Chilton fastest in Oulton practice

Date published : 05 Jun 2010 - 12:52:21

Tom Chilton did his now usual job of setting the fastest time in practice for the latest round of the British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park.The Arena Ford driver went quickest in both the morning and afternoon, his pace-setting time coming in 1m27.658s in the latter session.Honda's Gordon Shedden was Chilton's closest challenger. He set the second-fastest time in each of the sessions and was 0.025s slower than his rival both times.Jason Plato was a disappointing eighth quickest in the morning, but set-up changes on his Chevrolet allowed him to move up to third during the afternoon.WSR's Rob Collard was the best of the BMW drivers in fourth overall while Mat Jackson was next up in his Motorbase-run machine. Both were over half a second off the pace.Alex MacDowall was sixth quickest in the second of the Chevrolets, but had gone faster than his team-mate Plato in the morning.Tom Onslow-Cole (Arena Ford), Matt Neal (Honda) and James Nash (Triple 8 Vauxhall) were next up.Paul O'Neill completed the top 10. This was despite the Tech-Speed Honda driver losing a wheel on the climb out of the Island hairpin early in the morning running.Andrew Jordan was only 12th quickest in his Eurotech Vauxhall after suffering with an engine issue in both sessions. He stopped for good midway through the second session to give the team as much time as possible to change the unit in time for qualifying.Pos Driver Car Time Gap 1. Tom Chilton Ford 1m27.658s 2. Gordon Shedden Honda 1m27.683s + 0.025s 3. Jason Plato Chevrolet 1m27.993s + 0.275s 4. Rob Collard BMW 1m28.120s + 0.462s 5. Mat Jackson BMW 1m28.136s + 0.478s 6. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet 1m28.223s + 0.565s 7. Tom Onslow-Cole Ford 1m28.286s + 0.628s 8. Matt Neal Honda 1m28.292s + 0.636s 9. James Nash Vauxhall 1m28.455s + 0.797s10. Paul O'Neill Honda 1m28.553s + 0.895s11. Andy Neate BMW 1m28.686s + 1.028s12. Tom Boardman SEAT 1m28.825s + 1.167s13. Andrew Jordan Vauxhall 1m28.865s + 1.207s14. Steven Kane BMW 1m29.116s + 1.458s15. David Pinkney Vauxhall 1m29.305s + 1.647s16. John George Honda 1m29.331s + 1.673s17. Matt Hamilton Honda 1m29.437s + 1.779s18. Martin Depper BMW 1m30.080s + 2.422s19. Arthur Forster BMW 1m30.139s + 2.481s20. Lea Wood Honda 1m30.147s + 2.489s21. Shaun Hollamby Volkswagen 1m31.037s + 3.379s22. Martin Johnson Vauxhall 1m32.140s + 4.482s