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