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Bathurst 1000: Waters slides to provisional pole

Cam Waters scored provisional pole for the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 in a weather-affected qualifying session.

Andrew van Leeuwen

Edited: Oct 7, 2022, 6:29 AM

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Cam Waters qualifying

The session started out full wet, however conditions continued to improve, albeit very slowly, across the 40 minutes.

After an early flurry of improving times, Waters set the first real benchmark with a 2m26.172s.

He improved to a 2m24.687s right before the midway point of the session, at which point pre-race favourite Shane van Gisbergen was still well outside the Top 10.

The Kiwi changed that soon after, though, going fifth fastest on one lap before taking over top spot with a 2m24.224s.

Chaz Mostert was next to enjoy a stint at the top, going quickest with a 2m24.098s before improving to a 2m23.836s on his next lap.

With eight minutes to Waters jumped Mostert again with a 2m23.616s.

That time looked like it would come under threat in the closing minutes when van Gisbergen went fastest in the first sector. However, he failed to improve over the rest of the lap and was left in fourth place.

Van Gisbergen then fastest again in the first sector next time around, only to get into the back of Macauley Jones at the Dipper.

The contact left Jones in the wall and meant van Gisbergen was unable to improve, sealing provisional pole for Waters.

"We're stoked," said Waters. "We just wanted to make sure we were in the [Top] 10.

"We weren't too bad in the dry earlier today but ordinary in the rain. We didn't know what we were going to have.

"The guys did a really good job to tune it up between practice and qualifying. The car was a jet, it was really nice to drive."

Lee Holdsworth ended up second thanks to an impressive end to the session that initially saw him jump to third before he leapfrogged Mostert.

That left reigning winner Mostert in third ahead of van Gisbergen.

Wildcard driver Richie Stanaway impressed in the wet

Photo by: Mark Horsburgh

The star of the show was wildcard driver Richie Stanaway, who continued his remarkable wet pace with the fifth fastest time.

"I'm pretty happy with that," said Stanaway. "It's my first time in the Shootout at Bathurst.

"I was a bit worried at the end there cos we stayed out quite long and the tyres were over-pressured. I was a bit concerned because I couldn't improve. Luckily we held onto the spot."

That left him best of the three Erebus cars, although Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown also made the Top 10 Shootout with the ninth and 10th fastest times respectively.

Will Davison led the way for Dick Johnson Racing in sixth ahead of Nick Percat and James Courtney.

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There were some big names that missed out on the Shootout, with Anton De Pasquale and Tony D'Alberto set to start 11th after the former couldn't crack the Top 10.

Andre Heimgartner was another potential front-runner to miss out, he and Dale Wood set to start 12th.

Jamie Whincup, who subbed for primary driver Broc Feeney in the #88 Red Bull Holden, was only good enough for 14th on the grid, two spots ahead of Craig Lowndes in the Triple Eight wildcard.

David Reynolds ended up well behind teammate Holdsworth, he and Matt Campbell ending up 18th on the grid, while Tim Slade was dead last in the Blanchard Racing Team Mustang.

Cla Driver Car Laps Time Gap 1 Australia Cameron Waters
James Moffat Ford Mustang GT 15 2'23.6168 2 Lee Holdsworth
Matthew Payne Ford Mustang GT 15 2'23.8296 0.2128 3 Chaz Mostert
New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'23.8361 0.2193 4 Shane van Gisbergen
Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 13 2'24.0665 0.4497 5 Richie Stanaway
Greg Murphy Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'24.3527 0.7359 6 Australia Will Davison
Alex Davison Ford Mustang GT 14 2'24.4223 0.8055 7 Nick Percat
Warren Luff Holden Commodore ZB 15 2'24.5634 0.9466 8 James Courtney
Zane Goddard Ford Mustang GT 15 2'24.6455 1.0287 9 Brodie Kostecki
David Russell Holden Commodore ZB 15 2'24.7897 1.1729 10 Will Brown
Jack Perkins Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'25.0004 1.3836 11 Australia Anton De Pasquale
Tony D'Alberto Ford Mustang GT 13 2'25.0082 1.3914 12 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Dale Wood Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'25.0130 1.3962 13 James Golding
Dylan O'Keeffe Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'25.0149 1.3981 14 Broc Feeney
Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'25.1274 1.5106 15 Australia Thomas Randle
Zak Best Ford Mustang GT 14 2'25.1522 1.5354 16 Craig Lowndes
Declan Fraser Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'25.3524 1.7356 17 Jake Kostecki
Kurt Kostecki Ford Mustang GT 14 2'25.4653 1.8485 18 David Reynolds
Matt Campbell Ford Mustang GT 14 2'25.4724 1.8556 19 Todd Hazelwood
Jayden Ojeda Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'26.0743 2.4575 20 Australia Scott Pye
Tyler Everingham Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'26.0764 2.4596 21 New Zealand Chris Pither
Cameron Hill Holden Commodore ZB 13 2'26.4082 2.7914 22 Macauley Jones
Jordan Boys Holden Commodore ZB 13 2'26.6575 3.0407 23 Mark Winterbottom
Michael Caruso Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'27.0162 3.3994 24 Australia Bryce Fullwood
Dean Fiore Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'27.1369 3.5201 25 Jack Le Brocq
Aaron Seton Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'27.5240 3.9072 26 Matt Chahda
Jaylyn Robotham Holden Commodore ZB 12 2'28.2437 4.6269 27 Jack Smith
Jaxon Evans Holden Commodore ZB 14 2'28.3813 4.7645 28 Tim Slade
Australia Tim Blanchard Ford Mustang GT 13 2'31.3185 7.7017 View full results

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