Bathurst Supercars: Mostert completes practice sweep

Mostert proved his Practice 1 pace was no fluke mid-way through the second session when he cleared the field by more than half a second with a 2m05.103s.

It wasn't until the final few minutes, when the new tyres came out for qualifying sims, that Mostert's time came under threat.

It was his former teammate Waters that lowered the benchmark, the Tickford ace banking the first four of the weekend with a 2m04.781s.

Mostert had the answer, though, responding on a final green tyre run with a 2m04.792s to grab top spot by 0.01s.

There was a handsome gap to the rest of the field, Scott Pye and Tim Slade both six-tenths behind Mostert. The pair traded blows in latter part of the session, Pye ultimately getting the better of Slade by 0.02s.

There was a pair of Boost-backed entries next in line, James Courtney leading Brodie Kostecki, with Bryce Fullwood seventh fastest.

Shane van Gisbergen finished eighth without getting the best of his new tyre run. The Kiwi had set two personal best sectors late in the session, only to run wide at The Chase.

Anton De Pasquale was best of the Dick Johnson Racing cars in ninth, ahead of Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison.

Jamie Whincup, meanwhile, had a quiet start to the season, the seven-time champ just 16th quickest.

There were no serious incidents in the session, although Macauley Jones did take an early trip into the sand at The Chase.

His Brad Jones Racing Holden needed to be recovered right as teammate Todd Hazelwood stopped on track with a power steering issue.

That prompted a brief red flag as both cars were retrieved.

Will Brown, meanwhile, didn't take part in the session as the race to repair his Erebus Holden in time for qualifying tomorrow continues.

The rookie did significant damage to his car in today's first session when he crunched into the wall on the way out of The Dipper.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	2'04.781
2	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	2'04.792	0.011	0.011
3	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.389	0.607	0.596
4	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.406	0.624	0.016
5	44	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.492	0.711	0.086
6	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.539	0.757	0.046
7	2	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.567	0.785	0.028
8	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.591	0.810	0.024
9	100	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.618	0.837	0.027
10	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.658	0.876	0.039
11	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.684	0.902	0.025
12	5	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.786	1.004	0.102
13	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.795	1.014	0.009
14	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.857	1.075	0.061
15	7	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.886	1.104	0.029
16	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.105	1.323	0.219
17	19	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.108	1.326	0.003
18	14	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.405	1.624	0.297
19	22	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.739	1.958	0.334
20	34	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.862	2.080	0.122
21	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	2'07.014	2.232	0.152
22	35	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	2'07.491	2.710	0.477
23	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	2'07.503	2.721	0.011
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