2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Event Information
Round 1 of 14 in the 2017 Supercars Championship
Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit
Date	3–5 March 2017
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance 78 laps 250 km Pole position Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:19.5723 Winner Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:49:25.850
Race 2 Distance 78 laps 250 km Pole position Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:19.7545 Winner Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:47:18.860

The 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was a

Shane van Gisbergen won both 250 kilometres races.

Report

Background

The event reverted to the two-race format last used in 2013, with organisers citing the format's popularity as the reason for its reintroduction.^[3] The top ten shootout will also be re-introduced for qualifying for the Saturday race.^[4]

Practice

Practice summary

Session	Day	Fastest lap
		No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Practice 1	Friday	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4006
Practice 2	Friday	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.8355
Practice 3	Saturday	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.7649

Race 1

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.7806
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.7807
3	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:19.8607
4	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8670
5	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.8676
6	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.8908
7	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8969
8	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:20.0565
9	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:20.0566
10	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1050
11	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1235
12	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1747
13	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.2137
14	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:20.2461
15	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.2585
16	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:20.2618
17	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.2802
18	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.3479
19	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4186
20	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4696
21	96	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.6664
22	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG X Falcon	1:20.8057
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.8376
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:21.1722
25	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:22.1247
26	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:23.0244
Source:[5]

Top 10 Shootout, Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.5723
2	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.0442
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.2964
4	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+0.4209
5	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.4453
6	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.4851
7	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	+0.5881
8	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	+0.7821
9	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.8062
10	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	+0.9106
Source:[6]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	1:49:25.850	1	150
2	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 14.712 s	2	138
3	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 15.560 s	4	129
4	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 22.878 s	9	120
5	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 23.419 s	8	111
6	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 24.224 s	7	102
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	78	+ 28.907 s	11	96
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 32.755 s	13	90
9	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	78	+ 33.881 s	3	84
10	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 35.206 s	19	78
11	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 37.150 s	14	72
12	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 38.348 s	15	69
13	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	78	+ 39.385 s	20	66
14	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	78	+ 42.353 s	12	63
15	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 44.548 s	5	60
16	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 46.226 s	18	57
17	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 47.335 s	6	54
18	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	78	+ 57.306 s	10	51
19	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	78	+ 1:09.584 s	23	48
20	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 1:16.814 s	24	45
21	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	77	+1 lap	22	42
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	16	39
23	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	76	+ 2 laps	26	36
24	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	64	+ 14 laps	25	33
Ret	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	49	Gearbox	21
Ret	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	1	Accident	17
Source:[7]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.2951
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.3335
3	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.4786
4	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.4976
5	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.5437
6	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.6258
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.6263
8	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.6992
9	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.7921
10	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8310
11	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8784
12	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.9038
13	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:19.9154
14	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.9162
15	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.9174
16	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:19.9181
17	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.9832
18	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.9993
19	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:20.0261
20	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1834
21	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.3248
22	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4047
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.5835
24	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.9970
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:21.2249
26	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:21.8345
Source:[8]

Top 10 Shootout, Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.7544
2	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.0271
3	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.1306
4	55	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.4691
5	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+0.5029
6	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+0.6592
7	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.9845
8	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	+0.9973
9	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+33.2215
DSQ	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore
Source:[9]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	1:47:18.860	1	150
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 10.123 s	3	138
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	78	+ 19.544 s	4	129
4	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 21.188 s	5	120
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 29.518 s	2	111
6	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 31.419 s	10	102
7	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	78	+ 33.869 s	9	96
8	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 40.679 s	7	90
9	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 42.194 s	16	84
10	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 43.771 s	15	78
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 44.785 s	8	72
12	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	78	+ 45.308 s	17	69
13	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	78	+ 52.546 s	20	66
14	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 55.183 s	11	63
15	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	78	+ 56.043 s	18	60
16	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 56.763 s	14	57
17	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 59.076 s	19	54
18	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	78	+ 59.859 s	22	51
19	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 1:16.973 s	131	48
20	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	78	+ 1:17.588 s	21	45
21	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	77	+ 1 lap	23	42
22	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	12	39
23	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	262	36
24	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	76	+ 2 laps	24	33
25	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	75	+ 3 laps	25	30
Ret	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing		Accident	6
Source:[10]

Notes:

• ^1  — Scott Pye received a two-place grid penalty for impeding Jason Bright during qualifying for Race 2.^[11]
• 2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint.^[11]

Championship standings after the event

• After Race 2 of 26. Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Shane van Gisbergen 300 2 Fabian Coulthard 249 3 James Courtney 249 4 Chaz Mostert 213 5 Cameron Waters 210

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 504 2 DJR Team Penske 441 3 Walkinshaw Racing 354 4 Prodrive Racing Australia 333 5 Nissan Motorsport (#7 and #15) 288

References

1. ^ "Supercars releases 2017 calendar". supercars.com. Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
2. ^ "Clipsal drop Adelaide 500 event sponsorship". Speedcafe. 28 November 2016.
3. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (8 October 2016). "Format change for Clipsal 500 Adelaide". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
4. ^ "Format changes confirmed at Supercars events". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
5. ^ "SVG pips McLaughlin in Clipsal qualifying". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
6. ^ "SVG claims Armor All pole in Adelaide". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
7. ^ "SVG makes perfect start to title defence". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
8. ^ "SVG edges Whincup to provisional Clipsal pole". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
9. ^ "Van Gisbergen storms to Race 2 pole". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
10. ^ "SVG denies McLaughlin breakthrough DJRTP victory". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
11. ^ ^{a b} "CAMS Stewards Summary: Adelaide". supercars.com. Supercars. 5 March 2017.

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