Having been narrowly pipped to the top-spot by Dan Cammish in FP1, Ingram subsequently dipped below the existing pole position lap record in FP2 after setting a 1'30.213s lap in the final mi🥃nutes of the session.

Ingram bolted to the top of the times ahead of fellow title contender Colin Turkington d✃uring the final third of the runnin🦋g and went even faster towards the end of the session to enjoy a near 0.4s margin ahead of the rest of the field.

Team HARD's Bobby Thompson was a surprise addition in seco💦nd position after the Cupra Leon driver denied the EXCELR8 Hyundai squad a 1-2 p🅷ractice result as the flag fell.

Dan Lloyd ended the 40-minute running with the third fastes💖t time, while four-time champio𓄧n Turkington eventually fell to fourth aboard his Team BMW 3 Series machine.

FP1 pacesetter Cammish was fift🀅h fastest for the NAPA Racing UK Ford outfit ahead of two-time champion Jason Plato in si♌xth.

This weeke💫nd could be Plato's final act in the BTCC after a glittering career in the series. The 97-time race winner rolled back the years by setting an impressive pace during the second free-practice, aboard his BTC Racing Honda Civic Type-R.

George Gamble was seventh fastest for the Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport👍 squad ahead of Team Dynamics Honda's Dan Rowbottom in eighth.

The top-two title contenders Ash Sutton and Jake Hill completed the remainder o𝐆f the top-ten practice oওrder, with Hill marginally outpacing Ford runner Sutton.