2016 Sydney 500

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Flag of New South Wales.svg 2016 Coates Hire Sydney 500
Event Information
Round 14 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship
Homebush Street Circuit (Sydney, Australia) track map.svg
Date2–4 December 2016
Location Sydney, New South Wales
Venue Homebush Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 74 laps 250 km
Pole position Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:26.6272
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:55:51.3312
Race 2
Distance 73 laps 247 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team
1:27.1524
Winner Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:59:59.1234

The 2016 Coates Hire Sydney 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on the weekend of 2 to 4 December 2016. The event was held at the Homebush Street Circuit in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres in length. It was the final round of the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship, and the final time that the venue hosted a Supercar race, being replaced by the Newcastle Street Circuit from 2017 onwards. [1]

Contents

Report

Practice

Practice summary
SessionDayFastest lap
No.DriverTeamCarTime
Practice 1Friday33 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.8095
Practice 2Friday97 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0734

Race results

Race 28

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarTime
197 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.6272
288 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.7306
333 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:26.8455
4888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0335
52 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0532
622 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1503
79 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1888 1
81 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.2013
955 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.2600
1015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.2744
116 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4261
1212 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4485
1319 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5254
14222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5639
1534 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.5771
1623 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.5785
1714 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.6221
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.6815
1917 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6988
207 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.7208
21111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.9182
2296 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.3054
2318 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3317
243 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3659
2521 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.4541
264 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.7687
Source: [2]

Notes:

  • ^1  David Reynolds' team exceeded parc fermé regulations after qualifying, which resulted in the exclusion of Reynolds.

Race

Pos.No.NameTeamLapsTimeGrid
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 741:55:51.33132
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 74+ 6.84 s5
397 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 74+ 9.83 s1
433 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 74+ 10.39 s3
522 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Holden Racing Team 74+ 10.84 s6
615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 74+ 17.37 s9
719 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports 74+ 17.96 s12
8888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 74+ 23.32 s4
914 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 74+ 25.03 s16
109 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 74+ 26.60 s26
1112 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 74+ 27.89 s11
127 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 74+ 31.59 s19
1323 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 74+ 32.79 s15
1417 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye DJR Team Penske 74+ 33.90 s18
15222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 74+ 34.66 s13
1618 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 74+ 36.13 s22
1755 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 74+ 37.02 s8
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 74+ 38.04 s17
1921 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport 74+ 39.46 s24
203 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 74+ 40.25 s23
216 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 74+ 46.20 s10
224 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport 71+ 3 laps25
231 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 69+ 5 laps7
2434 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 65+ 9 laps14
Ret96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport 48Broken steering21
Ret111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither Super Black Racing 1Accident damage20
Fastest lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:27.9481
Source: [3]

Race 29

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarTime
197 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.9518
29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:26.9828
388 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0942
422 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1828
533 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.2151
623 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.2360
714 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2543
82 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2556
9222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3101
107 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.3417
1119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3438
1215 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.4184
131 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4194
14888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5594
156 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.5757
168 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5860
1734 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.6434
1812 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6510
1955 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6717
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.8966
2121 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.9611
2218 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:28.0768
2396 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.1640
244 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.2656
253 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3237
26111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:28.3633
Source: [4]

Top Ten Shootout

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarTime
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1524
297 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1660
322 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2831
49 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3672
514 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.4455
633 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.4955
723 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.7445
8222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.2551
97 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.4348
1088 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:31.5703
Sources: [5]

Race

Pos.No.NameTeamLapsTimeGrid
197 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 731:59:59.12352
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 73+ 1.03 s1
39 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 73+ 2.39 s4
488 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 73+ 2.80 s10
533 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 73+ 4.27 s6
622 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Holden Racing Team 73+ 4.73 s3
714 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 73+ 6.35 s5
819 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports 73+ 9.44 s11
9888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 73+ 9.79 s14
1034 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 73+ 10.02 s17
1155 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 73+ 10.44 s19
121 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 73+ 10.80 s13
1317 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye DJR Team Penske 73+ 11.27 s20
1423 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 73+ 12.25 s7
1518 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 73+ 13.27 s22
16222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 73+ 14.86 s8
174 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport 73+ 21.81 s24
18111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither Super Black Racing 72+ 1 lap26
197 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 72+ 1 lap9
203 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 71+ 2 laps25
2112 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 60+ 13 laps18
Ret15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 64Engine12
Ret8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 46Accident16
Ret6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 39Accident15
Ret96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport 7Accident damage23
Ret21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport 1Accident damage21
Fastest lap: James Courtney (Holden Racing Team), 1:28.1700
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the event

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2015 Coates Hire Sydney 500
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