Having been narrowly pipped to the top-spot by Dan Cammish in FP1, Ingram subsequently dipped below the existing pole po🐬sition 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 ahead of fellow title contender C🐎olin Turkington during the final third of the running and went even fas♐ter 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 second position after the Cupra Leon driver d🐭enied the EXCELR8 Hyundai squad a 1-2 practice result as the flꦆag fell.

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

FP1 pacesetter ﷺCammish 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 in the series. The 97-time race winner rolled back the years by setting an impressive pace during the s💞econd free-practice, aboard his BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R.

George Gamble was seventh fastest for the Car Gods with Cic🎃eley Motorsport squad ahead of Team Dynam൲ics Honda's Dan Rowbottom in eighth.

The top-two title contenders Ash Sutton and Jake Hill completed the remainder of the top-ten practice order, with Hill marginally outpacing For🍬d ruꦰnner Sutton.