Bathurst 1000 2023: live leaderboard, times, stream, how to watch, results, Brodie Kostecki, Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes

A damaged gear lever mount has ruined Craig Lowndes’ probabilities of profitable an eighth Bathurst 1000, whereas fellow veteran Jamie Whincup made a blistering begin to snatch the lead from heat favourites Brodie Kostecki and co-driver David Russell – just for it to all go pear-shaped.

Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters, in the meantime, lamented his Ford Mustang’s ‘embarrassing’ tempo down the straights as the protection vehicles begin to make their affect.

Who will declare Australia’s most well-known race? Comply with all of the reside motion right here.

1.30PM: FAVOURITES TAKE CONTROL AT BATHURST

By Shane Jones

Erebus Racing’s Brodie Kostecki is the race chief virtually a 3rd by the Bathurst 1000.

The pole sitter, with co-driver Dave Russell, who began, misplaced the lead at flip one with Triple 888’s Jamie Whincup taking the lead for the primary few 26 laps of the race.

Following the primary security automobile on lap 27, which got here out on account of Grove Racing’s Kevin Estre being caught within the sandtrap, PremiAir Racing’s Dylan O’Keefe led earlier than Triple 888 racing’s Shane Van Gisbergen took over after the restart.

He led till the second security automobile got here out after Brad Jones Racing’s Dale Wooden went into the sandtrap on the closing flip.

Kostecki took the lead following a bunch of pit stops and has held the lead from the lap 42 restart.

Shane Van Gisbergen/Richie Stanaway are at the moment second with Dick Johnson Racing’s Anton De Pasquale in third.

1.05PM: SAFTEY CARS START TO IMPACT RACE

By Shane Jones

The second security automobile has come out after the Brad Jones Racing automobile of Andre Heimgartner and Dale Wooden received caught within the sandtrap on the closing nook.

Wooden made contact with the again proper of Group 18 driver Scott Pye’s automobile, together with his left entrance, which despatched him straight into the tyre wall.

It induced Wooden to be caught within the sand entice, inflicting the protection automobile.

The BJR automobile has misplaced one lap for the incident however the group continues to be operating.

The contact between the 2 vehicles is being investigated by stewards.

The security automobile induced virtually everybody to pit with Broc Feeney shifting from second to sixteenth after being double stacked behind Shane Van Gisbergen, his teammate, within the pits.

Jamie Whincup, Feeney’s co-driver, is now within the automobile.

The race went again below inexperienced situations on lap 42.

12.45PM: FORMER BATHURST CHAMP DIALLED IN

He might need gone stateside in recent times to dominate the IndyCar collection, however former Bathurst champion Scott McLaughlin is aware of the place his coronary heart actually lies.

The three-time Supercars champion was glued to the Nice Race… even whereas at a marriage.

McLaughlin received the Nice Race in 2019 and spent yet one more 12 months in Supercars earlier than heading to the US to embark on an IndyCar profession.

12.40PM: FORD STAR HAMMERED WITH HUGE PENALTY

By Shane Jones

One of many Ford favourites has been closely penalised after the primary security automobile of the day.

Grove Racing’s David Reynolds and Garth Tander have been given a drive by penalty after overtaking Triple 888’s Broc Feeney whereas the sphere was below security automobile.

Reynolds got here out of flip 1 and went previous Feeney after the Triple 888 driver accomplished their first cease.

It was the second blow for Grove Racing within the house of a few laps after his teammate, Kevin Estre, induced the protection automobile after getting caught within the sand entice at flip one.

The Grove Racing driver was second on the time of finishing the drive by.

The group now has a problem to get again to the entrance of the sphere, shedding a stack of time.

12.30PM: LOWNDES’ PRAYERS AS SAFETY CAR EMERGES

Craig Lowndes is aware of he wants a miracle after shedding three laps as a consequence of a damaged gear lever mount.

And the Bathurst gods may already be listening to his prayers.

“Once I went down a gear into the Reducing the entire lever went ahead and I went this isn’t good,” Lowndes mentioned.

“We’re praying for a few security vehicles and a few fortunate canines.

“The automobile was good.”

The prayers have been answered, with the protection automobile making its first look shortly after.

