Winslow was a little further down the order in the dry session, the Briton claiming that a set-up experiment had left the team facing the wrong direction after topping the first outing.
The track changed a lot and we made a fairly radical set-up change that didn't quite work, he explained.
Leanne Tander was third fastest in the dry afternoon session, one position ahead of Winslow, whilst Mathew Sofi completed the top five. Neil McFadyen had an impressive debut in his Opes Prime / Piccola Scuderia Dallara, the car having been finished just days before the meeting to allow the 2004 Gold Star winner to make a return to the driving seat after a year on the sidelines. The day was a testing session of sorts for McFadyen, who's first tentative laps in the wet this morning were his first in an open-wheeler for over a year.
Stuart Kostera completed development work on the Scud Racing F307, in another deal only finalised on the eve of the event, while Chris Reindler topped the National Class brigade after Irishman Lee Farrell went fastest in the wet. The close competition with the revitalised Opes Prime National Class - run for cars built from 200204 - was highlighted as just tenths split Reindler and second-placed Daniel Schulz in the afternoon session.
I haven't had a lot of laps in the car before only about 50 before the meeting - so I had a lot to learn," Reindler commented, "But I feel like I'm gaining confidence quickly, so I'm really happy to finish my first day on top. There's still a bit left to tune and the track wasn't ideal [in the wet], but I think we have a pretty good chance at getting pole tomorrow, so I'm happy with our progress.
In the F3 Trophy Class, 16-year old Victorian Justin Tate was a stunning eleventh fastest in the wet conditions in practice one, and a similarly fast 16th outright in the second session, well clear of his Trophy rivals on both occasions.
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