Triple Eight Racing’s Andrew Jordan clocked the quickest time during a close second British Touring Car Championship practice session at Rockingham, ahead of Tom Ingram and Jason Plato.
Jordan eclipsed first practice pacesetter Ingram in the closing stages of the 40-minute session with a best effort of 1:22.553s, to top the standings by 0.009s.
Free Practice Two was a much more representative affair than the day’s earlier session, with two separate incidents at Turn 1 for Stewart Lines and Rob Austin – the latter overshooting the corner by some distance – the only real on-track issues for any drivers.
Nick Foster set the early pace as he continues to get back to grips with West Surrey Racing’s BMW 125i, as times quickly tumbled below Ingram’s morning benchmark.
But it was those who chose not to set a time in the morning’s early practice session who quickly improved the pace, with Plato, Mat Jackson and Jordan all recording fast times before the latter’s team-mate, Jack Goff, went quickest.
Ingram then set consecutive fastest times, and looked set claim practice honours for a second consecutive session, only to be usurped by Jordan in the final five minutes.
Plato in third was just 0.049s off Jordan’s time himself, while Goff ended the session fourth and was also within a tenth of his team-mate’s effort.
Josh Cook continued his strong form with fifth in his Chevrolet Cruze, ahead of Gordon Shedden and Aron Smith. Cook’s team-mate Newsham was eighth, with Colin Turkington and Jackson completing the top ten.
In a sign of how close the times were, double Rockingham winner Rob Austin finished the session in 18th, just 1.017s away from Jordan’s time.
Qualifying starts at 15:40 BST.
Session results
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 77 | M | Andrew JORDAN |  |
MG 888 Racing | MG 6GT | 18 | 1:22.553 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 80 | Tom INGRAM | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 19 | 1:22.562 | 0.009 | |
| 3 | 99 | Jason PLATO | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 17 | 1:22.602 | 0.049 | |
| 4 | 31 | M | Jack GOFF | |
MG 888 Racing | MG 6GT | 17 | 1:22.615 | 0.062 |
| 5 | 66 | Josh COOK | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 20 | 1:22.669 | 0.116 | |
| 6 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 19 | 1:22.767 | 0.214 |
| 7 | 40 | Árón SMITH |  |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 18 | 1:22.780 | 0.227 | |
| 8 | 17 | Dave NEWSHAM | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 19 | 1:22.820 | 0.267 | |
| 9 | 1 | Colin TURKINGTON | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 17 | 1:22.920 | 0.367 | |
| 10 | 4 | Mat JACKSON | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 18 | 1:23.115 | 0.562 | |
| 11 | 8 | C | Nick FOSTER | |
Team IHG Rewards Club | BMW 125i M Sport | 18 | 1:23.174 | 0.621 |
| 12 | 54 | Hunter ABBOTT | |
Exocet AlcoSense | Audi A4 | 22 | 1:23.316 | 0.763 | |
| 13 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | |
WIX Racing | Mercedes Benz A-Class | 17 | 1:23.337 | 0.784 | |
| 14 | 7 | C | Sam TORDOFF | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 18 | 1:23.359 | 0.806 |
| 15 | 6 | C | Rob COLLARD | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 18 | 1:23.366 | 0.813 |
| 16 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 18 | 1:23.496 | 0.943 |
| 17 | 39 | Warren SCOTT | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 11 | 1:23.540 | 0.987 | |
| 18 | 101 | Rob AUSTIN | |
Exocet AlcoSense | Audi A4 | 19 | 1:23.570 | 1.017 | |
| 19 | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes Benz A-Class | 20 | 1:23.609 | 1.056 | |
| 20 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic | 18 | 1:23.610 | 1.057 | |
| 21 | 30 | Martin DEPPER | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic | 19 | 1:23.653 | 1.100 | |
| 22 | 21 | Mike BUSHELL | |
AmD Tuning.com | Ford Focus | 18 | 1:23.762 | 1.209 | |
| 23 | 22 | Derek PALMER Jr | |
Support Our Paras Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 20 | 1:24.221 | 1.668 | |
| 24 | 44 | James COLE | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 15 | 1:24.251 | 1.698 | |
| 25 | 67 | Robb HOLLAND |  |
Handy Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 19 | 1:24.639 | 2.086 | |
| 26 | 23 | Kieran GALLAGHER | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 19 | 1:24.802 | 2.249 | |
| 27 | 28 | G | Nic HAMILTON | |
AmD Tuning.com | Audi S3 | 21 | 1:24.833 | 2.280 |
| 28 | 95 | Stewart LINES | |
Houseman Racing | Toyota Avensis | 22 | 1:25.339 | 2.786 | |
| 29 | 14 | Alex MARTIN | |
Dextra Racing | Ford Focus | 17 | 1:25.789 | 3.236 | |
| 30 | 13 | Dan WELCH | |
Welch Motorsport | Proton Gen-2 | 18 | 1:25.908 | 3.355 |