Qualifying report
Supercars The Bend
The Bend Supercars: McLaughlin takes 14th season pole
Scott McLaughin secured his 14th pole position of the 2019 Supercars season thanks to another record-breaking lap at The Bend.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Published: Aug 25, 2019, 2:15 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
A rare mistake put McLaughlin under pressure in Q2, the points leader left relying on his final run after an off at Turn 17 early in the session left him in the drop zone.
He responded in typical fashion, a 1m47.620s sending him into the final segment with a tenth up his sleeve over Tickford pair Will Davison and Chaz Mostert.
There was no repeat of an early mistake in Q3, McLaughlin lowering the lap record with a 1m47.495s on his first run.
He did head out for a final run late in Q3, but never looked like improving even before a wild moment at the last corner.
Not that he mattered, that early lap good enough for a 14th pole of the season by a little over two tenths.
“That was hard," he said.
"I didn’t have the best session myself and lost my lock-up sensors pretty early, so I was just sort of driving like a go-kart on feel. Lucky I drive the go-kart a fair bit and I got used to it.
“The [Q2 mistake] was just the lock-up sensor, I didn’t know it had gone, it must have gone the corner before and I just braked hard and then it just locked up. It was crazy.
"Anyway it is what it is and we’ll push on and start on pole – that’s the main thing."
Davison ended up best of the Tickford Mustangs, edging Mostert by a little over a tenth.
Read Also:
Jamie Whincup was the best of the Holdens, grabbing fourth on the grid after coming all the way from Q1.
Cam Waters and Nick Percat were next, with Anton De Pasquale, Lee Holdsworth, Mark Winterbottom and Tim Slade making up the rest of the first five rows.
Fabian Coulthard will start the race from 11th, having been shuffled out of the best 10 in the closing stages of Q2.
“We were up on the previous lap that I had done, and I came through [Turn] 5 into 6 and it felt like I had a flat right rear tyre," he said.
"So we were unable to complete that [lap] and there was no time left to do anything else.
"To be the wrong side of the hundredth to be in the Top 10 is a bit like the story of my life."
He wasn't the only high-profile exit after the second segment, with David Reynolds and Shane van Gisbergen set to start from 15th and 16th respectively.
Cla # Driver Car Time 1 17 
Scott McLaughlin Ford Mustang GT 1'47.4959 2 23 
Will Davison Ford Mustang GT 1'47.7105 3 55 Chaz Mostert Ford Mustang GT 1'47.8427 4 88 Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 1'47.9947 5 6 Cameron Waters Ford Mustang GT 1'48.0042 6 8 Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 1'48.0143 7 99 Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 1'48.1887 8 5 Lee Holdsworth Ford Mustang GT 1'48.2030 9 18 Mark Winterbottom Holden Commodore ZB 1'48.2238 10 14 Tim Slade Holden Commodore ZB 1'48.7996 11 12 Fabian Coulthard Ford Mustang GT 1'48.5303 12 7 Andre Heimgartner Nissan Altima 1'48.5908 13 22 James Courtney Holden Commodore ZB 1'48.8412 14 78 
Simona de Silvestro Nissan Altima 1'48.9721 15 9 David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.0629 16 97 Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.5133 17 3 Garry Jacobson Nissan Altima 1'48.8704 18 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 1'48.8801 19 34 James Golding Holden Commodore ZB 1'48.9873 20 2 Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.0589 21 66 Thomas Randle Ford Mustang GT 1'49.0711 22 35 Todd Hazelwood Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.3625 23 4 
Jack Smith Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.4952 24 19 Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.5306 25 33 Richie Stanaway Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.5531 26 21 Macauley Jones Holden Commodore ZB 1'49.6414
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article The Bend Supercars: Mostert shades McLaughlin in final practice
Next article The Bend Supercars: McLaughlin equals Lowndes win record
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Andrew van Leeuwen
Toby Price explains 'unfortunate' Mitsubishi split
Dakar
Dakar
Dakar
Toby Price explains 'unfortunate' Mitsubishi split
Supercars parity review begins
Supercars
Supercars
Supercars parity review begins
SRO set for bigger Australian GT presence
GT World Challenge Australia
GT World Challenge Australia
SRO set for bigger Australian GT presence
Latest news
Winner and losers from MotoGP’s cancelled Australian GP weekend
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
4 min
Winner and losers from MotoGP’s cancelled Australian GP weekend
Inside COTA's Turn 1 clubhouse and its plans to build a second track
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
22 min
Inside COTA's Turn 1 clubhouse and its plans to build a second track
Max Verstappen puzzled by Q3 grip loss, but Austin shows how far Red Bull has progressed
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
1 h
Max Verstappen puzzled by Q3 grip loss, but Austin shows how far Red Bull has progressed
Carson Hocevar says Zane Smith feud is "pretty one-sided"
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Talladega II
3 h
Carson Hocevar says Zane Smith feud is "pretty one-sided"
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe