Fords fly in Brands Hatch practice

Chilton's pace-setting 1m32.361s lap came in the morning session, and was seven hundredths of a second up on his team-mate Tom Onslow-Cole.

Onslow-Cole was only ninth quickest in the morning, but leapt to the top of the afternoon timesheets with a minute to go, preventing a clean sweep for Chilton.

Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden were third and fifth quickest for Honda, the pair sandwiching James Nash's Triple 8 Vauxhall.

Andrew Jordan survived a trip through the gravel at Clearways during the afternoon to set the sixth quickest time in his Eurotech Vauxhall, while Paul O'Neill was next up for Tech-Speed Honda.

Alex MacDowall (Chevrolet), Rob Collard (WSR BMW) and David Pinkney (Pinkney Vauxhall) completed the top 10, although the latter twice went off at Graham Hill bend in the afternoon before pulling off altogether at Surtees with a few minutes left.

It was a bad morning for championship leader Jason Plato. He managed only four flying laps before falling oil pressure forced him to spend the rest of the session in the pits.

Once the problem was fixed, he pulled himself up from 15th to 12th in the afternoon, but was still over a second behind Chilton's pace-setting time.

Motorbase BMW also suffered problems, Steven Kane's power steering failing in the morning and Mat Jackson pulling off the track at Westfield midway through the later session. They were 14th and 13th quickest.

The afternoon session also featured a brief stoppage after Andy Neate beached his WSR BMW in the gravel at Clearways after 12 minutes.

Pos Driver            Team            Time       Gap
 1. Tom Chilton       Ford            1m32.361s
 2. Tom Onslow-Cole   Ford            1m32.430s  + 0.069s
 3. Matt Neal         Honda           1m32.599s  + 0.238s
 4. James Nash        Vauxhall        1m32.616s  + 0.255s
 5. Gordon Shedden    Honda           1m32.922s  + 0.561s
 6. Andrew Jordan     Vauxhall        1m32.930s  + 0.569s
 7. Paul O'Neill      Honda           1m33.025s  + 0.664s
 8. Alex MacDowall    Chevrolet       1m33.048s  + 0.687s
 9. Rob Collard       BMW             1m33.119s  + 0.758s
10. David Pinkney     Vauxhall        1m33.196s  + 0.835s
11. Tom Boardman      SEAT            1m33.302s  + 0.941s
12. Jason Plato       Chevrolet       1m33.402s  + 1.041s
13. Mat Jackson       BMW             1m33.460s  + 1.099s
14. Steven Kane       BMW             1m34.468s  + 2.107s
15. John George       Honda           1m34.585s  + 2.224s
16. Andy Neate        BMW             1m34.659s  + 2.298s
17. Matt Hamilton     Honda           1m34.824s  + 2.464s
18. Shaun Hollamby    Volkswagen      1m35.906s  + 3.549s
19. Lea Wood          Honda           1m35.943s  + 3.592s
20. Arthur Forster    BMW             1m36.484s  + 4.123s
21. Martin Depper     BMW             1m37.439s  + 5.078s
22. Martin Johnson    Vauxhall        1m38.696s  + 6.338s