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Some great drives there.... Courtney pulled another Adelaide stunner, and also Davison in the Red 23 holding off Lowndes at the end to finish 8th. Solid race from Reynolds in 4th.

QUalifying for race 2 has taken place with the following 10 drivers qualifying for the Shootout.

1 17 Scott McLaughlin Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Falcon FG/X 1:19.690
2 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore ZB 1:19.806
3 1 Jamie Whincup Red Bull Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore ZB 1:19.827
4 33 Garth Tander Wilson Security Racing GRM Holden Commodore ZB 1:19.911
5 55 Chaz Mostert Supercheap Auto Racing Ford Falcon FG/X 1:19.919
6 9 David Reynolds Erebus Penrite Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:19.954
7 5 Mark Winterbottom The Bottle-O Racing Team Ford Falcon FG/X 1:19.974
8 7 Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima 1:19.993
9 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima 1:20.010
10 6 Cameron Waters Monster Energy Racing Ford Falcon FG/X 1:20.048

Basically just over 0.3 separating the top 10 cars.

The tightness of the times has seen a few big names not make it into the shootout. ie Courtney, Coulthard, Davison, Lowndes, Kelly, Holdsworth.....

1.1 seconds covers the field.

Another huge hit at Turn 8 this time the Improved Tourers when a Mazda lost the rear on arrival at T8, smacked into the wall and careered across the track wiping out another car as it did so. No injuries to drivers, just two very sad looking cars.

Turn 8 has bit a lot of people this week.

Wow Its all happening here, Whincup was leading and has had a transaxle failure... made his way to the garage and they are working on it but his race is effectively done.

Immediately before that Scotty Mac had a puncture and had to limp half a lap. No damage but he is down in 22nd now. SVG comfortable in the lead.

After Lap 36
1st van Gisbergen
2nd Winterbottom (+3.6sec)
3rd Courtney
4th Reynolds
5th G.Tander
6th W.Davison
7th Caruso
8th Mostert
9th Waters
10th Pye (+16.9sec)

They are just short of the final pitstop get you home window.

SVG won. Reynolds and Tander were 2 and 3. Courtney and Pye were both in the top 10 so WAU has improved in the off season, at least as far as Adelaide goes. Scotty McLaughlin came home 10th.

A good season opener. The Red Bulls are rocket ships, but Reynolds in the Erebus Penrite Commodore surprised himself with his pace and after coming out of the pits after the last stops right in front of Van Giz he could have won the day..... had he not left the door so far open at T9 a bus could have passed him.. SVG took the offer and Reynolds was on his bumper until the flag.

Lots of kerb abuse warnings and penalties which caused some grief.... notably Winterbottom threw a podium away by copping a DTP for repeated abuse. It seems there is a bit of a variable causing dodgy readings. The kerb abuse trigger is an elecronic line in the turn is set off by the transponder when it crosses. The transponder is a timing devise primarily but also used for track limits type things, The teams claim that the position of the transponder and its physical limitations apparently allow for erratic readings when the car is on two wheels through the kerbs. When Winterbottom was given his final warning the team say he was particularly careful and this could be seen on video footage..... but the transponder still triggered an abuse. If it is a problem for the cars it needs to be addressed because a DTP penalty these days is weekend ruined.

