Cox fastest as Coulthard impresses in TCR

Fabian Coulthard has impressed in Supercheap Auto TCR Australia practice at Phillip Island, even if he was pipped late by Jordan Cox.

Coulthard sat atop the timesheet for a fair chunk of Practice 2 this afternoon on a 1:36.5938s.

That effort had him more than four tenths clear of nearest threat Cox at the halfway mark, although the latter would inch ahead in the final few laps before qualifying tomorrow.

Cox’s best time of a 1:36.5701s left him just 0.0237s ahead of second-placed Coulthard at the close of play.

After a slow start to life in TCR for the 13-time Supercars Championship race winner, the #24 Stan Sport Honda’s pace offers a promising sign of front-running potential.

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Coulthard had only once before finished a TCR practice, qualifying or race session inside the top 10, that being Practice 2 at Symmons Plains last month when he was fourth fastest.

Notably, no driver managed to knock off the Practice 1 benchmark laid down by the #9 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi of Jay Hanson (1:36.2042s).

Hanson wound up seventh in afternoon practice, with Aaron Cameron, Josh Buchan, Dylan O’Keeffe and Ben Bargwanna third through sixth.

Will Brown, Michael Caruso and Kody Garland completed the top 10, all of whom were within a second of Cox.

The TCR field will next be on track tomorrow at 11:20 (local time/AEDT) for the start of qualifying.

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Results: Practice 2, Supercheap Auto TCR Australia

Pos	Number	Driver	Model	Best lap	Diff
1	33	Jordan Cox	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:36.5701
2	24	Fabian Coulthard	Honda Civic Type R TCR	1:36.5938	+0.0237
3	18	Aaron Cameron	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:36.7512	+0.1811
4	30	Josh Buchan	Hyundai i30N TCR	1:36.8366	+0.2665
5	8	Dylan O’Keeffe	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:36.9487	+0.3786
6	71	Ben Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:37.0314	+0.4613
7	9	Jay Hanson	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	1:37.1003	+0.5302
8	999	Will Brown	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	1:37.1981	+0.6280
9	10	Michael Caruso	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	1:37.2233	+0.6532
10	41	Kody Garland	Renault Megane R.S. TCR	1:37.5628	+0.9927
11	11	Nathan Morcom	Hyundai i30N TCR	1:37.8023	+1.2322
12	97	Liam McAdam	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	1:37.8440	+1.2739
13	110	Zac Soutar	Honda Civic Type R TCR	1:37.9064	+1.3363
14	130	Bailey Sweeny	Hyundai i30N TCR	1:38.0433	+1.4732
15	50	Tony D’Alberto	Honda Civic Type R TCR	1:38.1220	+1.5519
16	333	Brad Shiels	Hyundai i30N TCR	1:38.2377	+1.6676
17	34	James Moffat	Renault Megane R.S. TCR	1:38.3637	+1.7936
18	22	Iain McDougall	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	1:38.4631	+1.8930
19	15	Michael Clemente	Honda Civic Type R TCR	1:38.7048	+2.1347
20	89	Braydan Willmington	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	1:39.0006	+2.4305
21	14	Lachlan Mineeff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	1:39.6110	+3.0409