Slade fastest in Carrera Cup practice

Tim Slade has led fellow V8 Supercar drivers Nick Percat and Scott McLaughlin during practice for the mini-enduro Carrera Cup round at Phillip Island.

Slade’s efforts backed-up a solid performance by Tag Heuer Carrera Cup regular Adrian Mastronardo who was sixth overall in the semi-pro only practice earlier in the day.

Percat is once again sharing the driving duties this year with Shane Smollen while McLaughlin is back to defend his overall victory from last year with Stephen Grove.

It was a far cry from the corresponding event last year when Mastronardo crashed in slippery conditions on the Friday and sidelined the duo for the weekend.

Slade’s time came after a puncture midway through the session when he ran over debris.

Overall both the sessions for the semi-pro racers and the professionals ran without any major incidents.

Fastest in the semi-pro session was Dylon Thomas who is sharing with Nick Foster, with Geoff Emery setting the second fastest time in the Shae Davies’ entry. Third quickest was John Karytinos who is driving alongside Michael Almond.

Tomorrow qualifying is split into both professionals and semi-pro sessions; with the combined times making up the grid for the first 36 lap race.

VIDEO: Mastronardo and Slade speak after Friday practice

 

PRACTICE 2 : Carrera Cup – Phillip Island 

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	39	T.Slade	Veritas / Builtform	1:30.6402
2	56	N.Percat	McGrath Estate Agents	1:31.1948	0:00.5546
3	4	S.McLaughlin	Grove Group	1:31.3373	0:00.6971
4	10	D.Russell	Finanze Ezi	1:31.7534	0:01.1132
5	7	M.Campbell	Phase 8	1:31.7635	0:01.1233
6	222	D.Canto	Scott Taylor Motorsport	1:31.7761	0:01.1359
7	23	S.Owen	JBS Australia	1:31.8025	0:01.1623
8	77	N.McBride	Bob Jane T-Marts	1:31.8247	0:01.1845
9	1	S.Richards	Laser Plumbing & Electrical	1:31.9002	0:01.2600
10	777	N.Foster	Bob Jane T-Marts	1:31.9085	0:01.2683
11	8	C.Baird	Porsche Centre Melbourne	1:31.9103	0:01.2701
12	6	D.Fiore	Apartment Hotel	1:31.9107	0:01.2705
13	14	C.McConville	OPS Gateway	1:32.1668	0:01.5266
14	88	S.Davies	Davbridge Constructions	1:32.1822	0:01.5420
15	24	D.Gaunt	AFS/Top Cat	1:32.4759	0:01.8357
16	45	D.Padayachee	VIP Petfoods	1:32.4958	0:01.8556
17	9	C.Mies	Hallmarc	1:32.5005	0:01.8603
18	22	R.Muscat	Wilson Security/PAYCE/Genis	1:32.5032	0:01.8630
19	26	M.Almond	Copyworld Toshiba	1:32.6457	0:02.0055
20	65	F.Ross	Porsche Centre Brighton	1:32.7200	0:02.0798
21	13	A.Davison	MotorOne Car Care	1:32.9573	0:02.3171
22	11	S.Hodge	Team BRM	1:33.1847	0:02.5445

 

PRACTICE 1 : Carrera Cup – Phillip Island 

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	777	D.Thomas	Bob Jane T-Marts	1:33.1327
2	88	G.Emery	Davbridge Constructions	1:33.1946	0:00.0619
3	26	J.Karytinos	Copyworld Toshiba	1:33.4920	0:00.3593
4	24	T.Bates	AFS/Ned Whisky & Cola	1:33.6130	0:00.4803
5	23	R.Lago	JBS Australia	1:33.7336	0:00.6009
6	39	A.Mastronadro	Veritas / Builtform	1:33.8162	0:00.6835
7	56	S.Smollen	McGrath Estate Agents	1:33.9942	0:00.8615
8	4	S.Grove	Grove Group	1:34.0363	0:00.9036
9	13	J.Bergmuller	MotorOne Car Care	1:34.1536	0:01.0209
10	22	S.Walter	Wilson Security/PAYCE/Genis	1:34.1564	0:01.0237
11	14	J.Goodacre	OPS Gateway	1:34.2248	0:01.0921
12	77	N.Muston	Bob Jane T-Marts	1:34.4112	0:01.2785
13	65	D.Ryan	Porsche Centre Brighton	1:34.7488	0:01.6161
14	8	M.Twigg	Porsche Centre Melbourne	1:34.8837	0:01.7510
15	11	R.Angus	Team BRM	1:34.9794	0:01.8467
16	9	M.Cini	Hallmarc	1:35.1395	0:02.0068
17	6	A.Samadi	Apartment Hotel	1:35.1582	0:02.0255
18	7	T.Miles	Phase 8	1:35.2555	0:02.1228
19	1	D.Grant	Laser Plumbing & Electrical	1:35.3204	0:02.1877
20	10	J.Koundouris	Finanze Ezi	1:36.0535	0:02.9208
21	45	I.Padayach	VIP Petfoods	1:38.7689	0:05.6362
22	222	S.Taylor	Scott Taylor Motorsport	1:42.2120	0:09.0793