Jordan inherits first BTCC pole

Jordan's Vauxhall team-mate Fabrizio Giovanardi ended the session with the quickest time of all, but he was stripped of his pole-setting 1m13.171s when his Vectra failed to start on the weighbridge after the chequered flag had flown.

As a result, he was stripped of all his times and put back to 19th on the grid, allowing teenager Jordan to inherit the top spot, thanks to his time of 1m13.277s, which came mid-way through the half-hour session.

Harry Vaulkhard produced a magnificent lap only 0.016 seconds slower than Jordan to claim the best grid spot of his BTCC career in second for rookie Chevrolet team Tempus Sport.

Former champions James Thompson and Jason Plato shared the third row in their Team Dynamics Honda and RML Chevrolet respectively, the former scoring his best grid spot since 2006.

Practice pace-setter Stephen Jelley was fifth quickest in the best of the WSR BMWs, ahead of Rob Collard. The Motorbase BMW driver had earlier failed a ride-height test, resulting in all his previous times being chalked off, but made up for it later on.

Colin Turkington was seventh quickest in the second WSR car with the Vauxhall of championship leader Matt Neal - carrying 45kg of success ballast - sharing the eighth row.

Completing the top 10 were Jonathan Adam who, like team-mate Collard, failed a ride-height test early on, and Mat Jackson's RML Chevrolet.

Alan Morrison claimed the best grid spot for Arena Motorsport's Ford Focus in 13th, while his team-mate Tom Chilton was 16th - a marked improvement on the squad's Thruxton form.

Three drivers will start behind Giovanardi on Sunday's race one grid: Martyn Bell, Dan Eaves and Nick Leason.

Bell failed to complete a flying lap after spinning his Tech-Speed Honda at Goddards and sustaining minor damage, while Eaves and Leason did not make it out of their garages owing to engine and clutch problems sustained in practice.

Pos  Driver               Car        Time       Gap
 1.  Andrew Jordan        Vauxhall   1m13.241s
 2.  Harry Vaulkhard      Chevrolet  1m13.256s  + 0.015s
 3.  James Thompson       Honda      1m13.278s  + 0.037s
 4.  Jason Plato          Chevrolet  1m13.365s  + 0.124s
 5.  Stephen Jelley       BMW        1m13.384s  + 0.143s
 6.  Rob Collard          BMW        1m13.493s  + 0.252s
 7.  Colin Turkington     BMW        1m13.573s  + 0.332s
 8.  Matt Neal            Vauxhall   1m13.753s  + 0.512s
 9.  Jonathan Adam        BMW        1m13.795s  + 0.554s
10.  Mat Jackson          Chevrolet  1m13.836s  + 0.595s
11.  Paul O'Neill         Honda      1m13.902s  + 0.661s
12.  David Pinkney        Honda      1m14.343s  + 1.102s
13.  Alan Morrison        Ford       1m14.464s  + 1.223s
14.  Adam Jones           SEAT       1m14.638s  + 1.397s
15.  John George          Honda      1m14.783s  + 1.542s
16.  Tom Chilton          Ford       1m14.796s  + 1.555s
17.  Martin Johnson       Vauxhall   1m14.980s  + 1.739s
18.  Liam McMillan        SEAT       1m15.072s  + 1.831s
19.  Fabrizio Giovanardi  Vauxhall
20.  Martyn Bell          Honda
21.  Nick Leason          BMW
22.  Dan Eaves            SEAT