Sydney 500 – Practice, Qualifying & Race 1 Results
Will Brown – Car #1
Practice 1 – 12th (1:30.7310)
Qualifying (Race 1) – 11th (1:29.7708)
Race 1 – Fifth
Drivers’ Championship Standings – Fifth (57 points)
“I had a good start. My first lap wasn’t too bad. We sort of got in a really big battle with Ryan Wood and it was great racing, but unfortunately that hurts. Hurts your lap time, and it really hurts your tyres. So, we passed each other about four or five times.”
“But overall, we did a really good strategy. We put four tyres on in the stop and was able to come back through the field and finish fifth. So, for a very tough night like tonight, it’s a great recovery by the team and really happy with the strategy. The stop was really good by the boys.”
“We just need to have a good look at our car overnight, tune it up, tune myself up in qualifying and then have another crack tomorrow.”
Broc Feeney – Car #88
Practice 1 – 18th (1:30.9757)
Qualifying – Second (1:28.9452)
Race 1 (Race 1) – 14th
Drivers’ Championship Standings – 14th (27 points)
Teams’ Championship Standings – Third (84 points)
“Overall, to qualify front row, I think we did a really good job to maximize there. I got a good initial jump and then I think I hit the paint and wheel spun, but tried to settle into a rhythm pretty early, realized didn’t have the pace of Cam (Waters), and just tried to focus on our long run pace.”
“Unfortunately, on the lap that we were pitting, I had a slide and caught the edge at turn three and there’s a 30 centimetre drop off there and got a puncture. So, we went back to last, and got back to 14th. I’m pretty obviously gutted it was just a stupid mistake, but it’s just such a fine line out there. So anyway, I made a mistake, and I think we are the second-best car, but we’ve got a long way to go to catch Cam.”
“I think we’re all right. As I said, I think we were probably on for second. But Cam’s on another planet out there. They’ve done a fantastic job. Kudos to them. They’ve rolled out super strong, so we know where we can be, but we want to be able to fight for the win tomorrow night.”
