BTCC: Rowbottom claims pole at Thruxton

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Dan Rowbottom took the second pole position of his career at Thruxton, pipping Jake Hill by less than a tenth of a second.

Rowbottom set a fantastic lap late in the session to beat Hill by just 0.086s with Josh Cook a further 0.025s behind.

The result confirms Honda’s dominance around the Hampshire circuit and although Gordon Shedden qualified 14th, the true pace of the car wasn’t fully realised.

Rory Butcher finished the session in fourth just ahead of the BMW’s of Tom Oliphant and Adam Morgan.

Reigning champion Ash Sutton qualified seventh ahead of the impressive Dan Lloyd.

Colin Turkington finished the session in ninth just 0.008s ahead of the Honda of Senna Proctor.

Qualifying Results

1. Dan Rowbottom                         1:15.521s
2. Jake Hill                                       +0.086s
3. Josh Cook                                      +0.111s
4. Rory Butcher                                +0.210s
5. Tom Oliphant                               +0.317s
6. Adam Morgan                              +0.334s
7. Ash Sutton                                    +0.341s
8. Dan Lloyd                                     +0.401s
9. Colin Turkington                         +0.410s
10. Senna Proctor                               +0.418s
11. Jason Plato                                    +0.522s
12. Tom Ingram                                  +0.578s
13. Tom Chilton                                  +0.632s
14. Gordon Shedden                          +0.645s
15. Stephen Jelley                              +0.690s