Tom Ingram was the fastest man in the opening British Touring Car Championship practice session at Rockingham, ahead of the Power Maxed Racing pair of Dave Newsham and Josh Cook.
In a slow-starting session, Ingram traded fastest times with a number of drivers throughout to lower the pace to a 1:24.135s – an ultimately representative time.
Overnight rain meant the track was still damp as the session started, with early runners heading out on wet tyres as they explored the circuit for the first time. Of those, Matt Neal was the quickest man – although his best time was a 1:34.700s.
It was some time before drivers began to attack the circuit on dry tyres, with Ingram and Mike Bushell trading blows at the head of the timesheets to lower the pace below the 1:30s bracket.
That progress brought times close to something representative with five minutes remaining, and while rain threatened the final five minutes of the session, Ingram continued to improve to eventually finish 0.309s of Newsham, who put in a late effort to displace his team-mate Cook.
Adam Morgan ended the session fourth while Aron Smith, who was another to lead in the early stages, was fifth ahead of team-mate Colin Turkington.
Rob Collard and Hunter Abbott were seventh and eighth respectively, while Sam Tordoff and Bushell completed the top ten.
With only the latter stages of the session offering anything close to ideal circumstances, a number of drivers did not post representative times, while Mat Jackson, Andrew Jordan and Jason Plato failed set a lap.
Second practice gets underway at 12:40 BST.
Session results
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 80 | Tom INGRAM |  |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 13 | 1:24.135 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | 17 | Dave NEWSHAM | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 12 | 1:24.444 | 0.309 | |
| 3 | 66 | Josh COOK | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 17 | 1:24.549 | 0.414 | |
| 4 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | |
WIX Racing | Mercedes Benz A-Class | 15 | 1:24.593 | 0.458 | |
| 5 | 40 | Árón SMITH |  |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 20 | 1:24.641 | 0.506 | |
| 6 | 1 | Colin TURKINGTON | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 15 | 1:24.914 | 0.779 | |
| 7 | 6 | C | Rob COLLARD | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 14 | 1:24.969 | 0.834 |
| 8 | 54 | Hunter ABBOTT | |
Exocet AlcoSense | Audi A4 | 12 | 1:25.077 | 0.942 | |
| 9 | 7 | C | Sam TORDOFF | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 9 | 1:25.161 | 1.026 |
| 10 | 21 | Mike BUSHELL | |
AmD Tuning.com | Ford Focus | 20 | 1:25.300 | 1.165 | |
| 11 | 31 | M | Jack GOFF | |
MG 888 Racing | MG 6GT | 9 | 1:25.353 | 1.218 |
| 12 | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes Benz A-Class | 19 | 1:25.987 | 1.852 | |
| 13 | 39 | Warren SCOTT | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 19 | 1:26.295 | 2.160 | |
| 14 | 30 | Martin DEPPER | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic | 15 | 1:27.371 | 3.236 | |
| 15 | 8 | C | Nick FOSTER | |
Team IHG Rewards Club | BMW 125i M Sport | 11 | 1:27.454 | 3.319 |
| 16 | 67 | Robb HOLLAND |  |
Handy Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 20 | 1:27.771 | 3.636 | |
| 17 | 23 | Kieran GALLAGHER | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 16 | 1:27.816 | 3.681 | |
| 18 | 44 | James COLE | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 10 | 1:28.068 | 3.933 | |
| 19 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic | 18 | 1:28.220 | 4.085 | |
| 20 | 13 | Dan WELCH | |
Welch Motorsport | Proton Gen-2 | 16 | 1:28.849 | 4.714 | |
| 21 | 28 | G | Nic HAMILTON | |
AmD Tuning.com | Audi S3 | 18 | 1:29.890 | 5.755 |
| 22 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 5 | 1:29.905 | 5.770 |
| 23 | 14 | Alex MARTIN | |
Dextra Racing | Ford Focus | 14 | 1:31.571 | 7.436 | |
| 24 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 1:33.817 | 9.682 |
| 25 | 95 | Stewart LINES | |
Houseman Racing | Toyota Avensis | 12 | 1:35.856 | 11.721 | |
| 26 | 101 | Rob AUSTIN | |
Exocet AlcoSense | Audi A4 | 7 | 1:38.180 | 14.045 | |
| 27 | 22 | Derek PALMER Jr | |
Support Our Paras Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 11 | 1:38.926 | 14.791 | |
| 28 | 4 | Mat JACKSON | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 9 | No time | N/A | |
| 29 | 77 | M | Andrew JORDAN | |
MG 888 Racing | MG 6GT | 6 | No time | N/A |
| 30 | 99 | Jason PLATO | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 2 | No time | N/A |