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Supercars star's 'wild' Bathurst 1000 prediction - CtrlF.XYZ

Supercars star's 'wild' Bathurst 1000 prediction

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Lessons, strategies and setups learned successful past year's Bathurst 1000 volition person astir zero relevance for this year's Great Race.

While past year's contention was held connected a blistery December afternoon, the forecast for this play is drastically different, with immoderate tipping the strategy volition alternatively beryllium to simply survive.

Rain fell perpetually passim Wednesday, and portion Thursday's forecast is OK, immoderate dry-weather moving volition beryllium rendered irrelevant arsenic regular rainfall totals are expected to adjacent 30mm from Friday done Sunday.

DJR's Anton de Pasquale said drivers up and down pitlane would bash good to "just bent connected to the thing".

"I'm definite it's gonna beryllium beauteous chaotic retired determination successful the rain, but it is simply a massively agelong race," helium told Wide World of Sports.

"There is simply a batch of physique up, and a batch of bedewed signifier to get you comfortable, but Sunday is simply a truly agelong day."

De Pasquale said qualifying isn't arsenic important erstwhile conditions are forecast to beryllium arsenic atrocious arsenic they are.

"But you inactive evidently privation to suffice arsenic champion you tin and get to the shootout and each those small things, but it astir apt means a small spot little successful the bedewed than it would successful the dry."

Save for a fistful of laps during qualifying for the 2019 race, De Pasquale said helium is yet to truly acquisition the Mountain successful the wet.

So atrocious is the forecast for the weekend's racing, Supercars connected Wednesday moved to reassure fans the contention gathering would spell up arsenic scheduled.

Carparks are already soft, and images from the campgrounds - some astatine the apical and bottommost of the upland - amusement a muddy mess.

A section vigor presumption adjacent speculated immoderate campgrounds could beryllium closed midway done the play and campers evicted.

In a connection released connected Wednesday afternoon, the athletics assured fans track enactment would spell up connected time, but urged punters to "plan accordingly".

"We volition enactment accordingly to guarantee the information of patrons and competitors astatine each times," it reads.

"We saw (Wednesday) greeting thousands of fans lining Bathurst's CBD to invited the drivers to municipality astatine the parade and autograph sessions.

"We convey fans who person arrived astatine Mount Panorama and look guardant to 4 memorable days astatine the Repco Bathurst 1000."

De Pasquale volition squad up with Tony D'Alberto, portion teammate Will Davison volition thrust with his member Alex. The squad volition besides tally a retro-1998 livery to observe the team's 1000 circular entries.

Drivers volition deed the way connected Thursday for the archetypal 2 of six signifier sessions for the weekend.

They volition get 2 much connected Friday morning, earlier qualifying connected Friday evening.

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