The 2018 Adelaide 500 was a motor racing event held on the weekend of 2 to 4 March 2018 at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia. It marked the twentieth running of the Adelaide 500 and was the first event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship. It comprised two races of 250 kilometres.[1] Support races included the opening round of the 2018 Super2 Series, a series for older model Supercars [1] and the inaugural round of the new SuperUtes Series.
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| Round 1 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
.svg) Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 2–4 March 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
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Shane van Gisbergen won both Race 1 and Race 2, driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Triple Eight Race Engineering.
Results edit
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Practice edit
| Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
| Practice 1 | Friday | 1 |  Jamie Whincup
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:20.1622 |
| Practice 2 | Friday | 17 |  Scott McLaughlin
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DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.3567 |
| Practice 3 | Saturday | 17 | Scott McLaughlin
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DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:19.8117 |
| Sources:[2][3][4] | ||||||
Race 1 edit
Qualifying edit
Top 10 Shootout edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.8304 | 1 | |
| 2 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin
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DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.2587 | +0.4283 | 2 |
| 3 | 25 | James Courtney
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:20.3793 | +0.5489 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | David Reynolds
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Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:20.4004 | +0.5700 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | Jamie Whincup
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:20.6941 | +0.8637 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom
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Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.7722 | +0.9418 | 6 |
| 7 | 15 | Rick Kelly
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Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:20.9229 | +1.0925 | 7 |
| 8 | 230 | Will Davison
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23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.9467 | +1.1163 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Nick Percat
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Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:21.4658 | +1.6354 | 9 |
| 10 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth
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Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:21.4922 | +1.6618 | 10 |
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Race edit
- Notes
- ^1 – Lee Holdsworth received a 5 second Time penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Garth Tander separating the Pit Lane from the Race Track at Pit Entry.[8]
- ^2 – Garth Tander received a 5 second Time penalty after being found guilty for the incident with Craig Lowndes and Cameron Waters.[8]
Championship standings after Race 1 edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race 2 edit
Qualifying edit
Top 10 Shootout edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.5831 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.5915 | +0.0084 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin
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DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:19.7598 | +0.1767 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | David Reynolds
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Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.8870 | +0.3039 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom
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Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.1177 | +0.5346 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Cameron Waters
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Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.1872 | +0.6042 | 6 |
| 7 | 55 | Chaz Mostert
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Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:20.2360 | +0.6530 | 7 |
| 8 | 33 | Garth Tander
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Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:20.2887 | +0.7057 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Michael Caruso
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Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:20.5378 | +0.9547 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner
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Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | No time | 10 | |
| Source:[10] | |||||||
Race edit
- Notes
- ^1 – Jack Le Brocq received a 15 second Time penalty for crossing the chevron separating the Pit Lane from the Race Track at Pit Entry.[8]
Championship standings after Race 2 edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References edit
- ^ a b "Supercars reveals 16 event 2018 calendar". speedcafe.com. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Race 1 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Race 1 - Top 10 Shootout". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Race 1 - Results". Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Supercars summary of penalties, Adelaide 500, final update". V8 Daily Dump. V8 Daily Dump. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Race 2 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Race 2 - Top 10 Shootout". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Race 2 - Results". Retrieved 4 March 2018.
External links edit
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| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2017 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 |
2018 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2018 Melbourne 400 |
| Previous year: 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide |
Adelaide 500 | Next year: 2019 Adelaide 500 |