2018 Bathurst 1000
2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 |
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Round 13 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit | ||||||||||||||
Date | 4–7 October 2018 | |||||||||||||
Location | Bathurst, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
Weather |
Thursday: Intermittent showers, 15°C. Friday: Overcast with patchy showers, 12°C. Saturday: Sunny with light cloud, 17°C. Sunday: Overcast with brief light showers before clearing to fine late, 17°C. | |||||||||||||
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The 2018 Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship that was held on the weekend of 4 to 7 October 2018. The event was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, and consisted of a 1000 kilometre race. It is the thirteenth event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and race 25 of the season. It is also the second event of the 2018 Enduro Cup.[1]
Erebus Motorsport drivers David Reynolds and Luke Youlden are the defending race winners.[2]
Report
Background
The event was the 61st running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 58th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 22nd running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It was the 20th time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the sixth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were David Reynolds and Luke Youlden.
Shane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader, 55 points clear of DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin. Van Gisbergen's Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mate Jamie Whincup was third in the points standings, 338 points from the lead. In the Teams' Championship, Triple Eight held a 656-point lead over DJR Team Penske.[3] In the Enduro Cup standings, Triple Eight team-mates Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell led the pairing of Van Gisbergen and Earl Bamber by 24 points.[4]
Entry list
As in 2017, there were no additional "Wildcard" entries entered in the race. Four drivers would make their first start in the Bathurst 1000 - two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Earl Bamber, Super2 drivers Will Brown and Bryce Fullwood, and 'main-gamer' Anton de Pasquale. Teams Matt Stone Racing and 23Red Racing would also make their debuts in 'the Great Race', however the former contained many crew members from the former Stone Brothers Racing outfit and the latter was a continuation of Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport under new owners.
Results
Practice
Session | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Cond. | Ref. |
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Thursday | |||||||
Practice 1 | 230 | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 2:25.0243 | Wet | [5] | |
Practice 2 | 17 | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 2:35.1824 | Wet | [6] | |
Practice 3 | 56 | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 2:29.0174 | Wet | [7] | |
Friday | |||||||
Practice 4 | 9 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:06.6470 | Drying | [8] | |
Practice 5 | 23 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 2:26.2236 | Wet | [9] | |
Saturday | |||||||
Practice 6 | 9 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.4072 | Dry | [10] | |
Sunday | |||||||
Warm-Up | 17 | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 2:04.9633 | Dry | [11] |
Qualifying
Top 10 Shootout
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | 9 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.0589 | 1 | ||
2 | 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.0683 | +0.0094 | 2 | |
3 | 99 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.3498 | +0.2909 | 3 | |
4 | 97 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.5385 | +0.4796 | 4 | |
5 | 17 | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 2:04.5494 | +0.4905 | 5 | |
6 | 6 | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 2:04.7517 | +0.6928 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.7673 | +0.7084 | 7 | |
8 | 25 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.0034 | +0.9445 | 8 | |
9 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.0835 | +1.0246 | 9 | |
10 | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.1717 | +1.1128 | 10 | |
Source: [13] |
Starting grid
The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:
Race
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "Supercars reveals 16 event 2018 calendar". speedcafe.com. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ↑ "Race 20 - Supercars". Supercars.com. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Points". Supercars.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "Race 24: RABBLE.club Sandown 500 Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 4". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 5". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 6". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ "Warm-Up". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ↑ "Top 10 Shootout". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Bathurst 1000 Grid". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ "Race 25". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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