Having set the fifth quickest time during Q1, the BTCC rookie became the first driver to break the NAP♏A Racing UK qualifying stranglehold after producing a sensational lap in the Q2 top-ten shootout.

Doble initially catapulted himself to the top of the timesheets after setting a 57.635s early on in the ten-minute Q2 shootout. However, the Vauxhall Astra driver went even faster to set a 57.599s lap ꦗlater in the session.

That lap proved pivotal as four-time champion Turkington came within a whisker of spoiling Doble's party after the Team BMW driver set a 57.611s, good en🐼ough to secure second on the grid.

Defending champion Tom Ingram will start Sunday's opening race from third on the grid after he t🦋oo came within touching distance of claiming pole position. Ingram's best lap was just 0.030s of🌄f Doble pole lap, while Laser Tool Racing BMW's Jake Hill was just a further 0.015s back in fourth.

Despite only just squeezing into the Q2 shootout, runaway championship leader Ash Sutton secured his place on the third row of t♎he grid with the fifth fastest time, alongside EXCELR8 Hyundai's Tom Chilton in sixth.

Still only 0.187s awayꦬ from the top of the timesheets, D💫an Cammish was seventh fastest and shares the fourth row of the grid with Power Maxed Racing's Aron Taylor-Smith in eighth.

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Rory Butcher and NAPA Racing's Sam Osborne completed the remainder oꦡf the top-ten orde🙈r in ninth and tenth.