The event would see the introduction of a new qualifying format. Similar to MotoGP, there will be three sessions. The fastest ten drivers across the Friday practice sessions will get a bye into the second stage, with the other sixteen drivers required to go through Q1. The fastest six will join the other ten for Q2, with the other ten already having set their starting positions. Q2 will see the top ten advance to Q3, with the slowest six confirming their starting positions. Q3 will see the top ten drivers fight for pole position.[1]
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The 2018 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on the weekend of 6 to 8 April 2018 The event was held at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston Tasmania and was scheduled to consist of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 kilometres in length It was the third event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 7 and 8 of the season The event was the 46th running of the Tasmania SuperSprint 2018 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprintEvent InformationRound 3 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars ChampionshipDate6 8 April 2018LocationLaunceston TasmaniaVenueSymmons Plains RacewayResultsRace 1Distance50 laps120 701 kmPole positionShane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering50 6381WinnerJamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering44 04 7354Race 2Distance84 laps202 777 kmPole positionCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering50 5790WinnerCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering1 14 41 1457 Contents 1 Report 1 1 Background 2 Results 2 1 Practice 2 2 Race 7 2 2 1 Qualifying 2 2 2 Race 2 2 3 Championship standings after Race 7 2 3 Race 8 2 3 1 Qualifying 2 3 2 Race 2 3 3 Championship standings after Race 8 3 ReferencesReport editBackground edit Shane van Gisbergen of Triple Eight Race Engineering entered the event as the championship leader 49 points ahead of Erebus Motorsport s David Reynolds and 61 points ahead of DJR Team Penske s Scott McLaughlin The event would see the introduction of a new qualifying format Similar to MotoGP there will be three sessions The fastest ten drivers across the Friday practice sessions will get a bye into the second stage with the other sixteen drivers required to go through Q1 The fastest six will join the other ten for Q2 with the other ten already having set their starting positions Q2 will see the top ten advance to Q3 with the slowest six confirming their starting positions Q3 will see the top ten drivers fight for pole position 1 Results editPractice edit Practice summary Session Day Fastest lapNo Driver Team Car TimePractice 1 Friday 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 7894Practice 2 Friday 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 5609Practice 3 Saturday 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 7396Practice 4 Sunday 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 6094Sources 2 3 4 5 Race 7 edit Qualifying edit Pos No Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid1 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 8417 50 6381 12 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 7789 50 6897 23 17 nbsp Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 50 7876 50 7573 34 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 6740 50 7824 45 25 nbsp James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 50 9739 50 8428 56 9 nbsp David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 8894 50 8498 67 2 nbsp Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 50 9701 50 8640 78 14 nbsp Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 50 9665 50 9604 89 19 nbsp Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 50 9166 50 8614 51 0832 910 33 nbsp Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 51 0544 50 9717 51 2352 1011 12 nbsp Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 50 9890 1112 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 51 0751 50 9951 1213 6 nbsp Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 50 9587 51 0249 1314 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 1059 51 0655 1415 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 0992 1516 7 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 0387 51 2326 1617 55 nbsp Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 1186 1718 8 nbsp Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 51 2085 1819 56 nbsp Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 2120 1920 99 nbsp Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 51 2268 2021 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 2687 2122 35 nbsp Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 3603 2223 34 nbsp James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 51 3621 2324 230 nbsp Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 4583 2425 78 nbsp Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 5509 2526 21 nbsp Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 51 6511 26Source 6 Race edit Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 44 04 7354 2 1502 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 2 3457 4 1383 25 nbsp James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 50 3 5874 5 1294 9 nbsp David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 4 7927 6 1205 12 nbsp Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 50 8 7263 11 1116 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 14 3481 1 1027 14 nbsp Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 50 14 6397 8 968 2 nbsp Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 50 15 0225 7 909 17 nbsp Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 50 15 8197 3 8410 19 nbsp Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 50 16 3784 9 7811 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 50 16 5533 12 7212 8 nbsp Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 50 19 6312 18 6913 33 nbsp Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 23 8659 10 6614 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 50 24 0998 15 6315 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 50 25 7530 14 6016 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 50 26 0549 21 5717 7 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 50 33 4381 16 5418 230 nbsp Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 50 34 4240 24 5119 99 nbsp Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 34 9266 20 4820 21 nbsp Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 50 39 7353 26 4521 35 nbsp Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Ford Falcon FG X 50 40 2498 25 