Having been narrowly pipped to the top-spot by Dan Cammish in FP1, Ingram subsequently dipped below the existing♎ pole position lap record in♏ FP2 after setting a 1'30.213s lap in the final minutes of the session.

Ingram bolted to the top of the times ahea💖d of fellow title contender Colin Turkington during the final third of the running and went even faster towards the end of the session to enjoy a near 0.4s margin ahead of the rest of the field.

Team HARD's Bobby Thompson was a surprise addition in sꦅecond position after the Cupra Leon driver denied the EXCELR8 Hyundai squad a 1-2 practice result as the flag fell.

Dan Lloyd ended the 40-minute running wꦆith the third fastest time, while four-time champion Turkington eventually fell to fourth aboard his Team BMW 3 Series machine.

FP1 pacesetter Cammish was fifth fastest for the NAPA Racing UK Ford🃏 outfit ahead of two-time champion Jason Plato in sixth.

This weekend could be Plato's final act in the BTCC after a glittering career inꦅ the series. The 97-time race win⭕ner rolled back the years by setting an impressive pace during the second free-practice, aboard his BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R.

Geor𒆙ge Gamble was seventh fastest for the Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport squad ahead of Team Dynamics Honda's Dan Rowbottom i𒆙n eighth.

The top-two title contenders Ash Sutton and Jake Hill completed the remainder of the top-ten practice order, with🍃 Hill marginally outpacing Ford runner Sutton.