2018 Supercars Championship

2018 Supercars Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Scott McLaughlin
Teams' Champion:
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden

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2017

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2019

Support series:
Super2 Series
SuperUtes Series

Scott McLaughlin (pictured in 2013) won his first Supercars Championship.

Triple Eight Race Engineering won the teams' championship with one event to go.

The 2018 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship) ^[1] was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars. It was the twentieth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-second series in which Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. Teams and drivers competed in thirty-one races at sixteen venues across Australia and New Zealand for the championship titles. Scott McLaughlin won his maiden title at the final race in Newcastle, ^[2] while Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship ^[3] at Pukekohe. ^[4]

The 2018 season saw the introduction of the first Gen 2 Supercars, which opened up the category up to a wider variety of body shapes and engine configurations. The championship saw the introduction of the hatchback Holden ZB Commodore, marking the first time since 1994 that a car with a body shape other than a four-door sedan has competed.

Teams and drivers

Holden and Nissan were represented by factory-backed teams Triple Eight Race Engineering and Nissan Motorsport respectively. ^{[5] [6]} Teams were free to develop new chassis and engine packages under the Gen 2 regulations, while the New Generation cars first introduced in 2013 remained eligible to compete. ^[7]

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2018 championship.

Championship entries							Enduro Cup entries
Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds		Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG X	Tickford Racing [a]	5 [b]	Mark Winterbottom	All		Dean Canto	12–14
			6 [c]	Cam Waters	All		David Russell	12–14
			55	Chaz Mostert	All		James Moffat	12–14
			56	Richie Stanaway	All		Steve Owen	12–14
		DJR Team Penske	12	Fabian Coulthard	All		Tony D'Alberto	12–14
			17	Scott McLaughlin	All		Alexandre Prémat	12–14
		23Red Racing	230 [d]	Will Davison	All		Alex Davison	12–14
		Matt Stone Racing	35	Todd Hazelwood	1–10		—
Holden	Commodore ZB	Triple Eight Race Engineering [e]	1	Jamie Whincup	All		Paul Dumbrell	12–14
			97	Shane van Gisbergen	All		Earl Bamber	12–14
			888	Craig Lowndes	All		Steven Richards	12–14
		Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	Scott Pye	All		Warren Luff	12–14
			25	James Courtney	All		Jack Perkins	12–14
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Nick Percat	All		Macauley Jones	12–14
			14	Tim Slade	All		Ashley Walsh	12–14
		Tim Blanchard Racing [f]	21	Tim Blanchard	All		Dale Wood	12–14
		Erebus Motorsport [g]	9	David Reynolds	All		Luke Youlden	12–14
			99	Anton de Pasquale	All		Will Brown	12–14
		Team 18	18 [h]	Lee Holdsworth	All		Jason Bright	12–14
		Tekno Autosports	19	Jack Le Brocq	All		Jonathon Webb	12–14
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Garth Tander	All		Chris Pither	12–14
			34	James Golding	All		Richard Muscat	12–14
	Commodore VF	Matt Stone Racing	35	Todd Hazelwood	11–16		Bryce Fullwood	12–14
Nissan	Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport [i]	7	Andre Heimgartner	All		Aaren Russell	12–14
			15 [j]	Rick Kelly	All		Garry Jacobson	12–14
			23	Michael Caruso	All	Dean Fiore	12–14
			78	Simona de Silvestro	All	Alex Rullo	12–14
Wildcard entries
Holden	Commodore ZB	Brad Jones Racing	4	Macauley Jones	7, 11		—
	Commodore VF	Kostecki Brothers Racing	42	Kurt Kostecki	9, 11		—
Source: [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]							Source: [18]

Team changes

23Red Racing was a new name in the championship for 2018, fielding a Ford Falcon FG X for Will Davison

