THE MATT CAMPBELL Mount Panorama fairy-tale continues unabated, the Queensland Porsche star taking a stunning Pole Position for the 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in today’s Pirelli Top-10 shootout.
It was Porsche’s first ever Mount Panorama pole position; coming twelve months after the brand scored their historic first Bathurst victory.
Clutching the storied Allan Simonsen Pole Position trophy, 24-year-old Campbell said scoring a Bathurst pole position was another major milestone in his stunning, still-young career.
“I’ve been trying to go for this pole for a few years now and have always managed to stuff it up but quite happy to get it in the new generation of GT3 R on its debut here,” he said.
“Hats off to the team, we weren’t quite happy with the car early in the weekend and we got a little better this morning, in qualifying we had to find the pace with the new tyres and we hadn’t really got much experience on new tyres yet but the speed just came straight to us,” he said.
“Great way to start a weekend but in saying that, it’s irrelevant come tomorrow morning. It’s a long 12 Hours, we just need to get through Turn 1 fine and settle into a rhythm.”
WATCH: Onboard of Campbell's Pole lap 👀#B12hr pic.twitter.com/E6aUT6OKwX
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