“The race car’s where we’re lacking at the moment.
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“We tried a few things overnight, the car feels pretty good over one lap.
“We’ll see what we do this afternoon.”
Red Bull Ampol Racing’s Jamie Whincup pipped Shell V-Power Racing Team driver Anton De Pasquale to the Race 7 front row, with Erebus Motorsport young gun Will Brown impressing to fourth.
Whincup vaulted from ninth to second in the dying seconds in the second segment of the session.
Waters returned to set the pace in the first segment of Race 8 qualifying, dropping in an eventual pole-winning 50.5622s time.
Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert shot to a provisional front row spot, eventually missing out on his second pole of the season by just 0.0186s.
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