
James Golding in action at Phillip Island
James Golding was unbeaten in Friday practice for Round 2 of the VHT S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship at Phillip Island.
The S5000 field took to the track for a pair of 25-minute practice sessions ahead of Round 2 at the Victorian circuit.
Having topped Practice 1 Golding continued his form into the afternoon session, again leading the way.
The Team Valvoline GRM driver’s Practice 1-leading time, a 1:26.082s, was in fact quicker than his best effort which saw him top Practice 2 in similar sunny conditions.
Nathan Herne finished Practice 1 in second position but fell to fourth in the afternoon, while Tim Macrow jumped to the runner-up slot in Practice 2 from a seventh-place result in Practice 1.
Series leader Thomas Randle banked third in both sessions aboard the Castrol Racing-backed entry.
The two sessions were incident-free as teams ran through their practice programmes for the day.
Cars will return to the circuit for qualifying on Saturday at 09:30 local time/AEDT.
Results: Practice 1
Pos |
Num |
Team/Sponsor |
Driver |
Fastest lap |
Split |
1 |
31 |
Team Valvoline GRM |
James Golding |
1:26.0823 |
|
2 |
29 |
Team Valvoline GRM |
Nathan Herne |
1:26.2724 |
0:00.1901 |
3 |
49 |
Castrol Team ALABAR /Form700 |
Thomas Randle |
1:26.3903 |
0:00.3080 |
4 |
27 |
ALABAR/FORM700 Team BRM |
Joey Mawson |
1:26.4807 |
0:00.3984 |
5 |
96 |
Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Luis Leeds |
1:27.1753 |
0:01.0930 |
6 |
92 |
Modena Engineering |
Ricky Capo |
1:27.2363 |
0:01.1540 |
7 |
23 |
UCS Group Racing TMR |
Tim Macrow |
1:27.3165 |
0:01.2342 |
8 |
88 |
ACMFinance.com Racing |
Cooper Webster |
1:27.3470 |
0:01.2647 |
9 |
39 |
Yellow Tail Astuti Motorsport |
Antonio Astuti |
1:28.7564 |
0:02.6741 |
10 |
89 |
Willmington Racing |
Braydan Willmington |
1:28.9135 |
0:02.8312 |
Results: Practice 2
Pos |
Num |
Team/Sponsor |
Driver |
Fastest lap |
Split |
1 |
31 |
Team Valvoline GRM |
James Golding |
1:26.3672 |
|
2 |
23 |
UCS Group Racing TMR |
Tim Macrow |
1:26.8183 |
0:00.4511 |
3 |
49 |
Castrol Team ALABAR /Form700 |
Thomas Randle |
1:27.2247 |
0:00.8575 |
4 |
29 |
Team Valvoline GRM |
Nathan Herne |
1:27.2837 |
0:00.9165 |
5 |
92 |
Modena Engineering |
Ricky Capo |
1:27.6763 |
0:01.3091 |
6 |
96 |
Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Luis Leeds |
1:27.7171 |
0:01.3499 |
7 |
27 |
ALABAR/FORM700 Team BRM |
Joey Mawson |
1:27.9657 |
0:01.5985 |
8 |
88 |
ACMFinance.com Racing |
Cooper Webster |
1:28.2301 |
0:01.8629 |
9 |
39 |
Yellow Tail Astuti Motorsport |
Antonio Astuti |
1:28.6646 |
0:02.2974 |
10 |
89 |
Willmington Racing |
Braydan Willmington |
1:29.9636 |
0:03.5964 |
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