Supercars: Matt Payne has come out on top after a jam-packed Bathurst 1000 qualifying session, which involved two crashes which brought out red flags.
Payne tops crash-filled qualifying | 01:34The margin between success and disaster around Mount Panorama is as fine as cement dust , though Will Davison didn’t have time to contemplate those tiny particles as he careered into the barriers at the Dipper.
“I just had flashes of his Tassie crash with his lower back,” Percat told Fox Sports, recalling the sickening 42G first-lap crash at Symmons Plains in 2017 in which Davison broke a vertebra.“I got to him as quick as I could. I know as driver you don’t want to feel trapped. I just tried to help him out.“It’s biting hard, this weekend, the mountain.”
“Maybe it’s the hard tyre — you’ve got grip then you don’t with the hard tyre, so that might be catching a few of us out.That challenge — and the ensuing bingles — left a lasting mark on the final qualifying order, with the red flag decisive not just for Davison and Percat but for the pole contenders, a group from which emerged Matt Payne in provisional top spot.Matt Payne has taken provisional pole on just his third visit to the Bathurst 1000.
TV cameras picked up several lairy moments over the mountain — there was more on the table — but he argued afterwards that he found the limit of grip at those corners now, giving him some time up his sleeve in the shootout. His second sector wasn’t a personal best but nonetheless had him holding a 0.251-second advantage over Payne heading into the final split.But if you include that spoiled final split, he would have set a time of 2 minutes 5.618 seconds — enough to pip Payne for provisional pole by 0.027 seconds.If you were to substitute his red-flagged final sector for his fastest final split, set on his previous flying lap, his fastest time would drop to 2 minutes 5.404 seconds.
Carrying fractionally too much speed into Reid Park, he slapped the barrier almost square with the right-side of his car. Immediately it was clear he’d picked up damage, with his wheels oscillating as he limped back to pit lane.
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