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Clipsal 500 Supercars: SVG takes provisional pole by 0.0001s
Shane van Gisbergen snared provisional pole position for the first leg of the Clipsal 500 by 0.0001s.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Mar 3, 2017, 12:18 PM
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The 20-minute session boiled down to a battle between reigning champion van Gisbergen and DJR Team Penske’s star signing Scott McLaughlin.
The Penske Ford driver had jumped to the top with 11 minutes to go with a 1m19.780s, and looked odds on to improve on that time with a second run right at the end, but fell around a tenth short.
At almost the same time van Gisbergen, who had sat third before the happy hour right at the end, jumped to the top with a 1m19.780s of his own, edging McLaughlin’s near identical time by 0.0001s.
“I went to the toilet before qualifying, maybe that was it!” said van Gisbergen.
“It’s not pole yet, but we’re in the Shootout. I’m feeling really good.”
Having been on the pace all day, Nissan driver Rick Kelly kept his good form going into qualifying with third, ahead of James Courtney in the HSV Racing Commodore, Chaz Mostert in the Prodrive Ford, and Fabian Coulthard in the Penske Ford.
Van Gisbergen’s teammate Jamie Whincup came from outside the Top 20 at the end to book a Shootout spot with seventh, ahead of Prodrive pair Mark Winterbottom and Cam Waters and Erebus driver David Reynolds.
Nick Percat was the unlucky man on the Top 10 bubble, finishing 11th, ahead of Brad Jones Racing teammate Tim Slade. Craig Lowndes also missed out on a Shootout berth, finishing 13th.
Cla# DriverCarLapsTimeGapIntervalkm/h 1 97 
Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore VF 8 1'19.7806 145.298 2 17 Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG-X 7 1'19.7807 0.0001 0.0001 145.298 3 15 
Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 9 1'19.8607 0.0801 0.0800 145.152 4 22 James Courtney Holden Commodore VF 6 1'19.8670 0.0864 0.0063 145.141 5 55 Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG-X 9 1'19.8676 0.0870 0.0006 145.140 6 12 Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG-X 9 1'19.8908 0.1102 0.0232 145.098 7 88 Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VF 5 1'19.8969 0.1163 0.0061 145.086 8 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG-X 11 1'20.0565 0.2759 0.1596 144.797 9 6 Cameron Waters Ford Falcon FG-X 8 1'20.0566 0.2760 0.0001 144.797 10 9 David Reynolds Holden Commodore VF 10 1'20.1050 0.3244 0.0484 144.710 11 8 Nick Percat Holden Commodore VF 9 1'20.1235 0.3429 0.0185 144.676 12 14 Tim Slade Holden Commodore VF 10 1'20.1747 0.3941 0.0512 144.584 13 888 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VF 9 1'20.2137 0.4331 0.0390 144.513 14 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 10 1'20.2461 0.4655 0.0324 144.455 15 33 Garth Tander Holden Commodore VF 10 1'20.2585 0.4779 0.0124 144.433 16 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Altima 8 1'20.2618 0.4812 0.0033 144.427 17 19 Will Davison Holden Commodore VF 9 1'20.2802 0.4996 0.0184 144.394 18 2 Scott Pye Holden Commodore VF 9 1'20.3479 0.5673 0.0677 144.272 19 34 James Moffat Holden Commodore VF 11 1'20.4186 0.6380 0.0707 144.145 20 18 Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VF 10 1'20.4696 0.6890 0.0510 144.054 21 99 Dale Wood Holden Commodore VF 10 1'20.6664 0.8858 0.1968 143.702 22 56 Jason Bright Ford Falcon FG-X 9 1'20.8057 1.0251 0.1393 143.455 23 21 Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore VF 10 1'20.8376 1.0570 0.0319 143.398 24 78 
Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 10 1'21.1722 1.3916 0.3346 142.807 25 3 Taz Douglas Holden Commodore VF 10 1'22.1247 2.3441 0.9525 141.151 26 62 Alex Rullo Holden Commodore VF 10 1'23.0244 3.2438 0.8997 139.621
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