O’Keeffe leads Renault one-two in TCR Practice 2

Dylan O’Keeffe set the pace while fellow Renault driver James Moffat was second-quickest in Practice 2 for Round 4 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Sydney Motorsport Park.

O’Keeffe clocked a 1:34.1055s in the final four minutes while Moffat managed a best of 1:34.4594s, meaning a Megane was quickest in both of the day’s 30-minute hit-outs after the latter topped Practice 1 with a 1:35.3691s.

It was three GRM entries in the top three thanks to Alfa Romeo driver Jordan Cox, and four in the top five courtesy also of Jason Bargwanna in a Peugeot.

Splitting them up was Wall Racing’s Tony D’Alberto in a Honda, while series leader Chaz Mostert was 13th-fastest in a Melbourne Performance Centre Audi.

Mostert’s nearest title rival, Aaron Cameron, set the fastest first flyer in one of the GRM Peugeots, a 1:37.7357s, before Wall Racing enjoyed a spell on top courtesy of its two drivers.

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D’Alberto, in Car #50, moved the marker to a 1:35.4857s on the second flyers before John Martin clocked back-to-back fastest laps, a 1:35.2324s followed by a 1:35.1076s, in the #24 Honda.

Martin was quickly usurped by Nathan Morcom’s (Hyundai) 1:35.0894s, after which Cox set a 1:34.6620s which left him in the lead for around 15 minutes.

It was then that O’Keeffe set what would be the fastest lap of the session, before Moffat moved to third on a 1:34.6786s and then finally to second.

O’Keeffe, however, would have the two quickest laps of the afternoon given he also rolled out a 1:34.1897s in the meantime.

Cox stayed on his aforementioned time while D’Alberto got down to a 1:34.7868s and Bargwanna put in a 1:35.0349s after the chequered flag.

Rounding out the top 10 were Morcom, Martin, Luke King (Audi), Michael Caruso (Alfa Romeo), and Lee Holdsworth (Alfa Romeo), while Mostert’s personal best was a 1:35.7057s

Qualifying for the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series field at the Sydney Shannons Motorsport Australia Championships event gets underway tomorrow morning at 09:00 local time/AEST.

Results: Practice 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	33	Lowbake Racing GRM	Dylan O’Keeffe	Renault Megane RS	1:34.1055
2	34	LMCT+ Racing GRM	James Moffat	Renault Megane RS	1:34.4594	0:00.3539
3	5	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jordan Cox	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1:34.6620	0:00.5565
4	50	Honda Wall Racing	Tony D’Alberto	Honda Civic Type R	1:34.7868	0:00.6813
5	17	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:35.0349	0:00.9294
6	11	HMO Customer Racing	Nathan Morcom	Hyundai i30N	1:35.0894	0:00.9839
7	24	Mobil 1 Wall Racing	John Martin	Honda Civic Type R	1:35.1076	0:01.0021
8	2	MPC Moutai Racing	Luke King	Audi RS 3	1:35.2137	0:01.1082
9	150	Valvoline Racing GRM	Michael Caruso	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1:35.3231	0:01.2176
10	10	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Lee Holdsworth	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1:35.4363	0:01.3308
11	71	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Ben Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:35.5246	0:01.4191
12	30	HMO Customer Racing	Josh Buchan	Hyundai i30N	1:35.5877	0:01.4822
13	25	MPC Bostik Racing	Chaz Mostert	Audi RS 3	1:35.7057	0:01.6002
14	15	Michael Clemente Motorsport	Michael Clemente	Honda Civic Type R	1:36.2796	0:02.1741
15	333	Tilton Racing	Brad Shiels	Hyundai i30N	1:36.3155	0:02.2100
16	130	HMO Customer Racing	Duvashen Padayachee	Hyundai i30N	1:36.3553	0:02.2498
17	155	Team Valvoline GRM	Aaron Cameron	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:36.4501	0:02.3446
18	110	Team Soutar Motorsport	Zac Soutar	Honda Civic Type R	1:36.5622	0:02.4567
19	14	Purple Sector / Southern Star	Lachlan Mineeff	Volkswagen Golf GTI	1:36.6905	0:02.5850
20	37	MPC Astrontech Racing	Chelsea Angelo	Volkswagen Golf GTI	1:37.1707	0:03.0652
21	9	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Jay Hanson	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1:37.3545	0:03.2490
22	111	AH Racing	Michael King	Hyundai i30N	1:38.2654	0:04.1599