Mostert storms to the top in second practice

Prodrive Racing Australia’s Chaz Mostert lit up the timing screen as he topped the second one hour practice session at Winton Raceway.

Mostert saved his best for a run on hard tyres in the closing stages of the hitout to scale the top of the timesheets with a 1:23.01s effort at the Victorian circuit.

The Ford driver, who completed runs on both soft and hard compound rubber, climbed to the top in the final minutes of the session before going on to better his time in the Falcon FGX.

Nissan’s James Moffat emerged in second spot 0.2s adrift of Mostert with his best effort arriving on soft compound tyres.

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The factory Holden of James Courtney was third.

“It is a credit to the Prodrive guys who have put in some hard work over the last couple of weeks,” said Mostert.

“Perth was good and hopefully we can be good here too.

“The strength from this year’s car compared to last year’s is you can put it where you want it. We have been struggling for turn and we are getting there.”

Garry Rogers Motorsport’s Scott McLaughlin showed signs of strong pace in fourth ahead of Bottle-O Racing’s David Reynolds and Brad Jones Racing’s Fabian Coulthard.

Shane van Gisbergen, Michael Caruso, Lee Holdsworth and Craig Lowndes rounded out the top 10.

Championship contenders Jamie Whincup and Mark Winterbottom struggled for outright pace in 19th and 20th positions respectively.

Result: V8 Supercars Practice 2, Winton 

1	Pepsi Max Crew	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:23.01
2	Nissan Motorsport	James Moffat	Nissan Altima	1:23.26	0:00.2523
3	Holden Racing Team	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.45	0:00.4402
4	Wilson Security Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	1:23.50	0:00.4881
5	The Bottle-O Racing Team	D.Reynolds/D.Canto	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:23.50	0:00.4899
6	Freightliner Racing	F.Coulthard/L.Youlden	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.52	0:00.5138
7	Team Darrell Lea STIX	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.57	0:00.5590
8	Nissan Motorsport	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	1:23.62	0:00.6077
9	Walkinshaw Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.62	0:00.6141
10	Red Bull Racing Australia	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.63	0:00.6150
11	Repair Management Aust Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.67	0:00.6583
12	Nissan Motorsport	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:23.69	0:00.6821
13	Wilson Security Racing GRM	David Wall	Volvo S60	1:23.80	0:00.7910
14	Nissan Motorsport	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:23.85	0:00.8388
15	DJR Team Penske	Scott Pye	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:23.87	0:00.8577
16	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.87	0:00.8581
17	Team BOC	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VF	1:23.94	0:00.9303
18	Erebus Motorsport V8	W.Davison/J.Le Brocq	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:23.95	0:00.9431
19	Pepsi Max Crew	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:23.98	0:00.9681
20	Red Bull Racing Australia	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	1:24.03	0:01.0210
21	Super Black Racing	A.Heimgartner/ A.Pedersen	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:24.07	0:01.0642
22	Team Cooldrive	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	1:24.21	0:01.1980
23	Erebus Motorsport V8	Ashley Walsh	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:24.22	0:01.2124
24	Supercheap Auto Racing	T.Slade/T.D’Alberto	Holden Commodore VF	1:24.46	0:01.4510
25	GB Galvanizing Racing	Dale Wood	Holden Commodore VF	1:24.60	0:01.587