Josh Cook claimed his first pole position in the British Touring Car Championship since Donington Park in 2024, as he flew to the fastest time around the high-speed Hampshire circuit.

Speedworks Corolla Racing’s Cook was 0.189 seconds faster than NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish in the first group of the session, but it will be Team VERTU’s Tom Ingram who lines up alongside him on the front row of the grid, thanks to Ingram being quickest in the second group of the afternoon.

That came despite Ingram being 0.452 seconds slower than Cook with a lap which was only the fourth quickest of the overall qualifying session, although as each qualifying group gets its own side of the grid, the times are not combined or not ranked in order of speed.

Thus Cammish will start third, sharing the second row of the grid with team-mate Senna Proctor, who put in a strong showing on his return to the championship as a late substitute for an ill Sam Osborne.

Plato Racing’s Adam Morgan was fifth, ahead of the leading Power Maxed Racing Audi of Mikey Doble in sixth – despite the latter having endured a high-speed off on the exit of Church corner in his part of the session.

Championship leader Ash Sutton put his NAPA Ford in seventh, sharing the fourth row of the grid with Team VERTU’s Ricky Collard in eighth.

The top ten was completed by Plato Racing’s Daniel Rowbottom and Restart Racing’s James Dorlin.

Team VERTU’s Tom Chilton was 11th, whilst Gordon Shedden was the best of the Laser Tools Racing Toyota duo, despite suffering bonnet damage when it flicked open on his first lap out of the pits at the start of the session.

It was a poor qualifying session for the WSR-run BMWs. Daryl De Leon was the best of the 3 Series drivers in 18th, over a second off the pace, with team-mate Charles Rainford directly behind in 19th, whilst rookie Lewis Gilbert was slowest of all and will start from 21st.