MacDowall leads Chevrolet 1-2 in P2
Date published : 06 Aug 2011 - 12:37:05
Alex MacDowall led a works Chevrolet one-two in the second British Touring Car free practice session at Snetterton this afternoon.Arena Motorsport's Tom Chilton set the pace early on with his Ford Focus before Jason Plato moved to the top of the timesheets with several quick laps in his works Chevy Cruze.A 1m59.063s effort in the last few minutes seemed to have secured Plato's position, but MacDowall pipped him by 0.038 seconds as the chequered flag flew.James Nash was third, and best turbo, in his Triple 8 Vauxhall Vectra, 0.3s slower than MacDowall.Matt Neal's Honda was another car to try a late run and he ended up fourth, demoting Chilton's earlier effort to fifth.Gordon Shedden's Honda completed the top six, ahead of Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Vectra, while Martin Byford continued his fine form in the AmD Milltek VW Golf with 10th.Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet 1m59.025s 2. Jason Plato Chevrolet 1m59.063s + 0.038s 3. James Nash Triple 8 Vauxhall 1m59.336s + 0.311s 4. Matt Neal Honda 1m59.485s + 0.460s 5. Tom Chilton Arena Ford 1m59.491s + 0.466s 6. Gordon Shedden Honda 1m59.594s + 0.569s 7. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Vauxhall 1m59.739s + 0.714s 8. Tom Boardman Special Tuning SEAT 1m59.985s + 0.960s 9. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 2m00.030s + 1.005s10. Martyn Byford AmD Milltek Volkswagen 2m00.078s + 1.053s11. Dave Newsham Special Tuning SEAT 2m00.079s + 1.054s12. Jeff Smith Eurotech Vauxhall 2m00.190s + 1.165s13. Rob Collard WSR BMW 2m00.288s + 1.263s14. Tom Onslow-Cole Arena Ford 2m00.517s + 1.492s15. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 2m00.544s + 1.519s16. Paul O'Neill Tech-Speed Chevrolet 2m00.988s + 1.963s17. Nick Foster WSR BMW 2m01.273s + 2.248s18. Tony Gilham Triple 8 Vauxhall 2m01.304s + 2.279s19. Andy Neate Arena Ford 2m01.639s + 2.614s20. John George Tech-Speed Chevrolet 2m01.925s + 2.900s21. Rob Austin Austin Audi 2m02.004s + 2.979s22. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 2m02.982s + 3.957s23. Lea Wood Wood Honda 2m03.559s + 4.534s24. Daniel Welch Welch Proton 2m03.562s + 4.537s25. Tony Hughes Speedworks Toyota 2m04.617s + 5.592s26. Chris James ES Chevrolet no time
