After topping the timesheets in FP1, BMW's Jake Hill looked on course to repeat the same feat during FP2 until the two Power ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚMaxed Racing Vauxhall Astras knocked Hill from his perch during the final minutes of the session.

Taylor-Smith was the first of the Astras to bolt to the top of the timesheets before Watson went quickest🦄 of all after producing a 57.633s lap as the chequered flag fell.

Defending champion Tom Ingram knocked Hill's Laser Tools Racing BMW a position furth♊er down the pecking order after the Hyundai set his quickest lap of the weekend so far with a 57.765s effort.

Despite slipping down to an eventual fourth, H൲ill's best lap set during FP1 (57.622s) still remains the quickest lap of the weekend thus far.

EXCELR8 Hyundai's Ronan Pearson made a late charge to finish fifth in the FP2 timesheets ahe꧑ad of four-time BTCC champion Colin Turkington in sixth.

Throughout each of his runs, Turkington produced a sequence of ultra-con🥃sistent lap🌊s, but always remained marginally off the ultimate pace.

Mikey Doble ensured all three Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astras made the top-ten order in seventh, while Dan Cammish, Rory Butc♏her and Adam Morgan compl💎eted the remainder of the top-ten in eighth, ninth and tenth.

Elsewhere, runaway points leader Ash Sutton could only manage the 21s꧒t fastest time with a 58.269s lap.