Will Brown and Declan Fraser crash in opening minutes of Bathurst 1000 qualifying, Brodie Kostecki wins provisional poll

Supercars championship leader Brodie Kostecki has flexed his muscle at Mount Panorama to claim provisional pole for the Bathurst 1000.

After dominating practice, the Erebus star backed it up during a chaotic qualifying session in which two red flags were called before any driver could record a lap time.

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Kostecki was king of the mountain on Friday, pipping PremiAir Racing’s James Golding in second, while Anton De Pasquale was the quickest Ford in third.

Three-time champion Shane van Gisbergen saved his qualifying session with a blistering final lap to qualify for Saturday’s top-10 shootout.

Van Gisbergen appeared destined to finish 11th after being heard complaining about his Camaro over the radio but was able put himself into seventh after the session finished.

While Kostecki had a day to remember, his Coca Cola Racing teammate Will Brown had a nightmare after smashing into a wall just minutes into the session.

Brown slammed his Camaro hard into a tyre wall, and was unable to reverse out, leading to the session to be red-flagged.

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But the 25-year-old was able to get back out on the track, with Erebus mechanics doing a power of work to repair his car.

The session resumed for only four minutes until Tickford’s Declan Fraser made a mistake near a wall, with a red flag waved yet again.

Fraser couldn’t return and will start Sunday’s race from 28th — last.

After rain poured down for most of the day on Wednesday, the weather has cleared in a massive relief for Supercars.

Last year, the famous top-10 shootout was cancelled due to heavy rain leading to unsafe driving conditions.

Bathurst 1000 provisional qualifying

1. Brodie Kostecki (Erebus)

2. James Golding (PremiAir Racing)

3. Anton de Pasquale (Shell V-Power)

4. Cam Waters (Tickford)

5. Broc Feeney (Red Bull Ampol)

Seven’s broadcast of the highly anticipated final day at Mount Panorama starts from 7.30am AEDT Sunday on Channel 7 and 7plus.