Results: Race 2, Adelaide 500

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Laps Race time
1 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:02.0912
2 9 Erebus Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:02.9159
3 33 Wilson Security Racing GRM Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:05.7234
4 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:48:08.0475
5 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:48:13.3618
6 25 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:16.0416
7 888 Autobarn Lowndes Racing Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:16.7742
8 2 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:18.9771
9 23 Nissan Motorsport Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 78 1:48:19.3629
10 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:48:27.1774
11 14 Freightliner Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:27.8893
12 230 Milwaukee Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:48:32.3259
13 5 The Bottle-O Racing Team Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:48:32.8185
14 15 Nissan Motorsport Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 78 1:48:37.0146
15 8 Blackwoods Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:37.6686
16 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:48:44.2760
17 99 Erebus Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:48:46.1367
18 78 Team Harvey Norman Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 78 1:48:53.9375
19 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 78 1:49:05.2937
20 56 Tickford Racing Richie Stanaway Ford Falcon FG/X 78 1:49:08.4458
21 35 Bigmate Racing Todd Hazelwood Ford Falcon FG/X 77 1:48:25.9974
22 19 Tekno Autosport Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 77 1:48:28.4788
23 21 CoolDrive Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 71 1:48:14.9109
24 18 Preston Hire Racing Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore ZB 70 1:49:21.6532
25 7 Nissan Motorsport Andre Heimgartner Nissan Altima 61 1:48:37.2417
DNF 1 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 30 41:22.4356


Drivers’ championship

Pos Driver Pts
1 Shane van Gisbergen 300
2 David Reynolds 258
3 James Courtney 240
4 Chaz Mostert 216
5 Scott McLaughlin 207
6 Garth Tander 201
7 Craig Lowndes 180
8 Mark Winterbottom 177
9 Cameron Waters 168
10 Scott Pye 168
11 Will Davison 159
12 Michael Caruso 144

Whincup is down in 16th position having suffered his first DNF for something like 140 races.

theracer120 wrote: ↑6 years ago Courtney and Pye were both in the top 10 so WAU has improved in the off season,

I heard it mentioned "WalkAndUnite" are actually leading the Team Championship. Been a long time since that team or its alter egos have been in that position. Mind you they almost blew it when the two teamates got clumsy and bashed doors in a Force India like on track skirmish in the second half of the race.

Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑6 years ago
Lots of kerb abuse warnings and penalties which caused some grief.... notably Winterbottom threw a podium away by copping a DTP for repeated abuse. It seems there is a bit of a variable causing dodgy readings. The kerb abuse trigger is an elecronic line in the turn is set off by the transponder when it crosses. The transponder is a timing devise primarily but also used for track limits type things, The teams claim that the position of the transponder and its physical limitations apparently allow for erratic readings when the car is on two wheels through the kerbs. When Winterbottom was given his final warning the team say he was particularly careful and this could be seen on video footage..... but the transponder still triggered an abuse. If it is a problem for the cars it needs to be addressed because a DTP penalty these days is weekend ruined.

Tim Edwards ended up saying that it was "bullshit, absolute bullshit"

https://twitter.com/TENmotorsport/statu ... 04/video/1

V8 qualifying for the (now championship) V8 AGP support races threw out some surprises that highlighted the format of a 10 minute qualifying session for each race. 2 qualifying sessions held yesterday with 2 today have shown many problems with the format, but the main two protagonists of 2017 shone through to the top, with Scoty Mac and JW taking one pole each today with yesterday netting the same results.

The problem with the 10 minute format is with a 2 minute lap on what is quite a long circuit, compounded by the V8 pit ane taking a massive 50 seconds to drive through without any stop, means that realistically teams in the furthest end from the track could not get in two runs. The session would need to be 11 minutes long. Again with the soft rubber used for this weekend, the tyres lose a second as soon as they have done one flyer so the pressure is on. What became the choice of most was whether to head out on old rubber to do a warm up lap for the brakes, come in bolt on new rubber and go out for a time, or whether to leave the quick time for the very end.

In effect the one lap format on a crowded track means someone will get their day ruined by traffic or a slight mistake. Yesterday Lowndes got held up dreadfully on his flyer, notably by an unknowing Golding on his slow down lap (for which he got a 5 second time penalty) and ended up 26th and last for one of the races. Today Championship Leader Van Giz had a overshoot running off track on his one lap and starts race 4 from rear of grid. Traffic spoilt his fun in qualy 3, meaning he will start race 3 17th. Being all very short races their weekends are pretty well set as being low points weekend ahead.

