The #222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Chaz Mostert/Cameron Waters/Thomas Randle during Practice 6 at the Bathurst 12 Hour. Image: InSyde Media
Mercedes-AMG entries occupied four of the top five positions with the #222 followed by Scott Andrews in the #44 Tigani Motorsport entry.
Broc Feeney wound up third in the #64 Haupt Racing Team Ford Mustang with the Silver Arrows of Luca Stolz (75 Express) and Jayden Ojeda (Tigani Motorsport) in fourth and fifth respectively.
Waters set a 2:01.5631s to finish a mere 0.1075s ahead of Andrews.
“The whole weekend, up to this point, we don’t really know where anyone is at,” said Waters’ co-driver Thomas Randle.
“We’ve still got the super pole to go, so great to be in that. Cam has done a ripper job there, but it’s a team effort.
“We’ve got to thank everyone from STM, Ashley Seward Motorsport. Chaz has been doing a mega job. Having Barry Ryan onboard has been great.
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“Now I’m looking forward to sitting back again and seeing what Cam can produce in the Pirelli Pole battle.”
Lucas Auer set the pace in Qualifying 1, logging a 2:01.9715s late in the 30-minute session – a time that would ultimately hold on to eighth and book him a Pirelli Pole Shootout berth.
Behind the #77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG came Laurin Heinrich in the #61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911, who ended up 15th.
The surprise packet of Qualifying 1 was Maro Engel, who qualified a lowly 31st due to a suspected power issue on the #888 Team GMR Mercedes-AMG
“We would have loved to have had a go and had a crack,” said Engel.
“Qualifying around here is special, but unfortunately, we had a power-related issue.
“Just need to investigate that now and make sure we get everything right for tomorrow.”
Waters was the first driver to best Auer, going to the top on a 2:01.8894s in the #222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG.
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With 13 minutes to go, the red flag flew when Kai Allen lost the left rear wheel of his #100 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG immediately after exiting the pit lane.
Grove Racing were left perplexed. Footage showed the squad fitting the left rear wheel, only for it to part company moments later.
“I think we’re going to need to see the parts when it gets back because, as you saw on the video, the nut looked tight and seated,” said Grant McPherson.
“Still a bit to understand there. It didn’t get very far, so it’s pretty confusing.”
The team managed to get the car fixed and back on track in the dying moments of Qualifying 2, but Allen could not improve on 21st after his fastest lap was scratched for bringing out the red.
With only six minutes to go, personal best times began to roll in.
Christopher Haase put the #55 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 to the top on a 2:01.8804s but was bumped down to sixth by the end of the session.
Haase’s timesheet topper only lasted two minutes. Scott Andrews pumped out a 2:01.6706s and was followed in by fellow Mercedes-AMG driver Luca Stolz on a 2:01.7565s.
Feeney in the Ford Mustang split the Mercs with a 2:01.6875s but was shuffled down when Waters went to the top on a 2:01.5631s.
Results: Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Qualifying, Mount Panorama
Pos
Num
Class
Driver
Car
Laps
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
222
PRO
Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
9
2:01.5631
2
44
PAM
Scott Andrews
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
11
2:01.6706
0.1075
0.1075
3
64
PRO
Broc Feeney
Ford Mustang GT3
12
2:01.6875
0.1244
0.0169
4
75
PRO
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
9
2:01.7565
0.1934
0.069
5
6
PRO
Jayden Ojeda
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
12
2:01.8066
0.2435
0.0501
6
55
PRO
Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
13
2:01.8804
0.3173
0.0738
7
46
PRO
Raffaele Marciello
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
7
2:01.9631
0.4000
0.0827
8
77
PRO
Lucas Auer
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
7
2:01.9715
0.4084
0.0084
9
911
PRO
Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 GT3R
11
2:01.9785
0.4154
0.007
10
93
BRO
Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracan
12
2:01.9902
0.4271
0.0117
11
89
BRO
Max Hesse
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
8
2:02.0234
0.4603
0.0332
12
32
PRO
Kelvin van der Linde
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
8
2:02.0361
0.4730
0.0127
13
9
BRO
Lee Holdsworth
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
12
2:02.2429
0.6798
0.2068
14
101
BRO
Ryder Quinn
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
12
2:02.2608
0.6977
0.0179
15
61
PRO
Laurin Heinrich
Porsche 911 GT3R
7
2:02.3887
0.8256
0.1279
16
95
PRO
Marvin Kirchhoefer
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
12
2:02.4067
0.8436
0.0180
17
193
BRO
Ryan Wood
Ferrari 296 GT3
12
2:02.5246
0.9615
0.1179
18
268
PAM
Alex Peroni
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
4
2:02.5478
0.9847
0.0232
19
26
PRO
Jaxon Evans
Ferrari 296 GT3
12
2:02.5533
0.9902
0.0055
20
45
PAM
Dylan O’Keeffe
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
12
2:02.7601
1.1970
0.2068
21
100
PRO
Kai Allen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
8
2:02.7859
1.2228
0.0258
22
79
BRO
Alex Fontana
Porsche 911 GT3R
11
2:02.8025
1.2394
0.0166
23
47
BRO
David Russell
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
12
2:02.9686
1.4055
0.1661
24
21
BRO
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3R
10
2:03.0452
1.4821
0.0766
25
2
PRO
Earl Bamber
Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R
10
2:03.0587
1.4956
0.0135
26
99
PAM
Ben Green
Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R
7
2:03.1114
1.5483
0.0527
27
14
PAM
Bryce Fullwood
Aston Martin Vantage
12
2:03.1459
1.5828
0.0345
28
27
BRO
Roman De Angelis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
10
2:03.1776
1.6145
0.0317
29
15
SIL
Marcos Flack
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
11
2:04.1448
2.5817
0.9672
30
50
I
Glen Wood
KTM X-BOW GT2
6
2:05.7656
4.2025
1.6208
31
888
PRO
Maro Engel
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
4
2:06.3000
4.7369
0.5344
32
86
BRO
Kerong Li
Porsche 911 GT3R
11
2:06.6433
5.0802
0.3433
33
111
I
Darren Currie
IRC GT
5
2:07.5945
6.0314
0.9512
34
42
GT4
Adrian Kunzle
McLaren Artura GT4
4
2:20.6429
19.0798
13.0484
