Erebus Motorsport drivers’ Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown will start from the back of the top 10 for Sunday’s Bathurst 1000 after being disqualified from the Top 10 Shootout.
Both commodores were reviewed by the stewards after qualifying, where it was found that despite the overall weights of the cars being by the book, the doors on both Erebus Holdens were underweight.
Kostecki and Brown were positioned fourth and fifth before being relegated.
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Speaking after the penalty, Erebus Motorsport apologised for the “small oversight”, saying that it was an “honest mistake by the crew”.
Earlier, Walkinshaw Andretti United driver Chaz Mostert posted the fastest ever lap in qualifying at Mount Panorama to win the Top 10 Shootout.
Mostert’s #25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online ZB Commodore will start from the front row for the Bathurst 1000 after posting an impressive flying lap time of 2:03.373.
Running at number eight in the shootout, Mostert edged out Tickford Racing’s Cameron Waters’ previous time, before hanging on to pip Anton De Pasquale of Dick Johnson Racing by 0.289 of a second.
Mostert set the fastest time in sectors one and three, with De Pasquale the best over the top of the mountain in sector two.
De Pasquale was only a tenth away from Mostert’s time at the end of sector two, but a small mistake at the final corner caused the gap to stretch.
Despite being the fastest time ever recorded in the Top 10 shootout, the lap wasn’t perfect, with Mostert skimming the wall coming out of Forrest’s Elbow.
The time outclassed the old marker set by Scott McLaughlin in 2019 by 0.15 of a second.
Mostert and co-driver Lee Holdsworth had consistently been the fastest across all practice sessions leading into qualifying.
After the receiving the chequered flag, Mostert repeatedly punched the air in excitement, exclaiming: “That was so much fun”.
“I don’t even know what words (to say),” he said after the session.
“The car was just so enjoyable to drive; it’s been awesome all weekend.
“When I heard the times come down from the other guys I thought wow that’s getting fast, so I just blocked it all out and drove to the grip level and the car was really responsive.”
Mostert last sat on pole at the Great Race in 2019 in dramatic fashion after Scott McLaughlin was disqualified. He is also a previous race winner, crowned King of the Mountain in 2014.
Mostert and Holdsworth will now head into Sunday’s Bathurst 1000 as the favourites to win.
De Pasquale will start next to Mostert, while the second row will be shared by Waters and Tim Slade. Shane Van Gisbergen, Will Davison, Nick Percat, Jack Le Brocq, Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown round out the rest of the top 10 on the grid.
This is Walkinshaw Andretti United’s first pole position since 2009.
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