Grove Racing co-driver Kevin Estre has prompted the primary security automobile of the Bathurst 1000.

Simply 4 laps after leaping into the automobile to alleviate lead driver Matt Payne, Estre ran vast off the monitor at flip one and into the tyre barrier on lap 27, bringing out the yellow flags.

The security automobile prompted a flurry of pit stops whereas Estre’s automobile was retrieved.

Frenchman Estre is likely one of the worldwide drivers within the Bathurst discipline together with Swiss Dick Johnson Racing wildcard Simona De Silvestro.

In the meantime, Will Brown is exhibiting with Triple Eight splashed the money to deliver him throughout – he moved as much as third after beginning the day in seventeenth on the grid. A sensible name to provide him the opening drive.

12.20PM: SUPERCARS STAR BASHES ‘EMBARRASSING’ FLAW

Tickford Racing star Cam Waters lamented his Ford Mustang was no match for his or her Camaro rivals down the straights at Mount Panorama, labelling it “embarrassing”.

Waters began the race in his Monster Mustang, handing the automobile over to co-driver James Moffat on lap 23.

Requested to charge his begin to the race, Waters mentioned he was a “sitting duck” down the straights.

“Received a not dangerous begin, not an awesome begin, however sat in behind Jimmy (Golding) and used the slip stream for so long as I might,” Waters mentioned.

“We blew the rear tyre a bit bit in direction of the top there.

“We’re a sitting duck down the straights, it’s really embarrassing how dangerous it’s.

“It was only a gremlin or one thing flawed with the gas pot or one thing.

“I believe the boys have reset it anyway within the pit cease so hopefully that’s the finish of that.”

Parity has been a scorching subject within the lead-in to Bathurst with Ford’s push for aerodynamic adjustments to the Mustangs rejected as a result of the parity set off had not been hit.

12.00PM: LOWNDES STRUCK BY BIG DRAMA

By Shane Jones

A damaged gear lever mount has ruined Craig Lowndes’ probabilities of profitable an eighth Bathurst 1000.

The problem occurred on lap 17 of the race, which noticed the Supercheap Auto Racing wildcard limp across the monitor after struggling to get the fitting gear heading as much as flip two, Griffins Bend.

Lowndes had loved a terrific opening to the race, shifting up from twentieth to 14th to provide a touch that one thing particular is likely to be brewing, earlier than catastrophe struck

He misplaced three laps whereas in pit lane with the group fixing the mount, with co-driver Zane Goddard taking on after the issue was fastened.

Lowndes wasn’t the one driver within the wars, with Jonathon Webb in Automobile No.23 narrowly avoiding the wall after operating off the monitor to slip again to seventeenth.

11.45AM: BROWN MAKES MONSTER IMPACT AFTER 15 LAPS

This has been some drive from Will Brown to this point – after the chaos of yesterday and that scary crash on flip two, he’s powering his means across the mountain at this time.

The crash knocked him out of the Prime-10 shootout, and the all-important grid placements, nevertheless it hasn’t mattered.

He’s wolfed up 11 spots by the primary 15 laps – most not too long ago whipping previous veteran Garth Tander – to be sixth within the early levels of the Nice Race.

11.35AM: BROWN AVOIDS CARANGE TO CARVE UP GRID

By Rebecca Williams

Erebus Motorsport’s Will Brown has been an enormous early mover firstly of the Bathurst 1000.

Ranging from seventeenth on the grid, Brown had moved as much as seventh place after the opening 9 laps at Mount Panorama.

The Toowoomba pilot missed a spot within the top-10 shootout after having his qualifying session hampered when he smashed his Camaro into the tyre barrier on Friday.

Brown’s transfer up the order got here as seven-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup received the soar on Brodie Kostecki’s co-driver David Russell off the beginning line to take the early race lead.

Brown will make the transfer to Triple Eight subsequent 12 months to switch NASCAR-bound Shane van Gisbergen.

Seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes was additionally an enormous early mover, working his means from twentieth on the beginning grid to 14th.

11.20AM: WHINCUP’S BLAZING START – 161 LAPS TO GO

The formation lap is finished, and the hills are packed in anticipation of one other Bathurst basic.

All eyes will likely be on the highly effective Erebus Motorsport automobile being steered by Brodie Kostecki and David Russell, with the latter beginning behind the wheel in pole place.

