Shane van Gisbergen made the best of a late scramble to finish almost half a second clear of the field in final practice at the NRMA Sydney 500.
The first red flag of the weekend, brought out due to a crash for Lee Holdsworth, saw the session stopped with four minutes remaining.
Van Gisbergen had been atop the order at the time of the incident, before being temporarily displaced by Jamie Whincup, Scott McLaughlin and Scott Pye in quick succession after the restart.
The Tekno Autosports Holden was however one of several cars to get two laps in on his green tyres, with the Kiwi's second effort of 1:27.63s a full 0.42s clear of the field.
Van Gisbergen won last year's Sunday race in Sydney and has strong form across the street circuits this year, but was typically downplaying his pace ahead of qualifying.
“I don't think everyone got the best run with the red flag,” he said.
“We crossed the line with a second to go for that last lap. We'll see what happens when everyone gets a good go at it in qualifying.”
Pye, David Reynolds, McLaughlin and Whincup completed the top five.
The Friday pace-setting Walkinshaw Holdens slipped down to sixth (Tim Slade), seventh (James Courtney) and 10th (Garth Tander) in Practice 4.
Erebus Motorsport meanwhile has a heavily damaged Mercedes to repair before qualifying.
Holdsworth made heavy right-front contact with the concrete at Turn 5 after suffering a mechanical failure while on a warm-up lap.
Marcos Ambrose's challenging V8 Supercars return meanwhile continued, with the Xbox Ford ending the session at the bottom of the order.
The two-time champion's best lap proved 0.2s than he had managed on Friday, but was still 1.7s away from Van Gisbergen's hot pace.
The first of two back-to-back qualifying sessions for Races 36 and 37 will get underway at 1115 local time.
Result: V8 Supercars Practice 4, Sydney
1 |
Team Tekno VIP Petfoods |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:27.63 |
|
2 |
Wilson Security Racing |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:28.05 |
00:00.42 |
3 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:28.11 |
00:00.47 |
4 |
Valvoline Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
01:28.18 |
00:00.55 |
5 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.19 |
00:00.56 |
6 |
Supercheap Auto Racing |
Tim Slade |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.19 |
00:00.56 |
7 |
Holden Racing Team |
James Courtney |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.22 |
00:00.59 |
8 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.26 |
00:00.63 |
9 |
Lockwood Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.32 |
00:00.69 |
10 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.36 |
00:00.73 |
11 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.39 |
00:00.76 |
12 |
Ford Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:28.45 |
00:00.82 |
13 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:28.47 |
00:00.84 |
14 |
Norton Hornets |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
01:28.68 |
00:01.05 |
15 |
Jack Daniel's Racing |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:28.75 |
00:01.12 |
16 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:28.77 |
00:01.14 |
17 |
Norton Hornets |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
01:28.88 |
00:01.25 |
18 |
Jack Daniel's Racing |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:28.88 |
00:01.25 |
19 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Lee Holdsworth |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:28.94 |
00:01.31 |
20 |
Ford Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:28.94 |
00:01.31 |
21 |
Team Advam/GB |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.07 |
00:01.44 |
22 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Russell Ingall |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.10 |
00:01.47 |
23 |
Wilson Security Racing |
David Wall |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:29.12 |
00:01.48 |
24 |
Valvoline Racing GRM |
Robert Dahlgren |
Volvo S60 |
01:29.12 |
00:01.49 |
25 |
Team JELD-WEN |
Jack Perkins |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:29.36 |
00:01.73 |
26 |
XBOX Racing DJR |
Marcos Ambrose |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:29.40 |
00:01.77 |