Shane van Gisbergen edged Friday pace-setter Chaz Mostert to the fastest time in final practice prior to qualifying at Sydney Motorsport Park.
The Tekno Autosports Holden shot to the top of the order in the dying stages of the 15 minute hit-out with a 1:30.30s while running soft compound tyres.
Van Gisbergen, who has lamented recent struggles to find competitive set-ups with the #97 Commodore, entered the weekend with a strong tyre bank due to a mechanical failure at Ipswich.
A hard tyre-shod Mostert ended Practice 3 0.07s adrift of the Kiwi in second ahead of Scott McLaughlin, Andre Heimgartner, Nick Percat and Lee Holdsworth.
Holdsworth spent a large portion of the session at the top of the time sheets, but ended it in the garage after pitting with an oil leak in his Walkinshaw Holden.
James Moffat, Jamie Whincup, David Reynolds and Ash Walsh completed the top 10.
Jack Perkins set the 16th quickest time in James Courtney’s Holden, 0.05s quicker than team-mate Garth Tander.
The first of two 10 minute qualifying sessions for the afternoon’s sprint races will get underway at 1140 local time.
Result: V8 Supercars Practice 3, Sydney Motorsport Park
1 |
Team Darrell Lea STIX |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:30.30 |
|
2 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:30.37 |
00:00.07 |
3 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
01:30.41 |
00:00.12 |
4 |
Super Black Racing |
Andre Heimgartner |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:30.45 |
00:00.15 |
5 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:30.61 |
00:00.32 |
6 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Lee Holdsworth |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:30.65 |
00:00.35 |
7 |
Nissan Motorsport |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
01:30.70 |
00:00.40 |
8 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:30.71 |
00:00.42 |
9 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:30.71 |
00:00.42 |
10 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Ashley Walsh |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:30.74 |
00:00.44 |
11 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:30.84 |
00:00.54 |
12 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:30.98 |
00:00.69 |
13 |
Freightliner Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.02 |
00:00.72 |
14 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
David Wall |
Volvo S60 |
01:31.10 |
00:00.81 |
15 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
01:31.11 |
00:00.82 |
16 |
Holden Racing Team |
Jack Perkins |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.17 |
00:00.87 |
17 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.19 |
00:00.90 |
18 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:31.21 |
00:00.91 |
19 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.22 |
00:00.92 |
20 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:31.32 |
00:01.02 |
21 |
Supercheap Auto Racing |
Tim Slade |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.42 |
00:01.13 |
22 |
GB Galvanizing Racing |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.79 |
00:01.50 |
23 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:32.09 |
00:01.80 |
24 |
DJR Team Penske |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
01:32.44 |
00:02.14 |
25 |
Team Cooldrive |
Tim Blanchard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:32.66 |
00:02.37 |
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