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Plato denies Shedden pole
Jason Plato took pole position for the first British Touring Car race at Donington Park.
The top spot changed several times in the initial flurry, with Plato leading the way after the first runs with 1m09.460s in his Triple Eight MG6.
Like most, Plato failed to improve on his later run as the track got dirty with people running off track, but nobody was able to better his early mark.
"It wasn't a perfect lap - I made a mistake at Redgate, but the rest of the lap was pretty sweet," said Plato.
Gordon Shedden did improve on his second run, but stayed second with 1m09.591s in the new Honda Civic Tourer.
Sam Tordoff made it two MGs in the top three, just ahead of Colin Turkington's WSR BMW.
Menu felt a tenth was lost with traffic at the Cranar Curves on his fastest lap, which was enough to yield sixth.
Championship leader Andrew Jordan was next in his Eurotech Honda Civic, carrying 45kg of success ballast.
Jack Goff completed BMR's good day with eighth in the fastest Vauxhall Insignia.
Matt Neal was ninth in his Civic Tourer, while former British F3 champion Marc Hynes continued his improvement in form by completing the top 10.
Fabrizio Giovanardi made it seven BTCC champions in the top 11, and one second covered the top 16.
Adam Morgan's Mercedes, which had been in the top five early on, had its times disallowed with less than 10 minutes of the session to go after failing the rideheight test.
The team worked on the car and Morgan returned to the track, but could only manage 17th after a mistake at Redgate on his final lap.
Like most, Plato failed to improve on his later run as the track got dirty with people running off track, but nobody was able to better his early mark.
"It wasn't a perfect lap - I made a mistake at Redgate, but the rest of the lap was pretty sweet," said Plato.
Gordon Shedden did improve on his second run, but stayed second with 1m09.591s in the new Honda Civic Tourer.
Sam Tordoff made it two MGs in the top three, just ahead of Colin Turkington's WSR BMW.
After his rapid pace in free practice
, Aron Smith spent much of the session behind BMR VW team-mate Alain Menu, but jumped the double champion in the final moments to secure fifth.Menu felt a tenth was lost with traffic at the Cranar Curves on his fastest lap, which was enough to yield sixth.
Championship leader Andrew Jordan was next in his Eurotech Honda Civic, carrying 45kg of success ballast.
Jack Goff completed BMR's good day with eighth in the fastest Vauxhall Insignia.
Matt Neal was ninth in his Civic Tourer, while former British F3 champion Marc Hynes continued his improvement in form by completing the top 10.
Fabrizio Giovanardi made it seven BTCC champions in the top 11, and one second covered the top 16.
Adam Morgan's Mercedes, which had been in the top five early on, had its times disallowed with less than 10 minutes of the session to go after failing the rideheight test.
The team worked on the car and Morgan returned to the track, but could only manage 17th after a mistake at Redgate on his final lap.
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