Audi on top after late red flag ends Practice 2

Audi has led a red flag interrupted second practice session at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour courtesy of Brad Schumacher.

After most of the pro drivers turned laps in the opening hit-out Practice 2 saw the Bronze-rated drivers venture out on track for 30 minutes of running.

Despite a morning shower, the track was relatively dry by the end of the Am-driver session with the sun peeking through the clouds.

Schumacher, driving the #74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline entry, bettered his own early effort lowering the benchmark to a 2:06.580s with five minutes remaining.

That would not be beaten with a late red flag cutting the session short when the #50 KTM X-Bow GT2 reportedly stopped out on track at The Chase before returning to the pit lane.

Yasser Shahin in the sister #777 Audi, who initially traded best times with Schumacher, finished the encounter second when the red flag came out.

Liam Talbot took the #65 Coinspot to third in the final 10 minutes but was a full second off Schumacher’s session-topping effort.

The #75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Martin Konrad, and Tony Bates at the wheel of the #24 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II, rounded out the top five.

Schumacher’s best time as an Am driver was two seconds off the pro-rated Ricardo Feller in Practice 1.

The Bathurst 12 Hour field will be back out on track for Practice 3 at 15:15 local time/AEST.

Results: Practice 2

Pos	#	Team	Driver	Car	Class	Fastest lap	Gap
1	74	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Brad Schumacher	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	APA	2:06.5805
2	777	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Yasser Shahin	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	APA	2:06.7821	+0.2016
3	65	Coinspot	Liam Talbot	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	APA	2:07.6503	+1.0698
4	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	K.Habul/M.Konrad	Mercedes AMG GT3	APA	2:07.9153	+1.3348
5	24	Tony Bates Racing	Tony Bates	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	APA	2:08.0656	+1.4851
6	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Jefri Ibrahim	Mercedes AMG GT3	APA	2:08.6860	+2.1055
7	52	Wheels/ FX Racing PNG	Zane Morse	MARC II V8	I	2:09.4883	+2.9078
8	47	Supabarn	James Koundouris	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	AAM	2:10.1466	+3.5661
9	6	Wall Racing	A.Deitz/G.Denyer	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	APA	2:10.5432	+3.9627
10	95	MARC Cars Australia	J.Camilleri/D.Fraser	MARC II V8	I	2:10.7226	+4.1421
11	91	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	Kevin Tse	Mercedes AMG GT3	APA	2:10.8593	+4.2788
12	4	Grove Racing	Stephen Grove	Porsche 911 GT3R	APA	2:11.2254	+4.6449
13	55	Valmont Racing	S.Pires/M.Zalloua	Mercedes AMG GT3	AAM	2:11.7492	+5.1687
14	222	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Geoff Emery	Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II	C	2:12.0058	+5.4253
15	9	Hallmarc	Marc Cini	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	APA	2:12.5786	+5.9981
16	45	RAM Motorsport	M.Sheargold/G.Walden	Mercedes AMG GT3	AAM	2:13.4795	+6.8990
17	17	Team BRM	Mark Rosser	Audi R8 GT3 Evo II	APA	2:15.4439	+8.8634
18	11	Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport	I.Padayachee/A.Zerefos	Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II	C	2:20.0359	+13.4554
19	50	M Motorsport/ Vantage Racing	David Crampton	KTM X-Bow GT2	I	2:20.0718	+13.4913