This yr’s Bathurst 1000 could have extra battling on monitor in line with driver Thomas Randle, as Supercars make a change in tyre compounds for the Nice Race.
Supercars final month introduced the hard-compound tyre could be used for the Bathurst 1000, after working the delicate compound throughout the 2023 version.
The faster, however faster-degrading, tyre left rubber marbles off the racing line, which made overtaking treacherous.
Forward of the Bathurst 1000 weekend, which is being held from Thursday, October 10 to Sunday, October 13, Randle stated he hoped the tougher compound tyre would give the drivers confidence to battle on monitor.
“I feel everybody would agree that the onerous tyre is the popular choice, particularly for such an extended race like that,” Randle instructed Supercars.com.
“Clearly, it ought to make for much less deg than the delicate tyre. But in addition final yr with the delicate, there was a lot rubber constructed up offline that it meant you could not actually drive wherever else on the monitor, as a result of it was like a single-file line.
“I feel it is a good factor that on the onerous tyre, it is going to be fascinating, there ought to be far more racing. There are such a lot of components to that race.
“In phrases from for racing, must you wish to try to go folks, in principle it ought to make it simpler since you’re not risking going offline in all of the crap.”
Supercars have additionally made some changes to the protection automobile process following the Sandown 500 final month.
Throughout the earlier spherical, additionally an endurance weekend, the utmost pace a driver may attain throughout a security automobile of a full-course yellow flag (FCY) was 80kph.
A FCY was additionally mandated for no less than two laps to permit groups to pit their automobiles on consecutive laps, moderately than making an attempt to double-stack.
Nonetheless, after session with the groups, the utmost pace for the Bathurst 1000 throughout a security automobile or FCY will likely be 120kph and there won’t be a minimal lap mandate whereas their pace is restricted.
