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Supercars Bathurst II
Bathurst 1000: Waters pips Mostert in Practice 1
Cam Waters pipped Chaz Mostert in the opening hour-long practice session for the Bathurst 1000.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Dec 2, 2021, 10:11 AM
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It took just five minutes for the red flag to make its first appearance of the weekend, prompted by Macauley Jones' smoking Holden rolling to a stop at The Cutting.
The initial theory was that the car had lunched its engine, however further inspections back in the garage revealed it was a power steering issue.
When the session got going again times quickly dipped into the low 2m06s, Mostert and Brodie Kostecki leading the way with a 2m06.006s and 2m06.079s respectively.
Those same two drivers led the charge in to the fives as well, Kostecki taking over top spot with a 2m05.555s, Mostert just 0.0007s behind.
The next improvements came with 12 minutes to go, Cam Waters jumping to the top with a 2m05.492s.
The Tickford driver's first stint at the top was short-lived, Mostert immediately lowering the benchmark to a 2m05.107s.
But Waters had one more green tyre run left, landing the hammer blow – a 2m05.023s – with a little over a minute to go.
Remarkably, that time is identical to the thousandth to the one that Waters set to top Practice 1 for the 2020 Bathurst 1000.
Mostert finished the session second while Will Davison popped into third place, just over a tenth off the pace, on his final run.
James Courtney capped off a promising session for Tickford in fourth, while a late lap from Mark Winterbottom left him as the second-best placed Holden in fifth.
Tim Slade was sixth fastest ahead of Shane van Gisbergen, who went off at The Chase late in the session.
Nick Percat was ninth as Kostecki slipped back to 10th after not improving on his early time.
Practice continues with a dedicated co-driver session at 4:25pm local time today.
Bathurst 1000 Practice 1 results
Cla # Driver Car Time Gap Interval 1 6 Cameron Waters
James Moffat
Ford Mustang GT 2'05.023 2 25 Chaz Mostert
Lee Holdsworth
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.107 0.084 0.084 3 17 Will Davison
Alex Davison
Ford Mustang GT 2'05.139 0.115 0.031 4 44 James Courtney
Thomas Randle
Ford Mustang GT 2'05.368 0.345 0.229 5 18 Mark Winterbottom
Michael Caruso
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.398 0.374 0.029 6 3 Tim Slade
Tim Blanchard
Ford Mustang GT 2'05.411 0.388 0.013 7 888 Shane van Gisbergen
Garth Tander
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.475 0.452 0.064 8 14 Todd Hazelwood
Dean Fiore
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.538 0.514 0.062 9 8 Nick Percat
Dale Wood
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.548 0.525 0.010 10 99 Brodie Kostecki
David Russell
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.555 0.532 0.006 11 88 Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.583 0.560 0.027 12 9 Will Brown
Jack Perkins
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.616 0.593 0.033 13 26 David Reynolds
Luke Youlden
Ford Mustang GT 2'05.689 0.666 0.073 14 2 Bryce Fullwood
Warren Luff
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.772 0.749 0.082 15 11 Anton De Pasquale
Tony D’Alberto
Ford Mustang GT 2'05.798 0.775 0.025 16 20 Scott Pye
James Golding
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.895 0.871 0.096 17 39 Broc Feeney
Russell Ingall
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.907 0.884 0.012 18 5 Jack Le Brocq
Zak Best
Ford Mustang GT 2'06.082 1.059 0.175 19 7 Andre Heimgartner
Matt Campbell
Ford Mustang GT 2'06.236 1.213 0.153 20 22 Garry Jacobson
Dylan O’Keeffe
Holden Commodore ZB 2'06.301 1.278 0.065 21 19 Fabian Coulthard
Jonathon Webb
Holden Commodore ZB 2'06.371 1.348 0.069 22 4 Jack Smith
David Wall
Holden Commodore ZB 2'06.698 1.675 0.327 23 96 Macauley Jones
Chris Pither
Holden Commodore ZB 2'07.545 2.522 0.846 24 35 Zane Goddard
Jayden Ojeda
Holden Commodore ZB 2'08.054 3.030 0.508 25 34 Jake Kostecki
Kurt Kostecki
Holden Commodore ZB 2'08.218 3.194 0.164 View full results
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