ROKiT MB Motorsport BMW's Jake Hill romped to a convincing British Touring Car Championship pole position after comfortably setting the fastest time in qualifying at ༺Knockhill.

The BMW 330e M Sport driver looked the driver to beat from the very word go of the 30-minute qualifying shootout after an early 50.8s effort left him poised to cl༒inch pole.

Having become the first driver to break the 51-second barrier ✅this weekend, Hill gradually chipped away at his initial benchmark, before s🎀ettling for an eventual 50.726s lap around the infamous Scottish venue.

A brief red-flag towards the end of the session🦄 reset the cloc🦄k to five-minutes, which gave the rest of the field one last chance to derail Hill's afternoon, but the BMW driver's lap proved too hard to beat.

Defending three-time champion Ash Sutt💫on came closest to spoiling Hill's party in second position. At one point, Sutton drew to within 0.076s of Hill's pole-position time.

However, as Hill extended his advantaꦬge, Sutton, who suffered a brief off in the dying moments of the session, was unable to match the BMW's rate of progression.

Nevertheless, during a session which was dominated by RWD machinery, Sutton puts his NAPA Racing UK Ford Fo🌊cus on the front-row, amidst a near top-six BMW lockout.

Team BMW's Colin Turkington typically produced a lap when it counted the most to snatch a spot on the inside of the second-row in third ahead💧 o🐽f Car Gods Racing's Adam Morgan in fourth.

Stephen Jelley 🔯very briefly moved✨ ahead of his four-time champion team mate Turkington during the final minutes of the session, but fell back down to fifth ahead of George Gamble in sixth.

♒As virtue of a dominant display from the BMW contingent, Toyota Gazoo Racing UK's Rory Butcher was next best placed FWD runner in seventh position, ahead of championship leader✤ Tom Ingram in eighth.

Local hero Aiden Moffat and NAPAꦦ Racing UK's Dan Cammish completed the remainder of the top-ten in ninth and tenth.