Tom Ingram raised the heat in the final Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship practice session of 2022, topping the times with an effort of 1m30.213s at sunny Brands Hatch. 

The Hyundai i30N ace set his best time of the 40-minute session on his final tour of the full Grand Prix circuit to edge out the opposition by almost four-tenths. Bobby Thompson was second quickest in his Cupra Leon with Daniel Lloyd completing the top-three in another EXCELR8-run Hyundai.

Championship outsider Colin Turkington fared the next best out of Ingram's title rivals in fourth place, after leading the order during the opening exchanges of the session. The factory BMW driver ended up 0.430s adrift of Ingram's outright pace in the last track action before qualifying.

Of the other drivers in with a chance of being crowned as champion this weekend, Jake Hill was ninth in the ROKiT MB Motorsport BMW, whilst series leader and reigning title winner Ash Sutton rounded out the top-ten.

Sutton's NAPA Racing UK teammate Dan Cammish set the fifth fastest time of the session one place ahead of Jason Plato who secured sixth in his final practice period as a full-time BTCC competitor. George Gamble in seventh and Daniel Rowbottom in eighth were the other runners towards the top of the order.

The final BTCC qualifying session of 2022 is due to start at 15:40.

Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, Free Practice 2, Brands Hatch

1. Tom Ingram, Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com, Hyundai i30N, 1m30.213s
2. Bobby Thompson, Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero, Cupra Leon, +0.397s
3. Daniel Lloyd, Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com, Hyundai i30N, +0.417s
4. Colin Turkington, Team BMW, BMW 330e M Sport, +0.430s
5. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK, Ford Focus ST, +0.473s
6. Jason Plato, Rich Energy BTC Racing, Honda Civic Type R, +0.476s
7. George Gamble, Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport, +0.501s
8. Daniel Rowbottom, Halfords Racing with Cataclean, Honda Civic Type R, +0.505s
9. Jake Hill, ROKiT MB Motorsport, BMW 330e M Sport, +0.525s
10. Ash Sutton, NAPA Racing UK, Ford Focus ST, +0.540s

For full timing and results please click here.