Jordan stays ahead in practice two
Andrew Jordan continues to lead the British Touring Car field at Brands Hatch after topping the second free practice session this afternoon
As in session one, in which he was fastest, Jordan pushed early to record a time of 48.601s. That puts the Eurotech Racing Vauxhall Vectra half a second up on Jordan's qualifying best from Brands last year, and just ahead of Jason Plato's 2010 pole time.
Just 0.033 seconds behind the TOCA turbo-engined car was Tom Chilton in Arena Motorsport's new Ford Focus. The Mountune-prepared turbo-powered machine improved late on to push reigning champion Plato down to third in his RML Chevrolet Cruze.
Matching Plato's time was the Triple 8 Engineering Vectra of James Nash, while Tom Boardman continued his fine form with fifth in the Special Tuning SEAT Leon.
Former double champion Matt Neal completed the top six with 48.796s. The Honda Racing driver also completed a race simulation run in which he lapped consistently in the mid-49s.
The Team Dynamics squad continues to work on Neal's team-mate Gordon Shedden's car in an effort to get it back on track after his heavy first practice crash.
Tony Hughes (Speedworks Toyota Avensis) was the quickest of the two NGTC machines, recording a best lap three seconds slower than Jordan. Fellow Avensis driver Frank Wrathall completed some running, despite electrical issues with his Dynojet machine, but David Pinkney has still not yet hit the track in Rob Austin Racing's Audi A4.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Vauxhall 48.601s 2. Tom Chilton Arena Ford 48.634s + 0.033s 3. Jason Plato Chevrolet 48.650s + 0.049s 4. James Nash Triple 8 Vauxhall 48.650s + 0.049s 5. Tom Boardman Special Tuning SEAT 48.724s + 0.123s 6. Matt Neal Honda 48.796s + 0.195s 7. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet 48.879s + 0.278s 8. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 48.936s + 0.335s 9. Paul O'Neill Tech-Speed Chevrolet 49.055s + 0.454s 10. Jeff Smith Triple 8 Vauxhall 49.181s + 0.580s 11. Rob Collard WSR BMW 49.218s + 0.617s 12. Andy Neate Arena Ford 49.236s + 0.635s 13. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 49.529s + 0.928s 14. Tony Gilham Triple 8 Vauxhall 49.543s + 0.942s 15. Nick Foster WSR BMW 49.582s + 0.981s 16. Dave Newsham Geoff Steel BMW 49.634s + 1.033s 17. Tom Onslow-Cole AmD Volkswagen 49.745s + 1.144s 18. John George Tech-Speed Chevrolet 50.256s + 1.655s 19. Chris James ES Chevrolet 51.475s + 2.874s 20. Tony Hughes Speedworks Toyota 51.826s + 3.225s 21. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 52.622s + 4.021s
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