Adam Morgan tops day two of Snetterton test

WIX Racing’s Adam Morgan topped the second and final day of the British Touring Car Championship tyre test at Snetterton, edging out BKR’s Árón Smith in the combined classification.

Morgan posted the fastest time of the day in the morning session under cloudy skies, although it was Irishman Smith who went fastest in the afternoon session. Despite that, his lap from the morning session was still quicker than the pace in the afternoon.

The session took place in sunny and dry conditions, in stark contrast to the mixed and shower conditions experienced on Wednesday.

Front-wheel drive cars dominated the times, with Subaru’s Colin Turkington being the best of the rear-wheel drive runners, putting his Levorg in eighth overall, just over half a second off the pace.

There were, however, difficulties for the other Subaru runners, with Jason Plato completing the fewest laps of any driver due to technical issues, whilst Warren Scott was over three seconds off the pace.

BkR’s Mark Howard also endured an off-track moment in his Volkswagen CC, with the damage incurred ending his day early.

Three rookies also made their BTCC test débuts, with Anthony Whorton-Eales emerging as the fastest of the trio in 21^st position at the wheel of one of Team HARD’s Toyota Avensis cars. Bobby Thompson was just a position further back in the Power Maxed Chevrolet, whilst Swede Dennis Strandberg took to the wheel of Maximum Motorsport’s Ford Focus.

Combined session results

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	33		Adam MORGAN		WIX Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	47	1:56.629	0.000
2	40		Árón SMITH		BKR	Volkswagen CC	81	1:56.730	0.101
3	23		Daniel LLOYD		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	71	1:56.821	0.192
4	80		Tom INGRAM		Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	67	1:57.001	0.372
5	77		Andrew JORDAN		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus	76	1:57.021	0.392
6	55		Jeff SMITH		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	69	1:57.185	0.556
7	16		Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	59	1:57.223	0.594
8	4	M	Colin TURKINGTON		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	81	1:57.226	0.597
9	11		Rob AUSTIN		Handy Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	63	1:57.271	0.642
10	116	M	Ashley SUTTON		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	39	1:57.471	0.842
11	30		Martin DEPPER		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	68	1:57.478	0.849
12	12		Mike EPPS		RCIB Insurance Racing	Toyota Avensis	63	1:57.515	0.886
13	303		Matt SIMPSON		Speedworks Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R	69	1:57.516	0.887
14	31	C	Jack GOFF		Team IHG Rewards Club	BMW 125i M Sport	48	1:57.531	0.902
15	66	M	Josh COOK		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	50	1:57.550	0.921
16	52	M	Gordon SHEDDEN		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	69	1:57.688	1.059
17	25	M	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	47	1:57.732	1.103
18	20	M	James COLE		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	60	1:57.809	1.180
19	600	C	Sam TORDOFF		Team JCT600 with GardX	BMW 125i M Sport	60	1:57.826	1.197
20	100	C	Rob COLLARD		Team JCT600 with GardX	BMW 125i M Sport	59	1:57.957	1.328
21	21		Ant WHORTON-EALES		RCIB Insurance Racing	Toyota Avensis	62	1:58.012	1.383
22	54		Bobby THOMPSON		Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	76	1:58.028	1.399
23	48		Ollie JACKSON		AmD Tuning	Audi S3	83	1:58.104	1.475
24	7		Mat JACKSON		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus	52	1:58.139	1.510
25	14		Alex MARTIN		Dextra Racing with Team Parker	Ford Focus	55	1:58.281	1.652
26	95		Dennis STRANDBERG		Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	58	1:58.845	2.216
27	38		Mark HOWARD		BKR	Volkswagen CC	47	1:59.694	3.065
28	39	M	Warren SCOTT		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	21	1:59.818	3.189
29	99	M	Jason PLATO		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	15	1:59.851	3.222
30	95		Stewart LINES		Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	48	2:00.411	3.782