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Toyota Racing Series pre-season favorites Steijn Schothorst and Jann Mardenborough were quickest in practice for round three at Highlands, topping Thursday and Friday running respectively.
M2’s Egor Orudzhev led the opening session of the weekend, ahead of Andrew Tang and teammate Schothorst. The times dropped significantly in the second run and, despite red-flag interruptions, the previous best time was cleared by three seconds. The top three was the same with Schothorst in first this time, leading Tang and Orudzhev.
After an M2-dominated day, their main rivals Giles Motorsport picked up the pace on Friday, with Mardenborough leading Martin Rump in the first session, as the ever-present Tang rounded out the top three.
The Brit produced another strong showing in session two, topping the timesheets with a lap time more than 0.7s quicker than those of nearest rivals Tang and Schothorst.
Singaporean Tang continued his streak of impressive consistency into the final session, taking the top spot on the leaderboards ahead of Orudzhev and Ryan Tveter, albeit missing out on the overall quickest lap.
Thursday practice results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | P1 | P2 |
| 1 | Steijn Schothorst | M2 Competition | 1:35.520 | 1:31.773 |
| 2 | Andrew Tang | Neale Motorsport | 1:35.312 | 1:31.791 |
| 3 | Egor Orudzhev | M2 Competition | 1:34.788 | 1:32.103 |
| 4 | Ryan Tveter | Giles Motorsport | 1:36.795 | 1:32.405 |
| 5 | Jann Mardenborough | Giles Motorsport | 1:37.011 | 1:32.764 |
| 6 | Levin Amweg | M2 Competition | 1:37.033 | 1:33.007 |
| 7 | James Munro | Neale Motorsport | 1:36.783 | 1:33.020 |
| 8 | Matteo Ferrer | Giles Motorsport | 1:38.524 | 1:33.201 |
| 9 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 1:37.136 | 1:33.518 |
| 10 | Matevos Isaakyan | ETEC Motorsport | 1:36.566 | 1:33.751 |
| 11 | Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | 1:40.695 | 1:34.195 |
| 12 | Damon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 1:36.718 | 1:34.234 |
| 13 | Neil Alberico | Victory Motor Racing | 1:38.672 | 1:34.265 |
| 14 | Robin Hansson | Victory Motor Racing | 1:36.524 | 1:34.307 |
| 15 | Macauley Jones | M2 Competition | 1:38.431 | 1:34.570 |
| 16 | Denis Korneev | ETEC Motorsport | 1:36.752 | 1:34.613 |
| 17 | Gustavo Lima | M2 Competition | 1:38.231 | 1:34.746 |
| 18 | Martin Kodric | ETEC Motorsport | 1:44.757 | 1:35.686 |
| 19 | Matt Rao | Giles Motorsport | 1:39.417 | 1:35.957 |
| 20 | Alif Hamdan | Giles Motorsport | 1:40.682 | 1:36.135 |
| 21 | Jordan Oon | ETEC Motorsport | 1:42.438 | 1:37.543 |
| Martin Rump | Giles Motorsport | No Time* | No Time* | |
| Michael Scott | Victory Motor Racing | No Time* | No Time* |
Friday practice sessions
| Pos. | Driver | Team | P1 | P2 | |
| 1 | Jann Mardenborough | Giles Motorsport | 1:31.872 | 1:30.810 | 1:32.348 |
| 2 | Andrew Tang | Neale Motorsport | 1:32.307 | 1:31.549 | 1:31.047 |
| 3 | Egor Orudzhev | M2 Competition | 1:33.073 | 1:33.675 | 1:31.293 |
| 4 | Ryan Tveter | Giles Motorsport | No Time* | 1:31.882 | 1:31.461 |
| 5 | Steijn Schothorst | M2 Competition | 1:32.561 | 1:31.568 | 1:32.087 |
| 6 | Martin Rump | Giles Motorsport | 1:32.305 | 1:31.719 | 1:31.762 |
| 7 | Damon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 1:32.794 | 1:31.809 | 1:32.189 |
| 8 | Levin Amweg | M2 Competition | 1:33.028 | 1:33.784 | 1:32.282 |
| 9 | Denis Korneev | ETEC Motorsport | 1:32.852 | 1:32.283 | 1:32.905 |
| 10 | Matevos Isaakyan | ETEC Motorsport | 1:32.870 | 1:32.681 | 1:32.522 |
| 11 | James Munro | Neale Motorsport | 1:33.003 | 1:32.846 | No Time |
| 12 | Macauley Jones | M2 Competition | 1:33.885 | 1:32.976 | 1:33.744 |
| 13 | Martin Kodric | ETEC Motorsport | 1:34.481 | 1:33.038 | 1:33.210 |
| 14 | Robin Hansson | Victory Motor Racing | 1:34.683 | 1:33.123 | 1:33.341 |
| 15 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 1:34.052 | 1:33.124 | 1:33.154 |
| 16 | Gustavo Lima | M2 Competition | 1:33.275 | 1:33.374 | 1:33.159 |
| 17 | Matt Rao | Giles Motorsport | 1:34.343 | 1:34.003 | 1:33.408 |
| 18 | Michael Scott | Victory Motor Racing | 1:35.692 | 1:33.898 | 1:33.507 |
| 19 | Neil Alberico | Victory Motor Racing | 1:35.085 | 1:33.726 | 1:33.726 |
| 20 | Jordan Oon | ETEC Motorsport | 1:40.235 | 1:35.842 | 1:34.716 |
| 21 | Alif Hamdan | Giles Motorsport | 1:35.223 | 1:35.790 | No Time |
| 22 | Matteo Ferrer | Giles Motorsport | 1:35.788 | No Time | No Time |
| Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | No Time | No Time | No Time |
Personal best time in bold
Best time of session in italics
* denotes a non-working transponder