Adelaide Supercars: Mostert fastest outright on Friday
Chaz Mostert has topped a Supercars session for the first time as a Holden driver, Walkinshaw Andretti United's new signing fastest in final Friday practice
David Reynolds topped Thursday's opening practice session, which was shortened with a handful of minutes left on the clock following an awkward clash between Lee Holdswocth and Garry Jacobson.
The second session was topped by Triple Eight's Shane van Gisbergen, while crashes for Will Davison and a particularly heavy one for Scott Pye led to the outing being red-flagged twice.
Reigning champion Scott McLaughlin set the pace throughout the majority of the final half-hour session, the Penske Ford driver charging to the top early with a 1m19.746s.
He then lowered that benchmark at the mid-way point to a 1m19.524s.
However McLaughlin was undone by some last-second heroics from Mostert, WAU's star signing rocketing to the top with a 1m19.241s inside the final minute.
"The saddest thing is that it's practice, not qualifying, we'd be happier if it was qualifying," said Mostert.
"The car felt good, and it still feels so far behind the eight-ball. [We're] still trying to learn the car, it's a fair bit different.
"It felt pretty hooked up and there wasn't much more left in it out there. It's pretty loose with the new changes, but a lot of fun to drive.
"It's just awesome to finish practice on the high, sleep well tonight, come back and try to be up the pointy end again tomorrow."
McLaughlin's time was still good enough for second, followed by fellow Mustang driver Will Davison.
Mark Winterbottom was an impressive fourth in the Team 18 Holden, while the Erebus entries of Anton De Pasquale and David Reynolds were split by Jamie Whincup.
Cam Waters was eighth quickest, Shane van Gisbergen ninth and Nick Percat the last of the drivers that will go straight into Q2 on Sunday with 10th.
FP1 times
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Reynolds | Erebus | Holden | 1m20.6864s |
2 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight | Holden | 0.0098s |
3 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford | 0.0147s |
4 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw | Holden | 0.1412s |
5 | Cameron Waters | Tickford | Ford | 0.2839s |
6 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Penske | Ford | 0.2846s |
7 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Penske | Ford | 0.3130s |
8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones | Holden | 0.3630s |
9 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight | Holden | 0.3635s |
10 | Anton De Pasquale | Erebus | Holden | 0.3665s |
11 | Rick Kelly | Kelly | Ford | 0.4595s |
12 | Lee Holdsworth | Tickford | Ford | 0.4918s |
13 | Bryce Fullwood | Walkinshaw | Holden | 0.5346s |
14 | Mark Winterbottom | Schwerkolt | Holden | 0.5712s |
15 | Andre Heimgartner | Kelly | Ford | 0.6329s |
16 | Todd Hazelwood | Brad Jones | Holden | 0.6897s |
17 | Scott Pye | Schwerkolt | Holden | 0.7050s |
18 | Garry Jacobson | Matt Stone | Holden | 1.0411s |
19 | Macauley Jones | Tim Blanchard | Holden | 1.1526s |
20 | Jack Le Brocq | Tickford | Ford | 1.2673s |
21 | Chris Pither | Sydney | Holden | 1.4509s |
22 | James Courtney | Sydney | Holden | 1.5736s |
23 | Zane Goddard | Matt Stone | Holden | 1.5993s |
24 | Jack Smith | Brad Jones | Holden | 1.7537s |
FP2 times
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight | Holden | 1m19.8079s |
2 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford | 0.0895s |
3 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight | Holden | 0.1435s |
4 | Cameron Waters | Tickford | Ford | 0.1890s |
5 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw | Holden | 0.2052s |
6 | David Reynolds | Erebus | Holden | 0.2377s |
7 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Penske | Ford | 0.2404s |
8 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Penske | Ford | 0.2796s |
9 | Anton De Pasquale | Erebus | Holden | 0.3161s |
10 | Mark Winterbottom | Schwerkolt | Holden | 0.4045s |
11 | Andre Heimgartner | Kelly | Ford | 0.4586s |
12 | Lee Holdsworth | Tickford | Ford | 0.4842s |
13 | Rick Kelly | Kelly | Ford | 0.5110s |
14 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones | Holden | 0.5536s |
15 | Jack Le Brocq | Tickford | Ford | 0.6376s |
16 | Bryce Fullwood | Walkinshaw | Holden | 0.8353s |
17 | James Courtney | Sydney | Holden | 0.9973s |
18 | Todd Hazelwood | Brad Jones | Holden | 1.0242s |
19 | Zane Goddard | Matt Stone | Holden | 1.1315s |
20 | Scott Pye | Schwerkolt | Holden | 1.1936s |
21 | Garry Jacobson | Matt Stone | Holden | 1.3123s |
22 | Macauley Jones | Tim Blanchard | Holden | 1.3347s |
23 | Jack Smith | Brad Jones | Holden | 1.4719s |
24 | Chris Pither | Sydney | Holden | 2.0296s |
FP3 times
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw | Holden | 1m19.2412s |
2 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Penske | Ford | 0.2828s |
3 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford | 0.3298s |
4 | Mark Winterbottom | Schwerkolt | Holden | 0.3643s |
5 | Anton De Pasquale | Erebus | Holden | 0.3719s |
6 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight | Holden | 0.3826s |
7 | David Reynolds | Erebus | Holden | 0.3871s |
8 | Cameron Waters | Tickford | Ford | 0.4028s |
9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight | Holden | 0.4051s |
10 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones | Holden | 0.7268s |
11 | Rick Kelly | Kelly | Ford | 0.7348s |
12 | Lee Holdsworth | Tickford | Ford | 0.7545s |
13 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Penske | Ford | 0.8035s |
14 | Andre Heimgartner | Kelly | Ford | 0.8042s |
15 | Jack Le Brocq | Tickford | Ford | 0.9229s |
16 | Bryce Fullwood | Walkinshaw | Holden | 0.9562s |
17 | Todd Hazelwood | Brad Jones | Holden | 1.0730s |
18 | Garry Jacobson | Matt Stone | Holden | 1.0735s |
19 | Chris Pither | Sydney | Holden | 1.3424s |
20 | Zane Goddard | Matt Stone | Holden | 1.4575s |
21 | Macauley Jones | Tim Blanchard | Holden | 1.5040s |
22 | Jack Smith | Brad Jones | Holden | 1.5300s |
23 | James Courtney | Sydney | Holden | 1.7285s |
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