Bathurst 1000: Mostert sets pre-Shootout pace
Chaz Mostert topped the final pre-Shootout practice session at Mount Panorama.
The Tickford driver became the sixth driver to join what's been dubbed the 'Threes Club', his Shootout simulation yielding a 2m03.508s.
That's the second fastest Supercars lap in Bathurst history, just two-hundredths shy of the benchmark set by Scott McLaughlin on Friday.
“For me the car kept getting better. I think just learning how to drive it and get the most out of it is the biggest thing,” said Mostert.
“We’ve been working hard on the car in practice, it feels a bit better on full tanks than light tanks, so I’m hoping we’ve got a better race car than qualifying car.
“It’s just awesome to do a ‘three’. That’s pretty cool.
“I’m very lucky I get to do some BMW laps in the GT3 across here, I think that’s helped a lot with the Supercars getting faster and faster over the years.
“Even though you’re puckering up across the top, you’ve been that fast across the top in a different car before as well.”
Provisional pole-sitter McLaughlin was second quickest in that's session with a 2m03.696s, followed by Cam Waters with a 2m03.950s.
Shane van Gisbergen was the best-placed Holden in fourth, falling just 0.004s short of joining McLaughlin, Waters, Mostert, Will Davison, Jamie Whincup and Andre Heimgartner in the 'Threes Club'.
Shootout contenders Anton De Pasquale, Whincup, Davison and Mark Winterbottom filled spots fifth to eighth in that session, Nick Percat and Tim Slade slightly further back in 10th and 11th.
The Lee Holdsworth/Thomas Randle car was the only one not in the Shootout to sneak into the first 10 for Practice 7.
| Cla | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55 |  Chaz Mostert James Moffat | Ford Mustang GT | 11 | 2'03.5089 | 181.094 | |||
| 2 | 17 |  Scott McLaughlin  Alexandre Prémat | Ford Mustang GT | 11 | 2'03.6965 | 0.1876 | 0.1876 | 180.819 | |
| 3 | 6 | Cameron Waters Michael Caruso | Ford Mustang GT | 8 | 2'03.9501 | 0.4412 | 0.2536 | 180.450 | |
| 4 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 2'04.0045 | 0.4956 | 0.0544 | 180.370 | |
| 5 | 99 | Anton De Pasquale Will Brown | Holden Commodore ZB | 10 | 2'04.0516 | 0.5427 | 0.0471 | 180.302 | |
| 6 | 888 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore ZB | 9 | 2'04.0849 | 0.5760 | 0.0333 | 180.254 | |
| 7 | 23 | Will Davison Alex Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 9 | 2'04.1619 | 0.6530 | 0.0770 | 180.142 | |
| 8 | 18 | Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards | Holden Commodore ZB | 11 | 2'04.5667 | 1.0578 | 0.4048 | 179.556 | |
| 9 | 5 | Lee Holdsworth Thomas Randle | Ford Mustang GT | 12 | 2'04.6132 | 1.1043 | 0.0465 | 179.489 | |
| 10 | 8 | Nick Percat Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 2'04.7697 | 1.2608 | 0.1565 | 179.264 | |
| 11 | 14 | Tim Slade | Holden Commodore ZB | 10 | 2'04.8289 | 1.320 | 0.0592 | 179.179 | |
| 12 | 22 | James Courtney Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore ZB | 13 | 2'04.9477 | 1.4388 | 0.1188 | 179.009 | |
| 13 | 3 | Garry Jacobson Dean Fiore | Nissan Altima | 12 | 2'04.9563 | 1.4474 | 0.0086 | 178.996 | |
| 14 | 9 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | Holden Commodore ZB | 12 | 2'04.9603 | 1.4514 | 0.0040 | 178.991 | |
| 15 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner Bryce Fullwood | Nissan Altima | 12 | 2'05.2651 | 1.7562 | 0.3048 | 178.555 | |
| 16 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto | Ford Mustang GT | 11 | 2'05.4777 | 1.9688 | 0.2126 | 178.253 | |
| 17 | 15 | Rick Kelly Dale Wood | Nissan Altima | 9 | 2'05.7493 | 2.2404 | 0.2716 | 177.868 | |
| 18 | 2 | Scott Pye Warren Luff | Holden Commodore ZB | 12 | 2'05.9478 | 2.4389 | 0.1985 | 177.587 | |
| 19 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood  Jack Smith | Holden Commodore ZB | 12 | 2'05.9584 | 2.4495 | 0.0106 | 177.572 | |
| 20 | 34 | James Golding Richard Muscat | Holden Commodore ZB | 11 | 2'06.0036 | 2.4947 | 0.0452 | 177.509 | |
| 21 | 78 |  Simona de Silvestro Alex Rullo | Nissan Altima | 11 | 2'06.1311 | 2.6222 | 0.1275 | 177.329 | |
| 22 | 21 | Macauley Jones Dean Canto | Holden Commodore ZB | 12 | 2'06.1897 | 2.6808 | 0.0586 | 177.247 | |
| 23 | 33 | Richie Stanaway Chris Pither | Holden Commodore ZB | 13 | 2'06.5729 | 3.0640 | 0.3832 | 176.710 | |
| 24 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore ZB | 11 | 2'07.0065 | 3.4976 | 0.4336 | 176.107 | |
| 25 | 27 | Alexander Rossi  James Hinchcliffe | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 2'07.3338 | 3.8249 | 0.3273 | 175.654 | |
| 56 | Brodie Kostecki Jake Kostecki | Holden Commodore ZB | 0 |
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| Series | Supercars |
| Event | Bathurst |
| Drivers | Chaz Mostert |
| Teams | Tickford Racing |
| Author | Andrew van Leeuwen |
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