2018 Perth SuperSprint
# 2018 Perth SuperSprint

The 2018 Perth SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on 4–6 May 2018. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway near Wanneroo, Western Australia and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It was the fifth round of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 11 and 12 of the season.

## Results

### Practice

Practice summary :

| Session | Day | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Fastest lap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Session | Day | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
| Practice 1 | Friday | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 55.6825 |
| Practice 2 | Friday | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 54.8871 |
| Practice 3 | Saturday | 400 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.2847 |
| Practice 4 | Sunday | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.2686 |
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### Race 11

**Qualifying**

| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | | 54.8838 | 54.6397 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | | 55.0003 | 54.7123 | 2 |
| 3 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | | 54.9499 | 54.7280 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | | 54.8282 | 54.7318 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | | 54.8897 | 54.8034 | 5 |
| 6 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | | 55.0243 | 54.8639 | 6 |
| 7 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 54.9068 | 54.8125 | 54.8837 | 7 |
| 8 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 54.9155 | 54.9537 | 54.8974 | 8 |
| 9 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | | 54.9825 | 55.2732 | 9 |
| 10 | 400 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.1038 | 54.9247 | No time | 10 |
| 11 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.1043 | 55.0249 | | 11 |
| 12 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.0596 | | 12 |
| 13 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.2020 | 55.0816 | | 13 |
| 14 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.0994 | | 14 |
| 15 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | | 55.2034 | | 15 |
| 16 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.2420 | 55.7084 | | 16 |
| 17 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.2538 | | | 17 |
| 18 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.2559 | | | 18 |
| 19 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 55.2711 | | | 19 |
| 20 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.3015 | | | 20 |
| 21 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.3423 | | | 21 |
| 22 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.3812 | | | 22 |
| 23 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 55.3889 | | | 23 |
| 24 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.4884 | | | 24 |
| 25 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.5560 | | | 25 |
| 26 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 55.6873 | | | 26 |
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**Race**

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | 49:34.0255 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +5.6106 | 4 | 138 |
| 3 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +8.9597 | 12 | 129 |
| 4 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +10.0175 | 5 | 120 |
| 5 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +13.4609 | 8 | 111 |
| 6 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +14.9179 | 2 | 102 |
| 7 | 400 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +14.9932 | 10 | 96 |
| 8 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +15.8322 | 3 | 90 |
| 9 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +17.9624 | 18 | 84 |
| 10 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +18.3331 | 6 | 78 |
| 11 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +18.9689 | 14 | 72 |
| 12 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +20.9532 | 11 | 69 |
| 13 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +22.4325 | 21 | 66 |
| 14 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 50 | +25.4526 | 26 | 63 |
| 15 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 50 | +25.5602 | 15 | 60 |
| 16 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +28.3493 | 13 | 57 |
| 17 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +30.5328 | 7 | 54 |
| 18 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +30.8667 | 9 | 51 |
| 19 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +33.7106 | 20 | 48 |
| 20 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 50 | +36.4856 | 19 | 45 |
| 21 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +39.6142 | 25 | 42 |
| 22 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +40.9440 | 22 | 39 |
| 23 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 50 | +41.3822 | 17 | 36 |
| 24 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 50 | +52.3968 | 16 | 33 |
| 25 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 49 | +1 lap | 23 | 30 |
| NC | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 48 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Fastest lap: James Courtney (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 56.7716 (on lap 33) |||||||||
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**Race**

**Notes**

* ^1 – Jamie Whincup received a 5-second Time Penalty for Careless Driving, making contact with Chaz Mostert.
* ^2 – Anton de Pasquale received a 10-second Time Penalty for a false start.
* ^3 – Richie Stanaway received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, making contact with Lee Holdsworth.

