Shane van Gisbergen set the fastest time in Friday practice for the 2023 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Event 11 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Gold Coast, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 27 Oct, 2023.
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Supercars: Van Gisbergen tops final practice for Gold Coast 500

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Repco Bathurst 1000 Champion Shane van Gisbergen has fired the first big shot of the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 with the quickest time in Friday practice.

The reigning Supercars champion clocked a 1:10.6673s to put nearly 0.2s on his closest rival, Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford star Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1 Optus Mustang).

Gold Coast 500 in Surfers Paradise
Gold Coast 500 in Surfers Paradise

Mostert jumped from sixth to second late on, with Jack Le Brocq (#34 Truck Assist Camaro) beating Practice 1 fast man Scott Pye (#20 Hino Camaro) to third.

Eight teams were represented in the top 10, with Cam Waters (#6 Monster Energy Mustang) and James Courtney (#6 Snowy River Caravans Mustang) making it a Tickford Racing five-six.

Championship leader Brodie Kostecki (#99 Coca-Cola Camaro) didn’t fire a shot, coming home 12th and some 0.7s behind van Gisbergen. However, Erebus boss Barry Ryan suggested Kostecki backed off on his final lap, which may have vaulted the #99 towards the top.

Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries Camaro), Will Brown (#9 Coca-Cola Camaro), James Golding (#31 Nulon Camaro) and Thomas Randle (#55 Castrol Mustang) rounded out the top 10.

Brown and future Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney caught early trouble in the 30-minute session, which was preceded by rain. Feeney, who ended up 13th in the session, spun at the Turn 4 hairpin, with Brown following in sympathy.

Friday Practice 2 Results

POS No. DRIVER TEAM TIME BEHIND LAPS
1 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team 1:10.667 +0.000 18
2 25 Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 1:10.865 +0.198 17
3 34 J. Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing 1:10.960 +0.292 15
4 20 S. Pye Team 18 1:10.972 +0.305 15
5 6 C. Waters Tickford Racing 1 1:10.975 +0.307 17
6 5 Courtney Tickford Racing 1 1:11.101 +0.434 17
7 8 Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 1:11.120 +0.452 15
8 9 W. Brown Penrite Racing – Erebus 1:11.148 +0.481 14
9 31 J. Golding PremiAir Subway Racing 1:11.153 +0.485 15
10 55 T. Randle Tickford Racing 2 1:11.286 +0.618 17
11 2 Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United 1:11.290 +0.622 16
12 99 B. Kostecki Penrite Racing – Erebus 1:11.409 +0.742 14
13 88 B. Feeney Red Bull Holden Racing Team 1:11.438 +0.771 18
14 14 B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing 1:11.446 +0.779 17
15 17 Davison Shell V-Power Racing Team 1:11.462 +0.794 16
16 26 Reynolds Penrite Racing 1:11.533 +0.866 15
17 18 Winterbottom Team 18 1:11.627 +0.960 16
18 11 A. de Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Team 1:11.692 +1.025 17
19 23 Slade PremiAir Subway Racing 1:11.702 +1.035 14
20 96 M. Jones Brad Jones Racing (2) 1:11.730 +1.063 16
21 3 T. Hazelwood CoolDrive Racing 1:11.736 +1.069 14
22 19 M. Payne Penrite Racing 1:11.789 +1.122 16
23 4 J. Smith Brad Jones Racing (2) 1:12.190 +1.523 15
24 35 C. Hill Matt Stone Racing 1:12.200 +1.533 17
56 D. Fraser Tickford Racing 2 +0.000 0