2018 Bathurst 1000

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Flag of New South Wales.svg 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Event Information
Round 13 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship
Mount Panorama street racing circuit in Australia.svg
Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
Date4–7 October 2018
Location Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue Mount Panorama Circuit
WeatherThursday: Intermittent showers, 15°C.
Friday: Overcast with patchy showers, 12°C.
Saturday: Sunny with light cloud, 17°C.
Sunday: Overcast with brief light showers before clearing to fine late, 17°C.
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 1000 km
Pole position Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Erebus Motorsport 		2:04.0589
Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards
Triple Eight Race Engineering 		6:01:44.8637

The 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 4–7 October 2018. It was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured of a 1000 kilometre race. The event was the thirteenth of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and incorporated Race 25 of the series. It was also the second event of the 2018 Enduro Cup. [1]

The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Triple Eight Race Engineering. [2] [3]

Report

Background

The event was the 61st running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 58th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 22nd running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It was the 20th time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the sixth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were David Reynolds and Luke Youlden.

Shane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader, 55 points clear of DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin. Van Gisbergen's Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mate Jamie Whincup was third in the points standings, 338 points from the lead. In the Teams' Championship, Triple Eight held a 656-point lead over DJR Team Penske. [4] In the Enduro Cup standings, Triple Eight team-mates Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell led the pairing of Van Gisbergen and Earl Bamber by 24 points. [5]

Entry list

Twenty-six cars were entered in the event. As in 2017, there were no additional "Wildcard" entries entered in the race. Four drivers would make their first start in the Bathurst 1000 - two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Earl Bamber, Super2 drivers Will Brown and Bryce Fullwood, and 'main-gamer' Anton de Pasquale. Teams Matt Stone Racing and 23Red Racing would also make their debuts in 'the Great Race', however the former contained many crew members from the former Stone Brothers Racing outfit and the latter was a continuation of Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport under new owners. It was the last start in the Bathurst 1000 for Paul Dumbrell and Jason Bright.

No.DriversTeam (Sponsor)CarNo.DriversTeamCar
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell 		Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Red Bull, Holden)		 Holden Commodore ZB 21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood 		Tim Blanchard Racing
(CoolDrive)		 Holden Commodore ZB
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff 		Walkinshaw Andretti United
(Mobil 1, Boost Mobile)		 Holden Commodore ZB 23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore 		Nissan Motorsport
(Industrial Athlete)		 Nissan Altima L33
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto 		Tickford Racing
(The Bottle-O)		 Ford Falcon FG X 25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 		Walkinshaw Andretti United
(Mobil 1, Boost Mobile)		 Holden Commodore ZB
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell 		Tickford Racing
(Monster Energy)		 Ford Falcon FG X 33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither 		Garry Rogers Motorsport
(Wilson Security)		 Holden Commodore ZB
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell 		Nissan Motorsport
(Castrol, Plus Fitness)		 Nissan Altima L33 34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Muscat 		Garry Rogers Motorsport
(Wilson Security)		 Holden Commodore ZB
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones 		Brad Jones Racing
(Repco)		 Holden Commodore ZB 35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood 		Matt Stone Racing
(Bigmate GPS)		 Holden Commodore VF
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden 		Erebus Motorsport
(Penrite)		 Holden Commodore ZB 55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat 		Tickford Racing
(Supercheap Auto)		 Ford Falcon FG X
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson 		Nissan Motorsport
(Castrol)		 Nissan Altima L33 56 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Tickford Racing
(Rabble Club)		 Ford Falcon FG X
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto 		DJR Team Penske
(Shell)		 Ford Falcon FG X 78 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Rullo 		Nissan Motorsport }
(Harvey Norman)		 Nissan Altima L33
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Walsh 		Brad Jones Racing
(Freightliner)		 Holden Commodore ZB 97 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber 		Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Red Bull, Holden)		 Holden Commodore ZB
17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat 		DJR Team Penske
(Shell)		 Ford Falcon FG X 99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown 		Erebus Motorsport
(Penrite)		 Holden Commodore ZB
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright 		Team 18
(Preston Hire)		 Holden Commodore ZB 230 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison 		23Red Racing
(Milwaukee Tools)		 Ford Falcon FG X
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 		Tekno Autosports
(Truck Assist)		 Holden Commodore ZB 888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards 		Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Autobarn)		 Holden Commodore ZB

