Bathurst 1000: Mostert sets pre-Shootout pace

The Tickford driver became the sixth driver to join what's been dubbed the 'Threes Club', his Shootout simulation yielding a 2m03.508s.

That's the second fastest Supercars lap in Bathurst history, just two-hundredths shy of the benchmark set by Scott McLaughlin on Friday.

“For me the car kept getting better. I think just learning how to drive it and get the most out of it is the biggest thing,” said Mostert.

“We’ve been working hard on the car in practice, it feels a bit better on full tanks than light tanks, so I’m hoping we’ve got a better race car than qualifying car.

“It’s just awesome to do a ‘three’. That’s pretty cool.

“I’m very lucky I get to do some BMW laps in the GT3 across here, I think that’s helped a lot with the Supercars getting faster and faster over the years.

“Even though you’re puckering up across the top, you’ve been that fast across the top in a different car before as well.”

Provisional pole-sitter McLaughlin was second quickest in that's session with a 2m03.696s, followed by Cam Waters with a 2m03.950s.

Shane van Gisbergen was the best-placed Holden in fourth, falling just 0.004s short of joining McLaughlin, Waters, Mostert, Will Davison, Jamie Whincup and Andre Heimgartner in the 'Threes Club'.

Shootout contenders Anton De Pasquale, Whincup, Davison and Mark Winterbottom filled spots fifth to eighth in that session, Nick Percat and Tim Slade slightly further back in 10th and 11th.

The Lee Holdsworth/Thomas Randle car was the only one not in the Shootout to sneak into the first 10 for Practice 7.

Cla	#	Driver		Car	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	55	Chaz Mostert James Moffat		Ford Mustang GT	11	2'03.5089			181.094
2	17	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat		Ford Mustang GT	11	2'03.6965	0.1876	0.1876	180.819
3	6	Cameron Waters Michael Caruso		Ford Mustang GT	8	2'03.9501	0.4412	0.2536	180.450
4	97	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander		Holden Commodore ZB	8	2'04.0045	0.4956	0.0544	180.370
5	99	Anton De Pasquale Will Brown		Holden Commodore ZB	10	2'04.0516	0.5427	0.0471	180.302
6	888	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes		Holden Commodore ZB	9	2'04.0849	0.5760	0.0333	180.254
7	23	Will Davison Alex Davison		Ford Mustang GT	9	2'04.1619	0.6530	0.0770	180.142
8	18	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards		Holden Commodore ZB	11	2'04.5667	1.0578	0.4048	179.556
9	5	Lee Holdsworth Thomas Randle		Ford Mustang GT	12	2'04.6132	1.1043	0.0465	179.489
10	8	Nick Percat Tim Blanchard		Holden Commodore ZB	8	2'04.7697	1.2608	0.1565	179.264
11	14	Tim Slade		Holden Commodore ZB	10	2'04.8289	1.320	0.0592	179.179
12	22	James Courtney Jack Perkins		Holden Commodore ZB	13	2'04.9477	1.4388	0.1188	179.009
13	3	Garry Jacobson Dean Fiore		Nissan Altima	12	2'04.9563	1.4474	0.0086	178.996
14	9	David Reynolds Luke Youlden		Holden Commodore ZB	12	2'04.9603	1.4514	0.0040	178.991
15	7	Andre Heimgartner Bryce Fullwood		Nissan Altima	12	2'05.2651	1.7562	0.3048	178.555
16	12	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto		Ford Mustang GT	11	2'05.4777	1.9688	0.2126	178.253
17	15	Rick Kelly Dale Wood		Nissan Altima	9	2'05.7493	2.2404	0.2716	177.868
18	2	Scott Pye Warren Luff		Holden Commodore ZB	12	2'05.9478	2.4389	0.1985	177.587
19	35	Todd Hazelwood Jack Smith		Holden Commodore ZB	12	2'05.9584	2.4495	0.0106	177.572
20	34	James Golding Richard Muscat		Holden Commodore ZB	11	2'06.0036	2.4947	0.0452	177.509
21	78	Simona de Silvestro Alex Rullo		Nissan Altima	11	2'06.1311	2.6222	0.1275	177.329
22	21	Macauley Jones Dean Canto		Holden Commodore ZB	12	2'06.1897	2.6808	0.0586	177.247
23	33	Richie Stanaway Chris Pither		Holden Commodore ZB	13	2'06.5729	3.0640	0.3832	176.710
24	19	Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb		Holden Commodore ZB	11	2'07.0065	3.4976	0.4336	176.107
25	27	Alexander Rossi James Hinchcliffe		Holden Commodore ZB	8	2'07.3338	3.8249	0.3273	175.654
	56	Brodie Kostecki Jake Kostecki		Holden Commodore ZB	0