The Bend Supercars: Tyre trick helps Heimgartner to pole

In tricky wet conditions the Kiwi opted to stick to a single tyre set through all three segments of qualifying.
The idea was to retain tyre temperature rather than trying to get heat into new sets of rubber – and it proved to be a masterstroke.
Heimgartner was comfortably fastest in Q2 before sliding his way to a 2m07.856s midway through Q3.
Getting a time down early was critical as …Keep reading