4222 78 nbsp Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 50 42 7756 24 3923 34 nbsp James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 47 0689 23 3624 6 nbsp Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 50 48 69151 13 3325 56 nbsp Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 43 7 laps 19 30NC 55 nbsp Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 22 Fire 17Fastest lap Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United 51 2622 on lap 24 Source 7 Notes 1 Cameron Waters received a 15 second post race Time Penalty for Careless Driving making contact with James Golding 8 Championship standings after Race 7 edit Drivers ChampionshipPos Driver Pts Gap nbsp 1 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 588 nbsp 2 nbsp David Reynolds 557 31 nbsp 3 3 nbsp Jamie Whincup 529 59 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Scott McLaughlin 509 79 nbsp 2 5 nbsp James Courtney 504 84 Teams ChampionshipPos Team Pts Gap nbsp 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 97 1117 nbsp 2 Walkinshaw Andretti United 991 126 nbsp 1 3 DJR Team Penske 928 189 nbsp 1 4 Brad Jones Racing 837 280 nbsp 2 5 Tickford Racing 5 55 808 309 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings Race 8 edit Qualifying edit Pos No Name Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 8794 50 5790 12 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 6250 50 5870 23 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 50 8025 50 6882 34 17 nbsp Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 50 8498 50 7808 45 19 nbsp Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 50 8735 50 7860 56 12 nbsp Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 50 8483 50 8099 67 25 nbsp James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 50 9336 50 8156 78 9 nbsp David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 7294 50 8608 89 33 nbsp Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 50 9275 50 9681 910 2 nbsp Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 51 0003 50 8598 51 0092 1011 55 nbsp Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 1193 50 9462 1112 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 0917 50 9530 1213 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 50 9866 1314 6 nbsp Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 1154 51 0344 1415 230 nbsp Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 1427 51 0967 1516 14 nbsp Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 51 0924 51 1394 1617 8 nbsp Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 51 1781 1718 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 51 1911 1819 7 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 2027 1920 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 2567 2021 35 nbsp Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 3257 2122 99 nbsp Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 51 3434 2223 78 nbsp Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 51 3531 2324 56 nbsp Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 51 3922 2425 21 nbsp Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 51 4411 2526 34 nbsp James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 51 5887 26Source 9 Race edit Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 84 1 14 41 1457 1 1502 17 nbsp Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 84 2 3571 4 1383 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 84 3 6000 3 1294 25 nbsp James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 84 5 5988 7 1205 19 nbsp Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 84 15 7860 5 1116 2 nbsp Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 84 16 5096 10 1027 33 nbsp Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 84 23 4884 9 968 9 nbsp David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 84 24 2924 8 909 8 nbsp Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 84 24 7776 17 8410 55 nbsp Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 84 39 3819 11 7811 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 84 39 4912 13 7212 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 84 39 9953 12 6913 6 nbsp Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 84 40 2848 14 6614 14 nbsp Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 83 1 lap 16 6315 99 nbsp Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 83 1 lap 22 6016 21 nbsp Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 83 1 lap 25 5717 12 nbsp Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 83 1 lap 6 5418 34 nbsp James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 83 1 lap 26 5119 7 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 83 1 lap 19 4820 35 nbsp Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Ford Falcon FG X 83 1 lap 21 4521 78 nbsp Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 83 1 lap 23 4222 230 nbsp Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 83 1 lap 15 3923 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 83 1 lap 18 3624 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 83 1 lap1 20 3325 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 83 1 lap 2 30NC 56 nbsp Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 0 Suspension 24Fastest lap James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United 51 4977 on lap 24 Source 10 Notes 1 Michael Caruso received a 15 second post race Time Penalty for Careless Driving causing contact with Will Davison 8 Championship standings after Race 8 edit Drivers ChampionshipPos Driver Pts Gap nbsp 2 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup 658 nbsp 2 2 nbsp Scott McLaughlin 647 11 nbsp 1 3 nbsp David Reynolds 647 11 nbsp 1 4 nbsp James Courtney 624 34 nbsp 4 5 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 618 40 Teams ChampionshipPos Team Pts Gap nbsp 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 97 1276 nbsp 2 Walkinshaw Andretti United 1213 63 nbsp 3 DJR Team Penske 1120 156 nbsp 4 Brad Jones Racing 984 292 nbsp 5 Tickford Racing 5 55 955 321 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings References edit Changes to Supercars qualifying at short circuits Speedcafe com Retrieved 7 April 2018 Practice 1 Supercars com Retrieved 20 June 2018 Practice 2 Supercars com Retrieved 20 June 2018 Practice 3 Supercars com Retrieved 20 June 2018 Practice 4 Supercars com Retrieved 20 June 2018 Race 7 Qualifying Supercars com Retrieved 7 April 2018 Race 7 Results Supercars com Retrieved 7 April 2018 a b Supercars summary of penalties Symmons Plains update 4 V8 Daily Dump V8 Daily Dump 8 April 2018 Retrieved 20 October 2018 Race 8 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