Bathurst 1000 – Warm Up & Race 27 Results
Will Brown/Scott Pye – Car #1
Warm Up – 1st (2:05.1698)
Race 27 – 17th
“Today, Scott did an amazing job. The car was super fast, I got in, we drove up to second after Scott had already got us up well inside the top ten. That’s the best car I’ve ever had around here in the dry, I really felt like we had a shot at winning it today if it’d stayed dry.”
“Unfortunately the rain came, and threw all sorts of different conditions at us, and I made a few mistakes which put us out of the race unfortunately. I ended up finishing just a few laps down.”
“So really sorry to my team, everyone did a fantastic job and it’s tough to let everyone down, but we’ll bounce back for Gold Coast for sure. I’ve got to wait another year to try and tame this place.”
“So the race today, that opening stint was really gritty. Didn’t make the best of starts but held position and then waited till our car came up to speed. When it came on strong, I managed to pass a fair few people, which was good, I don’t know where we actually got to, pretty high up in the ten so passed a few cars. Put us up there somewhere decent which was good. So we had great speed, I felt like I was comfortably fast on track and then when we got clean air we were, I think, quite clear… fastest car on track.”
“Handed over to Will, he did a mega job in his first stint as well. Then when I got back in, again the car was fast, plus when he handed over to me, we were in clean air so I was able to actually use it and get a move along. I think we were fastest on track at some points by six tenths per lap. I thought for a moment we’re actually going to reel JDub in and have that battle for track position because obviously with the double stack risk here at Mount Panorama, at Bathurst, it’s key to have that. So I was pushing on, but then the safety car came out, then it rained, and the rest is history. Unfortunately, didn’t go our way today, and I think we ended up with fastest lap of the race in the dry, but that doesn’t win you a wet race.”
“I definitely felt very comfortable out there and very fast, but speed doesn’t always matter when you the race at The Mountain, especially when it rains, it’s almost anyone’s race. That’s what we say all the time, sometimes The Mountain chooses the winner. I think it did that today. We didn’t get the chocolates, so hopefully, hopefully next year’s our year.”
Broc Feeney/Jamie Whincup – Car #88
Warm Up – 5th (2:05.4652)
Race 27 – 6th
“Oh, man. There’s a roller coaster for you!”
“Jamie did an awesome job first up and we got in the lead early in the race, pulled a big lead in the dry and felt extremely competitive. I think a dry race we were going to be be, there was going to be a battle between the Bulls. I think Will and I were super quick.”
“But the rain came and it was just a lot of gambling with wets and that. Jamie was about three seconds faster than everyone else for about thirty to forty laps, which was awesome, put us back in the race. Then worked our way back to second. Ummmm, then just messed up, went out and wasn’t warmed up and made a mistake, locked a brake and had ended up in the fence.”
“To then think we were two laps down, it was probably more two and a half nearly three laps down, and to come back and genuinely, I thought, have a chance at fighting for the podium in the last five laps was pretty cool. So it was a hectic day. What a great race to be a part of, one that I’m not going to forget for a very long time, but I’m disappointed because I felt like we had one of the best chances to fight for the win today.”
“I’m going to put my MD (Managing Director) hat on. It wasn’t our day, you know? We showed promise, of course, but we just didn’t get there. It just goes to show this place is very hard to win, very easy to lose at.”
“A few of the errors put us right out. We’re very proud of the job Broc did, to be three laps down and for the team to strategise to get back on the lead lap, finish in the top ten and still be challenging a podium in the final stages is pretty incredible.”
“But me personally, I’m pretty tired, tired and sore at the moment. I didn’t leave anything on the table. I just threw it all out there, scared myself half a dozen times, but loved it, loved every minute of it. I don’t think I could have done much more.”
“Those early laps I was just pushing silly, silly hard, probably too hard for a co-driver. I was driving like I was a main driver, but then the rain came and it all gets a little bit more complicated, doesn’t it. Probably got a little bit too hard but got away with it today, but it’s all about exposing yourself and having a crack. That’s what I tell the young kids, that’s what I’ll be telling the daughter, just have a go, don’t worry about what might not happen. So for me, kept it on the black stuff today and gave ourselves an opportunity.”
