TODAYS TIMES
Practice Three
Position: 8th – 50.0508s
Fastest: Jamie Whincup – 50.7396
Qualifying Part One
Position: N/A – Qualified for Part Two
Qualifying Part Two
Position: 7th – Through to final session with top ten cars
Qualifying Part Three
Qualified: 8th – 50.9604s
Pole Position: Shane Van Gisbergen – 50.6381s
Race Seven – 120kms / 50 Laps
Finished: 7th
Winner: Jamie Whincup
THE WORD FROM TIM
Tim featured in the top ten again across all sessions today in the Freightliner Racing Commodore, making it through all the stages of the new elimination style qualifying format. The Freightliner Racing team opted to run with a later pit stop strategy today, so when Tim re-joined the group he was on fresher tyres and able to make a few moves through the order. He got as high as 7th and battled with championship leader Shane Van Gisbergen until the end.
Tim’s race result of 7th also boosted his points tally to put him in the top ten in the championship.
TIM
“We haven’t made any major inroads with the car, so we’re still in that battle of trying to find the smallest of changes to make us that fraction of a second quicker. It was disappointing not to get past Shane Van Gisbergen there in the end with fresher tyres but we didn’t have the speed in the right areas to get by.”
“It looks like team-mates Nick and Tim found a few improvements in turn, under brakes and have gained a bit more confidence with their cars. We’ll go through the data as a group tonight, find out what worked today and see if we can improve for the final day at Symmons Plains tomorrow.”
COMING UP
Sunday 8th April
9:55-10:15 – Practice Four
11:05-11:15 – Qualifying Part One
11:20-11:30 – Qualifying Part Two
11:35-11:45 – Qualifying Part Three
14:05-15:30 – Race Eight – 200kms / 84 Laps
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Published: 07 April 2018.