Reigning Australian Formula Ford Champion Chaz Mostert has dominated a wet opening Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series practice session at Mount Panorama.
The 19-year-old’s best effort of 2:33.57s proved 2.9s quicker than the next fastest time, set by Sonic Motor Racing Services driver Jack Perkins.
Nick Percat ended the 40 minute session third fastest, from fellow Holden drivers Taz Douglas, Paul Morris and James Brock.
Mostert set the benchmark from the very opening minutes of the session, with an early 2:35.60s lap ensuring the Simpro backed Falcon was 4.5s clear at the top of the time sheets as the halfway mark approached.
With track conditions improving slightly as the session unfolded, Percat cut the gap to 1.3s with 10 minutes remaining, before Mostert’s 2:33.57s lap again moved the teenager out of reach.
Perkins split the pair with a 2:33.52s effort inside the final five minutes, before a red flag ended the session two minutes early.
Fujitsu Series leader Andrew Thompson, who will team up with Jamie Whincup for Sunday’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, ended Practice 1 in eighth position – 6.6s adrift of Mostert.
Two red flags bookended the session, with a spill for Steve Voight causing significant damage to his ex-Paul Weel Racing Commodore VE, which is being run for the first time this weekend by Matt Stone Racing.
Practice 2 for the Fujitsu V8 Supercars will take place at 16:10 local time.
See below for the full Practice 1 result
| 1 | Simpro Software/Master Elect. | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon BF | 2:33.5741 | |
| 2 | Supercheap / Bob Jane T Marts | Jack Perkins | Ford Falcon BF | 2:36.5197 | 0:02.9456 |
| 3 | Coates Hire Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE | 2:36.8967 | 0:03.3226 |
| 4 | Fastaz Motorsport | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VZ | 2:36.9633 | 0:03.3892 |
| 5 | Sargent Security Racing | Paul Morris | Holden Commodore VE | 2:38.9600 | 0:05.3859 |
| 6 | Drill Pro Services/EarthEx | James Brock | Holden Commodore VE | 2:39.0351 | 0:05.4610 |
| 7 | Team Jayco | Tim Blanchard | Ford Falcon BF | 2:39.3841 | 0:05.8100 |
| 8 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Andrew Thompson | Holden Commodore VE | 2:40.1956 | 0:06.6215 |
| 9 | Mad Croc Energy | Robert Cregan | Ford Falcon BF | 2:40.2918 | 0:06.7177 |
| 10 | Fujitsu | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Falcon BF | 2:41.5617 | 0:07.9876 |
| 11 | Carrington Eq/Go Karts Go | Drew Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 2:41.6036 | 0:08.0295 |
| 12 | Team Jayco | David Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 2:42.0710 | 0:08.4969 |
| 13 | Midway Concrete&Garden Supply | Marcus Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 2:42.9014 | 0:09.3273 |
| 14 | Simpro Software/Master Elect. | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon BF | 2:43.1399 | 0:09.5658 |
| 15 | SOLO / NCSS | Aaron McGill | Ford Falcon BF | 2:43.2123 | 0:09.6382 |
| 16 | Wilson Security Team McGrath | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE | 2:44.9382 | 0:11.3641 |
| 17 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Rodney Jane | Ford Falcon FG | 2:45.4302 | 0:11.8561 |
| 18 | CEG Rentals/Go Karts Go | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 2:45.9775 | 0:12.4034 |
| 19 | Bisley Workwear | Colin Sieders | Ford Falcon BF | 2:46.2042 | 0:12.6301 |
| 20 | Favourit.com / AFS | Tony Bates | Holden Commodore VE | 2:48.1849 | 0:14.6108 |
| 21 | Warrin Mining Volvo Const Eq. | Adam Wallis | Holden Commodore VE | 2:48.3987 | 0:14.8246 |
| 22 | Egglestone Motorsport | Gavin Bullas | Ford Falcon BF | 2:48.5930 | 0:15.0189 |
| 23 | ACDelco/Simworx/NDD | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE | 2:48.7614 | 0:15.1873 |
| 24 | R&J Batteries/EarthEx/KingGee | Daniel Jilesen | Holden Commodore VE | 2:48.9961 | 0:15.4220 |
| 25 | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Brett Stewart | Holden Commodore VE | 2:49.3909 | 0:15.8168 |
| 26 | Freestones Roadhaven | Paul Freestone | Ford Falcon BF | 2:52.5097 | 0:18.9356 |
| 27 | Voight Constructing | Steve Voight | Holden Commodore VE | 2:52.5431 | 0:18.9690 |
| 28 | Flexi Staff | Todd Fiore | Ford Falcon BF | 3:07.2981 | 0:33.7240 |
| 29 | Team Tom Supporters Club | Tom Tweedie | Ford Falcon BF | 6:14.1665 | 3:40.5924 |
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