Andrew Jordan will start Sunday’s British Touring Car Championship opener at Knockhill from third place after producing a strong qualifying performance in his BMW Pirtek Racing 3 Series.
Team BMW produced a strong qualifying performance with Colin Turkington and Tom Oliphant finishing what proved to be an ultra-competitive session sixth and seventh respectively.
Heading north of the border carrying 48kgs success ballast by virtue of sitting second in the points, Jordan maintained his front-running practice form, where he had set the fourth and sixth-best times, to end up as the leading rear-wheel-drive competitor.
Aiming to bridge the 30-point deficit to WSR stablemate Colin
Turkington, as well as help BMW maintain their lead in the
Manufacturers’ Championship, Andrew had topped the times in the early
stages of the 30-minute session before a brief red-flag stoppage.
In what proved to be an ultra-competitive qualifying session around the
undulating 1.27-mile Fife layout, times continued to tumble and the 2013
champion set a blistering lap to secure a second-row start for the
first of tomorrow’s three encounters.
Sunday’s trio of British Touring Car Championship races
from Knockhill will be screened live on ITV4 in HD, with coverage
scheduled to start at 1100.
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