Hanson tops TCR Practice 2 at Sandown

Audi pilot Jay Hanson has set the pace in the second and final practice session for Round 6 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Sandown.

The Melbourne Performance Centre driver clocked a 1:14.9570s which was not enough to knock off Bailey Sweeny’s Practice 1 effort of 1:14.7623s, but was faster than anyone else went in the day’s latter hit-out at the Melbourne circuit.

Hanson had been first to move the benchmark under 75 seconds when he clocked a 1:14.9570s in his new-generation RS 3 LMS once he got up to temperature in his first run proper.

He was still on top when Jordan Cox (Peugeot) triggered a red flag in the 11th minute after coming to a halt in Sector 2, although the Garry Rogers Motorsport steerer was able to drive back to the pits during the stoppage.

By then, Ashley Seward Motorsport’s Michael Caruso (Alfa Romeo) was second on a 1:14.9889s and series-leading Wall Racing driver Tony D’Alberto (Honda) third on a 1:14.9936s.

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The green flag came again in the 14th minute but, in a session shortened to 21 minutes after starting nine late due to an earlier hold-up in the event programme, no driver improved thereafter.

Sweeny (Hyundai) finished Practice 2 in fourth on a 1:15.2462s, from Lachlan Mineeff (Audi) on a 1:15.2472s, with the top 10 rounded out by Zac Soutar (Honda), Will Brown (Audi), Aaron Cameron (Peugeot), Josh Buchan (Hyundai), and Luke King (Hyundai).

Ben Bargwanna (Peugeot), who caused Practice 1 to be cut short with a prang at Dandenong Road, came back out in Practice 2 and was classified 17th.

Qualifying, to be held in the usual two-session format, gets underway tomorrow from 11:35 local time/AEST.

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Results: Practice 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	9	Melbourne Performance Centre	Jay Hanson	Audi RS 3	1:14.9570
2	10	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Michael Caruso	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1:14.9889	0:00.0319
3	50	Honda Wall Racing	Tony D’Alberto	Honda Civic Type R	1:14.9936	0:00.0366
4	130	HMO Customer Racing	Bailey Sweeny	Hyundai i30N	1:15.2462	0:00.2892
5	14	Forza Brakes Motorsport	Lachlan Mineeff	Audi RS 3	1:15.2472	0:00.2902
6	110	Team Soutar Motorsport	Zac Soutar	Honda Civic Type R	1:15.3752	0:00.4182
7	999	MPC Team LIQUI MOLY	William Brown	Audi RS 3	1:15.3884	0:00.4314
8	18	Team Valvoline GRM	Aaron Cameron	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:15.4536	0:00.4966
9	30	HMO Customer Racing	Josh Buchan	Hyundai i30N	1:15.5151	0:00.5581
10	2	MOUTAI /Zip Pay	Luke King	Hyundai i30N	1:15.6870	0:00.7300
11	22	Melbourne Performance Centre	Iain McDougall	Audi RS 3	1:16.0381	0:01.0811
12	34	LMCT+ Racing GRM	James Moffat	Renault Megane RS	1:16.0699	0:01.1129
13	41	Valvoline Racing GRM	Kody Garland	Renault Megane RS	1:16.2812	0:01.3242
14	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jordan Cox	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:16.8378	0:01.8808
15	15	Michael Clemente Motorsport	Michael Clemente	Honda Civic Type R	1:16.8776	0:01.9206
16	8	Lowbake GRM	Dylan O’Keeffe	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:17.3626	0:02.4056
17	71	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Ben Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	1:17.5037	0:02.5467
18	11	HMO Customer Racing	Nathan Morcom	Hyundai i30N	1:17.6799	0:02.7229