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Will Davison has gone fastest in Repco Supercars Championship Practice 2 at the ITM Auckland SuperSprint as Brodie Kostecki glanced the wall at Pukekohe’s fast final corner.
He was able to drive back to the pits and it was green flag conditions for the final 90 seconds of the sessions or thereabouts, during which time championship leader Shane van Gisbergen himself had a big catch at the same corner in the #97 Red Bull Ampol ZB Commodore.
Aside from the tale of the stopwatch, the other notable story of Practice 2 was the fact that both of the Shell V-Power Racing Team entries, the Mustangs of Davison and Anton De Pasquale, are under investigation for pit lane speeding.
On the race track proper, Davison was certainly fast, going as quick as a 1:02.1524s in Car #17 despite having already run on both practice sets of his tyres on the afternoon prior.
Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries ZB Commodore), Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1 Optus ZB Commodore), and Nick Percat (#2 Mobil 1 NTI ZB Commodore) all finished within a tenth of a second of the fastest lap, with van Gisbergen fifth at 0.1056s off the pace.
While light rain had fallen earlier in the day, it was dry conditions as 25 drivers rolled out for a second half-hour of practice.
Van Gisbergen was quickest on a 1:02.8077s before he returned to the pits, but Heimgartner held sway on a 1:02.6346s once he completed his first run proper.
A red flag was called exactly 10 minutes into the session after Jake Kostecki (#56 Tradie Mustang) hit the tyre wall at the exit of Turn 3, harder than Tickford Racing team-mate Cameron Waters had done on the afternoon prior, although he would drive away unassisted.
When the session resumed, the pattern repeated, with van Gisbergen going quickest on a 1:02.5905s before he was usurped by Heimgartner on a 1:02.4610s.
However, both times were bettered by Waters’ (#50 Monster Energy Mustang) 1:02.4304s then Practice 1 fast man De Pasquale’s (#11 Mustang) 1:02.3791s before the second runs proper were done.
Davison then went top on a 1:02.2929s on tyres he had already used in Practice 1, and the time stood as the benchmark for a couple of minutes until van Gisbergen clocked a 1:02.2580s.
With less than six minutes remaining, Davison returned to first spot with a 1:02.1524s, while Heimgartner closed to a 1:02.1643s in the 28th minute.
The chequered flag came out before Mostert set the fastest first sector and improved to third all-told on a 1:02.2249s, usurping his Walkinshaw Andretti United team-mate Percat by 0.0022s.
De Pasquale ended up sixth on a 1:02.3350s, from Waters, Scott Pye (#20 Nulon ZB Commodore), Bryce Fullwood (#14 Middy’s ZB Commodore), and David Reynolds (#26 Penrite Mustang), with Broc Feeney (#88 Red Bull Ampol ZB Commodore) 11th on a 1:02.5819s.
Qualifying for Race 27, a three-part knockout session, starts at 14:00 local time/12:00 AEST.
Results: Practice 2
Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Split |
1 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Will Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.1524 | |
2 | 8 | R&J Batteries Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.1643 | 0:00.0119 |
3 | 25 | Mobil 1 Optus Racing | Chaz Mostert | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.2249 | 0:00.0725 |
4 | 2 | Mobil 1 NTI Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.2271 | 0:00.0747 |
5 | 97 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.2580 | 0:00.1056 |
6 | 11 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Anton De Pasquale | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.3350 | 0:00.1826 |
7 | 50 | Monster Energy Racing | Cameron Waters | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.3528 | 0:00.2004 |
8 | 20 | Nulon Racing | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.5122 | 0:00.3598 |
9 | 14 | Middy’s Electrical Racing | Bryce Fullwood | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.5384 | 0:00.3860 |
10 | 26 | Penrite Racing | David Reynolds | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.5805 | 0:00.4281 |
11 | 88 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Broc Feeney | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.5819 | 0:00.4295 |
12 | 55 | Castrol Racing | Thomas Randle | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.5882 | 0:00.4358 |
13 | 3 | CoolDrive Auto Parts | Tim Slade | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.6350 | 0:00.4826 |
14 | 10 | Penrite Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.6596 | 0:00.5072 |
15 | 96 | Kubota Racing | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.6678 | 0:00.5154 |
16 | 34 | Truck Assist Racing | Jack Le Brocq | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.7014 | 0:00.5490 |
17 | 18 | IRWIN Racing | Mark Winterbottom | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.7218 | 0:00.5694 |
18 | 99 | Boost Mobile Racing by Erebus | Brodie Kostecki | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.7400 | 0:00.5876 |
19 | 56 | Tradie Racing | Jake Kostecki | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.7552 | 0:00.6028 |
20 | 31 | Subway PremiAir Racing | James Golding | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.8380 | 0:00.6856 |
21 | 5 | Snowy River Racing | James Courtney | Ford Mustang GT | 1:02.8631 | 0:00.7107 |
22 | 9 | Boost Mobile Racing by Erebus | William Brown | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.8857 | 0:00.7333 |
23 | 35 | Truck Assist Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.8859 | 0:00.7335 |
24 | 4 | SCT Logistics Racing | Jack Smith | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:02.9579 | 0:00.8055 |
25 | 22 | PremiAir Coca Cola Racing | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:03.0301 | 0:00.8777 |