Results

Practice

Practice summary
SessionDayFastest lap
No.DriverTeamCarTimeCond.
Practice 1Thursday230 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:25.0243Wet
Practice 2Thursday17 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 2:35.1824Wet
Practice 3Thursday56 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:29.0174Wet
Practice 4Friday9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.6470Drying
Practice 5Friday23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 2:26.2236Wet
Practice 6Saturday9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4072Dry
Warm-UpSunday17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 2:04.9633Dry
Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarTimeGapGrid
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.1093Top 10
29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.2647+0.1555Top 10
317 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 2:04.2861+0.1769Top 10
497 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.3818+0.2725Top 10
525 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4759+0.3666Top 10
6888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.5702+0.4609Top 10
76 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:04.5794+0.4701Top 10
88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6380+0.5288Top 10
999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6942+0.5849Top 10
1033 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.8567+0.7474Top 10
1155 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:04.9133+0.804011
1234 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.9719+0.862712
137 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 2:05.0357+0.926513
1411 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 2:05.0644+0.955214
1512 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 2:05.1789+1.069615
1623 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 2:05.3195+1.210216
1756 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:05.4607+1.351417
182 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.4655+1.356218
195 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:05.5106+1.401319
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.5656+1.456320
2118 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.7075+1.598221
2221 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.8433+1.734022
2335 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 2:06.0375+1.928323
24230 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:06.0429+1.933624
2519 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.1324+2.023225
2678 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 2:06.4374+2.328126
Source: [13]

Top 10 Shootout

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarTimeGapGrid
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.05891
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.0683+0.00942
399 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.3498+0.29093
497 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.5385+0.47964
517 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 2:04.5494+0.49055
66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 2:04.7517+0.69286
78 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.7673+0.70847
825 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.0034+0.94458
9888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.0835+1.02469
1033 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.1717+1.112810
Source: [14]

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards 		Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1616:01:44.86379300
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff 		Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 161+6.29218276
317 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat 		DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161+9.4085258
455 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat 		Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161+10.25311240
597 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber 		Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161+27.4214222
633 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither 		Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161+30.01010204
78 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones 		Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 161+36.5427192
834 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Muscat 		Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161+37.23312180
912 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto 		DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161+47.11215168
101 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell 		Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161+56.4332156
1111 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson 		Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 161+1:19.07414144
125 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto 		Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161+1:35.00919138
139 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden 		Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161+1:39.1051132
1478 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Rullo 		Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 161+1:47.77626126
1519 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 		Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 161+1:52.39725120
167 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell 		Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 161+1:54.82313114
1714 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Walsh 		Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 lap20108
1821 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood 		Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 159+2 laps22102
19230 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison 		23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 159+2 laps2496
2035 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood 		Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 159+2 laps2390
2118 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright 		Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 157+4 laps2184
2256 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 152+9 laps1778
236 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell 		Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 148+13 laps672
2499 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown 		Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 143+18 laps366
NC23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore 		Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 69Accident16
NC25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 		Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 33Mechanical8
Source: [15]

Championship standings

Broadcast

The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by Fox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506), a paid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and Network 10 (via free-to-air channels 10 and 10 Bold), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. The 2018 race was broadcast by Foxtel in 4K resolution, a first for Australian sports. [16]

Fox SportsNetwork 10
Host: Jessica Yates, Russell Ingall
Booth: Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife
Pit-lane: Riana Crehan, Andrew Jones, Mark Larkham, Greg Murphy 		Presenters: Aaron Noonan, Matthew White
Pundit: Rick Kelly
Roving: Scott MacKinnon, Kate Peck

References

  1. ↑ "Supercars reveals 16 event 2018 calendar". speedcafe.com . 4 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Results, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. ↑ 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ↑ "2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Points". Supercars.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Race 24: RABBLE.club Sandown 500 Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Practice 4". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Practice 5". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Practice 6". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Warm-Up". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Top 10 Shootout". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Race 25". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  16. ↑ Howard, Tom (19 September 2018). "Bathurst to be broadcast in 4K and ad-break free". Speedcafe. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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