Power Maxed Racing's Jason Plato has topped the opening British Touring Car Champion♉ship practice session at Silverstone after marginally outpacing title contender Dan Cammish in second.

The Vauxhall Astra driver ended the 40-minute running with a 57.731s lap around 🍨the National layo🌼ut of the Grand Prix venue, which was good enough to move back ahead of the Honda of Cammish late in the session by 0.046s.

With just 11-points covering the top-three championship contenders, currently led by reigning champion Colin Turkington, Cammish emerged as the fastest title candidate in second with Andrew Jordan setting the fifth quickest time behind Subaru's Ashl🍷ey Sutton and Honda's Matt Neal in third and fourth.

Tom Ingram was sixth fastest for the Team Toyota GB outfit, while Rob Collard ensured both Vauxhꩲall Astras made the to🐟p-ten practice order after the Power Maxed Racing driver set a time good enough for seventh.

Adam Morgan maintained his res🌳urgent run of form with the eighth fastest time ahead of Senna Proctor and Tom Oliphant🐎, who both completed the remainder of the top-ten order in ninth and tenth.

Elsewhere, Team BMW's Colin Turkin🌸gton was 12th quickest aboard his ballast laden BMW 330i M Sport. Turkington currently leads the drivers' standings by 10-points ahead of his West Surrey Racing team mate🦩 Andrew Jordan, with Cammish trailing a further point behind in third.

Turkington saw the majority of his once healthy championship lead wiped last time out at Knockhill, while Jordan powered to a sixth wi﷽n of the season.

Stepping into the vacant Motorbase Performance seat following Nicolas Hamilton's departure from the 2019 season, Michael Ca♓ine produced a lap within a second of Plato's front running pac𝔍e in 26th.