Supercars Finals Series: Practice 1&2; Mostert strong, others struggle as De Pasquale takes top spot in Practice One, with teammate David Reynolds top spot in Practice Two.

Triple Eight is looking for a better weekend than the one out at the Gold Coast. A P2 in both races for Feeney was not enough and he is looking for an opportunity to improve and ensure his position in the finals. Will Brown is looking to bounce back from the Gold Coast as it was not the best result and put him on the cusp of the top 7.

Each team in the top 7 will be looking for a race win. This is vital in maintaining position for that final 4. Whilst easier for some, one team may find it difficult. Walkinshaw Andretti United have only one driver in the top 7, Chaz Mostert. He is fast and very competitive, but can he steal a spot from someone else, so WAU can make it?

Practice 1:

This weekend, we have two practice sessions. These will be essential for everyone, especially those in the top 7. All the teams out early to use every minute in the session. They are aiming to optimise these sessions to work out what works where and how.

Anton De Pasquale with an early opportunity, taking advantage and jumping to the top of the session in position 1. Chaz Mostert having a good start as well maintaining his position in position 2, and David Reynolds in Position 3.

A very slow start to the weekend for the remaining 6 drivers working for a spot in the top 4, all being either close to or outside the top 10. They will need to work hard in the next practice session to ensure they know what to do and how to priotise their races.

The new driver in this weekend, Jayden Ojeda starting the weekend off well. Although he is lower in the field, every second for him is vital to ensure he knows the ins and outs of the car.

During this session, the soft tyre was the choice with every driver taking advantage of that tyre to provide a good time. Anton De Pasquale took out P1 with a 1:08.9632, followed by Chaz Mostert with a 1:09.0179 and David Reynolds with a similar time of 1:09.0803.

Your top 7 drivers; Kai Allen, Cam Waters, Chaz Mostert, Broc Feeney, Matt Payne, Will Brown and Thomas Randle. Source: Edge Photographics.

Top 7 in Practice 1:

2: Chaz Mostert

9: Cam Waters

10: Thomas Randle

11: Will Brown

12: Matt Payne

18: Broc Feeney

19: Kai Allen

Practice 2:

There was plenty of early promise for Team 18, with Anton P1 in the first session and Reynolds who initially topped the sessions, until Mostert moved up to position 1.

Cooper Murray also had plenty of promise in the second practice session. Ryan Wood with a great time 15 minutes into the session, he jumps Cooper Murray for position 3 and eventually jumps his own teammate Chaz Mostert with a 1:09.1418.

The top 7 are able to show their potential now in the second practice session. With 15 minutes to go, your top 7 are as follows: Matt Payne P1, Kai Allen P2, Chaz Mostert P5, P10 Thomas Randle, P12 Cam Waters, P15 Broc Feeney and P16 Will Brown.

Is the low track position from Triple Eight a plan and they'll show more pace in tomorrows session, or is this a bad sign for the duo?

Jayden Ojeda jumps to the top of the pack with a brilliant time of a 1:09.1232. This was a great result for the young driver, given his first weekend in the supercars as a full-time driver. Matt Payne eventually takes that position as well and we now begin the climb to the 1:08 times.

James Golding with a great time with just over 5 minutes to go and making it to position 2. A solid lap time, still outside of the 1:08, but a 1:09.0105 is extremely close to that. Cam Hill also shocking us all, jumping to the top of the times with 3 minutes remaining. The time was brilliant with a 1:08.8711, these times are going to be crucial over the weekend.

A better session for the top 7, as David Reynolds takes the top spot, followed by Chaz Mostert in P2 and Anton De Pasquale in P3. Feeney and Brown both with a better session (minus the spin from Brown) finishing in P4 and P7.