After topping the timesheets in FP1, BMW's Jake Hill looked on course to repeat the same feat during FP2 until the twꦏo Power Maxed Racing Vauxhal🔯l Astras knocked Hill from his perch during the final minutes of the session.

Taylor-Smith was the first of the Astras to bolt to the top of the timesheets before Watson went quickest of all after producing a 57ཧ.633s lap as th🔯e chequered flag fell.

Defending champion Tom Ingram kn🌠ocked Hill's Laser Tools Racing BMW a position further down the pecking order after the Hyundai set his quickest lap of the weekend so far with a 57.765s effort💦.

D𓂃espite slipping down to an eventual fourth, Hill's best lap set during FP1 (57.622s) still remains the quickest lap of the weekend💝 thus far.

EXCELR8 Hyundai's Ronan Pearson made a late charge to finish fifth in the FP2 timesheets ahead of four-time BTCC champion Colin Turk🀅ington in sixth.

Throughout each of his run♐s, Turkington ﷽produced a sequence of ultra-consistent laps, but always remained marginally off the ultimate pace.

Mikey Doble ensured all three Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astras made the top-ten oඣrder in seventh, while Dan Cammish, Rory Butcher and Adam Morgan completed the re🍸mainder of the top-ten in eighth, ninth and tenth.

Elsewhere, runaway points leader Ash Sutton couldඣ only manage the 21st fastest tim🥂e with a 58.269s lap.