2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600
Appearance
Event Information | ||||||||||||||
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Round 12 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Date | 21–23 October 2016 | |||||||||||||
Location | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | |||||||||||||
Venue | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
Weather | Friday: fine | |||||||||||||
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The 2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 21 to 23 October 2016. The event was held at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, and consisted of two races of 300 kilometres in length. It was the twelfth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 22 and 23 of the season. It was also the third and final event of the 2016 Pirtek Enduro Cup.[1] It was the seventh running of the Gold Coast 600.
Report
[edit]Practice
[edit]Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
Practice 1 | Friday | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 | 1:11.3244 |
Practice 2 | Friday | 17 | Tony D'Alberto | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 1:11.7753 |
Practice 3 | Friday | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:10.4206 |
Results
[edit]Race 22
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Race
[edit]Race 23
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Top Ten Shootout
[edit]Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
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1 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:10.8872 |
2 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:10.9763 |
3 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 1:10.9973 |
4 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 | 1:11.0298 |
5 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:11.1143 |
6 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Rod Nash Racing | Ford FG X Falcon | 1:11.5455 |
7 | 34 | James Moffat | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 | 1:11.5899 |
8 | 1 | Mark Winterbottom | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 1:11.6915 |
9 | 19 | Will Davison | Tekno Autosports | Holden VF Commodore | 1:11.9818 |
– | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | Holden VF Commodore | No time |
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Race
[edit]Championship standings after the event
[edit]- After Race 23 of 29. Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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References
[edit]- ^ "V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change". Supercars. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Qualifying for Race 22". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Race 22". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Qualifying for Race 23". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Top Ten Shootout". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Race 23". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.[permanent dead link ]
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