“We had a bit of damage on the Heavy Haulage Australia Racing #47 that I think affected us. We were really strong under brakes, so that was a real shame. This made it difficult into the first chicane and turn four to try and make a pass. “For some reason we were losing a little in the straights, I am not sure why. I knew the race would come to me in that sense and just had to bide my time. “It wasn’t a great first few laps, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and lost a few positions, but then got into a rhythm and felt comfortable. So he’ll be a lot more confident heading into tomorrow’s race I’m sure.”ĭavid Brabham - #47 Heavy Haulage Australia Racing E63 AMG - 15th: “Once again it was a great job by the Heavy Haulage Australia Racing team and an awesome job by Brabs (David Brabham) - he’s done two practice sessions in these cars and then gone straight into starting a race around a pretty tough circuit. “It was pretty tough and hot and I learnt a few things that I can use in the race tomorrow. When you’re working in the mid-pack with other cars around you, most times that is when you are working the hardest. “I’m fairly well beat up after that as the car is! It was hard work hanging onto it out there. Tim Slade - #47 Heavy Haulage Australia Racing E63 AMG - 15th: “It was kind of frustrating, on a clear lap we should have been quicker, but couldn’t utilise the car speed we had on board.” We had so much more lap speed on board the #4 IRWIN Racing E63, but down the back straight when you had the opportunity to pass, you were two or three car lengths behind and you couldn’t get into a position to make a move. “It was so hard to pass out there, so it was a reasonably tough day. “On the positive, it is a clean result and hopefully we can come home with a straight car tomorrow but perhaps a little further up the grid in qualifying.”Ĭraig Baird - #4 IRWIN Racing E63 AMG - 12th: We had some good pace, we’re still searching for some speed overall though. As it turned out, some people lucked it with the Safety Cars and really the first one set us on the back foot. Lee Holdsworth - #4 IRWIN Racing E63 AMG - 12th: Despite battling without drinking water in the very hot conditions at the back end of the race he kept it on the track and finished 15th.Ī complete reset on the action from today will start with qualifying tomorrow morning at 10:55am local time and the final 300km race at 1:45pm. Slade was in the thick of it, the front and rear of the Heavy Haulage Australia Racing car looking looking second hand at the drop of the chequered flag. Once comfortable, he did a good job to elevate the blue and orange E63 AMG into the top 10 with the Safety Cars and other trouble around him to hand over to Tim Slade. His first standing start for some time, plus still familiarising himself with the V8 Supercars Car of the Future saw Brabham drift backwards on the opening laps. Unfortunately for Johnson, an escapade across the notorious GC600 curbs led to the broken rear shock and he had to come into the garage for it to be replaced.ĭespite losing six laps in the process, both Johnson and then Engel proved the pace of the car through to the finish.ĭavid Brabham got the afternoon underway for the #47 Heavy Haulage Australia Racing team. He positioned the #9 SP Tools Racing car where it should have been challenging for a top 10 once Maro Engel got in the car. Steven Johnson fought forward and was able to avoid the carnage that littered the 2.96km circuit. The IRWIN Racing team made the driver change at the earliest possible moment (lap 34), Lee Holdsworth did the back end of the race and was kept busy with multiple battles.Īs has been the case in the endurance races to date, the team steadfastly stuck to their strategy, which placed Lee on the edge of the top 10 for the final period of the 102 laps. The IRWIN Tools E63 of Holdsworth and Baird were the best placed of the Erebus entries in 12th, while Tim Slade and David Brabham (Heavy Haulage Australia Racing) was 15th, with Maro Engel and Steven Johnson (SP Tools Racing) battling back from a broken shock absorber to come home 21st.Įarly in the race, Baird did a superb job to get the IRWIN Racing #4 up to second place as the team went on a two-stop strategy, whilst Johnson was on the charge in the #9 SP Tools Racing E63 AMG, making some 24 positions from where he started.
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