Photo: Toyota Racing Series
Neale Motorsport’s James Munro posted the quickest lap over the two Thursday practice sessions for the second Toyota Racing Series round at Timaru.
The M2 title favorite duo of Steijn Schothorst and Egor Orudzhev ran the show in session one, with the Dutchman going 0.1s quicker.
The Victory pair of Michael Scott and Damon Leitch were third and fourth respectively, ahead of rookies Macauley Jones, Munro and Martin Kodric. Brandon Leitch, Jann Mardenborough and Matevos Isaakyan completed the top ten.
The second session saw newcomers set the pace, with Formula Ford NZ champion Munro leading Jones. Schothorst was third, with championship leader Martin Rump and two-time TRS race winner Orudzhev rounding out the top five.
Damon Leitch posted the sixth-best time, finishing the session ahead of Ryan Tveter, Levin Amweg, Pedro Piquet and Denis Korneev.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | P1 | P2 |
| 1 | James Munro | Neale Motorsport | 00:58.847 | 00:57.964 |
| 2 | Macauley Jones | M2 Competition | 00:58.827 | 00:58.176 |
| 3 | Steijn Schothorst | M2 Competition | 00:58.552 | 00:58.268 |
| 4 | Martin Rump | Giles Motorsport | 00:59.312 | 00:58.311 |
| 5 | Egor Orudzhev | M2 Competition | 00:58.656 | 00:58.349 |
| 6 | Damon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 00:58.778 | 00:58.439 |
| 7 | Ryan Tveter | Giles Motorsport | 00:59.734 | 00:58.469 |
| 8 | Levin Amweg | M2 Competition | 01:00.602 | 00:58.524 |
| 9 | Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | 00:59.555 | 00:58.554 |
| 10 | Denis Korneev | ETEC Motorsport | 01:00.338 | 00:58.619 |
| 11 | Michael Scott | Victory Motor Racing | 00:58.709 | 00:58.648 |
| 12 | Robin Hansson | Victory Motor Racing | 01:00.113 | 00:58.671 |
| 13 | Martin Kodric | ETEC Motorsport | 00:58.936 | 00:58.699 |
| 14 | Jann Mardenborough | Giles Motorsport | 00:58.996 | 00:58.761 |
| 15 | Neil Alberico | Victory Motor Racing | 00:59.533 | 00:58.865 |
| 16 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 00:58.977 | 00:58.925 |
| 17 | Andrew Tang | Neale Motorsport | 00:59.186 | 00:58.975 |
| 18 | Jordan Oon | ETEC Motorsport | 00:59.540 | 00:59.120 |
| 19 | Matevos Isaakyan | ETEC Motorsport | 00:59.137 | 00:59.139 |
| 20 | Matteo Ferrer | Giles Motorsport | 00:59.854 | 00:59.184 |
| 21 | Gustavo Lima | M2 Competition | 00:59.367 | 00:59.446 |
| 22 | Alif Hamdan | Giles Motorsport | 01:00.575 | 00:59.376 |
| 23 | Matt Rao | Giles Motorsport | 00:59.386 | 00:59.457 |
Personal best time in bold
Best time of session in italics