Neal moves ahead in practice two
Matt Neal was fastest in the second British Touring Car free practice session at Thruxton this afternoon
Neal's Honda Racing Civic set a best of 1m18.154s in the second part of the session, which had been red-flagged when Frank Wrathall's Dynojet Toyota Avensis pulled off.
Tom Chilton's Arena Motorsport Ford Focus, which topped this morning's slightly slower session, was second.
The Eurotech Racing Vauxhall Vectra of Jeff Smith was third, with team-mate Andrew Jordan fifth.
Between the Vauxhalls was reigning champion Jason Plato's RML Chevrolet Cruze. He was just a quarter of a second behind Neal, indicating the new boost reduction for the turbos may have brought Plato's normally aspirated machine back into the frame.
Neal's team-mate Gordon Shedden completed the top six, while Tom Boardman's Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon was seventh.
The ballast-laden championship leader James Nash was 10th in his Triple 8 Engineering Vectra.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Matt Neal Honda 1m18.154s 2. Tom Chilton Arena Ford 1m18.258s + 0.104s 3. Jeff Smith Eurotech Vauxhall 1m18.303s + 0.149s 4. Jason Plato Chevrolet 1m18.395s + 0.241s 5. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Vauxhall 1m18.495s + 0.341s 6. Gordon Shedden Honda 1m18.688s + 0.534s 7. Tom Boardman Special Tuning SEAT 1m18.828s + 0.674s 8. Andy Neate Arena Ford 1m18.875s + 0.721s 9. Tom Onslow-Cole AmD Volkswagen 1m19.365s + 1.211s 10. James Nash Triple 8 Vauxhall 1m19.370s + 1.216s 11. Rob Collard WSR BMW 1m19.464s + 1.310s 12. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet 1m19.640s + 1.486s 13. Tony Gilham Triple 8 Vauxhall 1m19.721s + 1.567s 14. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 1m19.823s + 1.669s 15. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 1m19.925s + 1.771s 16. Paul O'Neill Tech-Speed Chevrolet 1m20.156s + 2.002s 17. Nick Foster WSR BMW 1m21.155s + 3.001s 18. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 1m21.495s + 3.341s 19. John George Tech-Speed Chevrolet 1m21.650s + 3.496s 20. Chris James ES Chevrolet 1m22.725s + 4.571s 21. Rob Austin Rob Austin Audi 1m24.100s + 5.946s
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