However it’s Jamie Whincup who will get the soar firstly, shifting previous Russell and into the lead by the primary flip of a dramatic opening lap.

In wonderful, heat situations in Bathurst a fast opening lap prevented the carnage of years passed by – with Will Brown, who crashed closely in qualifying yesterday, leaping 5 locations within the opening lap.

11AM: BATHURST STARTERS CONFIRMED

By Rebecca Williams

Brodie Kostecki’s co-driver David Russell will begin behind the wheel from pole place for Erebus Motorsport for the Bathurst 1000.

And Broc Feeney’s co-driver, seven-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup, can even begin the race for Triple Eight’s No.88 Camaro alongside him on the entrance row.

A four-time winner at Bathurst, Whincup teamed with 20-year-old Feeney to win final begin on the Sandown 500.

However on the second row, Tickford Racing has opted to begin its essential driver Cam Waters, who has completed on the rostrum the final three years at Mount Panorama.

PremiAir Racing can even begin its essential driver James Golding on the second row.

Defending Bathurst 1000 champion Shane van Gisbergen’s co-driver Richie Stanaway will begin for Triple Eight’s No.97 Camaro.

Grove Racing rookie Matt Payne, Tickford Racing’s Thomas Randle and James Courtney, Brad Jones Racing’s Andre Heimgartner and Matt Stone Racing’s Jack Le Brocq are additionally among the many essential drivers to be beginning the race.

Kostecki claimed his first Bathurst pole with a blistering top-10 shootout lap round Mount Panorama on Saturday.

10.30AM: DISASTER STRIKES DJR

The race continues to be an hour away, however the dramas have already hit Mount Panorama for Dick Johnson racing.

The nice and cozy-up session was something however easy this morning, with Automobile 11 – pushed by Anton de Pasquale and Tony D’Alberto – dealing with braking troubles that might ‘wreck your race’.

The pair will begin in fifth on the grid, however DJR are enduring monumental troubles with their brake-change procedures, noting that each one groups should make no less than one brake change to every of its vehicles through the 161-lap race.

So it was a worrying signal as Automobile 11 was wheeling again into the storage with brake points.

“We’re constantly seeing points with this complete system and the way they’re going about it,” Fox Sports activities commentator Greg Murphy mentioned.

“Some groups have appear to have received it nailed; it seems to be like there’s work to do [for DJR] clearly.

“That is going to wreck your race if this goes flawed.

“I really feel for the mechanics which are engaged on these vehicles and having to arrange, preparing for that automobile to come back in — through the greatest race of the 12 months — and understanding that they’ve had points by observe.”

9.30AM: EXPERT PREDICTIONS

REBECCA WILLIAMS

1. Broc Feeney + Jamie Whincup

Confirmed their power as a mix at Sandown and Whincup is a drive as a co-driver.

2. Brodie Kostecki + David Russell

A podium is there for the taking for the collection chief in his Erebus “rocket ship”.

3. Shane van Gisbergen + Richie Stanaway

Doesn’t matter the place the defending champ begins, this man is aware of tips on how to hunt on monitor.

JESS YATES – FOX SPORTS

1. Broc Feeney + Jamie Whincup

Contemporary off their win from the Sandown 500, BF + JW are one of many strongest pairings. JW expertise will serve them nicely.

2. Brodie Kostecki + David Russell

Quick automobile and complete dedication, Brodie will likely be on a mission within the dash to the top.

3. David Reynolds + Garth Tander

Their profitable expertise of this duo and their race tempo will put them on the rostrum

MARK SKAIFE – FOX SPORTS

1. Brodie Kostecki + David Russell

They’ve been quickest all week and can take some beating.

2. Shane van Gisbergen + Richie Stanaway

Seems like their race tempo is nice based mostly on tyre life.

3. Chaz Mostert + Lee Holdsworth

The profitable duo is again collectively and so they have an awesome monitor document on the mountain.

SHANE JONES – SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

1. Brodie Kostecki + David Russell

The quickest automobile all weekend and clear favorite.

2. Broc Feeney + Jamie Whincup

The most effective co-driver combines with essentially the most improved driver within the discipline. If Whincup offers Feeney the lead when finishes his stint, the younger gun can win the Nice Race.

