Perth Supercars: Davison, van Gisbergen share poles

It was Davison who triumphed in the first session, the Dick Johnson Racing driver going quickest on his first proper run with a 53.7809s.

He then lowered that to a 53.629s to seal his fourth pole of the 2022 campaign ahead of a pair of Tickford Mustangs led by Cam Waters.

Jake Kostecki, meanwhile, was the surprise of the session as he took a career-best qualifying result of third.

His cousin Brodie Kostecki was fourth fastest for Erebus Motorsport ahead of Anton De Pasquale, Will Brown, Todd Hazelwood, David Reynolds, James Courtney and Andre Heimgartner.

Van Gisbergen will start today's first race in 11th after being baulked by Mark Winterbottom on his final run.

Winterbottom actually held up both Triple Eight cars in one go, Broc Feeney ending up 12th after stumbling over the Team 18 Holden just seconds before van Gisbergen.

The 2015 series champion was slapped with a three-spot grid penalty for his troubles which will put him at the back of the grid.

Van Gisbergen hit back in the second session by taking his second pole of the 2022 season.

That came courtesy of a 53.463s set midway through the session, although the Kiwi was worried it wouldn't be enough after running wide at Turn 6.

"It's a nice surprise," said van Gisbergen. "I went off the track at Turn 6 and thought I'd wrecked it. I was still angry at Winterbottom for stuffing me in the first one. But that's awesome, thanks to the team.

"The first race will be tough today, hopefully pass some people and put on a show. And see how we go in the last one."

Davison qualified second for the final race, the margin to van Gisbergen just 0.05s, while De Pasquale and Reynolds will share the second row.

Feeney was impressive on his way to sixth on the grid ahead of Waters, Brown and Courtney.

Jake Kostecki capped off his solid morning with ninth followed by Andre Heimgartner, who ran early in the session.

Walkinshaw Andretti United's woes continued with neither driver in the Top 20 in either of the two sessions.

In fact Nick Percat was slowest in both sessions, although his case in the first wasn't helped when he had a run-in with Bryce Fullwood on his warm-up lap that required a new steering arm.

Chaz Mostert, meanwhile, was 21st in the first session before slumping to 24th in the second as the WAU anchored the field.

Qualifying for Race 2

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	53.629
2	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	53.664	0.035	0.035
3	56	Jake Kostecki	Ford Mustang GT	53.719	0.090	0.055
4	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	53.753	0.123	0.033
5	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	53.758	0.129	0.005
6	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	53.780	0.151	0.021
7	35	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	53.790	0.161	0.009
8	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	53.792	0.162	0.001
9	5	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	53.856	0.227	0.064
10	8	Andre Heimgartner	Holden Commodore ZB	53.865	0.236	0.009
11	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	53.868	0.238	0.002
12	88	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore ZB	53.943	0.314	0.075
13	22	Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB	54.000	0.370	0.056
14	76	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	54.004	0.374	0.004
15	34	Jack Le Brocq	Holden Commodore ZB	54.021	0.392	0.017
16	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	54.047	0.418	0.025
17	55	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	54.082	0.453	0.034
18	14	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	54.103	0.474	0.021
19	10	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT	54.127	0.498	0.024
20	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	54.158	0.529	0.030
21	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	54.169	0.540	0.010
22	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	54.254	0.624	0.084
23	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	54.338	0.709	0.084
24	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	54.398	0.769	0.060
25	2	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	54.671	1.042	0.272
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Qualifying for Race 3

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	53.463
2	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	53.517	0.054	0.054
3	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	53.568	0.105	0.051
4	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	53.628	0.164	0.059
5	88	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore ZB	53.649	0.186	0.021
6	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	53.657	0.194	0.007
7	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	53.672	0.208	0.014
8	5	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	53.684	0.220	0.012
9	56	Jake Kostecki	Ford Mustang GT	53.746	0.283	0.062
10	8	Andre Heimgartner	Holden Commodore ZB	53.751	0.288	0.005
11	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	53.780	0.317	0.028
12	76	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	53.787	0.324	0.007
13	22	Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB	53.819	0.355	0.031
14	55	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	53.826	0.363	0.007
15	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	53.836	0.373	0.010
16	35	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	53.901	0.437	0.064
17	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	53.917	0.454	0.016
18	10	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT	53.928	0.465	0.010
19	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	53.945	0.482	0.016
20	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	54.001	0.538	0.056
21	14	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	54.033	0.570	0.032
22	34	Jack Le Brocq	Holden Commodore ZB	54.039	0.576	0.005
23	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	54.200	0.737	0.160
24	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	54.258	0.795	0.058
25	2	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	54.449	0.986	0.191
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