It doesn't mean much, but Lee Holdsworth was the quickest guy on Mount Panorama this morning.
Preston Hire Racing's man unleashed the best time of the 20 minute warm-up before giving his co-driver Karl Reindler a go in the last five minutes of the session.
Just 0.0753 seconds separated the top five as the drivers enjoyed an early shakedown before the race start.
“It’s such a long day today and anything can happen with this weather,” said Holdsworth. “This morning I feel like we’ve made some headway. To do that time felt quite comfortable. It feels like a good race car.” Forget about the predictions of a washout. The forecast afternoon rain has been wound back to 1-5mm but a number of teams decided to break in their wet tyres anyway. An overnight rule change meant the tyre allocation was increased just in case the heavens open. Shell V-Power Racing's Scott McLaughlin and Alex Premat will start from pole position after yesterday's record lap by the 24 year old New Zealander.