De Pasquale leads Brown, Le Brocq in Practice 1
Anton De Pasquale has carried on his strong form in Sydney with the fastest time in Practice 1.
De Pasquale, who won two races at Sydney Motorsport Park last weekend, opened his ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight account with a session-topping 1:29.880s.
It was the only lap of the session in the 1:29s bracket.
Erebus Motorsport rookie Will Brown, who followed De Pasquale home in last Sunday's Race 22, was second ahead of Tickford Racing's Jack Le Brocq.
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The 30-minute session, held in the heat of the afternoon, featured a stoppage midway through for Fabian Coulthard's stranded car.
De Pasquale was the first to set a representative time with a 1:30.584s on his first run.
Whincup slotted in behind with a 1:30.801s, with Shane van Gisbergen a further 0.2s adrift.
Percat split the Red Bull Ampol Racing entries with a 1:30.895s on his second run before Coulthard pulled off at Turn 4.
Coulthard's #19 Local Legends Commodore was later revealed to have been suffering a fuel pressure issue.
The Team Sydney driver returned to the session and set the 22nd quickest time.
Mark Winterbottom, who ended the session 21st, also complained of a power steering issue.
De Pasquale lowered his marker to a 1:29.880s, with Brown dropping into second, albeit 0.646s behind.
Cameron Waters rose to fourth with a 1:30.864s ahead of Percat, before both were demoted by Jack Le Brocq, Will Davison and Brodie Kostecki.
Tim Slade jumped from 18th to fifth as the chequered flag flew. Whincup ended the session eighth, with series leader van Gisbergen only 15th.
Wildcard duo Thomas Randle and Kurt Kostecki were 20th and 24th respectively.
Luke Youlden, who is standing in for David Reynolds at Kelly Grove Racing, ended the session 26th.
Cars will return to the track for Practice 2 at 3:20pm AEDT. Three-part Race 23 ARMOR ALL Qualifying will commence at 5:10pm, with Race 23 to start at 7:45pm.
Every session of the event will be broadcast live on Foxtel (Fox Sports 506) and streamed on Kayo from 12:30pm AEDT on both days.
The Seven Network will showcase highlights of the event.
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