MARCO GILTRAP and Dylan O’Keeffe have shared the Equity-One Pro honours in the opening day of the 2025 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship. 

The pair respectively topped practice one and two today, but perhaps more importantly were among the top three in each session as they turn their attention to TAG Heuer qualifying tomorrow at Sydney Motorsport Park.

In the Pro-Am battle, Sam Shahin was the man to beat as The Bend Motorsport Park EMA Motorsport driver topped both sessions today.

Giltrap’s Team Porsche NZ entry was quickest in the initial 25-minute session of the season, edging out defending champion Harri Jones by less than one-tenth of a second.

O’Keeffe was third with Bayley Hall and David Russell completing the top five. Brothers Glenn and Dale Wood were next, Caleb Sumich eighth with Lockie Bloxsom and Marcos Flack rounding out the top-10.

Shahin topped the Pro-Am ranks in 15th overall with Matt Slavin second and Matt Belford third: defending champion Adrian Flack further back electing to run older Michelin rubber in the first session.

Practice two was held much later in the evening as the lights began to take effect at Sydney Motorsport Park, O’Keeffe’s qualifying sim putting him to the top of the charts – narrowly ahead of practice one pacesetter Giltrap.

Bloxsom jumped to third late in the session as he lead a trio of late McElrea improvers – his teammates Clay Osborne and Caleb Sumich in the mix as was current Michelin Sprint Challenge champion, Oscar Targett, who was fourth.

Glen Wood and Bayley Hall were within half a second of the outright pace, while Max Vidau jumped into the top 10 in the second session, having not run new tyres in the first.

Dale Wood rounded out the top 10, while a session-long race simulation saw Harri Jones one of only two cars to not visit pit lane at all in the session.

Sam Shahin topped the Pro-Am ranks to sweep the day, with Matt Belford second and Adrian Flack – another to save fresh rubber for the second session – third.

Both sessions contested on Friday progressed without significant interruption or delay, an off from Rodney Jane in the latter part of Practice two – where he made contact with the tyre barriers at Turn one – the largest moment of the day.

Attention now turns to the battle for the TAG Heuer pole award on Saturday afternoon and the first race of a new Carrera Cup season later that evening.

Both qualifying and Race 1 will be shown live on Fox Sports and Kayo, while the season opener will also be live on the Seven network.