A high-speed crash involving race driver Keith Kassulke has curtailed Friday’s ultimate Bathurst 12 Hour practice session after his automobile smashed into the tire boundaries.
Kassulke’s MARC II V8 was left the wrong way up after exiting the Mount Panorama monitor on the Chase and careening into the boundaries after the session’s halfway level.
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In an announcement, Supercars officers mentioned Kassulke, who was taken to the medical heart for checks, was “acutely aware all through, speaking with the restoration groups and suffered no main accidents”.
“The session was crimson flagged and was not restarted because of the injury precipitated to the tire wall following the affect,” they mentioned.
Kassulke’s automobile had approached the nook at velocity after the Conrod straight and went over the apex, propelling all 4 wheels off the bottom, and into the sand lure earlier than hitting the tire wall.
With vital injury carried out to the security barrier, Friday’s session was not restarted.
The early end meant Raffaele Marciello ended Friday on high of the time sheets.
Marciello’s 2:03.9958s within the GruppeM Mercedes-AMG proved the very best, with Jules Gounon (Mercedes-AMG) and Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche) second and third respectively.
Earlier on Friday, two-time Bathurst winner Chaz Mostert and Moto GP legend Valentino Rossi topped the opening two follow periods earlier than defending champion Kenny Habul headed the third.
Drivers have two extra follow periods on Saturday adopted by qualifying and top-10 shootouts, earlier than Sunday’s race.
