2015 Adelaide 500

2015 V8 Supercar championship race August 2015 August 2015 South Australia 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide 1 14 2015 IVSC Adelaide (short route).svg 26 February–1 March Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Fine 33 106 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.0905 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 48:28.7493 39 125 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.0319 Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing 59:05.6810 78 250 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 1:20.5396 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 1:56:00.5103 The 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 27 February to 1 March 2015. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and consisted of two races of 125 kilometres and one race of 250 kilometres in length. It was the first event of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship. Chasing after his seventh V8 Supercar championship, Jamie Whincup made a great start by taking pole position for both Saturday races. The start of Race 1 was abandoned after Scott McLaughlin's car suffered an oil pump failure on the warm-up lap. The race eventually got under way and Whincup controlled the race to take the first win of 2015. Chaz Mostert and Fabian Coulthard finished second and third respectively after a safety car late in the race. McLaughlin's day became even worse when he was deemed to have jumped the start in Race 2. After serving his ten-second penalty at the conclusion of his pit stop, a further ten seconds was added to McLaughlin's race time as he served the penalty during a safety car period. Mostert retired after hitting the wall at turn 8, while Whincup fell down the order due to a punctured tyre. Brad Jones Racing's Fabian Coulthard took the win, followed by James Courtney and Craig Lowndes. Former V8 Supercar champion Marcos Ambrose stole the spotlight on Sunday by qualifying for the Top Ten Shootout. Courtney set the fastest time in the Shootout to score pole position for the 250 km Race 3. Courtney managed to convert his pole into a race win, his second Sunday race win in succession at the event. Teammate Garth Tander finished third, while Shane van Gisbergen finished second after a hard-fought battle with Courtney. Whincup and Mostert were battling for fourth place on the final lap when they collided at Turn 10. Mostert spun into the wall and was collected by James Moffat with both failing to finish the race. Neither Mostert nor Whincup were penalised for the incident. Courtney became the fifth driver in V8 Supercars to win two Clipsal 500 events and only the fourth to win two events in a row. Results Race 1 Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Time 1 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.0905 2 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:20.4342 3 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:20.5087 4 6 AUS Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 1:20.7089 5 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:20.7208 6 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.8152 7 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 1:20.8552 8 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.9013 9 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:20.9042 10 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.9150 11 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 1:20.9585 12 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 1:21.0115 13 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:21.0159 14 55 AUS David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 1:21.0235 15 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:21.0356 16 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:21.2029 17 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:21.2237 18 9 AUS Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 1:21.2495 19 4 AUS Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 1:21.3417 20 222 AUS Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:21.3510 21 21 AUS Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 1:21.4137 22 111 NZL Andre Heimgartner Ford FG Falcon Super Black Racing 1:21.5111 23 34 AUS David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:21.5202 24 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 1:21.5782 25 3 AUS Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport No Time Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Laps Time/retired Grid Starting grid position Points 1 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 33 48:28.7493 1 75 2 6 AUS Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 33 +0.9 s 4 69 3 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 33 +1.3 s 2 64 4 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 33 +1.5 s 8 60 5 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 33 +2.0 s 12 55 6 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 33 +2.5 s 11 51 7 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 33 +3.0 s 15 48 8 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 33 +3.3 s 13 45 9 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 33 +3.9 s 7 42 10 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 33 +4.1 s 5 39 11 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 33 +4.6 s 10 36 12 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 33 +5.2 s 9 34 13 55 AUS David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 33 +5.7 s 14 33 14 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 33 +6.0 s 16 31 15 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 33 +6.4 s 17 30 16 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 33 +7.1 s 24 28 17 34 AUS David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 +8.6 s 23 27 18 222 AUS Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 33 +9.6 s 20 25 19 3 AUS Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 33 +10.1 s 25 24 20 4 AUS Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 33 +10.3 s 19 22 21 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 33 +10.7 s 6 21 22 21 AUS Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 33 +31.5 s 21 19 23 111 NZL Andre Heimgartner Ford FG Falcon Super Black Racing 32 +1 lap 22 18 DNF 9 AUS Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 28 Accident 18 DNF 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 Oil leak 3 Race 2 Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Time 1 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.0319 2 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:20.3162 3 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:20.3390 4 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:20.4599 5 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 1:20.5030 6 55 AUS David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 1:20.5217 7 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.5606 8 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:20.5698 9 6 AUS Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 1:20.6049 10 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 1:20.6346 11 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:20.6587 12 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.7121 13 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 1:20.7371 14 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.8913 15 4 AUS Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 1:20.9826 16 21 AUS Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 1:21.0559 17 9 AUS Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 1:21.0693 18 