The first of two sessions at today’s pre-season V8 Supercars test has been completed at Eastern Creek Raceway.
After 3 hours and 30 minutes of running, Trading Post Racing’s Will Davison topped the time sheets, having broken Mark Skaife’s long-standing track record with a 1:31.4551s lap.
Shane van Gisbergen was second fastest in the SP Tools Falcon, just 0.05s further back.
The #888 TeamVodafone Commodore followed, with both Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife having completed laps in the car.
Rounding out the top five were Mark Winterbottom and Tim Slade, with Winterbottom having completed a session-high 66 laps..
Lee Holdsworth, Paul Dumbrell, Alex Davison, Todd Kelly and David Reynolds were next – all less the one second away from Will Davison’s benchmark.
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By contrast, Garth Tander, who was 12th fastest in the #2 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore, completed just 32 laps.
Russell Ingall sits at the foot of the times, having completed just one flying lap before being sidelined with an engine problem.
The cars will be back on track for a second session this afternoon, with soft tyres allowed to be run from 2pm.
See below for the results of Session 1 (main drivers listed)
| 1 | 6 | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:31.4551R | |
| 2 | 9 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:31.5008 | 0:00.0457 |
| 3 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:31.8444 | 0:00.3893 |
| 4 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:31.8891 | 0:00.4340 |
| 5 | 47 | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:31.9152 | 0:00.4601 |
| 6 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.0379 | 0:00.5828 |
| 7 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.2050 | 0:00.7499 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.2371 | 0:00.7820 |
| 9 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.3430 | 0:00.8879 |
| 10 | 16 | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.3930 | 0:00.9379 |
| 11 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.4901 | 0:01.0350 |
| 12 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.6117 | 0:01.1566 |
| 13 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.7706 | 0:01.3155 |
| 14 | 1 | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.8717 | 0:01.4166 |
| 15 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.9301 | 0:01.4750 |
| 16 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.9719 | 0:01.5168 |
| 17 | 21 | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.9719 | 0:01.5168 |
| 18 | 61 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:32.9886 | 0:01.5335 |
| 19 | 19 | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.9896 | 0:01.5345 |
| 20 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.9956 | 0:01.5405 |
| 21 | 49 | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.1682 | 0:01.7131 |
| 22 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.1700 | 0:01.7149 |
| 23 | 14 | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.2032 | 0:01.7481 |
| 24 | 30 | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.2148 | 0:01.7597 |
| 25 | 3 | Tony D’Alberto | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.4642 | 0:02.0091 |
| 26 | 11 | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.5116 | 0:02.0565 |
| 27 | 18 | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.5448 | 0:02.0897 |
| 28 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.9009 | 0:03.4458 |
