Van Gisbergen on provisional pole after McLaughlin crash

Shane van Gisbergen has provisionally taken Armor All Pole Position for Race 27 of the Supercars Championship on the Gold Coast after Scott McLaughlin’s shocking crash.

McLaughlin had been fastest when he cannoned between the walls through the front chicane and his battered #17 Shell V-Power Mustang came to rest on its left-hand side.

The championship leader lost his fastest lap for causing a red flag and, with the session not restarting, he officially ended up in second position.

Van Gisbergen, who stopped at the scene of the accident to see if he could assist, was therefore classified in first position with a 1:10.3283s in the #97 Red Bull HRT ZB Commodore.

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McLaughlin, who also made a slight error when he ran slightly long at Turn 11 at the start of his first run, had set a best of 1:10.3181s, on his second run.

The crash on his third run meant that the 1:10.3670s which he set a lap earlier was the time that counted, although it is unclear as to whether he will make the Top 10 Shootout which follows.

Van Gisbergen’s team-mate Jamie Whincup (#888 ZB Commodore) finished third with a 1:10.4071s, ahead of Scott Pye (#2 Mobil 1 ZB Commodore), Cameron Waters (#6 Monster Energy Mustang), Will Davison (#23 Milwaukee Mustang), Lee Holdsworth (#5 The Bottle-O Mustang), James Courtney (#22 Mobil 1 ZB Commodore), David Reynolds (#9 Penrite ZB Commodore), and Anton De Pasquale (#99 Penrite ZB Commodore).

Fabian Coulthard, in the #12 Shell V-Power Mustang, had no chance to elevate himself from 16th due to the red flag and will therefore miss the Shootout.

Rick Kelly was fastest of the Nissans with a 1:10.8269s in the #15 Castrol Altima, while Dylan O’Keeffe brought up the rear of the field after being drafted into the #33 Boost Mobile ZB Commodore due to the standing down of Richie Stanaway.

The Armor All Top 10 Shootout which finalises the grid for the final race of the Vodafone Gold Coast 600 is scheduled for 1150 local time/1250 AEDT.

Results: Armor All Qualifying for Race 27

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver(s)	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	97	Red Bull Holden Racing Team	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.3283
2	17	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Scott McLaughlin	Ford Mustang GT	1:10.3670	0:00.0387
3	888	Red Bull Holden Racing Team	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.4071	0:00.0788
4	2	Mobil 1 Racing	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.5170	0:00.1887
5	6	Monster Energy Racing Team	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1:10.5187	0:00.1904
6	23	Milwaukee Racing	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1:10.5575	0:00.2292
7	5	The Bottle-O Racing Team	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT	1:10.5695	0:00.2412
8	22	Mobil 1 Racing	James Courtney	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.6009	0:00.2726
9	9	Penrite Racing	David Reynolds	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.6161	0:00.2878
10	99	Penrite Racing	Anton De Pasquale	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.7439	0:00.4156
11	14	Freightliner Alliance Racing	Tim Slade	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.8069	0:00.4786
12	18	Irwin Racing	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.8121	0:00.4838
13	15	Castrol Racing	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:10.8269	0:00.4986
14	35	Bigmate Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1:10.8367	0:00.5084
15	7	Plus Fitness Racing	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Altima	1:10.8916	0:00.5633
16	12	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Fabian Coulthard	Ford Mustang GT	1:10.9870	0:00.6587
17	8	Freightliner Alliance Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1:11.1530	0:00.8247
18	56	Boost Mobile Kostecki Brothers	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1:11.2440	0:00.9157
19	3	RABBLE.club Racing	Garry Jacobson	Nissan Altima	1:11.3871	0:01.0588
20	34	Boost Mobile Racing	James Golding	Holden Commodore ZB	1:11.4593	0:01.1310
21	21	Team CoolDrive	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1:11.4811	0:01.1528
22	19	Truck Assist TEKNO Racing	Jonathon Webb	Holden Commodore ZB	1:11.6520	0:01.3237
23	78	Team Harvey Norman	Simona De Silvestro	Nissan Altima	1:12.0550	0:01.7267
24	33	Boost Mobile Racing	Dylan O’Keeffe	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.4479	0:03.1196