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:21.0759 19 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:21.0873 20 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:21.1049 21 34 AUS David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:21.1393 22 222 AUS Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:21.1644 23 111 NZL Andre Heimgartner Ford FG Falcon Super Black Racing 1:21.4483 24 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 1:22.0064 25 3 AUS Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:22.8052 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Laps Time/retired Grid Starting grid position Points 1 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 39 59:05.6810 4 75 2 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 39 +2.0 s 3 69 3 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 39 +8.9 s 7 64 4 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 39 +10.0 s 11 60 5 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 39 +15.0 s 20 55 6 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 39 +15.7 s 18 51 7 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 39 +16.4 s 14 48 8 4 AUS Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 39 +17.7 s 15 45 9 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 39 +18.2 s 2 42 10 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 39 +18.3 s 13 39 11 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 39 +18.8 s 10 36 12 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 39 +19.2 s 19 34 13 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 39 +20.0 s 5 33 14 222 AUS Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 39 +20.5 s 22 31 15 34 AUS David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 39 +22.7 s 21 30 16 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 39 +24.1 s 24 28 17 55 AUS David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 39 +25.2 s 6 27 18 21 AUS Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 39 +26.5 s 16 25 19 3 AUS Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 39 +27.2 s 25 24 20 111 NZL Andre Heimgartner Ford FG Falcon Super Black Racing 39 +27.6 s 23 22 21 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 39 +55.6 s 1 21 DNF 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 25 Puncture 8 DNF 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 16 Accident 12 DNF 6 AUS Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 3 Accident 9 DNS 9 AUS Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 17 Race 3 Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Time 1 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 1:20.0084 2 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.0341 3 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:20.0757 4 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:20.0832 5 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.1335 6 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:20.1575 7 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:20.2255 8 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:20.2262 9 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 1:20.2435 10 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:20.2602 11 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 1:20.3444 12 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.3542 13 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 1:20.4488 14 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:20.4750 15 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.5324 16 21 AUS Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 1:20.5534 17 6 AUS Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 1:20.5629 18 4 AUS Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 1:20.5649 19 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 1:20.5919 20 55 AUS David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 1:20.6187 21 34 AUS David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:20.6501 22 222 AUS Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:20.6531 23 9 AUS Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 1:20.7843 24 111 NZL Andre Heimgartner Ford FG Falcon Super Black Racing 1:20.9014 25 3 AUS Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:21.8204 Top 10 Shootout Pos. Position No. Car number Name Car Team QPos. Original qualifying position Time 1 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 3 1:20.5396 2 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 4 1:20.5839 3 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 1:20.6024 4 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 8 1:20.6073 5 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 2 1:20.6105 6 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 1 1:20.6355 7 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 10 1:21.0204 8 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 6 1:21.1497 9 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 9 1:21.1679 10 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 7 1:21.2326 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Laps Time/retired Grid Starting grid position Points 1 22 AUS James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 78 1:56:00.5103 1 150 2 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 78 +0.7 s 6 138 3 2 AUS Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 78 +1.9 s 7 129 4 1 AUS Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 78 +13.3 s 3 120 5 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 78 +13.9 s 11 111 6 14 NZL Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 78 +14.6 s 2 102 7 15 AUS Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 78 +16.4 s 12 96 8 47 AUS Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 78 +20.7 s 8 90 9 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 78 +24.4 s 14 84 10 7 AUS Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 78 +28.6 s 19 78 11 8 AUS Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 78 +40.8 s 10 72 12 17 AUS Marcos Ambrose Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 78 +41.2 s 9 69 13 21 AUS Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 78 +45.2 s 16 66 14 23 AUS Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 78 +48.8 s 15 63 15 55 AUS David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 78 +49.2 s 20 60 16 34 AUS David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 78 +51.8 s 21 57 17 3 AUS Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 78 +62.6 s 25 54 18 33 NZL Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 74 +4 laps 4 51 19 9 AUS Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 73 +5 laps 23 48 20 222 AUS Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 70 +8 laps 22 45 21 111 NZL Andre Heimgartner Ford FG Falcon Super Black Racing 62 +16 laps 24 42 DNF 6 AUS Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 77 Collision 17 DNF 99 AUS James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 77 Collision 5 DNF 18 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 31 Accident 13 DNF 4 AUS Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 22 Breakdown 18 Championship standings After Race 3 of 36 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 AUS James Courtney 258 2 NZL Fabian Coulthard 241 3 AUS Garth Tander 237 4 NZL Shane van Gisbergen 222 5 AUS Jamie Whincup 216 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 Holden Racing Team 495 2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 424 3 Brad Jones Racing 402 4 Nissan Motorsport (7/15) 320 5 Prodrive Racing Australia 271 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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