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Could we see another lap record on the mountain when the V8 Supercars take to the Mount Panorama circuit for Qualifying at the Bathurst 1000? Join The Roar to find out the answer to that, and who will make the all-important top ten shootout, from 3:50pm (AEDT).
After the horror of last year’s qualification session, when Chaz Mostert violently hit the wall at the end of the esses and through the dipper breaking a leg and rib, it’s hoped we will have a clean run this time around.
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The crash last year damaged a marshalling area, and all track action was suspended for the rest of the afternoon, meaning qualification was then reduced to half an hour on the Saturday.
When qualifying eventually was run it was Fabian Coulthard setting the best lap before David Reynolds took out the shootout.
Yesterday, there were three practice sessions although only two of those saw the lead drivers – or the ones who will qualify their respective cars driving.
In the first of those, ran during the morning Jamie Whincup who holds the lap record which he set during Friday practice last year was blazingly fast clocking a time of 2.05.95, beating the whole field by over half a second.
Fabian Coulthard ended in second and there were only nine cars within a second of Whincup, illustrating exactly how quick his car was.
Whincup was again fast during the third session and came through in the last few minutes to again set the fastest lap, and the fastest ever on a Thursday edging out Coulthard by 0.073 of a second. Chaz Mostert and Scott McLaughlin worked their way into the top ten while Sandown winner Garth Tander did the same.
Craig Lowndes might have been down the order today, but Whincup and Van Gisbergen were relatively fast and on the tenth anniversary of Peter Brock’s death, we should expect nothing less than a top ten finish for Lowndes.
Prediction
Jamie Whincup has been showing excellent pace and will be hard to beat as will Sandown winner Garth Tander. Craig Lowndes always goes well at the mountain, and Fabian Coulthard looked fast in the afternoon session yesterday – at a similar time to when qualifying was run.
Whincup to hold off the pack and race last for the shootout tomorrow.
Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of qualifying at the Bathurst 1000 from 3:50pm (AEDT) and don’t forget to add your own comments in the section below.
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