Double victory for Van Gisbergen at Albert Park

Shane van Gisbergen made it two wins from two starts by holding out Craig Lowndes in Race 2 of the MSS Security Challenge at Albert Park.

Lining up on pole thanks to his Race 1 success, the Tekno Autosports Holden driver made the best of the double-file rolling start to retain the lead into the opening corner.

He fought off the advances of Scott McLaughlin for the first half-lap, before the Volvo driver slipped to fifth by running wide at Turn 11.

Lowndes then took up the challenge, tracking Van Gisbergen before eventually having to settle for second.

Fabian Coulthard, Michael Caruso, McLaughlin, Garth Tander, Jamie Whincup and Jason Bright filled third through eighth after the opening lap shuffle and held station until the chequered flag.

Whincup had been forced to start seventh after copping a five-place grid penalty for forcing McLaughlin onto the grass in Race 1.

Chaz Mostert, Will Davison and Rick Kelly greeted the flag in ninth through 11th after all benefiting from a late-race James Moffat off at Turn 13.

The second Norton Nissan had run as high as sixth at the end of the opening lap before running wide while battling Tander’s Holden.

Tander again proved to be the only competitive Walkinshaw runner, with team-mates James Courtney, Nick Percat and Tim Slade finishing 15th through 17th.

Scott Pye endured a difficult afternoon. The DJR Ford driver received a post-race time penalty for spinning David Reynolds in Race 1, ensuring his lined up last.

A start motor failure on the grid then required a change and a pitlane start. He eventually finished a lap down in last place.

A further two 12 lap V8 Supercar races will take place across Saturday and Sunday.

See below for the full Race 2 result

Pos	Team	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	Team TEKNO VIP Petfoods	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	12	23:58.7720
2	Red Bull Racing Australia	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	12	23:59.3239
3	Lockwood Racing	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:00.6313
4	Norton Hornets	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	12	24:01.4437
5	Valvoline Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	12	24:02.3916
6	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:07.4400
7	Red Bull Racing Australia	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:07.8754
8	Team BOC	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:08.3106
9	Pepsi Max Crew	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG	12	24:08.9104
10	Erebus Motorsport V8	Will Davison	Mercedes E63 AMG	12	24:11.4890
11	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	12	24:11.6833
12	Norton Hornets	James Moffat	Nissan Altima	12	24:14.3771
13	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	12	24:15.9313
14	Pepsi Max Crew	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG	12	24:16.2829
15	Holden Racing Team	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:16.8329
16	Walkinshaw Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:17.4177
17	Supercheap Auto Racing	Tim Slade	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:18.1631
18	The Bottle-O Racing Team	David Reynolds	Ford Falcon FG	12	24:21.3360
19	Valvoline Racing GRM	Robert Dahlgren	Volvo S60	12	24:21.8656
20	Erebus Motorsport V8	Lee Holdsworth	Mercedes E63 AMG	12	24:24.5714
21	Team ADVAM / GB	Dale Wood	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:25.2420
22	Repair Management Aust Racing	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VF	12	24:25.7990
23	Wilson Security Racing	David Wall	Ford Falcon FG	12	24:27.1393
24	Jeld-wen	Jack Perkins	Ford Falcon FG	12	24:30.4325
25	Wilson Security Racing	Scott Pye	Ford Falcon FG	11	24:35.3782