Ford Performance Racing has set the benchmark in the final practice session prior to qualifying for Race 10 of the V8 Supercars Championship at Phillip Island.
The factory prepared Fords of David Reynolds, Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom ended the 30 minute hit-out first, second and fourth on the time sheets respectively.
Reynolds set the best time of 1:32.68s with just six seconds remaining to displace Davison’s earlier effort by 0.08s.
Craig Lowndes was the best of the Holden runners in third, while team-mate Jamie Whincup ended up just 16th after being baulked on what appeared set to be his fastest lap.
Lee Holdsworth, Todd Kelly, Tim Slade, Michael Patrizi, James Courtney and Dean Fiore completed the top 10.
Challenging conditions greeted the drivers for the session, with yesterday’s north-easterly wind having turned into a strong south-westerly overnight.
The wind and damp patches on the circuit from early morning rain provided some scary moments for the drivers.
Shane van Gisbergen was lucky to escape a high-speed rotation through the grass at the Hayshed in the early minutes that ended just short of the tyre wall at Lukey Heights.
A 20 minute qualifying to set the grid for Race 10 is set to commence at 1325 local time.
See below for the full Practice 4 result
| 1 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.6798 | |
| 2 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.7635 | 0:00.0837 |
| 3 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.8519 | 0:00.1721 |
| 4 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.8586 | 0:00.1788 |
| 5 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.8679 | 0:00.1881 |
| 6 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.1232 | 0:00.4434 |
| 7 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.1609 | 0:00.4811 |
| 8 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.1616 | 0:00.4818 |
| 9 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.1646 | 0:00.4848 |
| 10 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.2858 | 0:00.6060 |
| 11 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.3324 | 0:00.6526 |
| 12 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.3464 | 0:00.6666 |
| 13 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.3788 | 0:00.6990 |
| 14 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.5087 | 0:00.8289 |
| 15 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.5557 | 0:00.8759 |
| 16 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.6393 | 0:00.9595 |
| 17 | Team Hiflex | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.7098 | 0:01.0300 |
| 18 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.7287 | 0:01.0489 |
| 19 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.8368 | 0:01.1570 |
| 20 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.9393 | 0:01.2595 |
| 21 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.1213 | 0:01.4415 |
| 22 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.1720 | 0:01.4922 |
| 23 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.3714 | 0:01.6916 |
| 24 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.3868 | 0:01.7070 |
| 25 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.4085 | 0:01.7287 |
| 26 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.5041 | 0:01.8243 |
| 27 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.5703 | 0:01.8905 |
| 28 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.0688 | 0:02.3890 |
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