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Van Gisbergen heads opening practice session

by Zane Shackleton
June 27, 2020
in Australia, News, Supercars
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Shane Van Gisbergen has topped the first Virgin Australia Supercars Practice session in 106 days with a sublime last gasp effort to pip championship leader Scott McLaughlin at the head of the timing sheets.

A frantic two-minute showdown to close the session saw a myriad of drivers set competitive lap times with Van Gisbergen the only driver to crack the 1.29 barrier.

Erebus Motorsport’s Anton De Pasqaule would end the session third fastest, a mere two-tenths separating the leading trio at the chequered flag.

The 24-strong field was greeted by breezy conditions around Sydney Motorsport Park with ambient temperatures in the low teens.

2010 series champion James Courtney was immediately on the pace of the front runners.

The 39-year-old cemented himself in second in the early stages of the session, narrowly ahead of Tickford stablemate Cam Waters.

It wasn’t entirely clean for Courtney however, a significant lockup at Turn 2 in the back stages of the session ruined the rest of his morning.

Jamie Whincup was a surprising omission from the top of the time sheets.

The #88 was sat in 21st for most of the 30-minute session and would eventually end up 23rd at the chequered flag.

The rest of the top ten was made up of Chaz Mostert, Waters, Mark Winterbottom, Fabian Coulthard, Todd Hazelwood, Andre Heimgartner and Lee Holdsworth.

Drivers will now have a short turn around before their second practice session which is scheduled to begin from 4 pm NZT.

PosDriverSplit (+)
1Shane van Gisbergen 1:28.9179
2Scott McLaughlin0.1607
3Anton De Pasquale0.1835
4Chaz Mostert0.5608
5Cameron Waters0.5639
6Mark Winterbottom0.5708
7Fabian Coulthard0.5918
8Todd Hazelwood0.5972
9Andre Heimgartner0.7361
10Lee Holdsworth0.7502
11David Reynolds0.7590
12Jack Le Brocq0.8069
13Scott Pye0.8446
14Rick Kelly0.8821
15Bryce Fullwood0.9826
16Alex Davison1.2925
17James Courtney1.3741
18Garry Jacobson1.6573
19Nick Percat1.7186
20Chris Pither1.7401
21Jack Smith1.7991
22Macauley Jones2.0696
23Jamie Whincup2.7868
24Jake Kostecki2.8667

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