McLaughlin ups ante in second practice

Scott McLaughlin proved a quarter of a second quicker than the field as the pace increased in the second practice session at Barbagallo.

Practice 1 pace-setters Fabian Coulthard and James Courtney again set the early benchmarks before a series of drivers took newer tyres during the final 10 minutes.

Will Davison, David Reynolds and eventually McLaughlin popped to the top of the order, with the Volvo running consecutive laps of 56.21s and 55.92s to end up with the two fastest times.

Reynolds’ effort proved good enough for second fastest, albeit 0.25s behind the Volvo.

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Coulthard was third after a late lap of his own, ahead of Mark Winterbottom, Davison and Dale Wood.

Nick Percat, Jack Perkins, Tim Slade and Rick Kelly completed the top 10, with Slade having spent the middle part of the session atop the order.

The tough slog meanwhile continued down at Red Bull Racing, with Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes 22nd and 23rd respectively.

The third and final 20 minute practice session of the day is scheduled for 1410 local time.

See below for the full Practice 2 result

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	33	Scott McLaughlin	Valvoline Racing GRM	Volvo S60	0:55.9161
2	55	David Reynolds	The Bottle-O Racing Team	Ford Falcon FG	0:56.1677	0:00.2516
3	14	Fabian Coulthard	Lockwood Racing	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.2019	0:00.2858
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Pepsi Max Crew	Ford Falcon FG	0:56.2605	0:00.3444
5	9	Will Davison	Erebus Motorsport V8	Mercedes E63 AMG	0:56.3182	0:00.4021
6	21	Dale Wood	Team Advam/GB	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.3227	0:00.4066
7	222	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.3308	0:00.4147
8	18	Jack Perkins	Team JELD-WEN	Ford Falcon FG	0:56.3656	0:00.4495
9	47	Tim Slade	Supercheap Auto Racing	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.3876	0:00.4715
10	15	Rick Kelly	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Nissan Altima	0:56.3879	0:00.4718
11	16	Scott Pye	Wilson Security Racing	Ford Falcon FG	0:56.4124	0:00.4963
12	17	David Wall	Wilson Security Racing	Ford Falcon FG	0:56.4252	0:00.5091
13	36	Michael Caruso	Norton Hornets	Nissan Altima	0:56.5100	0:00.5939
14	6	Chaz Mostert	Ford Pepsi Max Crew	Ford Falcon FG	0:56.5177	0:00.6016
15	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.5484	0:00.6323
16	4	Lee Holdsworth	Erebus Motorsport V8	Mercedes E63 AMG	0:56.5844	0:00.6683
17	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Team Tekno VIP Petfoods	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.6650	0:00.7489
18	8	Jason Bright	Team BOC	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.7715	0:00.8554
19	23	Russell Ingall	Repair Management Aust Racing	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.7732	0:00.8571
20	34	Robert Dahlgren	Valvoline Racing GRM	Volvo S60	0:56.8610	0:00.9449
21	22	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.8908	0:00.9747
22	1	Jamie Whincup	Red Bull Racing Australia	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.9451	0:01.0290
23	888	Craig Lowndes	Red Bull Racing Australia	Holden Commodore VF	0:56.9664	0:01.0503
24	7	Todd Kelly	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Nissan Altima	0:56.9782	0:01.0621
25	360	James Moffat	Norton Hornets	Nissan Altima	0:57.5679	0:01.6518