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Bathurst 1000: McLaughlin lowers Mount Panorama lap record
Scott McLaughlin beat his own Mount Panorama lap record with a rapid 2m03.772s in the third practice session for the Bathurst 1000.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Oct 10, 2019, 1:29 PM
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The runaway series leader came into the day as the only driver to have lapped the famous circuit under the 2m04s barrier, thanks to his famous Shootout lap, a 2m03.831s, from 2017.
With the front-running primary drivers well into the mid-2m04s in this morning's opening practice, qualifying simulations were expected to yield something special in the evening session.
And that's exactly what happened, McLaughlin doing the fastest ever Supercars lap around Mount Panorama with a 2m03.772s – despite only running two green tyres on the right side of the car.
“You’re hanging on over the top now, it’s unbelievable the grip of the cars and I think everyone is having a full dip,” said McLaughlin.
“The second last corner, I dropped a wheel there. That was a moment and a half because I kept my foot into it. I’m an idiot, I’ve got to remember it’s Thursday!
“There’s a little bit here and there, the green side of the car felt alright, so the left-handers were pretty good, but the right-handers it’s still a little bit loose.
“We’ll tune it up overnight and throw a set of greens on it tomorrow and see, if it doesn’t rain.”
A total of four drivers have now broken the 2m04s mark thanks to that session, Jamie Whincup ending up 0.15s shy of McLaughlin with a 2m03.932s.
Tickford Racing pair Cam Waters and Will Davison made it into the threes as well, the former with a 2m03.949s and the latter a 2m03.991s.
Practice continues with an hour-long co-driver session starting at 8:25am tomorrow.
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Third practice results:
Cla Driver Car Time 1 Scott McLaughlin
Alexandre Prémat
Ford Mustang GT 2'03.7728 2 Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
Holden Commodore ZB 2'03.9327 3 Cameron Waters
Michael Caruso
Ford Mustang GT 2'03.9490 4 Will Davison
Alex Davison
Ford Mustang GT 2'03.9918 5 Chaz Mostert
James Moffat
Ford Mustang GT 2'04.0622 6 Lee Holdsworth
Thomas Randle
Ford Mustang GT 2'04.0673 7 Fabian Coulthard
Tony D'Alberto
Ford Mustang GT 2'04.1348 8 Shane van Gisbergen
Garth Tander
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.150 9 Anton De Pasquale
Will Brown
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.3315 10 Rick Kelly
Dale Wood
Nissan Altima 2'04.4975 11 Tim Slade
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.5245 12 James Courtney
Jack Perkins
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.5398 13 Andre Heimgartner
Bryce Fullwood
Nissan Altima 2'04.6028 14 Mark Winterbottom
Steven Richards
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.7099 15 James Golding
Richard Muscat
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.7188 16 Garry Jacobson
Dean Fiore
Nissan Altima 2'04.7546 17 Nick Percat
Tim Blanchard
Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.8205 18 Todd Hazelwood
Jack Smith
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.1352 19 Richie Stanaway
Chris Pither
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.2452 20 Scott Pye
Warren Luff
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.2683 21 Simona de Silvestro
Alex Rullo
Nissan Altima 2'05.7410 22 Macauley Jones
Dean Canto
Holden Commodore ZB 2'05.8574 23 Jack Le Brocq
Jonathon Webb
Holden Commodore ZB 2'07.1521 24 Alexander Rossi
James Hinchliffe
Holden Commodore ZB 2'07.2281 View full results
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