Darwin Supercars: McLaughlin clean sweeps Sunday poles

Having stuck to the hard tyres yesterday, McLaughlin had plenty of soft compound Dunlops at his disposal for today's two 10-minute sessions.

He put them to good use, though, bagging a pair of poles to make it a clean sweep for the weekend.

In the first session McLaughlin only just pipped teammate Fabian Coulthard, the Penske pair separated by just two-hundredths of a second.

Race 1 winner Anton De Pasquale was third fastest followed by Jamie Whincup, Nick Percat, Andre Heimgartner and Shane van Gisbergen.

In the second session McLaughlin had more of a margin, a weekend-best 1m06.309s leaving him three-tenths clear of Whincup.

Van Gisbergen edged Chaz Mostert for third, with Cam Waters and Coulthard securing third-row starting spots.

"It's awesome to get pole times three," said McLaughlin. "It's fantastic to have a good spot to start from.

"The inside line into [Turn] 1 off the start is quite difficult to get off the line, but we'll do our best. To be up the front is an ideal situation."

Drivers will be free to choose compounds for both of today's two sprint races, with the majority of the field yet to play their soft tyres.

De Pasquale, James Courtney, Scott Pye and Jack Smith are the exceptions, having run softs in yesterday's opener.

Qualifying results Race 2

Cla	#	Driver	Time	Gap	Interval
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	1'06.415
2	12	Fabian Coulthard	1'06.441	0.025	0.025
3	99	Anton De Pasquale	1'06.676	0.260	0.235
4	88	Jamie Whincup	1'06.715	0.299	0.039
5	8	Nick Percat	1'06.728	0.312	0.013
6	7	Andre Heimgartner	1'06.755	0.339	0.026
7	97	Shane van Gisbergen	1'06.839	0.424	0.084
8	9	David Reynolds	1'06.862	0.446	0.022
9	18	Mark Winterbottom	1'06.895	0.480	0.033
10	25	Chaz Mostert	1'06.897	0.481	0.001
11	20	Scott Pye	1'06.899	0.484	0.002
12	44	James Courtney	1'06.904	0.488	0.004
13	6	Cameron Waters	1'06.924	0.508	0.020
14	15	Rick Kelly	1'06.994	0.579	0.070
15	55	Jack Le Brocq	1'07.034	0.618	0.039
16	3	Macauley Jones	1'07.105	0.690	0.071
17	5	Lee Holdsworth	1'07.141	0.725	0.035
18	19	Alex Davison	1'07.212	0.797	0.071
19	22	Chris Pither	1'07.265	0.850	0.052
20	34	Jake Kostecki	1'07.306	0.890	0.040
21	14	Todd Hazelwood	1'07.324	0.909	0.018
22	35	Garry Jacobson	1'07.367	0.952	0.043
23	2	Bryce Fullwood	1'07.473	1.057	0.105
24	4	Jack Smith	1'07.741	1.326	0.268
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Qualifying results Race 3

Cla	#	Driver	Time	Gap	Interval
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	1'06.309
2	88	Jamie Whincup	1'06.635	0.326	0.326
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen	1'06.740	0.431	0.104
4	25	Chaz Mostert	1'06.754	0.445	0.013
5	6	Cameron Waters	1'06.776	0.467	0.022
6	12	Fabian Coulthard	1'06.854	0.545	0.078
7	15	Rick Kelly	1'06.858	0.549	0.004
8	99	Anton De Pasquale	1'06.891	0.582	0.032
9	9	David Reynolds	1'06.921	0.612	0.030
10	8	Nick Percat	1'06.929	0.620	0.007
11	3	Macauley Jones	1'06.989	0.679	0.059
12	55	Jack Le Brocq	1'06.992	0.683	0.003
13	5	Lee Holdsworth	1'06.999	0.690	0.007
14	18	Mark Winterbottom	1'07.007	0.698	0.008
15	44	James Courtney	1'07.197	0.887	0.189
16	35	Garry Jacobson	1'07.241	0.932	0.044
17	34	Jake Kostecki	1'07.283	0.974	0.042
18	7	Andre Heimgartner	1'07.329	1.020	0.045
19	19	Alex Davison	1'07.332	1.023	0.003
20	4	Jack Smith	1'07.458	1.149	0.125
21	20	Scott Pye	1'07.465	1.156	0.007
22	2	Bryce Fullwood	1'07.466	1.157	0.000
23	22	Chris Pither	1'07.504	1.195	0.038
24	14	Todd Hazelwood	1'07.743	1.434	0.239
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