Supercars: Things are underway at Mount Panorama, catch all the highlights from the first Practice session.
There’s plenty of excitement, intrigue and a significant element of the unknown as the 60th Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama officially gets underway with practice on Thursday.The all-new Gen3 cars have stood up to the test of the season so far, but it presents teams with an unprecedented challenge in the sport’s ultimate test of endurance.
The Supercars action gets underway at 1.20pm AEDT on Thursday, with the second practice session held from 4.50pm. The feedback from the drivers was that things went well, but could get interesting ... and a little hairy.coverage going through the Chase — one of the fastest corners in Australian motorsport — was not quite as hairy as expected, yet.
“Yeah, I could. I’m not doing it yet. I’ll save a couple of things up my sleeves for qualies. The car doesnt feel too bad.”“I held it flat on my first flyer,” he said. “I did a warm-up lap, and then going into the chase I scared the absolute crap out of myself. The team had been pushing for tweaks that would have boosted the Mustang’s downforce, arguing that independent data proved that the Camaro has enjoyed a performance advantage this season.