Bathurst 1000: Mostert, van Gisbergen star in final practice

The first half of the hour-long session was largely dedicated to practicing stops with driver and brake rotor changes, with little in the way of representative lap times.

The only team to have a crack at a time was Erebus, Brodie Kostecki leading the way with a 2m04.704s.

That left him a second clear of the field until after the mid-way point of the session, when van Gisbergen slashed the gap with a 2m05.037s.

The Kiwi went quicker again 10 minutes later, finally knocking Kostecki off top spot with a 2m04.425s.

That prompted the start of the Shootout simulations, Mostert setting a heck of a benchmark with a 2m04.187s with five minutes to go.

It was ultimately impossible to run down, although van Gisbergen did go very close, the gap between the two Holden drivers just 0.01s.

"We've tuned it up a little bit from qualifying," said Mostert.

"We're just neatening up a few little errors that we didn't quite get right in qualifying.

"It's been a pretty fantastic car since we rolled out of the gate. It's just a pleasure to drive. The car gives you great feedback, you can feel the tyre under the car."

Nobody else got close to Mostert and van Gisbergen, Kostecki's early time good enough for third at the end of the session despite a number of late improvements.

Anton De Pasquale was left complaining of oversteer on his green tyre runs, the Shell Ford driver left six tenths off the pace in fourth.

Provisional polesitter Will Brown was fifth ahead of Tickford pair Cam Waters and Jack Le Brocq.

Will Davison, Nick Percat and Tim Slade rounded out a Top 10 that was predictably made up of those prepping for the single-lap dash later today.

The pole-deciding Shootout will take place at 5:05pm local time today.

2021 Bathurst 1000 Practice 6 results

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	25	Chaz Mostert Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore ZB	2'04.187
2	888	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander	Holden Commodore ZB	2'04.199	0.011	0.011
3	99	Brodie Kostecki David Russell	Holden Commodore ZB	2'04.704	0.517	0.505
4	11	Anton De Pasquale Tony D’Alberto	Ford Mustang GT	2'04.795	0.607	0.090
5	9	Will Brown Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore ZB	2'04.856	0.669	0.061
6	6	Cameron Waters James Moffat	Ford Mustang GT	2'04.927	0.739	0.070
7	5	Jack Le Brocq Zak Best	Ford Mustang GT	2'04.970	0.783	0.043
8	17	Will Davison Alex Davison	Ford Mustang GT	2'04.978	0.790	0.007
9	8	Nick Percat Dale Wood	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.002	0.814	0.024
10	3	Tim Slade Tim Blanchard	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.093	0.906	0.091
11	19	Fabian Coulthard Jonathon Webb	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.358	1.170	0.264
12	44	James Courtney Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	2'05.606	1.418	0.248
13	2	Bryce Fullwood Warren Luff	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.670	1.483	0.064
14	18	Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.674	1.486	0.003
15	14	Todd Hazelwood Dean Fiore	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.693	1.505	0.019
16	88	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.788	1.600	0.094
17	20	Scott Pye James Golding	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.899	1.711	0.111
18	22	Garry Jacobson Dylan O’Keeffe	Holden Commodore ZB	2'05.980	1.792	0.080
19	26	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	Ford Mustang GT	2'06.138	1.950	0.157
20	96	Macauley Jones Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.364	2.177	0.226
21	39	Broc Feeney Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore ZB	2'06.421	2.233	0.056
22	34	Jake Kostecki Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	2'07.478	3.290	1.057
23	7	Andre Heimgartner Matt Campbell	Ford Mustang GT	2'07.525	3.338	0.047
24	4	Jack Smith David Wall	Holden Commodore ZB	2'07.701	3.514	0.176
25	35	Zane Goddard Jayden Ojeda	Holden Commodore ZB	2'08.094	3.907	0.393
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