Tasmania Supercars: Waters sweeps Sunday poles
Cam Waters bagged pole position for both of Sunday's sprint races at Symmons Plains.
Photo by: Mark Horsburgh, Edge Photographics
The Tickford driver emerged on top of what was effectively a quartet of qualifying sessions under the confusing Group A/B system.
He set a 50.764s in his eight-minute heat for the Race 2 grid, which put him on top of Group A.
Nobody in Group B was able to run it down either, Jamie Whincup going closest with a 50.866s.
For the Race 3 grid it was an all-Group A battle at the front, Waters going up against former teammate and fierce rival Chaz Mostert.
The pair were separated by just 0.01s at the end of the five-minute session as Waters took a second-straight pole with a 50.562s.
Speaking post-session Waters said he was surprised by the pole sweep, and that there's still question marks over his tyre life for the races.
"The car has improved a little but over night," he said. "In the first session I didn't get everything out of it, then I did a much better job in the second one. I'm a little bit surprised to get both poles.
"A bit of tyre life would be awesome. We're really good over one lap, we have been all year. But as soon as we get in the races, the other cars look after their tyres better than what ours can.
"We've done a few things overnight, hopefully we've gone in the right direction."
Group B runner Anton De Pasquale was third in both sessions, while fourth threw up a surprise for each race. Erebus rookie Will Brown will start from the outside of the second row for Race 2, while Zane Goddard will do likewise in Race 3.
Whincup added to his second for Race 2 with a sixth for Race 3, however his teammate Shane van Gisbergen was uncharacteristically quiet. The Kiwi will have to come from sixth on the grid if he's going to take an eighth-straight Supercars win in today's first race, while he'll start out of P7 for the second race.
The first of today's two races starts at 1:35pm local time.
Qualifying – Race 2
Cla | # | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Interval |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 |
Cameron Waters
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.763 | ||
2 | 88 |
Jamie Whincup
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.866 | 0.102 | 0.102 |
3 | 11 |
Anton De Pasquale
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.896 | 0.133 | 0.030 |
4 | 9 |
Will Brown
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.899 | 0.136 | 0.002 |
5 | 17 |
Will Davison
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.906 | 0.143 | 0.007 |
6 | 97 |
Shane van Gisbergen
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.909 | 0.145 | 0.002 |
7 | 18 |
Mark Winterbottom
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.913 | 0.149 | 0.004 |
8 | 5 |
Jack Le Brocq
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.933 | 0.170 | 0.020 |
9 | 20 |
Scott Pye
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.962 | 0.198 | 0.028 |
10 | 25 |
Chaz Mostert
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.984 | 0.221 | 0.022 |
11 | 19 |
Fabian Coulthard
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.054 | 0.290 | 0.069 |
12 | 7 |
Andre Heimgartner
|
Ford Mustang GT | 51.085 | 0.321 | 0.031 |
13 | 26 |
David Reynolds
|
Ford Mustang GT | 51.094 | 0.331 | 0.009 |
14 | 4 |
Jack Smith
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.095 | 0.331 | 0.000 |
15 | 35 |
Zane Goddard
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.141 | 0.378 | 0.046 |
16 | 3 |
Tim Slade
|
Ford Mustang GT | 51.157 | 0.394 | 0.015 |
17 | 96 |
Macauley Jones
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.166 | 0.402 | 0.008 |
18 | 2 |
Bryce Fullwood
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.178 | 0.414 | 0.012 |
19 | 44 |
James Courtney
|
Ford Mustang GT | 51.180 | 0.417 | 0.002 |
20 | 8 |
Nick Percat
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.188 | 0.425 | 0.007 |
21 | 14 |
Todd Hazelwood
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.220 | 0.456 | 0.031 |
22 | 99 |
Brodie Kostecki
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.245 | 0.482 | 0.025 |
23 | 34 |
Jake Kostecki
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.348 | 0.585 | 0.102 |
24 | 22 |
Garry Jacobson
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.404 | 0.640 | 0.055 |
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Qualifying – Race 3
Cla | # | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Interval |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 |
Cameron Waters
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.562 | ||
2 | 25 |
Chaz Mostert
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.580 | 0.018 | 0.018 |
3 | 11 |
Anton De Pasquale
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.670 | 0.107 | 0.089 |
4 | 35 |
Zane Goddard
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.693 | 0.131 | 0.023 |
5 | 17 |
Will Davison
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.694 | 0.132 | 0.000 |
6 | 88 |
Jamie Whincup
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.714 | 0.152 | 0.020 |
7 | 97 |
Shane van Gisbergen
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.716 | 0.154 | 0.002 |
8 | 26 |
David Reynolds
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.832 | 0.270 | 0.116 |
9 | 18 |
Mark Winterbottom
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.845 | 0.283 | 0.012 |
10 | 9 |
Will Brown
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.873 | 0.310 | 0.027 |
11 | 44 |
James Courtney
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.883 | 0.321 | 0.010 |
12 | 20 |
Scott Pye
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.891 | 0.329 | 0.007 |
13 | 19 |
Fabian Coulthard
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.915 | 0.353 | 0.024 |
14 | 5 |
Jack Le Brocq
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.945 | 0.383 | 0.029 |
15 | 34 |
Jake Kostecki
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 50.965 | 0.402 | 0.019 |
16 | 3 |
Tim Slade
|
Ford Mustang GT | 50.981 | 0.419 | 0.016 |
17 | 7 |
Andre Heimgartner
|
Ford Mustang GT | 51.020 | 0.458 | 0.039 |
18 | 2 |
Bryce Fullwood
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.024 | 0.462 | 0.003 |
19 | 99 |
Brodie Kostecki
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.028 | 0.466 | 0.004 |
20 | 8 |
Nick Percat
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.033 | 0.471 | 0.005 |
21 | 14 |
Todd Hazelwood
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.136 | 0.574 | 0.103 |
22 | 22 |
Garry Jacobson
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.191 | 0.629 | 0.054 |
23 | 4 |
Jack Smith
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.213 | 0.651 | 0.022 |
24 | 96 |
Macauley Jones
|
Holden Commodore ZB | 51.234 | 0.672 | 0.020 |
View full results |
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