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De Pasquale, then daylight: Sydney speed breakdown

02 Nov 2021
Anton De Pasquale was in a class of his own in the first Sydney round
3 mins by James Pavey
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Anton De Pasquale and Erebus Motorsport were a class above at the Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight.

De Pasquale won Races 20 and 22, set the quickest combined practice time, and was the qualifying benchmark.

However, Erebus duo Will Brown and Brodie Kostecki also demonstrated brilliant pace all weekend.

Brown, who finished second in Race 22, clocked three of the fastest four race laps of Saturday's night race.

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The three drivers also shared the fastest lap bonus points; Brown for Race 20, Kostecki for Race 21 and De Pasquale for Race 22.

Night pace was evident; De Pasquale's Practice 1 flyer would have placed him 18th in the floodlit practice session.

De Pasquale's fastest race lap from Sunday's finale was also 0.6s slower than Brown's quickest lap the night before.

Such was De Pasquale's pace, that he earned comparisons to Scott McLaughlin.

The combined margin of De Pasquale's three pole-winning efforts was over 1.5s; he topped Saturday's shootout by 0.528s, and the Sunday qualifying sessions by 0.656s and 0.392s.

His fastest qualifying time, his shootout-winning 1:28.077s, was nearly half a second quicker than any other driver across the three qualifying sessions and the shootout.

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Conversely, the quickest Red Bull Ampol Racing qualifying lap was Shane van Gisbergen's 1:28.729s in the shootout.

The quickest Tickford Racing qualifying lap was Cameron Waters' 1:28.811s, also set in the shootout.

Five of the 10 quickest qualifying lap times were set in Saturday afternoon's shootout.

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Fastest practice laps

Session

Driver

Time

P2

Anton De Pasquale

1:28.806

P2

Jamie Whincup

1:29.042

P2

Shane van Gisbergen

1:29.381

P2

Brodie Kostecki

1:29.396

P2

Nick Percat

1:29.447

P2

Chaz Mostert

1:29.512

P2

Scott Pye

1:29.617

P2

Todd Hazelwood

1:29.662

P2

Will Brown

1:29.736

P2

David Reynolds

1:29.739

Fastest qualifying laps

Session

Driver

Time

TT

Anton De Pasquale

1:28.077

Q21

Anton De Pasquale

1:28.298

Q22

Anton De Pasquale

1:28.304

Q20

Anton De Pasquale

1:28.558

TT

Will Brown

1:28.606

TT

Will Davison

1:28.618

TT

Nick Percat

1:28.690

Q22

Will Brown

1:28.701

Q20

Will Davison

1:28.702

TT

Brodie Kostecki

1:28.703

Fastest race laps

Session

Driver

Time

R20

Will Brown

1:30.479 (lap 2)

R20

Will Brown

1:30.526 (lap 17)

R20

Anton De Pasquale

1:30.606 (lap 2)

R20

Will Brown

1:30.615 (lap 3)

R20

Anton De Pasquale

1:30.726 (lap 3)

R20

Brodie Kostecki

1:30.732 (lap 20)

R20

Anton De Pasquale

1:30.788 (lap 4)

R20

Brodie Kostecki

1:30.815 (lap 19)

R20

Brodie Kostecki

1:30.843 (lap 21)

R20

Will Brown

1:30.966 (lap 20)

Key: Practice (P); Qualifying (Q); Top Ten Shootout (TT); Race (R)

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