Will Brown has put his hand up and taken full responsibility for the crash that ruined his hopes of a Top 10 Shootout berth at the Bathurst 1000.
The Erebus driver made a costly error on his first run in qualifying today, sending his car into the turn 2 tyre barrier. He was able to drive it back to the pits under its own steam, however it required significant running repairs before he could get going again. The car was far from perfect after those repairs too, Brown only able to log the 17th fastest time, locking the car into that starting position for Sunday's race. His teammate Brodie Kostecki, meanwhile, took provisional pole.
I was running second in practice and I thought third would be a bit faster in quali, and I probably went in a bit hot and thought, 'shit, I'm not going to pull it up', and did the stupid thing of jumping on the brake more, locked it up and went straight ahead. 'Completely my fault. I'm really sorry to the team, they've done such a mega effort and got me back out there.
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