Sutton comfortably led free practice for the BTCC's Snetterton round, finishing 0.666s ahead of Cammish. Full report and results:
The three-time champion demolished his opposition at the wheel of his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST to lead a team 1-2 fromEven Sutton's second-best time was a quarter of a second clear of championship leader Cammish, with most of the leading times set in the opening 35-minute session.
Cammish bounced to the top of the times in the lunchtime period of running, with another 1-2 for the NAPA Racing-liveried Focuses completed by Dan Rowbottom, who was a mere 0.043s adrift. But Cammish's best in that session was the best part of a second slower than Sutton's earlier mark, and didn't match his own best from the first period either.set his best lap of the morning period on the final tour to move his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N into third position.
Fourth fastest was the leading West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport – on a circuit where the rear-wheel-drive machines dominated in 2022, albeit in considerably hotter conditions,On a weekend where all the drivers must use each of the three tyre compounds – soft, medium and hard – in one race apiece,Ashley Sutton, NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus STRowbottom was one of the few to improve in the second session – his time was good for sixth overall.
There were few incidents – Nick Halstead missed the first session due to a precautionary engine change for his Excelr8 Hyundai, while
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