Michael Caruso has topped the opening practice session of the fifth event of the V8 Supercars Championship at Winton Motor Raceway.
In the first V8 Supercars practice session of the year that included co-drivers, the Fujitsu GRM driver pipped the field with a 1m22.7068s, edging out the #55 The Bottle O Racing Falcon of Paul Dumbrell.
James Moffat in the #18 Jim Beam Racing Falcon was third fastest ahead of David Reynolds (Stratco Racing Commodore) and Jack Perkins (Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore) – the first of the endurance drivers.
Garry Rogers Motorsport’s Marcus Marshall was sixth, from John McIntyre (SP Tools Racing), Todd Kelly (Jack Daniel’s Racing), Jason Richards (Team BOC) and Mark Skaife (TeamVodafone).
See the results from Practice 1 below
| 1 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.7068 | |
| 2 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.9580 | 0:00.2512 |
| 3 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.1102 | 0:00.4034 |
| 4 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.1695 | 0:00.4627 |
| 5 | Supercheap Auto Racing | R.Ingall/J.Perkins | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.3351 | 0:00.6283 |
| 6 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Marcus Marshall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.4422 | 0:00.7354 |
| 7 | SP Tools Racing | John McIntyre | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.5753 | 0:00.8685 |
| 8 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.6034 | 0:00.8966 |
| 9 | Team BOC | Jason Richards | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.6668 | 0:00.9600 |
| 10 | TeamVodafone | Mark Skaife | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.6843 | 0:00.9775 |
| 11 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.8442 | 0:01.1374 |
| 12 | VIP Petfoods | S.Owen/P.Morris | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.8748 | 0:01.1680 |
| 13 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.9169 | 0:01.2101 |
| 14 | Wilson Security Racing | T.D’Alberto/D.Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.1513 | 0:01.4445 |
| 15 | Jana Living Racing | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.2208 | 0:01.5140 |
| 16 | Mother Energy Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.3347 | 0:01.6279 |
| 17 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Cameron McConville | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.5246 | 0:01.8178 |
| 18 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Owen Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.5284 | 0:01.8216 |
| 19 | Lucky 7 Racing | T.Slade/D.Gaunt | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.5462 | 0:01.8394 |
| 20 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.5821 | 0:01.8753 |
| 21 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Nathan Pretty | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.8849 | 0:02.1781 |
| 22 | Bundaberg Racing | Craig Baird | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.9058 | 0:02.1990 |
| 23 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.0612 | 0:02.3544 |
| 24 | TeamVodafone | Andrew Thompson | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.5844 | 0:02.8776 |
| 25 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | Steven Richards | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.6095 | 0:02.9027 |
| 26 | Triple F Racing | Michael Patrizi | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.9860 | 0:03.2792 |
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