MEDIA RELEASE/Red Bull Ampol Racing – Photos: Velocity Magazine

Jamie Whincup – Car #88
Practice 1 – Fourth (2:05.8697)
Practice 2 – 16th (2:06.1055)

Shane van Gisbergen – Car #97
Practice 1 – 12th (2:06.5262)
Practice 2 – Eighth (2:05.5917)

Jamie Whincup – Car #88
“Unfortunately, we didn’t end up that strong today. We got through our program easy enough, but we simply didn’t have enough pace in the end, which is quite strange. Looking at our setup program, the results delivered should have been ‘X’ but we ended up with ‘Y’, so there’s a bit of digging to do to find out where the performance is. We got held up on my fast lap, but I honestly don’t think we would’ve gone much quicker than the time that we posted – in summary, we didn’t set the house on fire. Day one is in the books with Wes (McDougall, Race Engineer) which is nice, and I believe we’re working well together, however the measuring stick is how much pace we have out of the car, so we’ll be focussing on that tonight.”

Shane van Gisbergen – Car #97
“The day was ok. Practice one this morning is a bit of a blur to be honest, but the second practice was pretty good. We were behind on tyres because we didn’t run them in the first practice session, but overall, it felt alright. I made a mistake at the end of the last practice session, so we’re better than we look, but at the moment my car is a little bit tough to drive, so we’ll do some tuning overnight to fix that. The relationship with myself and Cauchi (David Cauchi, Race Engineer) is going really well so far, and I’m excited to see what we can achieve for the rest of the weekend.”

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