On his local circuit, Hill put in a late run at the end of the day to snatch the top position away by 0.065 seconds from BTCC returnee Rob Huff, the 2012 World Touring Car champion gearing up for his first domestic season in 20 years with the Speedworks Motorsport-run Toyota squad.
In turn, Hill and Huff had demoted their team-mates – Josh Cook’s Corolla GR Sport had sat atop the times for much of the largely dry afternoon session, before the 330e M Sport of Adam Morgan moved to the fore.