Anyway below is the full qualy times for all 4 races. (Note that the description of race 3, 4,5,6 relate to the race in the season with races 1&2 already done at Clipsal.... ie race 3 listed is race 1 for the weekend).

Results: Armor All Qualifying for Race 3

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Fastest lap Split
1 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG/X 1:54.6016
2 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG/X 1:54.9313 0:00.3297
3 1 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 1:54.9782 0:00.3766
4 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.3096 0:00.7080
5 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.3149 0:00.7133
6 9 Erebus Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.3205 0:00.7189
7 8 Tempur Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.3571 0:00.7555
8 2 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.4792 0:00.8776
9 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.5424 0:00.9408
10 33 Wilson Security Racing GRM Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.6453 0:01.0437
11 14 Freightliner Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.6571 0:01.0555
12 18 Preston Hire Racing Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.9581 0:01.3565
13 99 Erebus Thermosphere Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.9747 0:01.3731
14 7 Plus Fitness Racing Andre Heimgartner Nissan Altima 1:56.1152 0:01.5136
15 5 The Bottle-O Racing Team Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.1568 0:01.5552
16 230 Milwaukee Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.1739 0:01.5723
17 888 Autobarn Lowndes Racing Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.3194 0:01.7178
18 15 Castrol Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 1:56.4009 0:01.7993
19 19 Tekno Autosports Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.4169 0:01.8153
20 25 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.7087 0:02.1071
21 78 Team Harvey Norman Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 1:56.7400 0:02.1384
22 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.8673 0:02.2657
23 56 Tickford Racing Richie Stanaway Ford Falcon FG/X 1:57.0846 0:02.4830
24 23 Drive Racing Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 1:57.5446 0:02.9430
25 21 CoolDrive Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 1:57.7028 0:03.1012
26 35 Bigmate Racing Todd Hazelwood Ford Falcon FG/X 2:10.8889 0:16.2873


Results: Armor All Qualifying for Race 4

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Fastest lap Split
1 1 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 1:54.9974
2 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.0856 0:00.0882
3 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.3880 0:00.3906
4 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.5720 0:00.5746
5 8 Tempur Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.5827 0:00.5853
6 23 Drive Racing Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 1:55.5920 0:00.5946
7 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.5938 0:00.5964
8 9 Erebus Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.6296 0:00.6322
9 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.6387 0:00.6413
10 5 The Bottle-O Racing Team Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.8123 0:00.8149
11 14 Freightliner Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.8338 0:00.8364
12 15 Castrol Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 1:55.9129 0:00.9155
13 230 Milwaukee Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.0022 0:01.0048
14 2 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.0092 0:01.0118
15 18 Preston Hire Racing Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.1056 0:01.1082
16 99 Erebus Thermosphere Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.2864 0:01.2890
17 7 Plus Fitness Racing Andre Heimgartner Nissan Altima 1:56.2886 0:01.2912
18 21 CoolDrive Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.4050 0:01.4076
19 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.4381 0:01.4407
20 19 Tekno Autosports Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.5009 0:01.5035
21 78 Team Harvey Norman Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 1:56.7025 0:01.7051
22 35 Bigmate Racing Todd Hazelwood Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.7122 0:01.7148
23 25 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.9112 0:01.9138
24 33 Wilson Security Racing GRM Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.9992 0:02.0018
25 56 Tickford Racing Richie Stanaway Ford Falcon FG/X 1:57.0642 0:02.0668
26 888 Autobarn Lowndes Racing Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 1:57.0812 0:02.0838

