Jordan tops Silverstone practice

After going second quickest in the morning session, the Eurotech Vauxhall driver found almost half a second with a minute of the afternoon running left to top the times with 1m00.650s.

Tom Onslow-Cole was only 0.005s slower than Jordan in his Arena Ford as cars powered by turbocharged engines set the pace on Silverstone's straights-dominated national layout.

Snetterton polesitter Alex MacDowall was the best of the Chevrolet drivers in third, while Tom Chilton - quickest in the morning session - rounded out the top four.

Matt Neal and Jason Plato, who were carrying 36 and 45kg of success ballast, were fifth and sixth quickest for Honda and Chevrolet respectively, both within 0.3s of Jordan's time.

Steven Kane was the best of the BMW drivers. The Motorbase man sat in second place midway through the afternoon session, but was bundled back to seventh by the end.

Paul O'Neill (Tech-Speed Honda) split Kane from his Motorbase team-mate Mat Jackson, while Gordon Shedden's Honda completed the top 10.

Phil Glew, who is returning to the BTCC this weekend in a SEAT Leon powered by the TOCA engine, was 16th quickest, but still within a second of the pace. Significantly, he was only 0.050s slower than his Special Tuning UK team-mate Tom Boardman, whose car uses a Super 2000 powerplant.

Lea Wood missed the morning session due to an engine problem with his Wood Honda that was causing the water and oil to mix. He went 20th quickest during the afternoon.

Martin Johnson was not at Silverstone as he is attending his son's wedding. The Boulevard Team Racing driver has been given a dispensation to start Sunday's opening race from the back of the grid.

Pos  Driver           Car         Time       Gap
 1.  Andrew Jordan    Vauxhall    1m00.650s
 2.  Tom Onslow-Cole  Ford        1m00.655s  + 0.005s
 3.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet   1m00.760s  + 0.110s
 4.  Tom Chilton      Ford        1m00.765s  + 0.115s
 5.  Matt Neal        Honda       1m00.904s  + 0.254s
 6.  Jason Plato      Chevrolet   1m00.956s  + 0.306s
 7.  Steven Kane      BMW         1m01.051s  + 0.401s
 8.  Paul O'Neill     Honda       1m01.109s  + 0.459s
 9.  Mat Jackson      BMW         1m01.128s  + 0.478s
10.  Gordon Shedden   Honda       1m01.221s  + 0.571s
11.  Rob Collard      BMW         1m01.259s  + 0.609s
12.  James Nash       Vauxhall    1m01.265s  + 0.615s
13.  Tom Boardman     SEAT        1m01.434s  + 0.784s
14.  John George      Honda       1m01.447s  + 0.797s
15.  David Pinkney    Vauxhall    1m01.452s  + 0.802s
16.  Phil Glew        SEAT        1m01.488s  + 0.838s
17.  Andy Neate       BMW         1m01.827s  + 1.177s
18.  Arthur Forster   BMW         1m02.414s  + 1.764s
19.  Shaun Hollamby   Volkswagen  1m02.825s  + 2.175s
20.  Lea Wood         Honda       1m02.943s  + 2.293s
21.  Martin Depper    BMW         1m02.989s  + 2.339s