2018 Perth SuperSprint explained

Flag:	Western Australia
2018 Perth SuperSprint
Round No:	5
Season No:	16
Year:	2018
Series:	SC
Track Map:	Barbagallo Raceway AKA Wanneroo Park (Australia) track map.svg
Date:	5–6 May
Location:	Wanneroo, Western Australia
Circuit:	Barbagallo Raceway
Race1 Laps:	50
Race1 Dist:	123.115
Pole1:	Scott McLaughlin
Pole1 Team:	DJR Team Penske
Pole1 Time:	54.6397
Winner1:	Scott McLaughlin
Winner1 Team:	DJR Team Penske
Winner1 Time:	49:34.0255
Race2 Laps:	83
Race2 Dist:	204.371
Pole2:	Shane van Gisbergen
Pole2 Team:	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Pole2 Time:	54.9054
Winner2:	Scott McLaughlin
Winner2 Team:	DJR Team Penske
Winner2 Time:	1:24:39.3019

The 2018 Perth SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on 4–6 May 2018. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway near Wanneroo, Western Australia and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It was the fifth round of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 11 and 12 of the season.

Results

Practice

Session! rowspan="2"
No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Day	Fastest lap
Practice 1	Friday	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	55.6825
Practice 2	Friday	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	54.8871
Practice 3	Saturday	400	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.2847
Practice 4	Sunday	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	55.2686
Sources:^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Race 11

Qualifying

		Name	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X		54.8838	54.6397	1
2	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		55.0003	54.7123	2
3	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X		54.9499	54.7280	3
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		54.8282	54.7318	4
5	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing			54.8897	54.8034	5
6	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		55.0243	54.8639	6
7	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	54.9068	54.8125	54.8837	7
8	888	Craig Lowndes		Holden Commodore ZB	54.9155	54.9537	54.8974	8
9	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		54.9825	55.2732	9
10	400	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.1038	54.9247	No time	10
11	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	55.1043	55.0249		11
12	97		Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		55.0596		12
13	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	55.2020	55.0816		13
14	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		55.0994		14
15	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33		55.2034		15
16	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	55.2420	55.7084		16
17	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.2538			17
18	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	55.2559			18
19	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	55.2711			19
20	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	55.3015			20
21	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	55.3423			21
22	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	55.3812			22
23	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	55.3889			23
24	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	55.4884			24
25	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.5560			25
26	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	55.6873			26
Source:^[5]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps		Grid	Points
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	50	49:34.0255	1	150
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+5.6106	4	138
3	97				50	+8.9597	12	129
4	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+10.0175	5	120
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+13.4609	8	111
6	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+14.9179	2	102
7	400	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+14.9932	10	96
8	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+15.8322	3	90
9	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+17.9624	18	84
10	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+18.3331	6	78
11	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+18.9689	14	72
12	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+20.9532	11	69
13	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+22.4325	21	66
14	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	50	+25.4526	26	63
15	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	50	+25.5602	15	60
16	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+28.3493	13	57
17	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+30.5328	7	54
18	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+30.8667	9	51
19	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+33.7106	20	48
20	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	50	+36.4856	19	45
21	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+39.6142	25	42
22	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+40.9440	22	39
23	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	50	+41.3822	17	36
24	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	50	+52.3968	16	33
25	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	49	+1 lap	23	30
NC	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	48	Retirement	24

Source:^[6]

Notes

– Jamie Whincup received a 5-second Time Penalty for Careless Driving, making contact with Chaz Mostert.^[7]
– Anton de Pasquale received a 10-second Time Penalty for a false start.
– Richie Stanaway received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, making contact with Lee Holdsworth.

Championship standings after Race 11

Drivers Championship

		Driver		Gap
	1	Scott McLaughlin	1097
1	2	Shane van Gisbergen	978	-119
1	3	David Reynolds	941	-156
	4	Craig Lowndes	924	-173
	5	Jamie Whincup	877	-220

Teams Championship

		Team		Gap
	1	Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97)	1855
	2	DJR Team Penske	1849	-6
	3	Walkinshaw Andretti United	1558	-297
1	4	Tickford Racing (5, 55)	1498	-357
1	5	Brad Jones Racing	1428	-427

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race 12

Qualifying

		Name	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	97					55.1869	54.9054	1
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		55.3339	54.9326	2
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		55.1021	54.9891	3
4	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33		55.2682	55.0928	4
5	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33		55.3908	55.1397	5
6	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		55.1265	55.2413	6
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		55.3793	55.3384	7
8	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	55.2943	55.3923	55.3882	8
9	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	55.4374	55.1490	55.5303	9
10	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	55.2816	55.3543	55.8620	10
11	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	55.5024	55.4125		11
12	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		55.4144		12
13	400	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		55.4461		13
14	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.4613	55.5885		14
15	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	55.4133	55.5897		15
16	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		55.7174		16
17	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	55.5205			17
18	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.5337			18
19	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	55.5971			19
20	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	55.6451			20
21	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	55.6538			21
22	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.6931			22
23	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	55.8243			23
24	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	55.9971			24
25	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	56.0007			25
26	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	56.0413			26
Source:^[8]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps		Grid	Points
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	83	1:24:39.3019	19	150
2	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+7.9803	6	138
3	888	Craig Lowndes			83	+10.6475	25	129
4	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+12.1611	9	120
5	97		Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+17.6959	1	111
6	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+18.7972	2	102
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+19.9819	7	96
8	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	83	+24.5580	4	90
9	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+24.9146	10	84
10	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	83	+28.2302	5	78
11	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	83	+31.7717	3	72
12	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	83	+33.2297	21	69
13	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	83	+33.4671	22	66
14	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+33.9180	26	63
15	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+41.8664	15	60
16	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	83	+42.2748	17	57
17	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+45.0913	12	54
18	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	83	+45.2739	23	51
19	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	83	+48.5981	14	48
20	400	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	83	+53.9249	13	45
21	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	82	+1 lap	18	42
22	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	82	+1 lap	24	39
23	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	82	+1 lap	20	36
24	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	81	+2 laps	11	33
25	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	75	+8 laps	16	30
26	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	68	+15 laps	8	27

Source:^[9]

Championship standings after Race 12

Drivers Championship

	Driver		Gap
1	Scott McLaughlin	1247
2	Shane van Gisbergen	1089	-158
3	David Reynolds	1079	-168
4	Craig Lowndes	1053	-194
5	Jamie Whincup	979	-268

Teams Championship

	Team		Gap
1	Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97)	2068
2	DJR Team Penske	2056	-12
3	Walkinshaw Andretti United	1738	-330
4	Tickford Racing (5, 55)	1612	-456
5	Brad Jones Racing	1578	-490

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes and References

Web site: Practice 1. Supercars.com. 22 June 2018.
Web site: Practice 2. Supercars.com. 22 June 2018.
Web site: Practice 3. Supercars.com. 22 June 2018.
Web site: Practice 4. Supercars.com. 22 June 2018.
Web site: Race 11 - Qualifying. Supercars.com. 6 May 2018.
News: Race 11 - Results. 6 May 2018. Supercars.com.
News: Supercars summary of penalties, Perth, update 3. 6 May 2018. V8 Daily Dump. 20 October 2018. V8 Daily Dump.
Web site: Race 12 - Qualifying. Supercars.com. 6 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003047/http://www.supercars.com/sessions/2018-perth-supersprint/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-armor-all-qualifying-race-12/. 7 May 2018. dead.
News: Race 12 - Results. 6 May 2018. Supercars.com.