2016 Phillip Island SuperSprint

2016 V8 Supercar championship race March 2016 March 2016 Victoria 2016 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint 3 14 2016 IVSC Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg 15–17 April Phillip Island, Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Friday: fineSaturday: overcastSunday: fine 27 120 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:30.4880 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 42:39.8093 45 200 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:30.7018 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:17:33.4257 The 2016 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint was a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of 15 to 17 April 2016. The event was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit at Phillip Island, Victoria, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the third event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 6 and 7 of the season.http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/v8-supercars-2016-calendar-change V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change V8 Supercars 1 October 2015 13 April 2016 The event was the 18th running of the Phillip Island SuperSprint and was the 500th event in the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercars.http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/major-milestone-for-phillip-island/ Major milestone for Phillip Island V8 Supercars 10 April 2016 15 April 2016 The event was dominated by Scott McLaughlin, who won both races from pole position. Second place was taken by Jamie Whincup in Race 6, a result which also saw him take the championship lead, while Mark Winterbottom finished second in Race 7. DJR Team Penske enjoyed a strong weekend, with Fabian Coulthard and Scott Pye finishing third in Races 6 and 7 respectively. Report Background The Holden Racing Team ran a one-off tribute livery on its cars to raise awareness for the ANZAC appeal.https://speedcafe.com/hrt-anzac-livery-returns-for-phillip-island/ HRT ANZAC livery returns for Phillip Island Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 13 April 2016 15 April 2016 A new rule was introduced for the event, preventing teams from changing brake rotors and pads between qualifying and each race.http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/thems-the-brakes/ Them's the brakes Gadeke Kassie Newton Bruce V8 Supercars 15 April 2016 15 April 2016 Will Davison entered the event as the championship leader ahead of Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup. Practice Two one-hour practice sessions were held on Friday afternoon. Enduro Cup co-drivers were permitted to take part in the first session and Tony D'Alberto, Dean Fiore, Macauley Jones and Luke Youlden all completed laps. The session was topped by Lowndes, who set a time of 1:31.7255. Garth Tander was second fastest ahead of Whincup, who ran off the road at Turn 2 during the session.https://speedcafe.com/lowndes-quickest-in-first-phillip-island-practice/ Lowndes quickest in first Phillip Island practice Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 15 April 2016 15 April 2016 Scott McLaughlin set a new practice lap record of 1:30.3918 to go quickest in the second session. His time was six tenths of a second faster than that of second-placed Fabian Coulthard. Several drivers went off the circuit at Turns 1 and 2 during the session.https://www.speedcafe.com/mclaughlin-blitzes-friday-phillip-island-practice/ McLaughlin blitzes Friday Phillip Island practice Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 15 April 2016 15 April 2016 A 15-minute session was held on Saturday morning. Mark Winterbottom set the fastest time early in the session, with a light rain shower preventing drivers from improving their times at the end of the session.https://speedcafe.com/winterbottom-fastest-in-rain-hit-final-practice/ Winterbottom fastest in rain hit final practice Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 16 April 2016 16 April 2016 + Practice summary Session Day Fastest lap No. Driver Team Car Time Practice 1 Friday 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:31.7255 Practice 2 Friday 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:30.3918 Practice 3 Saturday 1 AUS Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:31.3178 Qualifying – Race 6 Qualifying for Race 6 took place on Saturday afternoon and was 15 minutes in duration. McLaughlin took his first pole position of the season, setting a time of 1:30.4880. Chaz Mostert was second fastest ahead of Winterbottom, Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen.https://speedcafe.com/mclaughlin-on-pole-for-phillip-island-opener/ McLaughlin on pole for Phillip Island opener Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 16 April 2016 16 April 2016 Race 6 Race 6 was held on Saturday afternoon. McLaughlin and Mostert maintained their positions at the start while Whincup moved into third place ahead of Winterbottom. Drivers began making their compulsory pit stops at the end of lap 4, with Winterbottom, Van Gisbergen, Lowndes, Scott Pye and Michael Caruso pitting at this time. Mostert made his pit stop one lap later, while McLaughlin and Whincup pitted on the following two laps. McLaughlin emerged as effective leader, being the best-placed driver to have made a pit stop, ahead of Whincup and Mostert. Brad Jones Racing mimicked the strategy it had used at Symmons Plains, running its drivers Jason Bright and Tim Slade to laps 16 and 17 before performing their pit stops. They came out of the pit lane in 16th and tenth places respectively but were able to move forward in the closing stages due to their fresher tyres.https://speedcafe.com/mclaughlin-breaks-victory-drought-in-race-6/ McLaughlin breaks victory drought in Race 6 Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 16 April 2016 26 April 2016 While running in eighth place on lap 24, Pye suffered a tyre failure going into the first corner. He went off the circuit and spun before driving back to the pit lane to change the affected wheel, leaving him in last place. Mostert