Jordan lowers benchmark at Brands

Andrew Jordan topped the second British Touring Car free practice session on the Brands Hatch GP circuit.

The Eurotech Honda driver was quickest on the drying track heading into the final few minutes before a whole series of improvements shuffled the order.

The session had been red flagged to recover Tony Hughes’s Speedworks Toyota Avensis and was restarted for the final 10 minutes.

Tom Onslow-Cole’s WSR BMW pushed Jordan off of top spot, but Jordan responded to post a 1m31.765s, leaving his NGTC Civic over 0.6 seconds clear of the field.

Rob Collard also improved late on to make it a two-three for WSR, while Jason Plato’s works MG was fourth, setting his best at the flag, a second off Jordan.

Eurotech’s Jeff Smith, who at one stage was second to Jordan, ended up fifth, from works Honda drivers and title challengers Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden.

BTCC newcomer Aaron Williamson was 18th in Tony Gilham’s S2000 Honda Civic.

Pos  Driver           Team/Car           Time        Gap
  1.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Honda     1m31.765s
  2.  Tom Onslow-Cole  WSR BMW            1m32.417s   + 0.652s
  3.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW            1m32.670s   + 0.905s
  4.  Jason Plato      MG                 1m32.773s   + 1.008s
  5.  Jeff Smith       Eurotech Honda     1m32.879s   + 1.114s
  6.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW            1m32.919s   + 1.154s
  7.  Matt Neal        Honda              1m33.018s   + 1.253s
  8.  Gordon Shedden   Honda              1m33.039s   + 1.274s
  9.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford     1m33.421s   + 1.656s
 10.  Aron Smith       Motorbase Ford     1m33.523s   + 1.758s
 11.  Rob Austin       Austin Audi        1m33.672s   + 1.907s
 12.  Adam Morgan      Speedworks Toyota  1m33.839s   + 2.074s
 13.  Lea Wood         Wood Vauxhall      1m33.851s   + 2.086s
 14.  Dave Newsham     ES Vauxhall        1m33.929s   + 2.164s
 15.  Ollie Jackson    AmD Volkswagen     1m34.525s   + 2.760s
 16.  Will Bratt       Austin Audi        1m34.660s   + 2.895s
 17.  Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota     1m34.789s   + 3.024s
 18.  Aaron Williamson HARD Civic         1m34.854s   + 3.089s
 19.  Andy Neate       MG                 1m34.923s   + 3.158s
 20.  Chris James      ES Vauxhall        1m35.193s   + 3.428s
 21.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford     1m35.760s   + 3.995s
 22.  Daniel Welch     Welch Proton       1m36.272s   + 4.507s
 23.  Tony Hughes      Speedworks Toyota  1m39.794s   + 8.029s
 24.  Tony Gilham      Thorney Vauxhall   2m00.441s  + 28.676s
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/jordan-lowers-benchmark-at-brands

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