Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale takes Friday practice top spot clean sweep
Anton De Pasquale completed a practice clean sweep at Sydney Motorsport Park by topping the half-hour night session.
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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