2018_Townsville_400

**2018 Townsville 400**
Event Information
Round 8 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship
Date	6–8 July 2018
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Venue	Townsville Street Circuit
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	70 laps
Pole position	Scott McLaughlin; DJR Team Penske
Winner	Jamie Whincup; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Distance
Race 2
Distance	70 laps
Pole position	Shane van Gisbergen; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner	Shane van Gisbergen; Triple Eight Race Engineering

2018 Townsville 400

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The 2018 Townsville 400 (formally known as 2018 Watpac Townsville 400) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 6–8 July 2018. The event was held at Townsville Street Circuit near Townsville, Queensland and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It was the eighth event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 17 and 18 of the season.

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Session	Day	Fastest lap
Session	Day	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Practice 1	Friday	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.6700
Practice 2	Friday	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.2435
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Grid
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.1239		1
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.1791	+0.0552	2
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.2319	+0.1080	3
4	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.2795	+0.1556	4
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.3892	+0.2653	5
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.4036	+0.2797	6
7	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.5121	+0.3882	7
8	230	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.5828	+0.4589	8
9	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.5829	+0.4590	9
10	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:12.6118	+0.4879	10
11	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.6684	+0.5445	11
12	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.7032	+0.5793	12
13	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.7095	+0.5856	13
14	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.7367	+0.6128	14
15	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.7510	+0.6271	15
16	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.7808	+0.6569	16
17	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.7834	+0.6595	17
18	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.8893	+0.7654	18
19	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.9366	+0.8127	19
20	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.9886	+0.8647	20
21	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:13.0088	+0.8849	21
22	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:13.0759	+0.9520	22
23	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:13.0986	+0.9747	23
24	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.1605	+1.0366	24
25	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.1925	+1.0686	25
26	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:13.4843	+1.3604	26
Source:^[3]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	70	1:30:53.1102	2	150
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+2.1945	3	138
3	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+4.9330	1	129
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+6.2165	5	120
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+6.9920	9	111
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+12.3901	6	102
7	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+14.0425	4	96
8	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+14.5600	13	90
9	230	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+15.0048	8	84
10	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+16.3005	11	78
11	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+16.7695	7	72
12	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	70	+17.8599	21	69
13	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+19.0634	17	66
14	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+20.5204	19	63
15	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	70	+23.5679	10	60
16	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+29.4413	24	57
17	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+29.5048	14	54
18	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+30.1462	20	51
19	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+31.1569	12	48
20	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+33.0034	22	45
21	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+39.8782¹	15	42
22	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	70	+1:07.3536	18	39
23	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	70	+1:11.8584	16	36
24	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	69	+1 lap	25	33
25	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	69	+1 lap	23	30
DNS	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	0	Did not start	26
Fastest lap: Chaz Mostert (Tickford Racing) 1:13.2875 (on lap 26)
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Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Grid
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.2587		Top 10
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.4335	+0.1748	Top 10
3	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.4759	+0.2172	Top 10
4	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:12.4939	+0.2352	Top 10
5	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.6686	+0.4099	Top 10
6	230	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.7161	+0.4574	Top 10
7	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.7911	+0.5324	Top 10
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.8020	+0.5433	Top 10
9	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.8071	+0.5484	Top 10
10	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.8349	+0.5762	Top 10
11	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:12.8366	+0.5779	11
12	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.8497	+0.5910	12
13	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.9278	+0.6691	13
14	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:12.9411	+0.6824	14
15	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.9440	+0.6853	15
16	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:12.9585	+0.6998	16
17	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.0011	+0.7424	17
18	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:13.0665	+0.8078	18
19	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.1097	+0.8510	19
20	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:13.1526	+0.8939	20
21	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:13.1832	+0.9245	21
22	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:13.2003	+0.9416	22
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.2958	+1.0371	23
24	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.4033	+1.1446	24
25	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.4606	+1.2019	25
26	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	No time¹	–	26
Source:^[6]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Grid
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.1042		1
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.3386	+0.2344	2
3	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:12.4532	+0.3490	3
4	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.4931	+0.3889	4
5	230	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.5395	+0.4353	5
6	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.6230	+0.5188	6
7	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:12.6238	+0.5196	7
8	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.9139	+0.8097	8
9	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:12.9960	+0.8918	9
10	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.0275	+0.9233	10
Source:^[7]

2018_Townsville_400

2018 Townsville 400

Results

Practice

Race 17

Qualifying

Race

Championship standings after Race 17

Race 18

Qualifying

Top 10 Shootout

Race

Championship standings after Race 18

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