WSR BMW driver Sam Tordoff leads second Brands Hatch BTCC practice

The four-time race winner in the BTCC set a record-breaking pace to head the standings after the second 40-minute session.

Tordoff's time of 48.132 seconds is below the qualifying lap record for the BTCC, which belongs to Matt Neal, who clocked a 48.21s lap in his Honda Civic Type R back in 2011.

"The car feels good," Tordoff said.

"We had a little bit in reserve in that session and we have a nice balance, which is something to work with.

"We have improved the car in a number of areas over the winter and this is evidence of that."

Aron Smith was 0.164s adrift in his Team BKR VW CC after a strong session for the outfit that is new to the championship.

Tom Ingram, who topped the first timed outing, was third ahead of reigning champion Gordon Shedden (Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R), Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing Mercedes-Benz A-Class) and Shedden's team-mate Neal.

The new Subaru Levorg machines continued to rack up mileage.

Colin Turkington completed 26 laps to be the fastest of the Team BMR-operated cars once more in 19th.

Jason Plato put in his best lap at the end of the session to finish 23rd, with team owner Warren Scott 27th, while James Cole was 28th.

Plato was pleased with the car, saying that he had already felt the potential.

"This car has all the basics that we need, and it is now a question of building on that," he said.

"We have the foundations that we expected and that we need to push things forward."

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