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Chris Smiley paces second practice at Knockhill

Excelr8 Motorsport’s Chris Smiley was the quickest driver in the second British Touring Car Championship free practice session at Knockhill, beating BTC Racing’s Josh Cook by over a tenth of a second.

Smiley had earlier been second fastest in a wet first practice, and the Northern Irishman went one better in dry conditions in second practice as he put his Hyundai at the top of the timesheets with a lap of 51.110 seconds.

Honda cars were second and third fastest, as Cook edged out BTC team-mate Senna Proctor by just 0.015 seconds, Proctor having been quickest of all for much of the session until first Cook and then Smiley usurped him in the closing minutes.

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Local racer Rory Butcher was fourth fastest in his Toyota, the Scot having made up for lost ground in first practice when he had a minor technical issue.

Colin Turkington was the fastest Team BMW driver in fifth, two and a half seconds off the pace as the top rear-wheel drive runner.

Jack Goff put his Team HARD CUPRA in sixth, ahead of Stephen Jelley’s Team BMW car in seventh.

Power Maxed Racing’s Jason Plato made his first top ten entry of the weekend in eighth, whilst the top ten was completed by MB Motorsport’s Jake Hill and Laser Tools Racing’s Aiden Moffat.

Championship leader Ash Sutton was just outside the top ten in 11th, four tenths off the pace. His nearest rival in the standings, Tom Ingram, was just 16th, six tenths off the quickest lap.

The session was again interrupted by a brief red flag, when BTC Racing’s Jade Edwards, who had caused the stoppage in first practice, went off 24 minutes into the session when she spun at Duffus down the hill towards Leslie’s corner.

Qualifying is scheduled to get underway at 14:50 BST.

Session results

POS NO NAT DRIVER ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 22 Chris SMILEY Ginsters EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com Hyundai i30 Fastback N 25 51.110
2 66 Josh COOK BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R 30 51.235 0.125
3 18 Senna PROCTOR BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R 26 51.250 0.140
4 6 Rory BUTCHER Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 25 51.293 0.183
5 2 Colin TURKINGTON Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport 25 51.367 0.257
6 31 Jack GOFF Team HARD. with Autobrite Direct CUPRA Leon 28 51.452 0.342
7 12 Stephen JELLEY Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport 29 51.463 0.353
8 11 Jason PLATO Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 28 51.487 0.377
9 24 Jake HILL MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square Ford Focus ST 27 51.492 0.382
10 16 Aiden MOFFAT Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 29 51.502 0.392
11 1 Ash SUTTON Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 27 51.534 0.424
12 15 Tom OLIPHANT Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport 31 51.574 0.464
13 123 Daniel LLOYD Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 29 51.599 0.489
14 52 Gordon SHEDDEN Halfords Racing with Cataclean Honda Civic Type-R 26 51.615 0.505
15 33 Adam MORGAN Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport BMW 330i M Sport 33 51.648 0.538
16 80 Tom INGRAM Ginsters EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com Hyundai i30 Fastback N 24 51.712 0.602
17 40 Árón TAYLOR-SMITH Team HARD. with HUB Financial Solutions CUPRA Leon 28 51.763 0.653
18 23 Sam SMELT Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 31 51.831 0.721
19 3 Tom CHILTON Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport BMW 330i M Sport 31 51.914 0.804
20 41 Carl BOARDLEY Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 27 51.918 0.808
21 4 Sam OSBORNE Racing with Wera & Photon Group Ford Focus ST 29 51.944 0.834
22 48 Ollie JACKSON MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square Ford Focus ST 26 51.973 0.863
23 19 Jack MITCHELL Team HARD. with Autobrite Direct CUPRA Leon 28 52.017 0.907
24 99 Jade EDWARDS PHSC with BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R 26 52.114 1.004
25 96 Jack BUTEL EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com Hyundai i30 Fastback N 26 52.204 1.094
26 62 Rick PARFITT Jr EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com Hyundai i30 Fastback N 25 52.318 1.208
27 32 Daniel ROWBOTTOM Halfords Racing with Cataclean Honda Civic Type-R 27 52.338 1.228
28 28 Nicolas HAMILTON ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading CUPRA Leon 24 52.422 1.312
29 20 Paul RIVETT Racing with Wera & Photon Group Ford Focus ST 23 52.472 1.362
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