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Audi has led a red flag interrupted second practice session at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour courtesy of Brad Schumacher.
After most of the pro drivers turned laps in the opening hit-out Practice 2 saw the Bronze-rated drivers venture out on track for 30 minutes of running.
Despite a morning shower, the track was relatively dry by the end of the Am-driver session with the sun peeking through the clouds.
Schumacher, driving the #74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline entry, bettered his own early effort lowering the benchmark to a 2:06.580s with five minutes remaining.
That would not be beaten with a late red flag cutting the session short when the #50 KTM X-Bow GT2 reportedly stopped out on track at The Chase before returning to the pit lane.
Yasser Shahin in the sister #777 Audi, who initially traded best times with Schumacher, finished the encounter second when the red flag came out.
Liam Talbot took the #65 Coinspot to third in the final 10 minutes but was a full second off Schumacher’s session-topping effort.
The #75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Martin Konrad, and Tony Bates at the wheel of the #24 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II, rounded out the top five.
Schumacher’s best time as an Am driver was two seconds off the pro-rated Ricardo Feller in Practice 1.
The Bathurst 12 Hour field will be back out on track for Practice 3 at 15:15 local time/AEST.
Results: Practice 2
Pos | # | Team | Driver | Car | Class | Fastest lap | Gap |
1 | 74 | Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Brad Schumacher | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | APA | 2:06.5805 | |
2 | 777 | Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Yasser Shahin | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | APA | 2:06.7821 | +0.2016 |
3 | 65 | Coinspot | Liam Talbot | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | APA | 2:07.6503 | +1.0698 |
4 | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | K.Habul/M.Konrad | Mercedes AMG GT3 | APA | 2:07.9153 | +1.3348 |
5 | 24 | Tony Bates Racing | Tony Bates | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | APA | 2:08.0656 | +1.4851 |
6 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Jefri Ibrahim | Mercedes AMG GT3 | APA | 2:08.6860 | +2.1055 |
7 | 52 | Wheels/ FX Racing PNG | Zane Morse | MARC II V8 | I | 2:09.4883 | +2.9078 |
8 | 47 | Supabarn | James Koundouris | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | AAM | 2:10.1466 | +3.5661 |
9 | 6 | Wall Racing | A.Deitz/G.Denyer | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | APA | 2:10.5432 | +3.9627 |
10 | 95 | MARC Cars Australia | J.Camilleri/D.Fraser | MARC II V8 | I | 2:10.7226 | +4.1421 |
11 | 91 | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | Kevin Tse | Mercedes AMG GT3 | APA | 2:10.8593 | +4.2788 |
12 | 4 | Grove Racing | Stephen Grove | Porsche 911 GT3R | APA | 2:11.2254 | +4.6449 |
13 | 55 | Valmont Racing | S.Pires/M.Zalloua | Mercedes AMG GT3 | AAM | 2:11.7492 | +5.1687 |
14 | 222 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Geoff Emery | Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II | C | 2:12.0058 | +5.4253 |
15 | 9 | Hallmarc | Marc Cini | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | APA | 2:12.5786 | +5.9981 |
16 | 45 | RAM Motorsport | M.Sheargold/G.Walden | Mercedes AMG GT3 | AAM | 2:13.4795 | +6.8990 |
17 | 17 | Team BRM | Mark Rosser | Audi R8 GT3 Evo II | APA | 2:15.4439 | +8.8634 |
18 | 11 | Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport | I.Padayachee/A.Zerefos | Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II | C | 2:20.0359 | +13.4554 |
19 | 50 | M Motorsport/ Vantage Racing | David Crampton | KTM X-Bow GT2 | I | 2:20.0718 | +13.4913 |