also suffered a puncture on the final lap, dropping him from third to 23rd. McLaughlin took victory, 1.2 seconds clear of Whincup, while Coulthard finished third after making up multiple positions following his pit stop. James Moffat scored his best result of the season with seventh, while Slade and Bright made it to eighth and tenth places respectively. With Davison finishing in 16th place, Whincup assumed the lead in the championship. Qualifying – Race 7 Qualifying for Race 7 was a 20-minute session held on Sunday morning. McLaughlin again took pole position, followed by Whincup, Winterbottom, Coulthard and Moffat. Whincup and Caruso both spun at Turn 2 early in the session. Whincup said of his spin: "It was a bit of a wild ride, my foot slipped off the pedal so it was a weird one."https://speedcafe.com/mclaughlin-takes-second-phillip-island-pole/ McLaughlin takes second Phillip Island pole Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 17 April 2016 26 April 2016 Race 7 Race 7 took place on Sunday afternoon. The race regulations required each car to take on at least 120 litres of fuel during the race. Coulthard's car had a misfire on the warm-up lap and he was slow to get away at the start as a result. He completed only four laps before retiring from the race. Whincup challenged McLaughlin for the lead at the start but went wide at the first corner, though he maintained second place. Mostert was spun at Turn 4 after Davison and Tander made contact. Several drivers pitted at the end of the first lap to fulfil part of the fuel requirement. McLaughlin made his first pit stop on lap 10, followed by Whincup on lap 11. After every driver had completed their first pit stop, McLaughlin led from Whincup, Pye, Lowndes and Caruso.https://www.speedcafe.com/mclaughlin-doubles-up-at-phillip-island/ McLaughlin doubles up at Phillip Island Bartholomaeus Stefan Speedcafe 17 April 2016 26 April 2016 Van Gisbergen was the first driver to make a second stop on lap 18. McLaughlin pitted at the end of lap 21, while Whincup delayed his second stop until lap 25 in order to shorten the length of his final stint and have better tyre condition at the end of the race. Following the second round of pit stops, McLaughlin continued to lead ahead of Whincup and Pye. Cam Waters suffered a tyre failure on the main straight on lap 34 and was hit by Andre Heimgartner as he slowed. The safety car was deployed to allow debris from the incident to be cleared. Dale Wood, Van Gisbergen and Bright all pitted to take on fresh tyres. However, Bright was forced to retire from the race soon after when he lost power.http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/back-to-back/ Back to back V8 Supercars Gadeke Kassie 17 April 2016 26 April 2016 The race restarted on lap 39 and Winterbottom passed Pye for third place at the final corner. Whincup ran wide at the same time and dropped to fourth place. Moffat went off the circuit on lap 43 and dropped from eighth to 15th place. McLaughlin took the race win ahead of Winterbottom, Pye, Whincup and Lowndes. Mostert recovered from his early spin to finish eighth, while Van Gisbergen made it up to tenth, having been twentieth after pitting during the safety car period. Whincup maintained the championship lead while McLaughlin moved into second place, 15 points behind. Winterbottom was third, a further nine points behind McLaughlin. Results Race 6 Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Time 1 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:30.4880 2 55 AUS Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.5051 3 1 AUS Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.6503 4 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:30.6668 5 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:30.6936 6 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:30.7407 7 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:30.8193 8 34 AUS James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:30.8605 9 12 NZL Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.9669 10 17 AUS Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.9730 11 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:30.9854 12 14 AUS Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:31.0659 13 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:31.1099 14 22 AUS James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:31.1534 15 8 AUS Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:31.2574 16 9 AUS David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:31.2663 17 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:31.3293 18 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:31.4037 19 222 AUS Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:31.4228 20 40 AUS Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:31.4453 21 6 AUS Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:31.4535 22 96 AUS Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:31.4630 23 111 NZL Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:31.6451 24 21 AUS Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:31.9751 25 3 NZL Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:32.0998 26 4 AUS Aaren Russell Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:33.1427 Source: Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Starting grid position Points 1 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 27 42:39.8093 1 150 2 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 27 +1.2 s 4 138 3 12 NZL Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 27 +10.9 s 9 129 4 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 27 +16.8 s 5 120 5 1 AUS Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 27 +17.2 s 3 111 6 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 27 +19.9 s 7 102 7 34 AUS James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 27 +23.4 s 8 96 8 14 AUS Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 27 +23.5 s 12 90 9 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 27 +29.9 s 18 84 10 8 AUS Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 27 +30.3 s 15 78 11 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 27 +35.3 