Ryan Wood during Formula Regional Oceania Trophy practice at Hampton Downs. Image: John Cowpland
Former McLaren junior Ugo Ugochukwu topped Practice 1 for M2 Competition on a 1:30.047s, just 0.001s ahead of Hitech TGR driver Kanato Le. Wood, meanwhile, wound up third and meagre 0.003s away.
Australia’s James Wharton improved on Thursday’s test, ending up fifth for HMD Motorsports/TJ Speed behind Hitech’s Jin Nakamura.
The morning’s session was punctuated by a spin for Red Bull junior Ernesto Rivera, who took out a styrofoam sponsorship hoarding at the Double B turns.
Wood controlled Practice 2 with a 1:30.234s, putting 0.042s on Nakamura. Le was third, Ugochukwu fourth, and Freddie Slater fifth.
Practice 3 was when the quickest time came, however. Wood clocked a 1:29.764s on his final flying lap.
He stood as the only driver in the 1m29s bracket. Slater continued to improve, going second-fastest with a 1:30.051s to end the day 0.287s off Wood. Nakamura, Louis Sharp, and Wharton completed the top five.
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World Rally Championship winner Kalle Rovanpera set his best lap early in the day with a 1:30.782s in Practice 1. That was only good enough to go 13th, and he slid to 18th and 17th in the final two sessions.
Qualifying gets underway at 7:30am AEDT on Saturday. That will be followed by Race 1 at 10am AEDT and Race 2 at 1:12pm AEDT.
Results: Formula Regional Oceania Trophy Hampton Downs, Practice 1
Pos
Num
Driver
Lap
Diff
Laps
Best Lap
1
4
Ugo Ugochukwu
1:30.047
0
8
8
2
19
Kanato Le
1:30.048
0.001
8
7
3
40
Ryan Wood
1:30.050
0.003
8
8
4
12
Jin Nakamura
1:30.242
0.195
8
7
5
13
James Wharton
1:30.349
0.302
5
5
6
3
Zack Scoular
1:30.408
0.361
8
5
7
21
Yevan David
1:30.428
0.381
8
5
8
11
Louis Sharp
1:30.430
0.383
8
8
9
27
Freddie Slater
1:30.481
0.434
8
5
10
5
Yuanpu Cui
1:30.529
0.482
8
6
11
22
Sebastian Manson
1:30.622
0.575
6
6
12
24
Ernesto Rivera
1:30.724
0.677
8
7
13
69
Kalle Rovanpera
1:30.782
0.735
8
8
14
14
Cooper Shipman
1:30.883
0.836
8
8
15
52
Nolan Allaer
1:31.111
1.064
8
7
16
41
Ricardo Baptista
1:31.389
1.342
8
8
17
50
Jack Taylor
1:31.506
1.459
8
7
18
8
Trevor LaTourrette
1:33.276
3.229
7
7
19
33
Fionn McLaughlin
1:40.748
10.701
2
2
Results: Formula Regional Oceania Trophy Hampton Downs, Practice 2
Pos
Num
Driver
Lap
Diff
Laps
Best Lap
1
40
Ryan Wood
1:30.234
0
15
13
2
12
Jin Nakamura
1:30.276
0.042
10
9
3
19
Kanato Le
1:30.323
0.089
10
8
4
4
Ugo Ugochukwu
1:30.409
0.175
12
11
5
27
Freddie Slater
1:30.422
0.188
12
11
6
33
Fionn McLaughlin
1:30.511
0.277
14
11
7
21
Yevan David
1:30.602
0.368
11
7
8
22
Sebastian Manson
1:30.610
0.376
12
12
9
13
James Wharton
1:30.752
0.518
12
9
10
52
Nolan Allaer
1:30.768
0.534
12
10
11
14
Cooper Shipman
1:30.798
0.564
11
8
12
3
Zack Scoular
1:30.855
0.621
15
7
13
50
Jack Taylor
1:30.882
0.648
11
11
14
5
Yuanpu Cui
1:30.938
0.704
14
13
15
24
Ernesto Rivera
1:30.963
0.729
4
3
16
11
Louis Sharp
1:31.058
0.824
14
11
17
41
Ricardo Baptista
1:31.191
0.957
13
10
18
69
Kalle Rovanpera
1:31.369
1.135
14
9
19
8
Trevor LaTourrette
1:32.835
2.601
12
8
Results: Formula Regional Oceania Trophy Hampton Downs, Practice 3
Pos
Num
Driver
Lap
Diff
Laps
Best Lap
1
40
Ryan Wood
1:29.764
0
15
14
2
27
Freddie Slater
1:30.051
0.287
9
8
3
12
Jin Nakamura
1:30.190
0.426
9
6
4
11
Louis Sharp
1:30.201
0.437
13
13
5
13
James Wharton
1:30.243
0.479
15
14
6
24
Ernesto Rivera
1:30.305
0.541
14
14
7
4
Ugo Ugochukwu
1:30.323
0.559
11
7
8
5
Yuanpu Cui
1:30.451
0.687
14
14
9
3
Zack Scoular
1:30.456
0.692
13
12
10
19
Kanato Le
1:30.582
0.818
9
5
11
21
Yevan David
1:30.679
0.915
13
13
12
33
Fionn McLaughlin
1:30.741
0.977
10
9
13
52
Nolan Allaer
1:30.811
1.047
14
14
14
22
Sebastian Manson
1:30.814
1.050
14
11
15
50
Jack Taylor
1:30.963
1.199
14
13
16
41
Ricardo Baptista
1:31.100
1.336
14
11
17
69
Kalle Rovanpera
1:31.112
1.348
13
8
18
14
Cooper Shipman
1:31.318
1.554
14
12
19
8
Trevor LaTourrette
1:33.034
3.270
14
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