Results: Armor All Qualifying for Race 5

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Fastest lap Split
1 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.1576
2 8 Tempur Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.3121 0:00.1545
3 2 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.4181 0:00.2605
4 1 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.5744 0:00.4168
5 14 Freightliner Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.5841 0:00.4265
6 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.6535 0:00.4959
7 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.7604 0:00.6028
8 23 Drive Racing Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 1:55.7936 0:00.6360
9 9 Erebus Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.8202 0:00.6626
10 888 Autobarn Lowndes Racing Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.8516 0:00.6940
11 25 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.9947 0:00.8371
12 5 The Bottle-O Racing Team Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.0122 0:00.8546
13 99 Erebus Thermosphere Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.0817 0:00.9241
14 33 Wilson Security Racing GRM Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.1326 0:00.9750
15 7 Plus Fitness Racing Andre Heimgartner Nissan Altima 1:56.1449 0:00.9873
16 15 Castrol Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 1:56.1779 0:01.0203
17 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.3884 0:01.2308
18 78 Team Harvey Norman Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 1:56.5177 0:01.3601
19 230 Milwaukee Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.6207 0:01.4631
20 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.6627 0:01.5051
21 21 CoolDrive Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.6871 0:01.5295
22 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.8658 0:01.7082
23 19 Tekno Autosports Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.9542 0:01.7966
24 18 Preston Hire Racing Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore ZB 1:57.0785 0:01.9209
25 56 Tickford Racing Richie Stanaway Ford Falcon FG/X 1:57.1634 0:02.0058
26 35 Bigmate Racing Todd Hazelwood Ford Falcon FG/X 1:57.3530 0:02.1954
Results: Armor All Qualifying for Race 6

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Fastest lap Split
1 1 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.4777
2 9 Erebus Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.5330 0:00.0553
3 8 Tempur Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.5726 0:00.0949
4 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.5825 0:00.1048
5 2 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.7679 0:00.2902
6 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.8967 0:00.4190
7 23 Drive Racing Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 1:55.9745 0:00.4968
8 230 Milwaukee Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.9877 0:00.5100
9 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG/X 1:55.9927 0:00.5150
10 99 Erebus Thermosphere Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 1:55.9948 0:00.5171
11 33 Wilson Security Racing GRM Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.0082 0:00.5305
12 888 Autobarn Lowndes Racing Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.1351 0:00.6574
13 14 Freightliner Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.1409 0:00.6632
14 5 The Bottle-O Racing Team Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.2174 0:00.7397
15 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Falcon FG/X 1:56.2405 0:00.7628
16 7 Plus Fitness Racing Andre Heimgartner Nissan Altima 1:56.2950 0:00.8173
17 15 Castrol Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 1:56.4759 0:00.9982
18 19 Tekno Autosports Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 1:56.4871 0:01.0094
19 78 Team Harvey Norman Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 1:56.8815 0:01.4038
20 56 Tickford Racing Richie Stanaway Ford Falcon FG/X 1:57.0245 0:01.5468
21 21 CoolDrive Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 1:57.2643 0:01.7866
22 35 Bigmate Racing Todd Hazelwood Ford Falcon FG/X 1:57.3489 0:01.8712
23 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 1:57.6625 0:02.1848
24 18 Preston Hire Racing Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore ZB 1:58.4219 0:02.9442
25 25 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Holden Commodore ZB 2:15.2034 0:19.7257
26 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB

Alonso almost tested a V8 Supercar.

As an aside Zak Brown, McLaren principal and also part owner of Walkinshaw Andretti United V8 team, and who also owns the United Motorsport Sports Car team that ran Fernando at Daytona 24 hours earlier this year also has a V8 Supercar (2011 Bathurst winner Commodore,) in his car collection. He had taken it with his Sports Car Team to Aragon in Spain when they did pre season testing with Alonso. Brown had a run in the Commodore. Filipe Albuquerque also did some laps in it. After Fernando had completed his Sports Car testing programme at the end of the day he was all set and looking forward to going out and do some laps in the Commodore.

Only problem was in true form for McLaren management, Fernando was all set to go when they realised they had zero fuel to use so the run was aborted!

http://www.supercars.com/news/champions ... ng-holden/

Whincup takes the effective lead in the pits.

Good battle between Whincup and McLaughlin developing.

McLaughlin takes the lead! Good move into turn 3 and through the next two corners.

McLaughlin wins from Whincup, Coulthard, Van Giz and Mostert.