Turkington quickest again at Brands
Colin Turkington proved that he will be a genuine pole position contender by topping the second British Touring Car Championship free practice session at Brands Hatch
The Ulsterman continued to prove that the rear-wheel drive BMW is the car to have on the Indy circuit as he led a one-two for the German manufacturer with a time of 48.986 in his WSR-run version.
Mat Jackson was only 0.127 seconds adrift of Turkington in the ex-Andy Priaulx 320si that he is now driving for the BMW Dealer UK team.
In a session that saw 11 drivers dip under the morning times, Tom Chilton improved considerably on his morning pace to go third in the best of the Team Dynamics Hondas while Matt Neal recovered from his minor technical problem in the opening session to go fifth quickest for Vauxhall.
Jason Plato and Darren Turner looked extremely strong mid-way through the session, but dropped to sixth and seventh in their diesel SEATS as some drivers elected to take a qualifying simulation late on.
Steven Kane, Adam Jones and Tom Onslow-Cole completed the top ten while defending champion Fabrizio Giovanardi was down in 13th in his Vauxhall, coming back to his garage early, like the SEATs.
One of the Robertshaw Chevrolet Lacettis came to a standstill temporarily at the entrance to Clearways mid-way through the session while Mike Jordan and Stuart Oliver had a near miss with each other at the same corner less than a minute later.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Colin Turkington BMW 48.986 2. Mat Jackson BMW 49.113 +0.127 3. Tom Chilton Honda 49.203 +0.217 4. Matt Neal Vauxhall 49.275 +0.289 5. Jason Plato SEAT 49.307 +0.321 6. Darren Turner SEAT 49.315 +0.329 7. Steven Kane BMW 49.425 +0.439 8. Adam Jones SEAT 49.440 +0.454 9. Tom Onslow-Cole Vauxhall 49.465 +0.479 10. Gordon Shedden Honda 49.516 +0.530 11. Mike Jordan Honda 49.573 +0.587 12. Matt Allison Chevrolet 49.639 +0.653 13. Fabrizio Giovanardi Vauxhall 49.652 +0.666 14. Andrew Jordan Honda 49.790 +0.804 15. Stephen Jelley BMW 49.799 +0.813 16. Rob Collard BMW 49.893 +0.907 17. Chris Stockton Lexus 50.250 +1.264 18. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 50.393 +1.407 19. Jason Hughes Honda 50.447 +1.461 20. Erkut Kizilirmak Vauxhall 50.676 +1.690 21. Martyn Bell Vauxhall 51.009 +2.023 22. Alan Taylor Honda 52.272 +2.286 23. Stuart Oliver Lexus 52.616 +3.630 24. John George Honda 1:01.211 +12.225 25. Michael Doyle Honda no time
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