Sam Tordoff set the pace in the second free practice session ahead of this weekends opening round of the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, with the JCT600 with GardX driver clocking a blistering 48.132 around the Indy circuit ahead of Aron Smith in the Team BKR CC.
The theme of the session was ever changing lap times and Smith, the surprise of the session, led the timesheets for a period before Tordoff’s BMW went faster. Tom Ingram, who was fastest in the morning session, finished third.
The initial pace-setter after five minutes was rookie Matt Simpson, though the Speedworks Motorsport driver was quickly usurped by the usual suspects as the times began to tumble.
Jack Goff held the top of the timesheets for a matter of seconds before team-mate Sam Tordoff set a 48.883 to claim the top spot in the sister BMW 125i M-Sport.
There were moments for Depper, Jordan and Martin at Graham Hill bend and Clearways respectively, whilst Ashley Sutton, who set the fourth fastest time this morning, also made a trip through the gravel at Paddock. Rob Collard, who finished third this morning, was left frustrated after a misfire restricted him to the pit lane for the majority of the session and he managed just seven laps.
It was another session for Team BMR to learn in their new Subaru Levorgs, with Turkington finishing 19th and Plato 23rd, though they are expected to be at the sharp end come qualifying.
Despite some surprise results in practice, qualifying this afternoon is sure to feature the usual suspects, but can anybody cause an upset? Live coverage on TouringCars.net starts at 15:30.
Session results
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 600 | Sam TORDOFF |  |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 25 | 48.132 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | 40 | Árón SMITH |  |
BKR | Volkswagen CC | 20 | 48.296 | 0.164 | |
| 3 | 80 | M | Tom INGRAM | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 32 | 48.349 | 0.217 |
| 4 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 30 | 48.409 | 0.277 |
| 5 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | |
WIX Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 28 | 48.484 | 0.352 | |
| 6 | 25 | Matt NEAL | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 24 | 48.499 | 0.367 | |
| 7 | 116 | Ashley SUTTON | |
MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 31 | 48.539 | 0.407 | |
| 8 | 77 | Andrew JORDAN | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 33 | 48.612 | 0.480 | |
| 9 | 66 | M | Josh COOK | |
MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 32 | 48.647 | 0.515 |
| 10 | 7 | C | Mat JACKSON | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 28 | 48.669 | 0.537 |
| 11 | 31 | G | Jack GOFF | |
Team IHG Rewards Club | BMW 125i M Sport | 29 | 48.682 | 0.550 |
| 12 | 53 | Hunter ABBOTT | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 24 | 48.787 | 0.655 | |
| 13 | 30 | M | Martin DEPPER | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 31 | 48.804 | 0.672 |
| 14 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 10 | 48.839 | 0.707 | |
| 15 | 57 | Andy NEATE | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 30 | 48.859 | 0.727 | |
| 16 | 24 | Jake HILL | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 37 | 48.941 | 0.809 | |
| 17 | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 28 | 48.980 | 0.848 | |
| 18 | 11 | C | Rob AUSTIN | |
Handy Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 36 | 49.129 | 0.997 |
| 19 | 4 | Colin TURKINGTON | |
Subaru Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT | 26 | 49.160 | 1.028 | |
| 20 | 14 | Alex MARTIN | |
Dextra Racing with Team Parker | Ford Focus | 31 | 49.173 | 1.041 | |
| 21 | 48 | Ollie JACKSON | |
AmD Tuning | Audi S3 | 27 | 49.267 | 1.135 | |
| 22 | 303 | Matt SIMPSON | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R | 32 | 49.384 | 1.252 | |
| 23 | 99 | Jason PLATO | |
Subaru Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT | 27 | 49.483 | 1.351 | |
| 24 | 22 | Chris SMILEY | |
TLC Racing | Toyota Avensis | 29 | 49.491 | 1.359 | |
| 25 | 12 | Mike EPPS | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 24 | 49.635 | 1.503 | |
| 26 | 17 | Dan WELCH | |
Goodestone Racing | Proton Persona | 20 | 49.664 | 1.532 | |
| 27 | 39 | Warren SCOTT | |
Subaru Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT | 29 | 49.669 | 1.537 | |
| 28 | 20 | James COLE | |
Subaru Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT | 33 | 49.713 | 1.581 | |
| 29 | 95 | Stewart LINES | |
Maximum Motorsport | Ford Focus | 25 | 50.213 | 2.081 | |
| 30 | 38 | M | Mark HOWARD | |
BKR | Volkswagen CC | 37 | 50.402 | 2.270 |
| 31 | 84 | Kelvin FLETCHER | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 13 | 50.575 | 2.443 | |
| 32 | 100 | C | Rob COLLARD | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 11 | 52.610 | 4.478 |