Supercars Bathurst 1000: Brodie Kostecki Dominates Qualifying, Will Brown Falls Short

Brodie Kostecki sets the benchmark at Mount Panorama, topping Bathurst 1000 qualifying with a 2:04.0307. The Dick Johnson Racing driver edges Broc Feeney by 0.0064.

Feeney, Triple Eight’s qualifying standard-bearer, appears set for pole before Kostecki’s late push. The Chevrolet driver settles for second after a clean, committed final run.

Kostecki, last year’s race winner, calls the lap one of his career best. He reports strong race balance in the Mustang, though the qualifying window proves narrower and more delicate.

A new Dunlop Control tyre shapes the session. The softer compound delivers record pace and sharper out-laps, raising the execution burden across the field.

Feeney notes the tyre’s speed and the confidence it unlocks. The step changes braking references and rewards precise temperature management over the opening sector.

Ryan Wood places third for Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Ford program. Anton De Pasquale’s Team 18 Chevrolet and Erebus newcomer Cooper Murray complete a varied top five.

Chaz Mostert makes it two WAU Fords in the top six. The margin is microscopic: the first six cars sit within a tenth on the 6.213km lap.

Cameron Waters lines up seventh for Tickford Racing, with Matt Stone Racing’s Cam Hill eighth. Both convert promising practice pace into tidy, low-risk laps.

Nick Percat secures ninth, and Thomas Randle grabs tenth. Randle edges Macauley Jones by 0.056s to earn a place in the Shootout.

Defending champion Will Brown is the major absentee. He ends up twelfth, missing the Shootout by 0.288s after a lap that lacked ultimate bite in sector two.

Matt Payne’s Grove Racing Ford slots eighteenth, yet remains within six tenths of Kostecki. Bryce Fullwood sits twenty-fifth, still inside one second of the benchmark.

Co-drivers return at 10:05 am for a dedicated hour. All drivers then run at 1:10 pm before the Top 10 Shootout sets the grid at 5:05 pm.

That final hour offers minimal margin for setup swings. The Shootout will crystallize front-row threats ahead of the Bathurst 1000.

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