Jordan pips Plato in Rockingham test

Pirtek Vauxhall driver Jordan's session-topping 1m23.886s lap from the morning stood as the fastest of the day, although afternoon pacesetter Plato (Chevrolet) was a scant 0.001 seconds slower when he went quickest later on.

James Nash was third in the Triple Eight Vauxhall, as the team also gave 18-year-old Daniel Lloyd a run. The former Ginetta and Renault Clio racer, who currently competes in the Skip Barber series in the USA, was an impressive seventh fastest, only 0.375s off the pace. Triple Eight has yet to announce whether Lloyd will contest any races for the squad.

Double BTCC champion James Thompson also participated in the test, completing 19 laps in Gordon Shedden's Honda as he helped the team with set-up work. Thompson does not currently have a drive for 2010.

Current championship leader Matt Neal was fourth for Honda, ahead of Plato's team-mate Alex MacDowall and Tom Chilton in the Arena Ford.

The BTCC resumes at Oulton Park on the first weekend of June.

Pos  Driver           Car        Time       Gap
 1.  Andrew Jordan    Vauxhall   1m23.886s
 2.  Jason Plato      Chevrolet  1m23.887s  + 0.001s
 3.  James Nash       Vauxhall   1m23.957s  + 0.071s
 4.  Matt Neal        Honda      1m24.050s  + 0.164s
 5.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet  1m24.169s  + 0.283s
 6.  Tom Chilton      Ford       1m24.187s  + 0.301s
 7.  Daniel Lloyd     Vauxhall   1m24.261s  + 0.375s
 8.  Gordon Shedden   Honda      1m24.363s  + 0.477s
 9.  James Thompson   Honda      1m24.456s  + 0.570s
10.  Tom Onslow-Cole  Ford       1m24.532s  + 0.646s
11.  Paul O'Neill     Honda      1m24.894s  + 1.008s
12.  David Pinkney    Vauxhall   1m25.037s  + 1.151s
13.  Arthur Forster   BMW        1m25.779s  + 1.893s
14.  Martin Depper    BMW        1m26.464s  + 2.578s