s 11 72 12 9 AUS David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 27 +35.4 s 16 69 13 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 27 +35.9 s 6 66 14 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 27 +38.3 s 13 63 15 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 27 +38.4 s 17 60 16 40 AUS Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 27 +39.5 s 20 57 17 222 AUS Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 27 +39.9 s 19 54 18 6 AUS Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 27 +42.6 s 21 51 19 111 NZL Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 27 +44.7 s 23 48 20 96 AUS Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 27 +46.2 s 22 45 21 22 AUS James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 27 +47.1 s 14 42 22 21 AUS Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 27 +48.6 s 24 39 23 55 AUS Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 27 +49.1 s 2 36 24 3 NZL Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 27 +49.2 s 25 33 25 4 AUS Aaren Russell Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 27 +1:06.6 26 30 26 17 AUS Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 25 +2 laps 10 27 Source: Race 7 Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Time 1 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:30.7018 2 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:30.7741 3 1 AUS Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.7825 4 12 NZL Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.8049 5 34 AUS James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:30.9342 6 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:30.9374 7 17 AUS Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:30.9898 8 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:31.0049 9 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:31.0065 10 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:31.0938 11 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:31.1087 12 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:31.1714 13 22 AUS James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:31.2091 14 55 AUS Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:31.2515 15 14 AUS Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:31.3036 16 40 AUS Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:31.3376 17 8 AUS Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:31.3581 18 6 AUS Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:31.4065 19 111 NZL Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:31.6157 20 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:31.6265 21 96 AUS Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:31.6410 22 9 AUS David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:31.7126 23 21 AUS Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:31.7927 24 3 NZL Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:31.8163 25 222 AUS Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:32.1579 26 4 AUS Aaren Russell Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:32.9644 Source: Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Starting grid position Points 1 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 45 1:17:33.4257 1 150 2 1 AUS Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 45 +1.0 s 3 138 3 17 AUS Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 45 +2.9 s 7 129 4 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 45 +3.3 s 2 120 5 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 45 +3.8 s 9 111 6 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 45 +6.4 s 10 102 7 22 AUS James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 45 +7.0 s 13 96 8 55 AUS Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 45 +7.9 s 14 90 9 40 AUS Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 45 +9.7 s 16 84 10 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 45 +10.7 s 6 78 11 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 45 +13.1 s 8 72 12 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 45 +13.4 s 12 69 13 14 AUS Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 45 +13.9 s 15 66 14 9 AUS David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 45 +15.4 s 22 63 15 34 AUS James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 45 +16.4 s 5 60 16 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 45 +17.2 s 20 57 17 21 AUS Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 45 +17.3 s 23 54 18 96 AUS Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 45 +17.7 s 21 51 19 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 45 +18.8 s 11 48 20 222 AUS Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 45 +21.4 s 25 45 21 3 NZL Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 45 +22.3 s 24 42 22 4 AUS Aaren Russell Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 45 +25.1 s 26 39 23 6 AUS Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 44 +1 lap 18 36 24 111 NZL Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 36 +9 laps 19 33 Ret 8 AUS Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 35 Oil pressure 17 Ret 12 NZL Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 3 Engine 4 Source: Championship standings after the event After Race 7 of 29. Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px|link= 2 1 AUS Jamie Whincup 651 10px|link= 8 2 NZL Scott McLaughlin 636 10px|link= 1 3 AUS Mark Winterbottom 627 10px|link= 2 4 AUS Craig Lowndes 615 10px|link= 4 5 AUS Will Davison 558 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px|link= 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1196 10px|link= 2 Holden Racing Team 1003 10px|link= 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 994 10px|link= 2 4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 990 10px|link= 1 5 Nissan Motorsport 865 References 2 Phillip Island 500 2016 2016 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint 2016 Perth SuperSprint 2015 WD-40 Phillip Island Super Sprint 2017 WD-40 Phillip Island 500 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Category:Motorsport at Phillip Island WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint