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Bathurst 1000: McLaughlin crashes after going fastest
Scott McLaughlin set the fastest time in pre-qualifying practice at Bathurst, before smacking the wall on his final run.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Published: Oct 16, 2020, 2:37 AM
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The DJR Team Penske ace was a consistent figure at the top of the times, leading the way early with a mid-2m05s before being shuffled down as the likes of Cam Waters and Jamie Whincup improved.
Heading into the final third of the session McLaughlin went quickest again, a 2m04.371s moving him clear of Whincup.
He then looked to go quicker on his final run, going purple in the first sector before locking his rears and hitting the wall in the way into the Elbow.
But while his session ended with his car slowly crabbing its way down Conrod Straight, McLaiughlin still hung on to top spot, nobody able to beat that earlier time.
"I just ballsed up the downshift," said McLaughlin.
"You're using the engine braking so much that as soon as you miss one, you're out of the groove. That's all I did. I tried to half recover it, but as soon as it plucked the bottom arm out I was a bit of a passenger.
"The car is super racey. It felt mega. I was six-tenths up going into that part of the track and I've got a 4.4s on the dash..."
Bryce Fullwood ended up an impressive second, just days after signing a new contract with Walkinshaw Andretti United, followed by Tickford pair Lee Holdsworth and Cam Waters.
Whincup slipped back to fifth after not improving at the end, with his teammate Shane van Gisbergen sixth, Chaz Mostert seventh and Alex Davison the surprise of the session in eighth in his Team Sydney Holden.
Next up is qualifying, which will determine who makes the Top 10 Shootout and locks in grid positions 11-25.
Cla # Driver Time Gap Interval 1 17 Scott McLaughlin
Tim Slade
2'04.371 2 2 Bryce Fullwood
Kurt Kostecki
2'04.484 0.113 0.113 3 5 Lee Holdsworth
Michael Caruso
2'04.529 0.158 0.045 4 6 Cameron Waters
Will Davison
2'04.543 0.172 0.013 5 88 Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
2'04.628 0.256 0.084 6 97 Shane van Gisbergen
Garth Tander
2'04.679 0.307 0.051 7 25 Chaz Mostert
Warren Luff
2'04.758 0.386 0.079 8 19 Alex Davison
Jonathon Webb
2'04.807 0.435 0.049 9 44 James Courtney
Broc Feeney
2'04.854 0.482 0.046 10 20 Scott Pye
Dean Fiore
2'04.930 0.559 0.076 11 8 Nick Percat
Thomas Randle
2'04.943 0.572 0.012 12 55 Jack Le Brocq
James Moffat
2'05.159 0.787 0.215 13 99 Anton De Pasquale
Brodie Kostecki
2'05.231 0.859 0.072 14 7 Andre Heimgartner
Dylan O'Keeffe
2'05.291 0.919 0.060 15 14 Todd Hazelwood
Jordan Boys
2'05.432 1.060 0.141 16 12 Fabian Coulthard
Tony D'Alberto
2'05.487 1.116 0.055 17 15 Rick Kelly
Dale Wood
2'05.561 1.190 0.074 18 34 Jake Kostecki
Zane Goddard
2'05.597 1.225 0.035 19 18 Mark Winterbottom
James Golding
2'05.819 1.447 0.221 20 9 David Reynolds
Will Brown
2'05.870 1.498 0.051 21 3 Macauley Jones
Tim Blanchard
2'06.317 1.945 0.447 22 35 Garry Jacobson
David Russell
2'06.591 2.220 0.274 23 4 Jack Smith
Jack Perkins
2'06.763 2.392 0.172 24 22 Chris Pither
Steven Owen
2'06.806 2.434 0.042 25 40 Tyler Everingham
Jayden Ojeda
2'06.909 2.537 0.103 View full results
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