Brodie Kostecki has surprised the Supercars paddock with a blinding Shootout lap to take pole place for Sunday’s Bathurst 1000.
The reigning Supercars Champion put a troubled season on the again burner to set the quickest qualifying lap of the weekend, his Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro lapping the 6.2km observe in 2m05.5119s.
“I wasn’t certain I used to be going to get it, it was not my greatest lap round right here all weekend,” stated Kostecki, who will share his automobile with Todd Hazelwood.
“I had a nasty tyre vibration, I used to be beginning to get double imaginative and prescient at one level. I wasn’t feeling very properly yesterday and I really watched the [earlier] co-drivers’ session from the home.”
Cameron Waters seemed to have Kostecki’s measure when he was the second-last man out however the Tickford Racing Ford seemed to lose slightly pace within the third and last sector, and can line up second within the automobile he’ll share with James Moffat.
“I actually wished that however Brodie’s lap was superior,” stated Waters. “We’re within the combine and the entrance row is fairly good. I’ve been focusing fairly onerous on the race automobile and it feels good.”
Broc Feeney, who missed out on provisional pole place in Friday’s qualifying session due to a late crimson flag, completed the session in third place, sharing the Triple Eight Chevrolet with Jamie Whincup.
Richie Stanaway delivered a superb efficiency to seal fourth. As the primary man out within the single-lap session the 32-year-old New Zealander set a benchmark time of 2m05.9286s in his Ford earlier than returning to the Grove Racing storage to look at as the following 5 drivers tried however didn’t match his time.
Stanaway, who doesn’t have a confirmed Supercars seat for 2025, had a wild second on the first nook however stormed over the remainder of the primary sector.
After setting the quickest time in Friday qualifying Stanaway’s team-mate Matt Payne dropped to seventh within the shootout after touching the wall on the exit of Forrest’s Elbow.
Factors chief Will Brown will begin from fifth on the grid for Triple Eight forward of Erebus’ Jack Le Brocq, whose Chevrolet touched the wall on the best way up the hill.
Anton De Pasquale gave the hard-working Dick Johnson Racing Ford group some consolation with the eighth quickest time, whereas Chaz Mostert shall be proper behind him within the Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford.
Tenth place went to Andre Heimgartner who, in his first-ever Bathurst shootout, ran large on the first nook, dropping about eight seconds. He’ll share the Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet with Declan Fraser.
The Supercars will return to the hallowed Bathurst observe at 8:15am, Australian Japanese Daylight Financial savings time, earlier than the beginning of the 161-lap basic, set for 11:30am.
