The Great Race contenders — and the left-field alternatives that can’t be ignored: Bathurst form guide
The Bathurst 1000 is just one race in the Supercars season, worth the same 300 points as every other round the series visits over the year.There’s the prestige of winning at Australia’s most famous circuit and lifting the Peter Brock Trophy knowing your name will be immortalised on the list of victors at Mount Panorama.There’s the risk of all 300 points being up for grabs in a single race after a season comprising mostly sprints. The mountain offers no second chances.
Brodie Kostecki has led the way. He collected 10 podiums, including two wins, from the first 12 races, and he arrives at Bathurst off the back of four wins in the last six races and six podiums from his last seven starts. But Mount Panorama is a different beast, and the new frontrunners will need to be perfect to claim what would be a history-making Bathurst victory and put one hand on the championship trophies.
“It changes when you go to Bathurst,” Skaife says. “You need to apply all the same sorts of rigour and preparation at Bathurst that you’ve been using through the course of the year, but then you’ve got to make sure the cars do 1000 kilometres, the co-drivers are up to speed and you minimise the mistakes, because that’s something that we’ve seen a lot of in Gen3.
Whincup needs no real introduction. The T8 team boss and Supercars legend completes this impressive pairing, which made good on what is an almost embarrassing amount of potential by winning the Sandown 500 from fifth on the grid. “Then obviously leading into what happens with Bathurst, it becomes a heightened experience given the gravity of that event and how important it is for teams to be successful there.”
“The last time that they were together they won, and their car in terms of race pace through the season has really improved, they’re getting better and better all the time,” Skaife says.
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