3. Shane van Gisbergen + Richie Stanaway

A transparent challenger for the crown, however they’ll fall quick. No reigning Bathust champion has gone back-to-back since 2008

RACING FANS ARE HYPED!

8AM: Lowndes’ shrewd plot to ‘fly below the radar’

By Rebecca Williams

Seven-time Bathurst 1000 champion Craig Lowndes is aiming to “fly below the radar” in Sunday’s battle at Mount Panorama as he fits up for his thirtieth begin within the Nice Race.

Lining up in a Triple Eight wildcard three many years after his first look within the endurance basic, Lowndes confirmed he could be behind the wheel for the beginning of the race however mentioned it was but to be decided whether or not he or co-driver Zane Goddard would end.

Lowndes and Goddard will begin from twentieth on the grid for Sunday’s 1000km race as each of Triple Eight’s essential vehicles booked spots within the high 10.

However the triple Supercars champion, who received the final of his seven wins at Mount Panorama in 2018, is planning on a stealthy assault to push up the order.

“I’m going to begin …. we talked concerning the technique, there’s two methods and the sweetness about Zane and I is that we’re each very comparable in lap time,” Lowndes mentioned.

“Relying on how the race unfolds within the sense of security vehicles and all the pieces else, we will go both means and that’s both Zane finishes or I end, we don’t know but.

“We simply want to remain out of bother and that’s the important thing level to run below the radar for the primary half of the race, be within the lead bunch, however not essentially need to be on the entrance of the sphere.

“After which chase the monitor and if we will have a very robust automobile on the finish – no matter whether or not Zane or I are in on the finish – is to be sure that we’re in that high six vehicles with a combating probability.”

Lowndes completed eighth in a wildcard alongside Declan Fraser – now at Tickford Racing – at Bathurst final 12 months after sharing a automobile together with his well-known three-peat teammate Jamie Whincup the earlier three years.

The V8 nice has set his sights on bettering on final 12 months’s consequence on Sunday.

“I’ve already mentioned to him (Goddard) that we wish to beat final 12 months’s consequence, which was eighth and that was the perfect wildcard consequence,” Lowndes mentioned.

“If we might get eighth or higher, understanding that we began sixteenth final 12 months and received eighth – we begin twentieth – however we’ve nonetheless received a powerful mixture of a group automobile and our pit stops have been fairly good.

“I’m actually assured, I believe that there’s a powerful consequence that we will have as a collective group … we’re a small little group, however clearly our massive brother down the highway we (can) be taught set-up sensible and that facet of it off them.”

Whereas there was loads of dialogue about how the brand new Gen3 vehicles would maintain up over 1000 km at Mount Panorama, Lowndes mentioned the Sandown 500 had been a great check.

“I believe the vehicles will maintain up OK, mechanically I believe they’ve been dependable sufficient and it proved that at Sandown as a result of that’s fairly a brutal monitor,” Lowndes mentioned.

“Over the course of the race what’s going to occur over the course of the race is that the monitor will evolve …. because the day goes on and the rubber that comes down, we’re most likely going to see quite a lot of groups below vehicles, making changes in pit stops, making an attempt to maintain in entrance of the monitor.

“That’s one thing that’s going to be actually vital to just remember to’ve received a great quick automobile for the final hour and a half to go.”

Having raced over three many years within the greatest race of the 12 months, Lowndes mentioned the best way the brand new Gen3 vehicles dealt with over the mountain reminded him of the “outdated days”.

“To be sincere these really feel just like the outdated days just like the late 90s, just like the VT (Commodore),” Lowndes mentioned.

“You get a bit little bit of wheel spin over Mountain Strait (with the) mild gas, dangerous tyres. Over McPhillamy, the vehicles carry and really rotate a bit bit, so all that it simply jogs my memory of again within the olds days.

“It’s humorous listening to among the drivers complain about all of the instabilities, nevertheless it’s prefer it was again within the late 90s.”

Lowndes had a visit down reminiscence lane on Saturday when he jumped behind the wheel of his 2006 Bathurst-winning Ford Falcon, which he shared with Whincup, for a legends’ parade marking the sixtieth anniversary of the Bathurst 1000.