DE PASQUALE TAKES POLE POSITION AT BEAUREPAIRES MELBOURNE SUPERSPRINT DAY 1

March 30, 2023

Anton De Pasquale – No. 11 Shell V-Power Racing Ford Mustang GT
Practice 1 – 2^nd (Fastest Time - 1m50.1194s)
Practice 2 - 2^nd (Fastest Time: 1m47.8917s)
Qualifying - Race 3 - 1^st (Fastest Time: 1m49.3167s)
Qualifying - Race 4 - 11^th (Fastest Time: 1m47.6759s)
Race 3 – 6^th(Fastest Time: 1m49.3073s)

Will Davison – No. 17 Shell V-Power Racing Ford Mustang GT
Practice 1 – 6^th (Fastest Time: 1m50.2165s)
Practice 2 - 12^th (Fastest Time: 1m48.5065s)
Qualifying - Race 3 - 15^th (Fastest Time: 1m50.0632s)
Qualifying - Race 4 - 8^th (Fastest Time: 1m47.5222s)
Race 3 – 16^th(Fastest Time: 1m49.8000s)

Anton De Pasquale gains Pole Position for Race 3 and P11 for Race 4, finishing Race 3 in P6. Teammate Will Davison qualifies in P15 for Race 3 and P8 for Race 4, rounding out Race 3 in P16.

DE PASQUALE QUOTE
"Although today didn't end as planned, obviously we were way better than where we were a few weeks ago. So, it’s a big credit to the whole team for turning that around because we went from being on a little bit of a struggle street to one of the quicker cars today, so it’s a big turnaround. The guys that were at the front today were all the guys that we were racing at the front at Newcastle, so we’ve caught up to that group and now we just need to develop from there. We got lapped in Newcastle, so after today, we’re in a very different league to where we were in Round 1 – so everyone in the team needs a massive pat on the back for that.”

W. DAVISON QUOTE
“Pretty disappointed with the results today but definitely encouraged by the potential. We were certainly quicker than the results showed today, we were on to join Anton on the front row there and had a little issue at the end of the lap. So, the speed is there we just had a messy day. On the strategy side of things, we had a gamble on that race coming from P15 and it was certainly not the strategy to play. Quite a frustrating day but I’ve certainly got hope for the next three days that we can get some good results.”

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