BTCC Croft: Ingram Returns fast in practice as turkington

Tom Ingram Topped in both free practice sessions and made a clean sweep in the free practice for the British Touring Car Championship round at Croft.

2022 champion, runner-up of Ash Sutton in 2025 Standing, Exceller 8 Motorsport Team-Mate Senna Proctor Hyundai I30 N Fastback Machinery for 0.161 seconds in the first 35 minutes period in 1-2.

He then replaced the trick again in FP2, this time the 0.575S of the proctor was clearly finished, faster than the best managed by someone else with two laps.

The Yorkshirman Proctor, running on its local circuit, set its fastest time in the morning period, while the Indian went rapidly in lunch.

“This is like a carriageover from Ooulton Park,” said that in the last round before the summer break, the speed was beyond her opposition.

“Everything seems to be really in a good place, but time, finally, is not really representative.

“We just moved to our new tires early so that we could get a lap and do anything before, and obviously most could not do others.”

This is because the two red flags during the later stages of FP2, the second of which brought a starting stop for the session, which was restricted to most.

And around the stagnation, another story of the day changed, in which bizarrely, two drivers shared a car.

Reign Jake Hill After posting the 13th fastest time in the FP1 at his West Surrey Racing BMW 330i M Sport, he stood up with the disease.

Four -time title winner Colin TurkingtonWho is working with the team in a coaching role in 2025 Aiden MoffatThe FP2 was installed in the ‘Laser Bermer’, before the hill first jumped back during the red-flag period.

“I felt better,” Hill told Autosport. “I just wanted to jump back to see if I feel better, which I am, which is very good news, but I still do not believe if I will be fine for qualifying.

“I got it to take it because it comes for minutes, but, as I think now, I think I am probably fine to do it.

“If there is someone you want to share your car, it is Colin Turkington – a good friend and a fantastic aide.”

The first red flag was due to this Tom chiltonWhose Excelr8 maintains heavy front-end damage in a large shunt in Hyundai Clervux.

“I went to turn right, and it didn’t turn right,” Chilton explained. “It’s very strange – I was just doing what I do in every lap.”

The second stop, which came up with only one minute left, came with James Dorlin’s Speedworks Motorcysts Toyota Corollah due to an accident at the same place for GR Sport, although Ruki’s damage was not as significant as Chilton.

In addition to Ingram and Proctor, only other drivers below the 1M21s barrier were four -time champions and point leaders Sutton Plus Mickey Dobal.

Both Alliance Racing-Run Napa Ford Focus Saint of Sutton and Power Max Racing Waxhall Estra of Dobal set their time in FP1.

The eighth fastest time of Sutton in FP2 means that he will run to the second group for the first phase, with the first title with rivals Ingram.

Binding to the third in FP2 – and for the fifth at the overall time – were – Aran Taylor-Smith And Chris SmileyCheerful Dubliner’s speedworks Toyota is getting a decision as he set his partner Irishman Smiley’s Hyundai on his lap before restarted.

Another restart Hyundai, Croft Local Dan Lloyd, a time set a mere 0.003 S in FP1 at a slow pace, which ranks another seventh position as the alliance Ford Ace and before Yorkshireman. Dan cammish,

Ooulton Park Winner Gordon sheds FP2 was in fifth place and overall in its speedworks Toyota, over time of Chilton, which means that he was the last person in the top 10.