Gold Coast 600: Mostert tops opening practice

Will Davison jumped to the top of the charts in the early going at a 1:12.59, but that was quickly lowered as leaderboard shuffled rapidly during the 30-minute practice session.

The DJR Team Penske duo found their way to the top of the time sheets with Scott McLaughlin leading the way after ten minutes with a 1:11.8059.

Shane van Gisbergen pipped McLaughlin at the twelve-minute mark however with a 1:11.8059, which he later improved to a 1:11.2823. He remained at the top until four minutes remained in the session when Michael Caruso launched to the top of the board with a 1:11.1445.

But just a minute later, it was Mostert who rocketed up to P1, narrowly missing out on dropping down into the tens with a 1:11.2823 lap.

With one minute and seven seconds to go in the session, Mostert's place atop the leaderboard was secured when Simona de Silvestro found the wall in the final corner, ending the session. She is one of five rookies making their first start in the Gold Coast 600 this weekend.

Behind Mosert and Caruso, Van Gisbergen, Lee Holdsworth and Alex Premat rounded out the top five. David Reynolds, Jamie Whincup, Jack Perkins, James Moffat and Mark Winterbottom filled out the remaining spots inside the top ten.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	55	Steven Owen   Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG-X	17	1'11.0597			149.958
2	23	Michael Caruso   Dean Fiore	Nissan Altima	14	1'11.1445	0.0848	0.0848	149.779
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen   Matt Campbell	Holden Commodore VF	15	1'11.1754	0.1157	0.0309	149.714
4	18	Lee Holdsworth   Karl Reindler	Holden Commodore VF	16	1'11.2187	0.1590	0.0433	149.623
5	17	Alexandre Prémat   Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon FG-X	17	1'11.3937	0.3340	0.1750	149.256
6	9	David Reynolds  Luke Youlden	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'11.5506	0.4909	0.1569	148.929
7	88	Jamie Whincup   Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VF	15	1'11.6542	0.5945	0.1036	148.714
8	22	James Courtney   Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'11.6906	0.6309	0.0364	148.638
9	34	James Moffat   Richard Muscat	Holden Commodore VF	16	1'11.7289	0.6692	0.0383	148.559
10	5	Mark Winterbottom   Dean Canto	Ford Falcon FG-X	15	1'11.7308	0.6711	0.0019	148.555
11	12	Tony D'Alberto   Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon FG/X	15	1'11.7354	0.6757	0.0046	148.545
12	14	Tim Slade   Andre Heimgartner	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'11.7809	0.7212	0.0455	148.451
13	15	Rick Kelly   David Wall	Nissan Altima	13	1'11.8495	0.7898	0.0686	148.310
14	888	Steven Richards   Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	14	1'11.8693	0.8096	0.0198	148.269
15	8	Nick Percat   Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VF	16	1'11.9180	0.8583	0.0487	148.168
16	19	Jonathon Webb   Will Davison	Holden Commodore VF	11	1'11.9455	0.8858	0.0275	148.112
17	2	Warren Luff   Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'11.9604	0.9007	0.0149	148.081
18	33	Garth Tander   James Golding	Holden Commodore VF	15	1'12.0256	0.9659	0.0652	147.947
19	20	Todd Kelly   Jack Le Brocq	Nissan Altima	15	1'12.2210	1.1613	0.1954	147.547
20	99	Dale Wood   Chris Pither	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'12.2851	1.2254	0.0641	147.416
21	6	Richie Stanaway   Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG-X	15	1'12.3469	1.2872	0.0618	147.290
22	21	Tim Blanchard   Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'12.5961	1.5364	0.2492	146.784
23	78	Simona de Silvestro   David Russell	Nissan Altima	16	1'12.8318	1.7721	0.2357	146.309
24	56	Jason Bright   Garry Jacobson	Ford Falcon FG-X	14	1'12.9392	1.8795	0.1074	146.094
25	3	Aaren Russell   Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'13.1620	2.1023	0.2228	145.649
26	62	Alex Davison   Alex Rullo	Holden Commodore VF	16	1'14.6779	3.6182	1.5159	142.692