If the current pace keeps up, the chequered flag will be close to 6:30
EDIT: Its hard to see the current conditions improving enough to lower lap times sufficiently to be earlier, currently lapping ~30 seconds a lap slower then in the dry
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Worst case scenario: Seven wakes up to millions of viewer complaints about them not showing who won the Bathurst 1000
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Safety cars are helping, it could be closer approx 6:20 - 6:25pm AEDT
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This is what happens when you dictate the start time of the Bathurst 1000. You run the risk of running late.
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Safety car, 17 laps to go, Seven News is now in delay in Sydney/Melbourne as 6pm hits on the dot.
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Approx 6:41pm AEDT finish
I am sure that next year it will go back to 10.30am or 11am start.
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Doubt it considering the race finished really quickly the last few years. Today has bucked that trend due to the weather.
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No mention of TAS in the message about the news. No excuse to exclude them now that it’s owned by 7, programmed by 7 and the news is now 7News. Hopefully they fix that by cricket season.
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They don’t help themselves whatsoever by scheduling the race in an “uninterrupted” scenario.
There’s no way.
They’ve started simulcasting on Mate at some point. Presumably moving there in about a minute or so.
6:42pm AEDT finish - Matt Payne wins the Bathurst 100
Main channel off the air at 6:44.
Well, had there been more severe downpours…
Anyway, fantastic finish. As seen above, main channel getting out of there at the earliest second possible.
Pushing the start of Primetime in States where Daylight Savings are used.
Queensland has simulcast on main channel and 7Mate briefly.
Someone not getting memo about timezone.
Coverage should only continue on 7mate in Eastern states, but somehow it’s going out across the network?