 59.118s with 75kg of success ballast aboard his WSR BMW 125i M Sport.

His team-mate Rob Collard, fifth in the points and carrying 39kg of ballast, was 21st.

Tordoff's closest rival for the title, Matt Neal in the works Honda Civic Type R, was 16th in his car carrying 66kg of ballast after failing to complete the session thanks to running out of fuel.

Neal's team-mate Shedden, third in the points coming to Silverstone with 57kg on his Honda, was 19th in a session where the top 22 drivers were covered by one second.

The leading Subaru Levorg was Colin Turkington's, with the 11th quickest time in the Team BMR car, carrying 33kg of ballast.

Team-mate Jason Plato could only post the 22nd best time.

Mat Jackson, who is fourth in the championship hunt, posted the 25th best time of 59.637s in the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus.

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Adam Morgan	Ciceley Racing	Mercedes	1m03.540s	-	13
2	Ollie Jackson	AmD Tuning	Audi	1m04.362s	0.822s	22
3	Mat Jackson	Motorbase Performance	Ford	1m04.905s	1.365s	5
4	Matt Simpson	Speedworks Motorsport	Honda	1m05.103s	1.563s	22
5	Jake Hill	Team Hard	Toyota	1m05.112s	1.572s	20
6	Tom Ingram	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota	1m05.352s	1.812s	5
7	Stewart Lines	Maximum Motorsport	Ford	1m05.461s	1.921s	25
8	Ash Sutton	Triple Eight/MG	MG	1m05.715s	2.175s	16
9	Rob Austin	Handy Motorsport	Toyota	1m05.946s	2.406s	6
10	Matt Neal	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m06.095s	2.555s	21
11	Josh Cook	Triple Eight/MG	MG	1m06.104s	2.564s	14
12	Hunter Abbott	Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet	1m06.193s	2.653s	18
13	Warren Scott	Team BMR	Subaru	1m06.284s	2.744s	22
14	Sam Tordoff	WSR	BMW	1m06.414s	2.874s	23
15	Aron Taylor-Smith	Team BKR	Volkswagen	1m06.443s	2.903s	22
16	Michael Epps	Team Hard	Toyota	1m06.460s	2.920s	20
17	Daniel Welch	Welch Motorsport	Proton	1m06.463s	2.923s	18
18	Martin Depper	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1m06.468s	2.928s	21
19	Colin Turkington	Team BMR	Subaru	1m06.508s	2.968s	19
20	Jack Goff	WSR	BMW	1m06.536s	2.996s	22
21	Rob Collard	WSR	BMW	1m06.547s	3.007s	16
22	Gordon Shedden	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m06.550s	3.010s	19
23	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes	1m06.579s	3.039s	22
24	James Cole	Team BMR	Subaru	1m06.854s	3.314s	25
25	Jeff Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1m07.052s	3.512s	18
26	Mark Howard	Team BKR	Volkswagen	1m07.206s	3.666s	29
27	Kelvin Fletcher	Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet	1m07.480s	3.940s	20
28	Tony Gilham	Team Hard	Toyota	1m08.002s	4.462s	15
29	Alex Martin	Team Parker Racing	Ford	1m08.248s	4.708s	13
30	Jason Plato	Team BMR	Subaru	1m10.748s	7.208s	8
31	Andrew Jordan	Motorbase Performance	Ford	1m13.696s	10.156s	6

PRACTICE TWO TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Ash Sutton	Triple Eight/MG	MG	58.589s	-	25
2	Tom Ingram	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota	58.660s	0.071s	26
3	Adam Morgan	Ciceley Racing	Mercedes	58.725s	0.136s	26
4	Aron Taylor-Smith	Team BKR	Volkswagen	58.885s	0.296s	26
5	Rob Austin	Handy Motorsport	Toyota	58.908s	0.319s	28
6	Hunter Abbott	Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet	58.955s	0.366s	25
7	Andrew Jordan	Motorbase Performance	Ford	58.968s	0.379s	26
8	Josh Cook	Triple Eight/MG	MG	59.013s	0.424s	30
9	Jake Hill	Team Hard	Toyota	59.049s	0.460s	24
10	Martin Depper	Eurotech Racing	Honda	59.051s	0.462s	26
11	Colin Turkington	Team BMR	Subaru	59.055s	0.466s	24
12	Sam Tordoff	WSR	BMW	59.118s	0.529s	25
13	Ollie Jackson	AmD Tuning	Audi	59.147s	0.558s	28
14	Jeff Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda	59.177s	0.588s	26
15	Jack Goff	WSR	BMW	59.180s	0.591s	28
16	Matt Neal	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	59.275s	0.686s	21
17	Kelvin Fletcher	Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet	59.297s	0.708s	26
18	James Cole	Team BMR	Subaru	59.301s	0.712s	30
19	Gordon Shedden	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	59.326s	0.737s	26
20	Tony Gilham	Team Hard	Toyota	59.397s	0.808s	31
21	Rob Collard	WSR	BMW	59.511s	0.922s	27
22	Jason Plato	Team BMR	Subaru	59.522s	0.933s	24
23	Daniel Welch	Welch Motorsport	Proton	59.616s	1.027s	32
24	Warren Scott	Team BMR	Subaru	59.629s	1.040s	25
25	Mat Jackson	Motorbase Performance	Ford	59.637s	1.048s	22
26	Stewart Lines	Maximum Motorsport	Ford	59.645s	1.056s	33
27	Mark Howard	Team BKR	Volkswagen	59.766s	1.177s	30
28	Michael Epps	Team Hard	Toyota	1m00.120s	1.531s	20
29	Alex Martin	Team Parker Racing	Ford	1m00.230s	1.641s	26
30	Matt Simpson	Speedworks Motorsport	Honda	1m00.395s	1.806s	6