TRACK TIMES
PRACTICE ONE
TIME: 11:45-12:15
CONDITIONS: Sunny
FINISHED: Position 7 - 1m29.6347
FASTEST: Scott McLaughlin - 1m28.9761
PRACTICE TWO
TIME: 13:30-14:00
CONDITIONS: Sunny
FINISHED: Position 13 - 1m29.5676
FASTEST: Shane van Gisbergen - 1m28.6503
QUALIFYING PART ONE – RACE 10
TIME: 15:10-15:20
CONDITIONS: Sunny
FINISHED: Position 8 - 1m 29.93
FASTEST: Anton De Pasquale - 1m28.80
QUALIFYING PART TWO – RACE 10
TIME: 15:25-15:35
CONDITIONS: Sunny
FINISHED: Position 13 - 1m29.84
FASTEST: Fabian Coulthard - 1m28.46
TOP FIFTEEN SHOOTOUT – RACE 10
TIME: 15:45-16:25
CONDITIONS: Sunny
SHOOTOUT RESULT: Position 15 - 1m30.8796
POLE POSITION: Scott McLaughlin - 1m27.7428
RACE 10 / 32 LAPS
TIME: 1825
CONDITIONS: Clear/cool
FINISHED: Position 13
WINNER: Scott McLaughlin
RECAP:
With a limited mix of hard and soft tyres on offer this weekend, it was always going to be about strategy - do you use up your softs on Saturday and the night race or save them for Sunday? For #14 the team decided to run with the former strategy, which meant using hard, used, tyres in qualifying - resulting in P15 for the night race. And what a race it was! While the record book will show a finish of 13th - on hard tyres throughout - that doesn’t tell the full story after Todd in the Brut Military Grade Commodore provided a huge amount of entertainment after a terrific battle with Mostert, Reynolds and Pye.
It was a relatively quiet first part of the race, Todd pitting late on lap 18 from 5th before rejoining 18th. From there it was on! The last 10 laps was a thrilling fight that lasted all the way to the finish, with Todd eventually crossing the line 13th with 2 lovely sets of soft tyres to use tomorrow.
THE WORD FROM TODD
“It was a really fun race, we had a plan to execute, today was really the day to maximise the hard tyres as much as we could. We got a strong start but it really heated up at the end. It was an epic battle - would have been great to grab a couple of extra spots at the end but it was really enjoyable to be a part of. Tomorrow is looking good with our 2 sets of soft tyres. I can’t wait.”
COMING UP
SUNDAY 18TH JULY
10:45-10:55 | Qualifying – Race 11
11:05-11:15 | Qualifying – Race 12
11:35-11:50 | Dunlop Super2 & Super3, Qualifying Race 2
12:25 |Race 11 / 32 Laps
13:45 | Dunlop Super2 & Super3, Race 2 / 18 Laps
14:50 | Race 12 / 32 Laps
