Holdsworth beats Mostert in TCR Practice 2

Lee Holdsworth has beaten Chaz Mostert to Practice 2 honours as the pace dropped into the 2:15s in Round 3 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Mount Panorama.

In a frantic end to the second half-hour session of the day for the hot hatches, Mostert grabbed top spot after the chequered flag with the first ‘15’ of the weekend, only to lose it when Holdsworth came through and clocked the second.

The margin between the pace-setting Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo’s 2:15.8092s and the lead Melbourne Performance Centre Audi’s best lap was 0.1890s, with Dylan O’Keeffe 0.2231s further adrift in third in a Garry Rogers Motorsport Renault.

Under sunny skies, with the mercury in the mid-20s, it was John Martin who opened the batting with a 2:34.8046s in the #24 Wall Racing Honda.

Predictably, the benchmark lap time dropped rapidly in the opening minutes as Holdsworth moved it to a 2:20.8117s on his second flyer, Jordan Cox (Alfa Romeo) to a 2:18.3618s on his third, and Mostert to a 2:18.2482s on his fourth.

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Holdsworth became the first driver to beat Cox’s Practice 1 pace-setter when he clocked a 2:17.5879s on his fifth lap, shortly before Cox himself rolled out a 2:16.5868s.

Holdsworth then closed to a 2:17.0947s and Mostert to a 2:17.0577s at the end of their first runs, and the former started his second run with a 2:16.9151s.

O’Keeffe moved into second with a 2:16.6926s before Holdsworth was back on top with a 2:16.1023s on the second flyer of his second run.

O’Keeffe crept closer with a 2:16.2213s that would be his best inside the final two minutes of the session, setting the fastest first and third sectors in the process.

Mostert could not crack a fastest sector anywhere but was better across the full 6.213km in nailing a 2:15.9982s as drivers were finishing their final laps, but Holdsworth had just a little bit more.

Notably, the #10 Alfa Romeo was fastest in Sector 2, which runs across the top of the Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit.

Aaron Cameron saw to it that there would be four makes in the top four with a 2:16.4592s in his Peugeot, while Cox rounded out the top five with a 2:16.5868s.

Garth Tander was sixth with a 2:17.1939s in his Audi, ahead of Jay Hanson (Alfa Romeo), Martin, Tony D’Alberto (Honda), and Zac Soutar (Honda).

Qualifying, which is just a single session this weekend, starts tomorrow morning at 07:40 local time/AEDT.

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Results: Practice 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	10	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Lee Holdsworth	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	2:15.8092
2	25	MPC Bostik Racing	Chaz Mostert	Audi RS 3	2:15.9982	0:00.1890
3	33	Lowbake Racing GRM	Dylan O’Keeffe	Renault Megane RS	2:16.2213	0:00.4121
4	18	Team Valvoline GRM	Aaron Cameron	Peugeot 308 TCR	2:16.4592	0:00.6500
5	5	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jordan Cox	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	2:16.5868	0:00.7776
6	75	Melbourne Performance Centre	Garth Tander	Audi RS 3	2:17.1939	0:01.3847
7	9	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Jay Hanson	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	2:17.2434	0:01.4342
8	24	Mobil 1 Wall Racing	John Martin	Honda Civic Type R	2:17.3448	0:01.5356
9	50	Honda Wall Racing	Tony D’Alberto	Honda Civic Type R	2:17.4505	0:01.6413
10	110	Team Soutar Motorsport	Zac Soutar	Honda Civic Type R	2:17.5388	0:01.7296
11	333	Tilton Racing	Brad Shiels	Hyundai i30N	2:18.2462	0:02.4370
12	17	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	2:18.3225	0:02.5133
13	30	HMO Customer Racing	Josh Buchan	Hyundai i30N	2:18.6194	0:02.8102
14	11	HMO Customer Racing	Nathan Morcom	Hyundai i30N	2:18.8595	0:03.0503
15	15	Michael Clemente Motorsport	Michael Clemente	Honda Civic Type R	2:18.9112	0:03.1020
16	34	LMCT+ Racing GRM	James Moffat	Renault Megane RS	2:19.0494	0:03.2402
17	2	MPC Moutai	Luke King	Audi RS 3	2:19.3368	0:03.5276
18	71	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Ben Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	2:19.4354	0:03.6262
19	7	Valvoline Racing GRM	Michael Caruso	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	2:20.0168	0:04.2076
20	130	HMO Customer Racing	Duvashen Padayachee	Hyundai i30N	2:20.2706	0:04.4614
21	37	MPC Astrontech Racing	Chelsea Angelo	Volkswagen Golf GTI	2:21.9615	0:06.1523
22	97	Varta Batteries	Liam McAdam	Audi RS 3	2:26.6706	0:10.8614