Tim Slade has set the fastest time in the final practice session of the weekend at the Phillip Island 300.
The three Stone Brothers Racing Falcons ended the 30 minutes in the top four places, with Shane van Gisbergen and Lee Holdsworth third and fourth respectively.
Todd Kelly split the Queensland based Fords in second, while fifth through 10th was filled by Will Davison, Michael Patrizi, Michael Caruso, James Courtney, Craig Lowndes and Jason Bright.
Slade’s fastest lap of 1:33.05s was almost 0.4s slower than the time set by David Reynolds in yesterday’s corresponding session, with cold and greasy track conditions preventing quicker runs.
The session featured a single red flag period when Greg Murphy spun into the gravel at the exit of the Hayshed at the nine minute mark.
Sprinkles of rain in the final minutes caught out several drivers. Jamie Whincup and James Moffat both slid off the road in separate incidents at Siberia, while Michael Caruso spun and became stranded on the outside of the circuit at the Southern Loop.
James Courtney also endured a late trip through the Turn 2 gravel having earlier posted a time good enough for eighth fastest.
A 20 minute qualifying session is set to take place at 1300 local time ahead of the 200km Race 11 at 1540.
See below for the full Practice 5 result
| 1 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.0515 |
| 2 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:00.3739 |
| 3 | SP Tools Racing | Shane van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | +0:00.3957 |
| 4 | IRWIN Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | +0:00.4438 |
| 5 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | +0:00.5310 |
| 6 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:00.7004 |
| 7 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:00.7535 |
| 8 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:00.7963 |
| 9 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:00.9647 |
| 10 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.0186 |
| 11 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | +0:01.0261 |
| 12 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | +0:01.0627 |
| 13 | Team Hiflex | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | +0:01.2019 |
| 14 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | +0:01.2716 |
| 15 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.2832 |
| 16 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.3764 |
| 17 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.4930 |
| 18 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.5314 |
| 19 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.5996 |
| 20 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.6990 |
| 21 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.7169 |
| 22 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.7918 |
| 23 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:01.9400 |
| 24 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:02.0066 |
| 25 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | +0:02.1044 |
| 26 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | +0:02.4551 |
| 27 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | +0:02.5875 |
| 28 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | +0:02.9539 |
Click below to read Speedcafe.com’s Phillip Island 300 Race Guide.
