Oulton Park

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heres free practice 1 results:
1 2 James THOMPSON
2 8 I Colin TURKINGTON
3 3 I Matt NEAL
4 6 I Anthony REID
5 1 Yvan MULLER
6 57 Luke HINES
7 14 I Michael BENTWOOD
8 10 I Robert COLLARD
9 16 I James KAYE
10 4 I Dan EAVES
11 20 Shaun WATSON-SMITH
12 11 Jason PLATO
13 12 Robert HUFF
14 24 I Kelvin BURT
15 23 I Carl BREEZE
16 22 I C BUTLER-HENDERSON
17 9 Tom CHILTON
18 46 I Justin KEEN
19 15 Farique HAIRUMAN
20 77 I Jason HUGHES
21 40 I Richard MARSH

[touringcarnut]

Free Practice session 2:

1 2 James THOMPSON
2 1 Yvan MULLER
3 3 I Matt NEAL
4 57 Luke HINES
5 9 Tom CHILTON
6 8 I Colin TURKINGTON
7 6 I Anthony REID
8 23 I Carl BREEZE
9 16 I James KAYE
10 11 Jason PLATO
11 14 I Michael BENTWOOD
12 12 Robert HUFF
13 4 I Dan EAVES
14 22 I C BUTLER-HENDERSON
15 10 I Robert COLLARD
16 20 Shaun WATSON-SMITH
17 46 I Justin KEEN
18 15 Farique HAIRUMAN
19 40 I Richard MARSH
20 77 I Jason HUGHES
21 24 I Kelvin BURT

[touringcarnut]

Qualifying

1 James THOMPSON 1:27.638
2 Yvan MULLER 1:27.743
3 Matt NEAL 1:27.959
4 Colin TURKINGTON 1:28.003
5 Luke HINES 1:28.432
6 Anthony REID 1:28.629
7 Robert COLLARD 1:28.780
8 Shaun WATSON-SMI 1:28.859
9 Carl BREEZE 1:29.055
10 Robert HUFF 1:29.098
11 C BUTLER-HENDERS 1:29.119
12 James KAYE 1:29.146
13 Tom CHILTON 1:29.197
14 Jason PLATO 1:29.213
15 Michael BENTWOOD 1:29.537
16 Justin KEEN 1:30.352
17 Dan EAVES 1:30.948
18 Jason HUGHES 1:32.298
19 Richard MARSH 1:33.638
20 Kelvin BURT 1:34.145
21 Farique HAIRUMAN No time

[touringcarnut]

The weight seems to really hurt the SEATs.

Not sure what happened to Burt's qualifying session.

[Hazard]

Eave's had a bad one too...

Seat's had the same weight at Silverstone? Maybe they're just da_n slow?

Chilton's car's not working well with weight either...

[ADnet]

burts been slow all weekend

[ATF]

Originally posted by Hazard
Seat's had the same weight at Silverstone? Maybe they're just da_n slow?

They had the same base weight at Silverstone but now Plato and Huff have got to carry 18kgs and 9kgs of success ballast due to their finishing positions in round 9. Reid's penalty does not affect this ballast - he still carries 30kgs!

[Hazard]

Of course, I remember now. Just assumed we were talking about the +25kg penalty again.

Yep, of course, Huff & Plato are carrying P3 & P4 success ballast...and Reid's carrying the penance for P2 despite being classified as P4 after his penalty. Lucky guy.

Which has helped keep him slightly out of Neal & Thompson's way for the start at least...

[touringcarnut]

He'll be there, showing them his stuff

[the king]

Originally posted by touringcarnut
The weight seems to really hurt the SEATs.

Think it was more than the weight that hurt the Seat's.

From Seat Sport Press release

A drama filled qualifying session for Round 10 of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) this afternoon at Oulton Park saw SEAT Sport UK driver Robert Huff snatch 10th position, having only taken part in the final eight minutes of the session. After two promising free practise sessions, team-mate Jason Plato was also on course to record a top ten position for tomorrow’s opening race - only to have his flying laps ruined by some questionable driver tactics and ending the session in 14th place. An accident during free practice this morning saw Robert Huff’s Toledo Cupra slam into the barriers at Cascades corner, badly damaging the left hand side of the car. The SEAT Sport UK team did a miraculous job to repair the car and get Rob out on the track with only eight minutes of the qualifying session left to run. Managing to find a clear piece of track, a great drive by Rob saw him secure 10th position on only his fourth lap out of the garage. Rob said: “I had a massive shunt this morning during the second free practice session which was probably my biggest accident in two years. I was coming down the hill into Cascades corner and as I tried to brake the car snapped sideways and I spun and hit the barrier side on. The whole left side of the car was badly damaged, but it seems that nothing can beat these SEAT Sport UK guys as they did a fantastic job to repair it by this afternoon. “They were still finishing off five minutes into the qualifying session and I fired the engine up ready to go out, only to find the alternator had a load of gravel in it and was ceased solid. We changed it and I finally managed to get out on the track with eight minutes of the session left. Luckily enough I managed to find some space on the track and get a couple of fairly decent laps in to take tenth. Tomorrow I want to try and keep that place and secure pole for the second race as the car feels great.” Jason said: “The ultimate truth is we just didn’t get a lap in. From the feedback of this morning’s sessions we made some changes to the car prior to qualifying and also during qualifying but I didn’t get one flying lap in because my laps were spoilt by amateurs - end of story! There is a code of conduct among professional racing drivers and that is if someone’s behind you and they’ve got their lights on you move out the way. Justin Keen and Rob Collard were cruising round on the racing line blatantly trying to ruin everyone’s lap times. They can’t get up the grid on their own so they deliberately try and ruin other driver’s chances – it’s just not good enough. Unfortunately both of my best laps were completely spoilt and now we’re in a similar situation to what we were at Brands Hatch where we’re towards the back of the grid with the amateurs - and as seen on the opening race there we know what can happen!”

Hmmm, controversial comments from Plato.

[Jonny Apex]

On the official site (now www.btcc.net) it appears Plato and Keen had a bit of a tete-a-tete in the pit lane.

[touringlegend]

Keen's got some cheek saying Plato's not fast enough!

First race looks like it'll be a Thommo - Muller - Neal affair but I'm sure Reidy will be giving them grief as well..