Josh Cook set the benchmark time in the second and final British Touring Car Championship practice session at Croft.
A month on from claiming his first win in the BTCC for two years, Cook set the quickest time of the weekend so far in FP2, with his effort of 1m21.784 enough to take top spot in his Speedworks-run Toyota Corolla, ahead of the EXCELR8 Hyundais of Tom Chilton and Tom Ingram.
Chris Smiley’s CUPRA enjoyed a strong run to the fourth-fastest time, with the NAPA Racing UK Ford of Dan Rowbottom completing the top five.
Croft has been long regarded as a strong track for the rear-wheel drive BMW cars, and they enjoyed another solid run, with Colin Turkington, Adam Morgan and current points leader Jake Hill sixth, seventh and ninth, Rob Huff’s Toyota the only car to split the trio on the timesheets.
Behind, Andrew Watson also cemented the Toyota’s reputation as ‘one to watch’ this weekend, joining Cook and Huff to make it three cars inside the top ten.
Ash Sutton’s Ford was next, albeit in a dead heat for lap time with the Power Maxed Racing-run Vauxhall Astra of Aron Taylor-Smith, the Irishman quickest amongst the Independent runners.
Taylor-Smith’s Vauxhall team-mate Mikey Doble was 13th fastest, the top 15 runners completed by Ronan Pearson’s Hyundai and Cook’s team-mate, Aiden Moffat.
After another incident-free practice session, the stakes will be raised later this afternoon, with the all-important qualifying session to follow at 15:00 (BST).
Session results
| POS | NO | NAT | DRIVER | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 66 |  |
Josh COOK | LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 13 | 1:21.784 | – |
| 2 | 3 | |
Tom CHILTON | BRISTOL STREET MOTORS | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 11 | 1:21.996 | 0.212 |
| 3 | 80 | |
Tom INGRAM | BRISTOL STREET MOTORS | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 14 | 1:22.159 | 0.375 |
| 4 | 222 | |
Chris SMILEY | Restart Racing | CUPRA Leon | 13 | 1:22.188 | 0.404 |
| 5 | 32 | |
Daniel ROWBOTTOM | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 13 | 1:22.196 | 0.412 |
| 6 | 20 | |
Colin TURKINGTON | Team BMW | BMW 330e M Sport | 15 | 1:22.210 | 0.426 |
| 7 | 12 | |
Rob HUFF | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 16 | 1:22.275 | 0.491 |
| 8 | 33 | |
Adam MORGAN | Team BMW | BMW 330e M Sport | 13 | 1:22.533 | 0.749 |
| 9 | 24 | |
Jake HILL | Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport | BMW 330e M Sport | 17 | 1:22.533 | 0.749 |
| 10 | 11 | |
Andrew WATSON | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 14 | 1:22.618 | 0.834 |
| 11 | 1 | |
Ashley SUTTON | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 17 | 1:22.633 | 0.849 |
| 12 | 40 |  |
Árón TAYLOR-SMITH | Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 12 | 1:22.633 | 0.849 |
| 13 | 88 | |
Mikey DOBLE | Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 13 | 1:22.639 | 0.855 |
| 14 | 14 | |
Ronan PEARSON | BRISTOL STREET MOTORS | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 11 | 1:22.684 | 0.900 |
| 15 | 16 | |
Aiden MOFFAT | LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 15 | 1:22.763 | 0.979 |
| 16 | 27 | |
Dan CAMMISH | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 14 | 1:22.883 | 1.099 |
| 17 | 18 |  |
Daryl DELEON | Duckhams Racing with Bartercard | CUPRA Leon | 13 | 1:22.932 | 1.148 |
| 18 | 29 | |
Scott SUMPTON | Restart Racing | CUPRA Leon | 13 | 1:23.699 | 1.915 |
| 19 | 22 | |
Nick HALSTEAD | BRISTOL STREET MOTORS | Hyundai i30 N Fastback | 14 | 1:25.638 | 3.854 |
| 20 | 77 | |
Sam OSBORNE | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 14 | 1:25.925 | 4.141 |