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BTCC : 2011 Oulton Park - Qualifying report and result - Shedden & Neal in 1-2 E-mail
Saturday, 04 June 2011 07:00
British Touring Cars result and report from Oulton Park - Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal made it a Honda 1-2 in Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship qualifying at Oulton Park but the big shock was Andy Neate in third.

Scottish ace Shedden romped to his second pole in a row with a best time of 1m27.355s. The Honda Racing Team has now taken pole in all four qualifying sessions so far this season.

Notably championship leader Neal’s time of 1'27.505 was achieved despite his Civic carrying the maximum 45kgs of success ballast.

Shedden from Dalgety Bay, Fife said: “I’m delighted. This place has been kind to me in the past and this puts me in the perfect position to go for more wins which I need if I’m to get back into the title scrap.”

However, the story of qualifying was Neate’s drive to the third fastest time in his Team Aon Ford Focus when the Aylesbury driver, who only returned to racing 12 months ago after two years spent recovering from a near fatal crash, set a best time of 1'27.778 for what is by far the best qualifying result of his BTCC career.

He commented: “Things haven’t gone my way in the first three events and I’ve been going home a bit of a miserable sod so this feels great. I even think a front row position was on because another car got in my way on what could have been a quicker lap but I’ll take third any day. I’m also sure we have enough performance to hold on to third in race trim, but living with the Hondas might be a bit too much to ask.”

Fourth was reigning champion Jason Plato in his Silverline Chevrolet Cruze while Andrew Jordan’s Pirtek Racing Vauxhall Vectra and Neate’s team-mate Tom Chilton completed the top six.

But several drivers missed out on a chance to improve their times as the session was stopped early following a rash of accidents, caused by oil that had been dropped on the track.

There was also a separate, spectacular crash into the barriers for Plato’s young team-mate Alex MacDowall who commented: “The car just got away from me on a kerb and the only response I got from my mechanic when I asked him what the damage was like was ‘expensive’. A shame as up to that point I was on for third on the grid.”

BTCC qualifying times, Oulton Park Sat 4 June (provisional):
Pos. N° Class. Driver Car Time Laps Gap Speed
1 52 Gordon Shedden Honda Civic 1'27.355s 5 91.73mph
2 2 Matt Neal Honda Civic 1'27.505s 6 +0.150s 91.57mph
3 44 I Andy Neate Global Ford Focus 1'27.778s 11 +0.423s 91.29mph
4 1 Jason Plato Chevrolet Cruze 1'27.782s 10 +0.427s 91.28mph
5 77 I Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra 1'27.914s 12 +0.559s 91.15mph
6 5 I Tom Chilton Global Ford Focus 1'28.044s 9 +0.689s 91.01'ph
7 20 Alex MacDowall Chevrolet Cruze 1'28.091s 11 +0.736s 90.96mph
8 29 I Paul O'Neill Chevrolet Cruze 1'28.278s 13 +0.923s 90.77mph
9 14 I James Nash Vauxhall Vectra 1'28.319s 11 +0.964s 90.73mph
10 7 I Mat Jackson Ford Focus ST 1'28.445s 13 +1.090s 90.60mph
11 55 I Jeff Smith Vauxhall Vectra 1'28.508s 12 +1.153s 90.54mph
12 22 I Tom Boardman SEAT Leon 1'28.529s 13 +1.174s 90.51'ph
13 34 I Tony Gilham Vauxhall Vectra 1'28.584s 13 +1.229s 90.46mph
14 8 I Robert Collard BMW 320si E90 1'28.617s 14 +1.262s 90.42mph
15 66 I Liam Griffin Ford Focus ST 1'28.735s 13 +1.380s 90.30mph
16 17 I David Newsham SEAT Leon 1'28.768s 14 +1.413s 90.27mph
17 28 I John George Chevrolet Cruze 1'29.190s 13 +1.835s 89.84mph
18 11 I Frank Wrathall Toyota Avensis 1'29.252s 9 +1.897s 89.78mph
19 18 I Nick Foster BMW 320si E90 1'29.398s 14 +2.043s 89.63mph
20 99 I Tom Onslow-Cole VW Golf MK5 1'29.753s 11 +2.398s 89.28mph
21 43 I Lea Wood Honda Integra 1'29.794s 13 +2.439s 89.24mph
22 13 I Rob Austin Audi A4 1'29.901s 14 +2.546s 89.13mph
23 78 I Chris James Chevrolet Lacetti 1'31.014s 12 +3.659s 88.04mph
24 50 I Tony Hughes Toyota Avensis 1'31.605s 14 +4.250s 87.47mph

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