In fact, both
Mat Jackson and Fabrizio Giovanardi posted their quickest times while Michael Doyle was parked in the Paddock Hill gravel trap and it was something noted by one of the drivers who lost out as lap-times tumbled late in the session.
"It was going really well until those last laps," Team Halfords Tom Chilton – who will start the first race in under an hour – from ninth place said. "We were quick all the time and near the front, but then when we came in to get new fronts on, the red flag came out.
"There was a yellow before that where people went faster so I'm a bit upset with that to be honest. With where that car was and the yellow flags being out, I feel those times shouldn't have been allowed. They wouldn't have counted in the WTCC which makes me a bit cross.
"But the race will be exciting from ninth on the grid. The team has worked hard to give me a good car and the little Civic is fantastic."
Ninth on the grid doesn't mean Tom is out of it though - see below.
Sunday am - Keep an eye on orange
Team Halfords may have qualified lower than hoped for today's three races, but that doesn't mean Gordon Shedden and Tom Chilton should be discounted for honours.
Indeed, commentator Ben Edwards - a man many believe would do a good job when
F1 returns to the
BBC - thinks the orange Civics could be ones to watch when racing gets underway.
"It's easy to say Jackson will do the job today now he is on pole," he said, "although I'd have said he would do well anyway. However the Halfords cars are ones to watch; they are lower down the grid than they should have been and Shedden and Chilton will run well in the races."
Sunday am – That's the way to do it
The latest addition to the BTCC support package showed the big boys how it's done on Saturday afternoon with the first round of the Ginetta Junior Championship becoming an early contender for the race of the season.
