Clipsal 500 Supercars: Van Gisbergen beats Penskes to pole
Shane van Gisbergen has secured another pole position in Adelaide, beating the DJR Team Penske Fords in the Top 10 Shootout.
Shane van Gisbergen, Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden
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The two DJR Team Penske entries laid down the gauntlet with a pair of 1m19s laps, Fabian Coulthard once again besting new signing Scott McLaughlin.
But they were both beaten to pole by van Gisbergen, The Red Bull Holden driver storming to two-tenths up at Sector 2 before ultimately edging P1 by 0.02s after nudging the wall in the last sector.
“That was pretty exciting,” he said. “The Fords put the pressure on, they’ve been fast all week. It was a pretty messy lap in the last sector, but I had a good gain from the start. I’m so stoked, we’re in a position for a good result again this afternoon.”
While it was good news for one Triple Eight car, it was bad news for the other. Having been second in regular qualifying, Jamie Whincup’s Shootout lap barely lasted a corner after he was pinged for a kerb strike at Turn 1.
That meant his lap didn’t count, and he’ll start today’s race from 10th on the grid.
“Frustrating,” he said. “We’ve improved the car heaps today. I didn’t need that, I’m pretty pissed off with myself. We’ll see if we can make up some spots in the race.”
Chaz Mostert (Prodrive Ford) will start on the outside of the second row next to McLaughlin, with James Courtney (HSV Racing Commodore) and Nick Percat (Brad Jones Racing Commodore) locking out the third row.
Cam Waters (Prodrive Ford) and Garth Tander (GRM Commodore) both moved up a couple of spots with the seventh and eighth best times.
Tim Slade (Brad Jones Racing) dropped a spot, slipping from eighth in qualifying to ninth after the Shootout thanks to a trip down the escape road at Turn 4.
Cla | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore VF | 1 | 1'19.7545 | |
2 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | Ford Falcon FG-X | 1 | 1'19.7816 | 0.0271 |
3 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Falcon FG-X | 1 | 1'19.8851 | 0.1306 |
4 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG-X | 1 | 1'20.2236 | 0.4691 |
5 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VF | 1 | 1'20.2574 | 0.5029 |
6 | 8 | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VF | 1 | 1'20.4137 | 0.6592 |
7 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Ford Falcon FG-X | 1 | 1'20.7390 | 0.9845 |
8 | 33 | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VF | 1 | 1'20.7518 | 0.9973 |
9 | 14 | Tim Slade | Holden Commodore VF | 1 | 1'52.9760 | 33.2215 |
10 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VF | 1 | - |
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