Gold Coast 600: Mostert takes pole for Race 21 in wet qualifying session

The top spot on the time sheets changed hands constantly throughout the session, but Mostert was a name that kept appearing in P1.

He made his presence known early with a 1:23.1794, later improving to a 1:21.9165 and becoming the first to drop down into the 21s. Mostert then proceeded to one-up himself with a 1:21.8469, but things got dramatic in the closing moments of the session.

Tim Slade surged to the top of the leaderboard with a 1:21.8457 before Jamie Whincup, who made slight contact with a barrier at one point, was able to displace him with a 1:21.8209.

The red flag was then displayed when Dale Wood stuffed his machine into the tire barriers. Mostert put up a new fast lap, but there were discussions on whether or not he made it across the line before the stoppage. In the end, he was cleared and his lap -- a 1:21.5486 -- would be enough to hold on to pole position.

Whincup, Slade, Michael Caruso, Rick Kelly, Nick Percat, Shane van Gisbergen, Mark Winterbottom, Todd Kelly and Lee Holdsworth rounded out the top ten.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	55	Steven Owen   Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG-X	13	1'21.5486			130.670
2	88	Jamie Whincup   Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'21.8209	0.2723	0.2723	130.235
3	14	Tim Slade   Andre Heimgartner	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'21.8457	0.2971	0.0248	130.196
4	23	Michael Caruso   Dean Fiore	Nissan Altima	11	1'22.0260	0.4774	0.1803	129.910
5	15	Rick Kelly   David Wall	Nissan Altima	12	1'22.0340	0.4854	0.0080	129.897
6	8	Nick Percat   Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'22.1247	0.5761	0.0907	129.753
7	97	Shane van Gisbergen   Matt Campbell	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'22.1417	0.5931	0.0170	129.727
8	5	Mark Winterbottom   Dean Canto	Ford Falcon FG-X	13	1'22.3384	0.7898	0.1967	129.417
9	7	Todd Kelly   Jack Le Brocq	Nissan Altima	12	1'22.4455	0.8969	0.1071	129.249
10	18	Lee Holdsworth   Karl Reindler	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'22.5950	1.0464	0.1495	129.015
11	888	Steven Richards   Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	13	1'22.6398	1.0912	0.0448	128.945
12	17	Alexandre Prémat   Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon FG-X	12	1'22.6970	1.1484	0.0572	128.855
13	2	Warren Luff   Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'22.8683	1.3197	0.1713	128.589
14	6	Richie Stanaway   Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG-X	12	1'23.1115	1.5629	0.2432	128.213
15	33	Garth Tander   James Golding	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'23.2770	1.7284	0.1655	127.958
16	12	Tony D'Alberto   Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon FG/X	12	1'23.4390	1.8904	0.1620	127.710
17	19	Jonathon Webb   Will Davison	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'23.5132	1.9646	0.0742	127.596
18	22	James Courtney   Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'23.5416	1.9930	0.0284	127.553
19	34	James Moffat   Richard Muscat	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'23.7047	2.1561	0.1631	127.304
20	21	Tim Blanchard   Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore VF	11	1'23.8023	2.2537	0.0976	127.156
21	78	Simona de Silvestro   David Russell	Nissan Altima	12	1'23.9108	2.3622	0.1085	126.991
22	56	Jason Bright   Garry Jacobson	Ford Falcon FG-X	12	1'24.0684	2.5198	0.1576	126.753
23	9	David Reynolds  Luke Youlden	Holden Commodore VF	12	1'24.1889	2.6403	0.1205	126.572
24	99	Dale Wood   Chris Pither	Holden Commodore VF	11	1'24.4407	2.8921	0.2518	126.195
25	62	Alex Davison   Alex Rullo	Holden Commodore VF	11	1'25.3471	3.7985	0.9064	124.854
26	3	Aaren Russell   Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VF	11	1'27.2650	5.7164	1.9179	122.110