Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale takes Friday practice top spot clean sweep

Conditions were significantly cooler than during the earlier session, with times almost immediately eclipsing De Pasquale's Practice 1 benchmark.

Within five minutes Nick Percat became the first driver to break the 1m30s mark, the Brad Jones Racing driver going quickest with a 1m29.631s.

At the 10-minute mark the Red Bull Holdens took over at the top, Jamie Whincup with a 1m29.041s just seconds before being edged by Shane van Gisbergen's 1m29.449s.

Those times lasted until the frantic final two minutes when much of the field switched to green rubber.

New Dunlops helped Whincup leapfrog his team-mate, to see the #88 move three-tenths clear of the #97.

But De Pasquale jumped both the Red Bull Holdens, and comfortably, his final margin over two-tenths faster than Whincup.

"They don't hand out trophies for Friday practice," said De Pasquale.

"We learnt a lot about the car and what we need to do, but tomorrow it looks like the weather is going to change up a bit, degrees and wind and all the stuff that makes the car handle different.

"It's going to be tight tomorrow, we know that. But so far, so good. Three months on the bench... to drive a car again is fun, to be fastest is even better."

Van Gisbergen, meanwhile, was happy enough in third given he felt he didn't get the best out of his green tyre run.

"Pretty good [day]," said the Kiwi. "I didn't do the best lap, Jamie is a bit ahead. And Anton is a fair way up the road again. We've got work to do, but it's not too bad."

Brodie Kostecki capped off a promising day in fourth spot, followed by Nick Percat, Chaz Mostert, Scott Pye, Todd Hazelwood, Will Brown and David Reynolds.

Cam Waters was just 11th quickest, the Tickford spearhead jumping to fifth on his green tyre run at the end before being shuffled back down the order.

Supercars Sydney - FP2 results

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval
1	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	12	1'28.806
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	11	1'29.041	0.235	0.235
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'29.381	0.574	0.339
4	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	9	1'29.395	0.589	0.014
5	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	11	1'29.444	0.638	0.048
6	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'29.511	0.705	0.067
7	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	11	1'29.616	0.810	0.105
8	14	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	8	1'29.661	0.855	0.044
9	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	11	1'29.736	0.929	0.074
10	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	10	1'29.739	0.932	0.003
11	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	16	1'29.768	0.961	0.028
12	2	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'29.923	1.117	0.155
13	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'29.933	1.127	0.009
14	19	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	9	1'29.963	1.156	0.029
15	7	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	10	1'30.011	1.205	0.048
16	34	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'30.058	1.252	0.047
17	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	8	1'30.262	1.456	0.203
18	5	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	16	1'30.335	1.528	0.072
19	44	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	15	1'30.401	1.594	0.066
20	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	12	1'30.453	1.647	0.052
21	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'30.542	1.736	0.089
22	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	10	1'30.766	1.960	0.223
23	22	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	11	1'30.916	2.110	0.150
24	35	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	10	1'31.601	2.794	0.684
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