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Whincup tops final practice

by Zane Shackleton
June 27, 2020
in Australia, News, Supercars
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Jamie Whincup has turned his opening session woes around by topping the final practice session at Sydney Motorsport Park.

A late charge by Scott McLaughlin and Shane Van Gisbergen saw the kiwi duo end up second and third.

Practice 1 times were instantly abolished as Whincup, who suffered a troubled opening session, set a 1.29.084 to leap himself to the top of the timing board in the opening few minutes.

The seven-time series champion then improved his own personal best to set a 1.28.8314, knocking on the door of qualifying times last time the championship visited the New South Wales venue.

Whincup’s time would not be headed as one-by-one his rivals failed to pip the Red Bull Commodore.

Erebus duo Anton De Pasquale and David Reynolds proved competitive out of the gates and carried their fine form into Free Practice 2.

De Pasqaule would end the session fifth, nine spots ahead of his teammate.

After a strong opening session, incumbent series champion Scott McLaughlin was evidently focused on their long stint performance.

The kiwi and DJR Team Penske teammate Fabian Coulthard accommodated the lowly positions until the final 10 minutes where they elevated themselves to second and seventh respectively.

A relatively clean session was almost interrupted when Van Gisbergen went for a wild ride along the grass at turn 3. Though barring some superficial damage the practice one leader continued on with his stint.

Next up for the field is qualifying followed by a Top 15 shootout which is set to begin from 3.15 pm NZT.

PosDriverSplit (+)
1Jamie Whincup 1:28.8314
2Scott McLaughlin0.1578
3Shane van Gisbergen0.1854
4Lee Holdsworth0.2198
5Anton De Pasquale0.2387
6Nick Percat0.2502
7Chaz Mostert0.4415
8Andre Heimgartner0.4416
9Macauley Jones0.4816
10Rick Kelly0.5631
11Fabian Coulthard0.5742
12Cameron Waters0.6232
13Todd Hazelwood0.6683
14David Reynolds0.7003
15Jack Le Brocq0.7997
16Garry Jacobson0.8075
17James Courtney0.8186
18Bryce Fullwood0.8212
19Mark Winterbottom0.9624
20Scott Pye0.9729
21Alex Davison1.1001
22Jack Smith1.2710
23Chris Pither1.3673
24Jake Kostecki1.7454

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