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
Waters set a 2:02.3574s in the #222 Mercedes-AMG, topping another incident-free practice.
Speaking post-session, the Supercars star said his rivals hadn’t shown their best performance yet.
“We put some tyres on to see where we ended up,” said Waters.
“I feel like there are a fair few people not showing their hand at the moment.
“I think everyone won’t be able to help themselves [in qualifying. They’ll have a crack, for sure.
“It will be cool to see where we are in quali trim and hopefully we can stay up the top.”
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Waters explained that he was not hellbent on getting pole position, but said a strong starting position would be important.
“You obviously want to start up the front of the race in the clean air with a fast car, so that’s obviously our aim,” he said.
“We’re not that committed to trying to get pole, obviously it would be nice. As long as we’re up the front and we can get a good start, we’ll be alright.”
Broc Feeney was the first driver to dip into the 2m02s bracket in the #64 Haupt Racing Team Ford Mustang. His 2:02.9169s stood the test, ending the session in 11th to book his Qualifying 2 berth.
Marco Mappelli’s best effort, a 2:02.5768s in the #93 Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracan, spent the lion’s share of the session atop the leaderboard until Waters’ last lap.
Mapelli wound up third with Christopher Haase in the #55 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 putting in a late 2:02.5199s to go second-fastest.
Practice 6 played an important role in the complexion of the race, with the top 50 percent advancing to Qualifying 2 while the bottom 50 percent will be in Qualifying 1.
Optimum Motorsport’s #95 McLaren 720S was the last car to book its place in Qualifying 2 with a 2:03.3483s in the hands of Marvin Kirchhoefer.
There were some notable absentees form the Pro class, including both Arise Racing Ferrari 296 entries and the #888 Team GMR Mercedes-AMG.
Other Pro entries that failed to make the top 17 included the #61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 in 22nd, the #2 Johor Motorsports Racing Corvette Z06 in 23rd, and the #77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG in 26th.
Qualifying 1 at the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour gets underway at 1:05pm AEDT. Qualifying 2 will follow at 1:50pm AEDT before Qualifying 3 at 4:15pm AEDT.
Results: Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Practice 6, Mount Panorama
Pos
Num
Class
Driver
Car
Laps
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
222
PRO
Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
22
2:02.3574
2
55
PRO
Christopher Haase
Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo
19
2:02.5199
0.1625
0.1625
3
93
BRO
Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracan
17
2:02.5768
0.2194
0.0569
4
101
BRO
Ryder Quinn
Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo
21
2:02.5773
0.2199
0.0005
5
44
PAM
Scott Andrews
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
18
2:02.6956
0.3382
0.1183
6
46
PRO
Raffaele Marciello
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
21
2:02.7739
0.4165
0.0783
7
89
BRO
Max Hesse
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
20
2:02.8233
0.4659
0.0494
8
100
PRO
Kai Allen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
22
2:02.8828
0.5254
0.0595
9
268
PAM
Alex Peroni
Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo
21
2:02.8911
0.5337
0.0083
10
75
PRO
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
19
2:02.9128
0.5554
0.0217
11
64
PRO
Chris Mies
Ford Mustang GT3
21
2:02.9169
0.5595
0.0041
12
6
PRO
Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
23
2:03.0019
0.6445
0.0850
13
32
PRO
Charles Weerts
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
22
2:03.0078
0.6504
0.0059
14
9
BRO
Lee Holdsworth
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
24
2:03.0662
0.7088
0.0584
15
79
BRO
Alex Fontana
Porsche 911 GT3R
23
2:03.2511
0.8937
0.1849
16
911
PRO
Bastian Buus
Porsche 911 GT3R
17
2:03.2896
0.9322
0.0385
17
95
PRO
Marvin Kirchhoefer
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
22
2:03.3483
0.9909
0.0587
18
47
BRO
David Russell
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
24
2:03.3932
1.0358
0.0449
19
86
BRO
Dorian Boccolacci
Porsche 911 GT3R
24
2:03.4472
1.0898
0.054
20
26
PRO
Jaxon Evans
Ferrari 296 GT3
24
2:03.6377
1.2803
0.1905
21
14
PAM
Bryce Fullwood
Aston Martin Vantage
20
2:03.6408
1.2834
0.0031
22
61
PRO
Laurin Heinrich
Porsche 911 GT3R
17
2:03.6798
1.3224
0.0390
23
2
PRO
Earl Bamber
Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R
25
2:03.7101
1.3527
0.0303
24
45
PAM
Dylan O’Keeffe
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
25
2:03.8119
1.4545
0.1018
25
27
BRO
Roman De Angelis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
7
2:03.8547
1.4973
0.0428
26
77
PRO
Lucas Auer
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
22
2:03.9082
1.5508
0.0535
27
888
PRO
Maro Engel
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
24
2:03.9384
1.5810
0.0302
28
21
BRO
Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3R
24
2:04.0173
1.6599
0.0789
29
15
SIL
Rylan Gray
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
24
2:04.4827
2.1253
0.4654
30
99
PAM
Ben Green
Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R
22
2:05.0868
2.7294
0.6041
31
193
BRO
Christopher Froggatt
Ferrari 296 GT3
25
2:05.1037
2.7463
0.0169
32
111
I
Axle Donaldson
IRC GT
21
2:07.8187
5.4613
2.715
33
50
I
David Crampton
KTM X-BOW GT2
13
2:13.7093
11.3519
5.8906
34
42
GT4
Steve Aghakhani
McLaren Artura GT4
18
2:16.3275
13.9701
2.6182
