Jake Hill on top in opening damp practice at Snetterton

Laser Tools Racing’s Jake Hill set the pace in a damp opening practice session for the British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton.

Hill was on top of the times for much of the 40-minute opening session in Norfolk, finally setting his benchmark time of 2 minutes 10.166 seconds ten minutes before the end of the rain-affected session.

The BMW racer laid down the benchmark four times during the session and ultimately only completed eight laps as he comfortably saw off the opposition.

NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish was second fastest, some 0.461 seconds behind Hill, with his team-mate Ash Sutton in third, just 0.025 seconds further back.

WSR’s new signing Bobby Thompson impressed on his first appearance in the striking Purple-liveried Zeus Cloud Racing BMW, posting the fourth best lap, just over half a second off stable-mate Hill.

Colin Turkington was Team BMW’s top driver in fifth, making it three BMWs in the top five, albeit with the Northern Irishman being over a second off teammate Hill’s pace.

Turkington’s team-mate Adam Morgan was tenth fastest, but ended his session in the barriers at Turn 6.

Rob Huff was the leading Toyota in sixth, although team-mate Andrew Watson had an off-track excursion in his Corolla and ended up 13^th.

Second practice is scheduled to get underway at 12:25 BST.

Session result

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	24		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e M Sport	8	2:10.166	–
2	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	12	2:10.627	0.461
3	1		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	10	2:10.652	0.486
4	19		Bobby THOMPSON	Zeus Cloud Racing with WSR	BMW 330e M Sport	9	2:10.721	0.555
5	20		Colin TURKINGTON	Team BMW	BMW 330e M Sport	10	2:11.292	1.126
6	12		Rob HUFF	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	2:11.383	1.217
7	80		Tom INGRAM	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	9	2:11.455	1.289
8	88		Mikey DOBLE	Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	13	2:11.492	1.326
9	3		Tom CHILTON	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	13	2:11.616	1.450
10	33		Adam MORGAN	Team BMW	BMW 330e M Sport	7	2:11.665	1.499
11	14		Ronan PEARSON	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	9	2:12.493	2.327
12	66		Josh COOK	LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	8	2:12.521	2.355
13	11		Andrew WATSON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	9	2:12.661	2.495
14	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	8	2:12.695	2.529
15	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	11	2:12.888	2.722
16	18		Daryl DELEON	Duckhams Racing with Bartercard	CUPRA Leon	12	2:13.613	3.447
17	222		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	CUPRA Leon	10	2:15.529	5.363
18	22		Nick HALSTEAD	BRISTOL STREET MOTORS	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	11	2:15.798	5.632
19	29		Scott SUMPTON	Restart Racing	CUPRA Leon	9	2:17.148	6.982
20	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	10	2:21.261	11.095
21	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	4	No time	N/A