Brown pips Whincup in pace stakes: Sydney speed breakdown
09 Nov 2021
Will Brown left the second Sydney Motorsport Park round with the fastest lap of the weekend.
Brown's pole-winning time for Race 23 was the fastest tour of SMSP, albeit a fraction quicker than Jamie Whincup.
At the Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight, Brown clocked three of the fastest four race laps of Saturday's night race.
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The pace in his Erebus Motorsport Commodore translated to the ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight.
Brown helped himself to a maiden ARMOR ALL Pole for just his 33rd start, with Whincup qualifying on the front row.
After the first weekend in Sydney was punctuated by Anton De Pasquale's big margins, last weekend saw the margins tightened.
Critically, De Pasquale had topped both practice sessions but failed to set a time in Saturday qualifying amid a gearbox issue.
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Such was Brown's pace on Saturday, that an earlier lap time would have seen him qualify sixth.
The pace was down on the previous week, with the ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight featuring Soft and Hard tyres.
De Pasquale topped the night practice session in the first week with a 1:28.806s, and he claimed pole with a 1:28.077s.
The quickest driver in race trim was Scott Pye, who dropped in two near-identical lap times on fresh rubber on Saturday night.
The rain hit the circuit on Sunday night, and the fastest lap of the race - Whincup's 1:42.569s on lap 10 - was 11 seconds off the dry pace.
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Fastest practice laps
Session | Driver | Time |
P2 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:29.688 |
P2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:29.850 |
P1 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:29.881 |
P2 | Brodie Kostecki | 1:30.002 |
P2 | Nick Percat | 1:30.078 |
P2 | Will Brown | 1:30.145 |
P2 | Will Davison | 1:30.174 |
P2 | Jamie Whincup | 1:30.245 |
P2 | Scott Pye | 1:30.253 |
P2 | Jack Le Brocq | 1:30.284 |
Fastest qualifying laps
Session | Driver | Time |
Q23 | Will Brown | 1:29.039 |
Q23 | Jamie Whincup | 1:29.068 |
Q23 | Brodie Kostecki | 1:29.079 |
Q23 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:29.109 |
Q23 | Will Davison | 1:29.130 |
Q23 | Will Brown | 1:29.151 |
Q23 | Brodie Kostecki | 1:29.166 |
Q23 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:29.173 |
Q23 | Jamie Whincup | 1:29.216 |
Q23 | Will Davison | 1:29.441 |
Fastest race laps
Session | Driver | Time |
R23 | Scott Pye | 1:31.460 (lap 16) |
R23 | Scott Pye | 1:31.480 (lap 17) |
R23 | Jack Le Brocq | 1:31.490 (lap 4) |
R23 | Will Brown | 1:31.539 (lap 2) |
R23 | Chaz Mostert | 1:31.586 (lap 7) |
R23 | Andre Heimgartner | 1:31.594 (lap 9) |
R24 | Chaz Mostert | 1:31.654 (lap 14) |
R23 | Jamie Whincup | 1:31.656 (lap 2) |
R23 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:31.669 (lap 2) |
R23 | Nick Percat | 1:31.693 (lap 13) |
Key: Practice (P); Qualifying (Q); Top Ten Shootout (TT); Race (R)
