Gold Coast 600: Van Gisbergen, Stanaway rub panels early

It didn’t take long for paint to be traded on the Gold Coast, Shane van Gisbergen and Richie Stanaway rubbing panels in the opening Supercars practice session.

The curious clash started when van Gisbergen got stuck behind Stanaway at the Beach Chicane, before looking to pass the Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden into Turn 11.

However Stanaway didn’t make things easy on his fellow Kiwi, giving van Gisbergen a decent whack in the door on the way past.

Having gone on to finish the session third, van Gisbergen was happy to laugh off the incident after the session.

“He’s one of my good mates, but he wonders why sometimes…” said van Gisbergen, referencing Stanaway’s critics.

“I went down the inside and he just slammed me.

“Anyway, the car’s good, we didn’t run [new] tyres then, just stayed on the same ones and it feels pretty comfortable.”

That wasn’t the only drama at Turn 11 for the GRM squad. There was just one red flag in the 30-minute session, James Golding firing his Commodore into the outside wall.

Jamie Whincup set the pace in the opening hit-out, a 1m10.609s leaving him two-tenths clear of Chaz Mostert and van Gisbergen.

James Courtney and David Reynolds were fourth and fifth, followed by Cam Waters, Fabian Coulthard, Nick Percat and Anton De Pasquale.

Cla#DriverCarLapsTimeGapIntervalkm/h
1888 Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
Holden Commodore ZB1701’10.609   150.914
255 Chaz Mostert
James Moffat
Ford Mustang GT1901’10.846 00.237 00.237 150.409
397 Shane van Gisbergen
Garth Tander
Holden Commodore ZB1601’10.931 00.321 00.084 150.230
422 James Courtney
Jack Perkins
Holden Commodore ZB1501’11.012 00.402 00.081 150.058
59 David Reynolds
Luke Youlden
Holden Commodore ZB1601’11.087 00.477 00.075 149.899
66 Cameron Waters
Michael Caruso
Ford Mustang GT1501’11.107 00.497 00.019 149.857
712 Fabian Coulthard
Tony D’Alberto
Ford Mustang GT1701’11.172 00.563 00.065 149.720
88 Nick Percat
Tim Blanchard
Holden Commodore ZB1701’11.265 00.655 00.092 149.526
999 Anton De Pasquale
Will Brown
Holden Commodore ZB1401’11.304 00.695 00.039 149.443
1017 Scott McLaughlin
Alexandre Prémat
Ford Mustang GT2201’11.326 00.716 00.021 149.397
112 Scott Pye
Warren Luff
Holden Commodore ZB1601’11.332 00.723 00.006 149.384
127 Andre Heimgartner
Bryce Fullwood
Nissan Altima1701’11.407 00.797 00.074 149.228
1335 Todd Hazelwood
Jack Smith
Holden Commodore ZB1901’11.613 01.004 00.206 148.798
1414 Tim SladeHolden Commodore ZB1501’11.630 01.020 00.016 148.763
1515 Rick Kelly
Dale Wood
Nissan Altima1501’11.672 01.063 00.042 148.676
1623 Will Davison
Alex Davison
Ford Mustang GT1701’11.757 01.147 00.084 148.500
175 Lee Holdsworth
Thomas Randle
Ford Mustang GT1901’11.796 01.186 00.039 148.419
1821 Macauley Jones
Dean Canto
Holden Commodore ZB1601’11.822 01.212 00.025 148.366
1918 Mark Winterbottom
Steven Richards
Holden Commodore ZB1201’11.882 01.272 00.060 148.242
2078 Simona de Silvestro
Alex Rullo
Nissan Altima1601’12.087 01.477 00.205 147.820
2119 Jack Le Brocq
Jonathon Webb
Holden Commodore ZB1701’12.125 01.515 00.037 147.743
2233 Richie Stanaway
Chris Pither
Holden Commodore ZB1701’12.298 01.688 00.172 147.389
233 Garry Jacobson
Dean Fiore
Nissan Altima1801’12.362 01.753 00.064 147.258
2434 James Golding
Richard Muscat
Holden Commodore ZB1001’12.385 01.775 00.022 147.212
2556Brodie Kostecki
Jake Kostecki
Holden Commodore ZB1901’13.453 02.844 01.068 145.070

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