"John will help us massively," team manager Joe Bradley admitted. "He has extensive knowledge of the Lacetti and also has a lot of previous experience in the BTCC so having him here can only be a good thing. We have always said the potential of this package is massive and having someone like John here is part of the customer service we get from RML.
"I'm told we are getting Rob Huff's engineer for the next round – although I haven't got a clue who he is!"
As for the session itself, mixed conditions meant that neither driver broke into the top ten, with the weather having left the team making various changes during the 40 minutes.
"We got good pit practice," Bradley added. "We had to change tyres so often that we're really well drilled now. Maybe we should enter Le Mans..."
Saturday am – Aircool hit the track
With the car having come straight from Spain to
Brands Hatch, Adam Jones finally got to hit the track in his new SEAT Leon in opening practice.
He'd managed to sit in the car for the first time on Friday night, but only after spending two hours stuck in traffic on the M40 on his way from home.
Eleventh place was a solid start for the car, which was being hastily cleaned after the session having been coated with oil from the Vectra of
Matt Neal during the session.
Team manager Graham Davis told us he'd said enough about the car already this week, so it was left to the driver himself to reflect on how it had gone.
"It's all going ok so far," he said. "The car feels a bit strange compared to the Toledo so I just need to get my head round that really – and that's a lot to do in a 40 minute session. My only previous experience of the Leon was driving my mum's road car!
