Queensland Raceway Test Day:
Will Brown – Car #87
“It was a massive day. Probably the greatest number of laps I’ve ever done on a test day. We had a lot to work through. We’ve got a really fast car at Queensland Raceway, so it’s quite hard because some of the changes that we’re trying to figure out what might make the car faster at other tracks make it a little bit slower here. It was a lot to work through, trying to confirm what setup changes we can put in our toolbox to know what changes we need at certain tracks and when we might be a little off the pace. Scott (Pye) is fast. He was fast when he was in the main game, running in the top 10 a lot, so he’ll be fine. He did a fair few laps today, which is good. Overall, a massive day working through everything. The boys did a mega job and hopefully, it will make us faster down in Tasmania.”
Scott Pye – Car #87
“The track was consistent today. The first test I did with the team was quite hot, so every time I got in the car, the track conditions and everything had changed a lot, but today was much more consistent. It was a really good opportunity for me to jump in and out during the day, and to get a good feeling from the car. The ride day last week in Sydney was of real benefit to me, making sure I was super comfortable. And then being here today and getting on with the program and helping out where I could. It’s been a massive day for Will, and then for me, it’s just jumping in and out where I can. But all in all, for me, it’s been a very good day, I’m feeling confident. I wish the boys good luck in Tasmania and then back in the car at Sandown. I’m enjoying getting ready for that part of the season.”
Broc Feeney – Car #88
“Today was good, felt like a Jamie Whincup evaluation day. He got plenty of laps in, which was really good. We had a big test plan to get through today, we managed to get through pretty much everything we set out to. No major setbacks throughout the day, so we got to smash through our plan. It’s going to be a lot to look at in the next couple of weeks before we go to Tasmania but stoked the boys did such a good job because it was just such a big and long day. We’ve still got lots to look at and improve on, you don’t want the bad rounds, but it’s good to have a test day after one, just to try and learn some new things.”
Jaime Whincup – Car #88
“It was great to get in the car and cut some laps. A perfect test day as far as the weather goes. A nice, cool morning and stayed consistently cool all day, we couldn’t have asked for a better day for testing conditions. Both cars ran extremely well, and we got through our test program. It was one of the best test days we’ve run operationally, everyone did a fantastic job, and we gathered a heap of information, which is now going to be up to us to sort through to try to make some gains. From my point of view, couldn’t be happier. I was happy to get a heap of laps for myself, which is nice because I haven’t done any this year. It’s always great to get to drive the car, but I felt the responsibility to try to give the engineers as much feedback as possible to try to improve the cars. So hopefully I’ve been able to contribute to the speed moving forward.”
