BATES FINISHES TOP TEN IN BOTH PRACTICE SESSIONS ON DEBUT

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Zach Bates – Car #888
“Today was good but it was a bit more difficult than I thought it would be, nothing was going to get me fully ready for this first session I’d say. We went out there then made certain improvements throughout the session, which is what we aim to do, then at the end we put a fresh green set on and got a good run in, ended up in seventh which is a decent result. Good start.”

“We’ve got a bit of time to find out there on the lap, seeing the two Red Bull boys doing the amazing job they’re doing in the cars is promising, but nonetheless, it was a nice session.”

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“Looking ahead to tomorrow, qualifying’s going to be hard. This new sprint format makes it really hard for us young guys coming in to get it all right, right away as we’re still learning our craft. Just got to try our best as a team to do a great job. Team have given me a great car so I just need to work on pulling together everything with my driving to get it done.”

“Overall it’s so awesome to be out there, my first drive, it’s surreal to be out there. It’s cool to see where you stack up. I’m going into qualifying tomorrow which I know will be a lot harder but I’ve put all the things I’ve done, been doing and have learned together to do the best I can do. I’m having a good time and looking forward to the next run behind the wheel.”

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