Brendan Lines

February 20, 2020

Practice 1 at the Adelaide 500 has been red-flagged as Lee Holdsworth came together with Garry Jacobson in the closing stages.

Holdsworth and Jacobson clash – Image Fox Sports

Holdsworth’s argument with his Matt Stone Racing rival on the exit of the Senna Chicane looked more like a racing incident than a practice session.

The incident cut short valuable track time which the teams would have wanted to gauge the new control damper and aero package for 2020.

Fastest for the session was Penrite Racing’s David Reynolds with a 1:20.686s.

“I think everyone did their time and then after that no one really ran any new tyres, so we’re kind of lucky there, it’s different for me but it’s very wild.” he said.

Reynolds wasn’t the only one having a wild time, as Red Bull’s Shane van Gisbergen had some ‘wild’ moments of his own.

The Kiwi had a wide moment at the infamous Turn 8 and parked up his Red Bull up the Wakefield st. escape road.

“We’ve been pretty lucky in previous years that we’ve had good shocks, but we’ve got these things we’re all battling,” he said.

Despite the rough ride, van Gisbergen was only .0098 seconds adrift from Reynolds, posting a 1:20.696s.

After a disappointing testing on Tuesday at The Bend, Reynolds says the new found speed is welcome.

“Tuesday was p-sixteen, so after that I was looking for a paper bag, but today the car’s rolled out and it felt good,” he said.

The Adelaide 500 continues tomorrow.