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Andrew van Leeuwen

Gold Coast Supercars: Davison tops first practice

It was van Gisbergen that led the way for the majority of the session after going quickest on his first run with a 1m11.593s on his first run.

He then lowered the benchmark to a 1m11.402s and then a 1m11.240s all inside the first third of the session.

The Kiwi did look to improve as the session wore on, one particular purple sector lap ruined by a kerb strike.

He then fell hundredths of a second short of improving with a minute to go.

That left him exposed to a late charge from Davison, who jumped to second late in the session before leapfrogging van Gisbergen with a 1m11.221s right at the flag.

Cam Waters, the last driver that can mathematically beat van Gisbergen to the title, was third fastest followed by Chaz Mostert.

Mark Winterbottom was fifth fastest while David Reynolds, Nick Percat and Anton De Pasquale were all within half a second of the pace.

Andre Heimgartner and Jack Le Brocq were ninth and 10th fastest.

Practice continues with a second half-hour session starting at 3:15pm local time.

Gold Coast 500 Practice 1 results

Cla # Driver Car Time Gap Interval
1 17 Australia Will Davison Ford Mustang GT 1'11.2213    
2 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.2401 0.0188 0.0188
3 6 Australia Cameron Waters Ford Mustang GT 1'11.4790 0.2577 0.2389
4 25 Australia Chaz Mostert Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.5147 0.2934 0.0357
5 18 Australia Mark Winterbottom Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.5274 0.3061 0.0127
6 26 Australia David Reynolds Ford Mustang GT 1'11.5838 0.3625 0.0564
7 2 Australia Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.6086 0.3873 0.0248
8 11 Australia Anton De Pasquale Ford Mustang GT 1'11.6554 0.4341 0.0468
9 8 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.7520 0.5307 0.0966
10 34 Australia Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.7654 0.5441 0.0134
11 31 Australia James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.8151 0.5938 0.0497
12 10 Australia Lee Holdsworth Ford Mustang GT 1'11.8201 0.5988 0.0050
13 35 Australia Todd Hazelwood Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.8402 0.6189 0.0201
14 99 Brodie Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.8407 0.6194 0.0005
15 3 Australia Tim Slade Ford Mustang GT 1'11.8460 0.6247 0.0053
16 22 New Zealand Chris Pither Holden Commodore ZB 1'11.8490 0.6277 0.0030
17 5 Australia James Courtney Ford Mustang GT 1'11.9084 0.6871 0.0594
18 55 Australia Thomas Randle Ford Mustang GT 1'11.9255 0.7042 0.0171
19 9 Australia Will Brown Holden Commodore ZB 1'12.0345 0.8132 0.1090
20 20 Australia Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 1'12.0408 0.8195 0.0063
21 88 Broc Feeney Holden Commodore ZB 1'12.4460 1.2247 0.4052
22 4 Australia Jack Smith Holden Commodore ZB 1'12.7440 1.5227 0.2980
23 96 Australia Macauley Jones Holden Commodore ZB 1'12.7898 1.5685 0.0458
24 56 Australia Jake Kostecki Ford Mustang GT 1'12.7927 1.5714 0.0029
25 14 Australia Bryce Fullwood Holden Commodore ZB 1'12.9904 1.7691 0.1977
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