Will Davison made the most of a late run on soft tyres to dominate the field in second practice at the Castrol Edge Townsville 400.
The Erebus Mercedes shot to the top of the order with a 1:13.03s best in the final minutes, pulling almost 0.5s clear of second placed Andre Heimgartner.
The Kiwi had earlier traded the fastest time with the Holden Racing Team's James Courtney, who were among others to switch to the soft tyres late in the going.
Scott McLaughlin, Ash Walsh, Jason Bright, David Reynolds, Scott Pye, Todd Kelly and Fabian Coulthard completed the top 10.
Shane van Gisbergen finished at the bottom of the order after completing just one flying lap, where the Tekno Holden continued its vibration issues from opening practice.
The team elected to sit out the remainder of the 30 minutes as it undertook a transaxle change on the #97 Commodore.
“It's just undriveable, it makes you feel sick inside the vibration is so bad,” said Van Gisbergen.
“We have the best guys working on the cars but we're going to lose two sessions. It makes the next one pretty critical for us.
“The car is obviously fast, but we need to get the mechanical side right.”
Tim Blanchard also endured an interrupted session, triggering red flags when he stopped on track at pit entry in the early minutes.
Result: V8 Supercars Practice 2, Townsville
1 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:13.03 |
|
2 |
Super Black Racing |
Andre Heimgartner |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:13.48 |
00:00.45 |
3 |
Holden Racing Team |
James Courtney |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:13.62 |
00:00.60 |
4 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
01:13.66 |
00:00.63 |
5 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Ashley Walsh |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:13.73 |
00:00.71 |
6 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:13.79 |
00:00.77 |
7 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:13.84 |
00:00.82 |
8 |
DJR Team Penske |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:13.86 |
00:00.83 |
9 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:13.90 |
00:00.88 |
10 |
Freightliner Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:13.96 |
00:00.93 |
11 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:13.96 |
00:00.93 |
12 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:14.00 |
00:00.97 |
13 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:14.04 |
00:01.02 |
14 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
David Wall |
Volvo S60 |
01:14.06 |
00:01.04 |
15 |
Team Cooldrive |
Tim Blanchard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:14.07 |
00:01.05 |
16 |
Supercheap Auto Racing |
Tim Slade |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:14.12 |
00:01.09 |
17 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:14.16 |
00:01.14 |
18 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:14.25 |
00:01.22 |
19 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:14.27 |
00:01.25 |
20 |
Nissan Motorsport |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
01:14.39 |
00:01.36 |
21 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
01:14.48 |
00:01.45 |
22 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Lee Holdsworth |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:14.58 |
00:01.56 |
23 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:14.91 |
00:01.89 |
24 |
GB Galvanizing Racing |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:15.03 |
00:02.00 |
25 |
Team Darrell Lea STIX |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |