Free Practice 3 saw the #2 Audi top the times in the hands of Christopher Haase, the Audi heading a group of eight cars that were under 2:05 with a 2:04.514 Thereafter it was the #108 Bentley a couple of tenths astray with the repaired #888 back on track and third fastest in the hands of Jamie Whincup.
Ben Barker headed Class B in the Grove racing Porsche with the #91 MARC Mustang topping Class I and the #48 KTM topping Class C.
The session saw a red flag late on for a stationary #20 T2 Racing MARC Mustang, the car requiring recovery via flat-bed.
Paul Dalla Lana meanwhile was unamused at the response of race officials to the clash that saw his #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari hit from behind and pitched into the wall by Shane van Gisbergen’s #888 AMG in FP2. “Apparently I should just have pulled over and let him by!” said a fired up Dalla Lana
The crew meanwhile were closing in on completing the extensive repairs required for the car, working hard to get the car back on track for FP4 “but if not then certainly tomorrow”
