2018 Ipswich SuperSprint

The 2018 Ipswich SuperSprint (formally known as 2018 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 20–22 July 2018. The event was held at Queensland Raceway near Ipswich, Queensland and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It was the ninth event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 19 and 20 of the season.

2018 Ipswich SuperSprint

Event Information
Round 9 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship
Date	20–22 July 2018
Location	Willowbank, Queensland
Venue	Queensland Raceway
Results
Race 1 Distance 39 laps 121.763 km Pole position Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 1:08.5014 Winner Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 46:40.8180
Race 2 Distance 65 laps 202.938 km Pole position Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 1:08.4899 Winner Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:18:33.4917

Results

Practice

Practice summary

Session	Day	Fastest lap
		No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Practice 1	Friday	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.3904
Practice 2	Friday	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.2446
Practice 3	Saturday	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:09.0644
Sources:[1][2][3]

Race 19

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Grid
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.5014		1
2	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.6718	+0.1704	51
3	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.6923	+0.1909	2
4	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.7217	+0.2203	3
5	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:08.7522	+0.2508	4
6	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.7657	+0.2643	6
7	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:08.9264	+0.4250	7
8	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.9565	+0.4551	8
9	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.9905	+0.4891	9
10	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.0023	+0.5009	10
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.0228	+0.5214	11
12	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.0563	+0.5549	12
13	120	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:09.0614	+0.5600	13
14	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:09.0956	+0.5942	14
15	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.1609	+0.6595	15
16	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:09.1703	+0.6689	16
17	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:09.1848	+0.6834	17
18	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.1885	+0.6871	18
19	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.2142	+0.7128	19
20	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:09.2557	+0.7543	20
21	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:09.2823	+0.7809	21
22	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.3080	+0.8066	22
23	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.3552	+0.8538	23
24	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:09.4364	+0.9350	24
25	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.5701	+1.0687	25
26	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.5843	+1.0829	26
27	42	Kurt Kostecki	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.7521	+1.2507	27
Source:[4]

Notes

• ^1 – Chaz Mostert received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Shane van Gisbergen in qualifying.^[5]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	39	46:40.8180	1	150
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+4.3165	8	138
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+5.8296	10	129
4	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+5.8720	6	120
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	39	+8.5049	2	111
6	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	39	+14.0687	5	102
7	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+14.2846	3	96
8	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+14.5036	12	90
9	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	39	+14.8941	7	84
10	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+16.6328	9	78
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+19.7967	11	72
12	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	39	+21.0874	14	69
13	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	39	+21.4224	4	66
14	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+21.7162	15	63
15	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	39	+21.9856	17	60
16	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+22.5553	18	57
17	120	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	39	+22.6494	13	54
18	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+23.5107	19	51
19	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	39	+23.9889	16	48
20	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	39	+24.2279	20	45
21	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+24.5557	23	42
22	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	39	+32.3107	21	39
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+37.1351	26	36
24	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+37.1989	25	33
25	42	Kurt Kostecki	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden Commodore VF	39	+38.2000	27	30
26	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	39	+1:01.5537	22	27
27	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	34	+5 laps	24	24
Fastest lap: James Courtney (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 1:09.6591 (on lap 21)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after Race 19

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 Scott McLaughlin 2183 2 Shane van Gisbergen 2040 -143 1 3 Jamie Whincup 1750 -433 1 4 David Reynolds 1742 -441 5 Craig Lowndes 1731 -452

Teams Championship Pos Team Pts Gap 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) 3789 2 DJR Team Penske 3724 -65 3 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2767 -1022 1 4 Tickford Racing (5, 55) 2605 -1184 1 5 Brad Jones Racing 2595 -1194

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

Race 20

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Grid
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.4899		1
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.5382	+0.0483	2
7	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.5973	+0.3266	3
6	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:08.6350	+0.2683	4
5	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.7112	+0.2213	5
4	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.7582	+0.1451	6
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.8165	+0.1074	7
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.8357	+0.3458	8
9	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:08.8516	+0.3617	9
10	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.8552	+0.3653	10
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.9076	+0.4177	11
12	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	1:08.9102	+0.4203	12
13	120	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.9196	+0.4297	13
14	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:08.9381	+0.4482	14
15	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.9766	+0.4867	15
16	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:08.9799	+0.4900	16
17	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:08.9931	+0.5032	17
18	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.0438	+0.5539	18
19	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.0605	+0.5706	19
20	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.0969	+0.6070	20
21	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.1551	+0.6652	21
22	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.1684	+0.6785	22
23	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.2684	+0.7785	23
24	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	1:09.4135	+0.9236	24
25	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.4184	+0.9285	25
26	42	Kurt Kostecki	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.5348	+1.0449	26
27	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:09.5702	+1.0803	27
Source:[7]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	65	1:18:33.4917	2	150
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+2.3514	1	138
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+5.4173	7	129
4	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+5.5275	3	120
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+7.0074	6	111
6	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+7.4225	19	102
7	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+7.9245	5	96
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+16.0718	8	90
9	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	65	+23.9446	4	84
10	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+24.4888	12	78
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+25.6847	11	72
12	120	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+28.1092	13	69
13	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	65	+34.3323	9	66
14	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	65	+34.5894	14	63
15	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+36.3364	22	60
16	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+37.3291	23	57
17	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+39.80671	15	54
18	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+42.7017	10	51
19	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+43.7084	20	48
20	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	65	+54.9599	17	45
21	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+59.24232	21	42
22	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+1:01.4743	27	39
23	42	Kurt Kostecki	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden Commodore VF	65	+1:02.53553	26	36
24	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	65	+1:08.7571	24	33
25	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	64	+1 lap	25	30
26	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	61	+4 laps	16	27
NC	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	24	Retirement	18
Fastest lap: Tim Slade (Brad Jones Racing) 1:09.8397 (on lap 22)
Source:[8]

Notes

• ^1 – Cam Waters received a 5-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Simona de Silvestro.^[5]
• ^2 – Lee Holdsworth received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Simona de Silvestro.^[5]
• ^3 – Kurt Kostecki received a 15-second Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Tim Blanchard.^[5]

Championship standings after Race 20

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 Scott McLaughlin 2321 2 Shane van Gisbergen 2190 -131 3 Jamie Whincup 1870 -451 4 David Reynolds 1838 -483 5 Craig Lowndes 1821 -500

Teams Championship Pos Team Pts Gap 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) 4059 2 DJR Team Penske 3973 -86 3 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2815 -1244 4 Tickford Racing (5, 55) 2761 -1298 1 5 Erebus Motorsport 2743 -1316

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