Colin Turkington tops dry second practice at Knockhill

BMW’s Colin Turkington put in the fastest lap of the day so far in second practice for the British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill, as rear-wheel drive cars secured the top three positions.

The Northern Irishman, who considers Knockhill to be the closest he gets to a ‘home’ race, set the fastest lap of 52.336 seconds with less than a minute left in the session, as once again times continued to tumble despite the session starting on a dry circuit.

Subaru duo Ash Sutton and James Cole were second and third fastest respectively, with both drivers having enjoyed spells at the top of the timesheets at some stage during the 45 minutes on track.

Honda’s Matt Neal left it until late-on in the session to go fourth fastest, having spent much of the practice outside the top twenty drivers.

Eurotech Racing’s Jack Goff was once again a contender at the sharp end of the times in fifth fastest, ahead of the Pirtek BMW of Ander Jordan in sixth.

Subaru’s Jason Plato, who was briefly the pace-setter just before the halfway mark, was seventh, just over two tenths off the pace.

Scot Aiden Moffat continued to post times inside the top half of the field and was eighth, whilst BMW’s Rob Collard and AmD’s Ant Whorton-Eales completed the top ten.

Championship leader and circuit employee Gordon Shedden was just outside the top ten in 11^th, despite having to carry the maximum 75 kg of success ballast in his Honda.

The session had to be briefly red-flagged with six minutes to go as a damaged piece of barrier had to be retrieved from the circuit.

On a dry circuit the session proved to be much more competitive, with 26 drivers within a second of the pace.

Qualifying is scheduled to take place at 16:10 BST and will be streamed live at www.itv.com/btcc.

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	4	Colin TURKINGTON		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	28	52.336	0.000
2	116	Ashley SUTTON		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	24	52.382	0.046
3	20	James COLE		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	27	52.475	0.139
4	25	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	26	52.479	0.143
5	31	Jack GOFF		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	28	52.512	0.176
6	77	Andrew JORDAN		BMW Pirtek Racing	BMW 125i M Sport	24	52.563	0.227
7	99	Jason PLATO		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	25	52.574	0.238
8	16	Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	31	52.613	0.277
9	5	Rob COLLARD		Team BMW	BMW 125i M Sport	26	52.663	0.327
10	10	Ant WHORTON-EALES		AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts	Audi S3	25	52.671	0.335
11	52	Gordon SHEDDEN		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	21	52.685	0.349
12	33	Adam MORGAN		Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	29	52.747	0.411
13	80	Tom INGRAM		Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	29	52.758	0.422
14	28	Josh PRICE		A-Plan Academy	Subaru Levorg GT	29	52.762	0.426
15	22	Chris SMILEY		BTC Norlin Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	26	52.785	0.449
16	48	Ollie JACKSON		AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts	Audi S3	25	52.797	0.461
17	18	Senna PROCTOR		Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	25	52.823	0.487
18	2	Tom CHILTON		Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	24	52.825	0.489
19	40	Árón TAYLOR-SMITH		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	23	52.869	0.533
20	303	Matt SIMPSON		Simpson Racing	Honda Civic Type R	27	52.872	0.536
21	11	Rob AUSTIN		Handy Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	26	52.879	0.543
22	3	Mat JACKSON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	20	52.900	0.564
23	17	Dave NEWSHAM		BTC Norlin Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	25	52.981	0.645
24	6	Rory BUTCHER		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	25	53.112	0.776
25	24	Jake HILL		TAG Racing	Volkswagen CC	24	53.210	0.874
26	61	Will BURNS		Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing	Volkswagen CC	27	53.232	0.896
27	12	Mike EPPS		Autoaid / RCIB Insurance Racing	Volkswagen CC	18	53.355	1.019
28	7	Stephen JELLEY		Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	25	53.368	1.032
29	30	Martin DEPPER		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo	Ford Focus	27	53.461	1.125
30	39	Brett SMITH		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	24	53.690	1.354