In form Holden teams Red Bull Racing Australia, Brad Jones Racing and Fujitsu GRM have filled the top places in the first full field practice session of the day at Barbagallo.
Jamie Whincup proved just 0.0045s quicker than Fabian Coulthard, with the duo setting their best times in quick succession at the halfway mark of the 30 minute hit-out.
Coulthard had spent much of the opening 15 minutes in the pits after reporting an engine problem on his out lap.
The Lockwood Holden jumped immediately to the top upon returning to the track, although continued to operate without a working dash for the duration.
Practice 1 pace-setter Scott McLaughlin was third fastest from the BJR Holdens of Jason Bright and David Wall.
Will Davison, Alexandre Premat, Craig Lowndes, Alex Davison and Tony D’Alberto completed the top 10, with debutant Chaz Mostert a promising 11th.
As usual, the times were polluted by differing tyre quality, with both hard and soft compound pre-marked tyres allowed in the two set practice allocation.
Those towards the tail of the field included the three Walkinshaw Racing entries of James Courtney (23rd), Garth Tander (26th) and Russell Ingall (28th.
A third and final 30 minute practice session will take place from 1315 local time.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
| 1 | Red Bull Racing Australia | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.3712 | |
| 2 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.3757 | 0:00.0045 |
| 3 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Scott McLaughlin | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.4274 | 0:00.0562 |
| 4 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.4441 | 0:00.0729 |
| 5 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.4754 | 0:00.1042 |
| 6 | Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.5412 | 0:00.1700 |
| 7 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.5748 | 0:00.2036 |
| 8 | Red Bull Racing Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.6141 | 0:00.2429 |
| 9 | Jeld-wen FPR Ford | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.6234 | 0:00.2522 |
| 10 | Team HIFLEX | Tony D’Alberto | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.6323 | 0:00.2611 |
| 11 | Wilson Security Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.6503 | 0:00.2791 |
| 12 | Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.6674 | 0:00.2962 |
| 13 | Dodo Insurance Racing | Dean Fiore | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.7084 | 0:00.3372 |
| 14 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:56.8047 | 0:00.4335 |
| 15 | HHA Racing | Tim Slade | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:56.8825 | 0:00.5113 |
| 16 | Wilson Security Racing | Tim Blanchard | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.0166 | 0:00.6454 |
| 17 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima | 0:57.0427 | 0:00.6715 |
| 18 | ekol Racing | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore VF | 0:57.0451 | 0:00.6739 |
| 19 | The Bottle-O FPR Ford | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.0581 | 0:00.6869 |
| 20 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VF | 0:57.0803 | 0:00.7091 |
| 21 | Norton 360 Racing | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima | 0:57.2043 | 0:00.8331 |
| 22 | Norton 360 Racing | James Moffat | Nissan Altima | 0:57.3441 | 0:00.9729 |
| 23 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VF | 0:57.4622 | 0:01.0910 |
| 24 | TEKNO Team VIP | Shane Van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore VF | 0:57.4723 | 0:01.1011 |
| 25 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima | 0:57.5872 | 0:01.2160 |
| 26 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VF | 0:57.8978 | 0:01.5266 |
| 27 | SP Tools Racing | Maro Engel | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:58.1577 | 0:01.7865 |
| 28 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VF | 0:58.2524 | 0:01.8812 |
