SUPERCARS VNR: Whincup dominates Bathurst Practice
Six-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup has continued his dominant pace in the fifth practice session of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, finishing nearly two-tenths of a second clear of this Ford rival Mark Winterbottom.
In what was the final practice before this afternoon’s qualifying session, 12 drivers dropped into the 2:05s bracket, with Whincup’s quickest lap just shy of his 2015 lap record.
Whincup owns the practice/qualifying record at 2:04.9097sec. That time was set in this session 12 months ago.
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Winterbottom’s Prodrive Racing Australia team-mate Chaz Mostert was third fastest ahead of Wilson Security GRM’s Scott McLaughlin, Whincup’s team-mate Shane van Gisbergen and BJR’s Tim Slade in the Freightliner Commodore.
Rounding out the top 10 were Jason Bright, Fabian Coulthard, David Reynolds and Cameron Waters, whose co-driver Jack Le Brocq had topped the co-driver hit-out earlier in the day, the only session this week #88 hasn’t set the fastest time.
The top 14 cars were separated by less than one second.
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The Supercars field head out for qualifying at 3:50pm local time to decide the running order for tomorrow’s Top 10 Shootout. Supercars will issue a video news release featuring highlights of today’s qualifying at approx 5pm.
The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 is broadcast live on Fox Sports, Network Ten and WIN TV in some regional areas. Check local guides for details.