BRODIE Kostecki blasted to pole position for the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000, but he doesn’t own the fastest qualifying lap of the weekend at Mount Panorama.
That honour belongs to Sports Sedan racer Jordan Caruso.
The 23-year-old professional gamer lapped the Mountain in 2:02.5436s during qualifying on Thursday aboard a wild Chev V8-powered Audi A4.
Caruso’s effort ended up over 1.7s quicker than the Supercars pole time, despite the Audi not appearing to have the right gearing for the track’s long straights.
It’s no surprise that the liberal Sports Sedan rules produced a quicker time than Supercars’ best.
But the move to the lower-downforce – and therefore slower – Gen3 cars this year makes for an interesting comparison against several support categories on the Mountain.
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale has compiled the fastest times from each driver across the qualifying sessions for all categories to create a ‘Supergrid’.
Incredibly, the fastest four drivers on the resulting list represent four different categories: Sports Sedans, Supercars, Carrera Cup and Super2.
Caruso and Kostecki’s best times are followed by the pole laps from Harri Jones and Zak Best (Ford Mustang Gen2) in Carrera Cup and Super2 respectively.
They slot in ahead of the Top 10 Shootout efforts from Broc Feeney and Cam Waters, whose Gen3 Mustang fell 0.0750s short of its Best-driven Gen2 predecessor.
The below ‘Supergrid’ is presented with 28 cars, matching the number of entries for the Great Race.
It features two Sports Sedans (the other being Brad Shiels’ rapid Fiat 124!), four Super2 cars, six Carrera Cup Porsches and 16 Gen3 Supercars.
The 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 will get underway at 11:15am local time.
Supergrid: The fastest qualifying times across all classes at the 2023 Bathurst 1000
| Pos | Driver | Car | Category | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Caruso | Audi A4 | Sports Sedans | 2:02.5436s |
| 2 | Brodie Kostecki | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:04.2719s |
| 3 | Harri Jones | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Carrera Cup | 2:04.6672s |
| 4 | Zak Best | Ford Mustang GT | Super2 | 2:04.7025s |
| 5 | Broc Feeney | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:04.7549s |
| 6 | Cam Waters | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:04.7775s |
| 7 | James Golding | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:04.8133s |
| 8 | Harry King | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Carrera Cup | 2:04.8722s |
| 9 | Anton De Pasquale | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:04.9165s |
| 10 | Shane van Gisbergen | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:04.9971s |
| 11 | David Reynolds | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:05.0830s |
| 12 | Max Vidau | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Carrera Cup | 2:05.1675s |
| 13 | Brad Shiels | Fiat 124 Coupe | Sports Sedans | 2:05.2019s |
| 14 | Matt Payne | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:05.2090s |
| 15 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:05.2177s |
| 16 | Will Davison | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:05.2851s |
| 17 | Dylan O’Keeffe | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Carrera Cup | 2:05.3311s |
| 18 | Chris van der Drift | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Carrera Cup | 2:05.3534s |
| 19 | Thomas Randle | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:05.3799s |
| 20 | Kai Allen | Holden Commodore ZB | Super2 | 2:05.4056s |
| 21 | Nick McBride | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Carrera Cup | 2:05.4132s |
| 22 | Scott Pye | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:05.4419s |
| 23 | Andre Heimgartner | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:05.4700s |
| 24 | Aaron Love | Ford Mustang GT | Super2 | 2:05.4863s |
| 25 | Cameron Hill | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:05.4895s |
| 26 | Jack Le Brocq | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Supercars | 2:05.5074s |
| 27 | James Courtney | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 2:05.5107s |
| 28 | Ryan Wood | Holden Commodore ZB | Super2 | 2:05.5155s |