**Championship standings after Race 11**

| | Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 1097 | |
| 1 | 2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 978 | -119 |
| 1 | 3 | David Reynolds | 941 | -156 |
| | 4 | Craig Lowndes | 924 | -173 |
| | 5 | Jamie Whincup | 877 | -220 |
| | Pos | Team | Pts | Gap |
| | 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) | 1855 | |
| | 2 | DJR Team Penske | 1849 | -6 |
| | 3 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 1558 | -297 |
| 1 | 4 | Tickford Racing (5, 55) | 1498 | -357 |
| 1 | 5 | Brad Jones Racing | 1428 | -427 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

### Race 12

**Qualifying**

| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.1869 | 54.9054 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.3339 | 54.9326 | 2 |
| 3 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | | 55.1021 | 54.9891 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | | 55.2682 | 55.0928 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | | 55.3908 | 55.1397 | 5 |
| 6 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.1265 | 55.2413 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.3793 | 55.3384 | 7 |
| 8 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 55.2943 | 55.3923 | 55.3882 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.4374 | 55.1490 | 55.5303 | 9 |
| 10 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.2816 | 55.3543 | 55.8620 | 10 |
| 11 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.5024 | 55.4125 | | 11 |
| 12 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.4144 | | 12 |
| 13 | 400 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | | 55.4461 | | 13 |
| 14 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.4613 | 55.5885 | | 14 |
| 15 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.4133 | 55.5897 | | 15 |
| 16 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | | 55.7174 | | 16 |
| 17 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.5205 | | | 17 |
| 18 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.5337 | | | 18 |
| 19 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.5971 | | | 19 |
| 20 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.6451 | | | 20 |
| 21 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 55.6538 | | | 21 |
| 22 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.6931 | | | 22 |
| 23 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 55.8243 | | | 23 |
| 24 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 55.9971 | | | 24 |
| 25 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 56.0007 | | | 25 |
| 26 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 56.0413 | | | 26 |
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**Race**

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 83 | 1:24:39.3019 | 19 | 150 |
| 2 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +7.9803 | 6 | 138 |
| 3 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +10.6475 | 25 | 129 |
| 4 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +12.1611 | 9 | 120 |
| 5 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +17.6959 | 1 | 111 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +18.7972 | 2 | 102 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +19.9819 | 7 | 96 |
| 8 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 83 | +24.5580 | 4 | 90 |
| 9 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +24.9146 | 10 | 84 |
| 10 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 83 | +28.2302 | 5 | 78 |
| 11 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 83 | +31.7717 | 3 | 72 |
| 12 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 83 | +33.2297 | 21 | 69 |
| 13 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 83 | +33.4671 | 22 | 66 |
| 14 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +33.9180 | 26 | 63 |
| 15 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +41.8664 | 15 | 60 |
| 16 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 83 | +42.2748 | 17 | 57 |
| 17 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +45.0913 | 12 | 54 |
| 18 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 83 | +45.2739 | 23 | 51 |
| 19 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 83 | +48.5981 | 14 | 48 |
| 20 | 400 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 83 | +53.9249 | 13 | 45 |
| 21 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 82 | +1 lap | 18 | 42 |
| 22 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 82 | +1 lap | 24 | 39 |
| 23 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 82 | +1 lap | 20 | 36 |
| 24 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 81 | +2 laps | 11 | 33 |
| 25 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 75 | +8 laps | 16 | 30 |
| 26 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 68 | +15 laps | 8 | 27 |
| Fastest lap: Tim Slade (Brad Jones Racing) 56.4439 (on lap 63) |||||||||
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**Championship standings after Race 12**

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 1247 | |
| 2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1089 | -158 |
| 3 | David Reynolds | 1079 | -168 |
| 4 | Craig Lowndes | 1053 | -194 |
| 5 | Jamie Whincup | 979 | -268 |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) | 2068 | |
| 2 | DJR Team Penske | 2056 | -12 |
| 3 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 1738 | -330 |
| 4 | Tickford Racing (5, 55) | 1612 | -456 |
| 5 | Brad Jones Racing | 1578 | -490 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
