Turkington quickest in final practice

The reigning BTCC champion impressed on familiar ground at Brands Hatch two weeks ago when he was quickest in final practice and went on to score two podium finishes. He will go one step further if he can repeat the feat on his first visit to the Czech circuit this weekend.

Turkington's best time was nearly half a second faster than championship leader Yvan Muller's Chevrolet, with Gabriele Tarquini's SEAT and Augusto Farfus's BMW trailing by more than a second in third and fourth.

Rob Huff, Jordi Gene and Alain Menu were next on the list, before Kristian Poulsen - eighth outright in his independent BMW.

Tiago Monteiro was ninth fastest, but caused the session to conclude early when he spun into the gravel in the closing minutes. Andy Priaulx completed the top 10 in his BMW.

Pos Driver                  Car              Time       Gap    Laps
 1. Colin Turkington        BMW              2m11.028s           10
 2. Yvan Muller             Chevrolet        2m11.489s  +0.461    9
 3. Gabriele Tarquini       SEAT             2m12.029s  +1.001   10
 4. Augusto Farfus          BMW              2m12.119s  +1.091   11
 5. Rob Huff                Chevrolet        2m12.130s  +1.102   10
 6. Jordi Gene              SEAT             2m12.260s  +1.232    9
 7. Alain Menu              Chevrolet        2m12.405s  +1.377    8
 8. Kristian Poulsen        BMW              2m12.560s  +1.532   11
 9. Tiago Monteiro          SEAT             2m12.579s  +1.551   11
10. Andy Priaulx            BMW              2m12.624s  +1.596   11
11. Norbert Michelisz       SEAT             2m12.626s  +1.598   11
12. Darryl O'Young          Chevrolet        2m13.070s  +2.042    8
13. Michel Nykjaer          SEAT             2m13.155s  +2.127   10
14. Sergio Hernandez        BMW              2m13.306s  +2.278   13
15. Franz Engstler          BMW              2m13.420s  +2.392   10
16. Harry Vaulkhard         Chevrolet        2m13.624s  +2.596    8
17. Fredy Barth             SEAT             2m13.730s  +2.702   11
18. Stefano D'Aste          BMW              2m13.869s  +2.841   12
19. Tom Coronel             SEAT             2m13.896s  +2.868    9
20. Mehdi Bennani           BMW              2m14.143s  +3.115   11
21. Andrey Romanov          BMW              2m15.654s  +4.626   11
22. Fabio Fabiani           BMW              2m18.683s  +7.655    6