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Practice report

Bathurst 1000: Reynolds tops Saturday practice

Erebus driver David Reynolds topped today’s sole practice session at Mount Panorama.

David Reynolds, Erebus Motorsport Holden

David Reynolds, Erebus Motorsport Holden

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Reynolds jumped to the top early with a 2m04.994s, a time that ultimately proved good enough to secure P1.

His cause was helped by a red flag with two minutes to go, called when Taz Douglas beached himself in the gravel at Turn 1.

That put a halt to any Top 10 Shootout simulations, which could have seen Reynolds’ time bested.

“My car wasn’t too bad,” said Reynolds.

“It was a one lap old set of tyres, so they weren’t brand new. For me to go a lot quicker I need that new tyre grip in the rear, and I just didn’t have it then. But yeah, overall it’s pretty good.”

James Courtney was one of the few drivers to get a single-lap simulation run in at the end, jumping into second with a 2m05.039s right before the red flag came out.

Shane van Gisbergen was third quickest, like Reynolds setting his time early. Chaz Mostert was fourth, having set his 2m05.372s at the start of a Shootout sim inside the last five minutes.

Mostert’s Prodrive Racing teammate Mark Winterbottom was fifth quickest, ahead of Scott Pye and Jamie Whincup.

Supercars 2017 Bathurst 

ClaDriverCarLapsTimeGapIntervalkm/h
1 9 australia  David Reynolds 
Luke Youlden 
Holden Commodore VF 21 2'04.9948     178.941
2 22 australia  James Courtney 
australia  Jack Perkins 
Holden Commodore VF 18 2'05.0391 0.0443 0.0443 178.878
3 97 new_zealand  Shane van Gisbergen 
australia  Matt Campbell 
Holden Commodore VF 21 2'05.1922 0.1974 0.1531 178.659
4 55 australia  Steven Owen 
australia  Chaz Mostert 
Ford Falcon FG-X 20 2'05.3721 0.3773 0.1799 178.403
5 5 australia  Mark Winterbottom 
australia  Dean Canto 
Ford Falcon FG-X 19 2'05.4465 0.4517 0.0744 178.297
6 2 australia  Warren Luff 
australia  Scott Pye 
Holden Commodore VF 23 2'05.6559 0.6611 0.2094 178.000
7 88 australia  Jamie Whincup 
australia  Paul Dumbrell 
Holden Commodore VF 17 2'05.7031 0.7083 0.0472 177.933
8 56 australia  Jason Bright 
australia  Garry Jacobson 
Ford Falcon FG-X 19 2'06.3043 1.3095 0.6012 177.086
9 23 australia  Michael Caruso 
australia  Dean Fiore 
Nissan Altima 10 2'06.3451 1.3503 0.0408 177.029
10 34 australia  James Moffat 
australia  Richard Muscat 
Holden Commodore VF 21 2'06.3779 1.3831 0.0328 176.983
11 33 australia  Garth Tander 
australia  James Golding 
Holden Commodore VF 17 2'06.3976 1.4028 0.0197 176.955
12 17 france  Alexandre Prémat 
new_zealand  Scott McLaughlin 
Ford Falcon FG-X 27 2'06.3977 1.4029 0.0001 176.955
13 12 Tony D'Alberto 
new_zealand  Fabian Coulthard 
Ford Falcon FG/X 26 2'06.4929 1.4981 0.0952 176.822
14 14 australia  Tim Slade 
australia  Ash Walsh 
Holden Commodore VF 22 2'06.5300 1.5352 0.0371 176.770
15 6 new_zealand  Richie Stanaway 
australia  Cameron Waters 
Ford Falcon FG-X 20 2'06.5464 1.5516 0.0164 176.747
16 8 australia  Nick Percat 
australia  Macauley Jones 
Holden Commodore VF 20 2'06.6132 1.6184 0.0668 176.654
17 19 Jonathon Webb 
australia  Will Davison 
Holden Commodore VF 18 2'06.6453 1.6505 0.0321 176.609
18 888 new_zealand  Steven Richards 
australia  Craig Lowndes 
Holden Commodore VF 24 2'06.6878 1.6930 0.0425 176.550
19 20 australia  Todd Kelly 
australia  Jack Le Brocq 
Nissan Altima 19 2'07.0049 2.0101 0.3171 176.109
20 21 australia  Tim Blanchard 
australia  Todd Hazelwood 
Holden Commodore VF 20 2'07.0096 2.0148 0.0047 176.103
21 18 australia  Lee Holdsworth 
australia  Karl Reindler 
Holden Commodore VF 15 2'07.0366 2.0418 0.0270 176.065
22 3 australia  Aaren Russell 
australia  Taz Douglas 
Holden Commodore VF 21 2'07.3468 2.3520 0.3102 175.636
23 15 australia  Rick Kelly 
australia  David Wall 
Nissan Altima 19 2'07.3887 2.3939 0.0419 175.579
24 99 australia  Dale Wood 
new_zealand  Chris Pither 
Holden Commodore VF 22 2'07.5189 2.5241 0.1302 175.399
25 78 switzerland  Simona de Silvestro 
australia  David Russell 
Nissan Altima 20 2'08.2114 3.2166 0.6925 174.452
26 62 australia  Alex Davison 
australia  Alex Rullo 
Holden Commodore VF 14 2'08.4421 3.4473 0.2307 174.139

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