Tom Ingram emerged as the fastest driver at the end of official testing during the British Touring Car Championship season launch at Silverstone, with the Toyota driver clocking a time which was half a tenth quicker than MB Motorsport’s Jake Hill in the afternoon.

Hill had earlier been the quickest driver in the morning session, when he posted a time of 1 minute 6.512 seconds around the Silverstone International circuit in his Honda Civic.

But it was Ingram who topped the afternoon session and the combined times, the Speedworks driver putting in a lap which was nearly four tenths quicker than anyone had gone in the morning session.

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Honda’s Dan Cammish was third quickest, three tenths off the pace, whilst Motorbase Performance’s Rory Butcher ended the day in fourth in the new Ford Focus ST developed by the Kent squad during the winter.

Reigning champion Colin Turkington had the fifth fastest combined time in his BMW, just over half a second off the pace, ahead of Senna Proctor in sixth in an impressive performance by the all-new Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N Fastback.

The test was held behind closed doors, with no public access due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the UK and Europe.

TOCA earlier confirmed that the first three rounds, originally scheduled to be held at Donington Park, Brands Hatch and Silverstone respectively, would be postponed due to the COVID-19 virus situation.

Morning session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP 1 24 Jake HILL MB Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 44 1:06.512 0.000 2 77 Andrew JORDAN Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport 47 1:06.827 0.315 3 80 Tom INGRAM Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters Toyota Corolla 48 1:06.903 0.391 4 1 Colin TURKINGTON Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport 65 1:06.911 0.399 5 27 Dan CAMMISH Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type-R 28 1:06.960 0.448 6 180 James GORNALL GKR TradePriceCars.com Audi S3 63 1:07.027 0.515 7 15 Tom OLIPHANT Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport 59 1:07.107 0.595 8 18 Senna PROCTOR Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 Fastback N 38 1:07.119 0.607 9 12 Stephen JELLEY Team Parker Racing BMW 125i M Sport 26 1:07.295 0.783 10 25 Matt NEAL Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type-R 34 1:07.379 0.867 11 6 Rory BUTCHER Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST 56 1:07.395 0.883 12 11 Jason PLATO Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 43 1:07.400 0.888 13 66 Josh COOK BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R 45 1:07.465 0.953 14 33 Daniel ROWBOTTOM Carlube Triple R Racing with Cataclean & Mac Tools Mercedes-Benz A-Class 47 1:07.508 0.996 15 3 Tom CHILTON BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R 40 1:07.573 1.061 16 777 Michael CREES BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R 46 1:07.578 1.066 17 48 Ollie JACKSON Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST 65 1:07.608 1.096 18 22 Chris SMILEY Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 Fastback N 36 1:07.630 1.118 19 7 Mat JACKSON Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 54 1:07.844 1.332 20 4 Sam OSBORNE MB Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 35 1:07.848 1.336 21 16 Aiden MOFFAT Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 21 1:07.849 1.337 22 31 Jack GOFF RCIB Insurance Racing with Team HARD. Volkswagen CC 31 1:07.909 1.397 23 32 Adam MORGAN Carlube Triple R Racing with Cataclean & Mac Tools Mercedes-Benz A-Class 33 1:07.928 1.416 24 65 Howard FULLER RCIB Insurance Racing with Team HARD. Volkswagen CC 33 1:08.044 1.532 25 28 Nicolas HAMILTON ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. Volkswagen CC 41 1:08.063 1.551 26 19 Bobby THOMPSON GKR TradePriceCars.com Audi S3 14 1:08.077 1.565 27 41 Carl BOARDLEY Team HARD. BMW 125i M Sport 33 1:08.316 1.804 28 44 Andy NEATE Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST 34 1:09.291 2.779 29 116 Ashley SUTTON Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 9 No time N/A

Afternoon session results