The session obtained off an interrupted began, the primary stoppage of the day coming simply six minutes in when Will Brown got here to a cease on observe.
The difficulty was a flat battery in his Erebus Holden courtesy of a defective alternator.
Even as soon as Brown’s automotive was recovered the stoppage continued because it grew to become clear the tyre bundles on the seaside chicane weren’t positioned appropriately.
Having been moved again for the Carrera Cup observe session they hadn’t repositioned for the Supercars session, one thing remedied by observe staff earlier than the session resumed.
To that time Cam Waters was the pacesetter because of a 1m11.044s set moments earlier than the purple flag.
Nonetheless he had additionally brushed the wall throughout his first run, Tickford Racing utilizing the break to re-align the wheels on his Mustang.
When the session resumed Waters continued to set the tempo, changing into the primary driver into the 1m10s with a 1m10.892s.
Shane van Gisbergen was comparatively quiet for a lot of the session, the Kiwi even taking a visit down escape highway proper earlier than the purple flag.
However with six minutes to go he made his transfer, vaulting to the highest of the occasions with a 1m10.741s.
That point final till the ultimate minute when there was a raft of enhancements because of qualifying sims.
Will Davison was the primary to leap van Gisbergen with a 1m10.739s, earlier than Waters trumped all of them with a 1m10.721s proper on the flag.
“It was a bit bit wild, scraping all of the fences,” mentioned Waters. “In all probability a bit too shut for my liking.
“However the automotive is quick. We positively made a couple of enhancements between the practices, in order that’s good. We’ll see how we go tomorrow.”
Van Gisbergen’s time was nonetheless adequate for third forward of late improver Chaz Mostert, the highest 4 all inside a tenth of the tempo.
David Reynolds was fifth quickest from Andre Heimgartner, who appeared set to enhance on his closing run earlier than ending up down an escape highway.
Anton De Pasquale was seventh quickest, Percat eighth, Brown ninth and Mark Winterbottom tenth.
The on-track motion for the Gold Coast 500 continues with qualifying for Race 1 at 11:25am native time tomorrow.