The Holden ZB Commodore was homologated, making it eligible to compete in the championship. ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]} All existing Holden teams commenced the season with the new car, either new chassis or reskinned VF Commodores. ^{[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]} Triple Eight Race Engineering, who oversaw the development and homologation of the ZB chassis were also developing a V6 twin-turbocharged engine for Holden cars ahead of a full introduction in 2019. ^[28] However, the programme was put on indefinite hold in April 2018. ^[29] Triple Eight team were proposing to debut the V6 powerplant with a number of wildcard entries, however the discontinuation of the project resulted in this being scrapped. ^[30]

Britek Motorsport left the championship. ^[31] Its Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) was leased to Super2 Series team Matt Stone Racing who made their championship début entering an FG X Falcon built by DJR Team Penske. ^[32] The team switched to competing with a VF Commodore mid-season. ^[17] Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (LDM) sold one of its RECs to Prodrive Racing Australia. LDM was rebranded as 23Red Racing after sponsor Phil Munday purchased a 60% stake in the team in the off-season, before taking full ownership in April 2018. ^[33] The team competed with a Prodrive-built FG X Falcon.

Several teams underwent rebrandings. Prodrive Racing Australia became Tickford Racing after its lease on the Prodrive name expired, ^[34] while Walkinshaw Racing was rebranded as Walkinshaw Andretti United when Andretti Autosport and United Autosports purchased stakes in the team. ^[35]

Driver changes

Super2 Series drivers Todd Hazelwood and Anton de Pasquale made their Supercars début. ^[36] Hazelwood joined Matt Stone Racing—the team he won the 2017 Super2 title with—while De Pasquale replaced Dale Wood at Erebus Motorsport. ^[37] Wood was one of three drivers to leave the championship, as both Todd Kelly and Jason Bright retired from competition. Andre Heimgartner returned to the championship, replacing the retiring Kelly at Nissan Motorsport, ^[38] while Richie Stanaway replaced Bright at Tickford Racing. ^{[39] [40] [k]}

Will Davison moved from Tekno Autosports to the newly-formed 23Red Racing team. ^[41] Davison's place at Tekno Autosports was filled by Super2 Series driver Jack Le Brocq. ^[42] James Moffat left Garry Rogers Motorsport at the end of the 2017 championship and joined Tickford Racing for the Enduro Cup. ^[43] Moffat's place at Garry Rogers Motorsport was taken by James Golding, who drove for the team in the Enduro Cup in 2016 and 2017. ^[44]

Calendar

Adelaide

Albert Park

Launceston

Phillip Island

Perth

Winton

Darwin

Townsville

Ipswich

Sydney

Tailem Bend

Sandown

Bathurst

Gold Coast

Newcastle

Pukekohe

The calendar was expanded to sixteen events in 2018, with the following events taking place:

Event	Event name	Circuit	Location	Dates
1	Adelaide 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	3–4 March
2	Melbourne 400	Albert Park Circuit	Albert Park, Victoria	23–25 March
3	Tasmania SuperSprint	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	7–8 April
4	Phillip Island 500	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	21–22 April
5	Perth SuperSprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Neerabup, Western Australia	5–6 May
6	Winton SuperSprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	19–20 May
7	Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	16–17 June
8	Townsville 400	Reid Park Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	7–8 July
9	Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	21–22 July
10	Sydney SuperNight 300	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	4 August
11	The Bend SuperSprint	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	25–26 August
12	Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	16 September
13	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7 October
14	Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	20–21 October
15	Auckland SuperSprint	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, Auckland Region	3–4 November
16	Newcastle 500	Newcastle Street Circuit	Newcastle, New South Wales	24–25 November
Source: [45]

Calendar changes

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, which hosted the Supercars Challenge non-championship event between 1996 and 2017, ^[l] joined the calendar as a championship event for the first time. The event, which was named the Melbourne 400, continued to be run as part of the support bill for the Australian Grand Prix. ^[46]

The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, South Australia, the first permanent circuit to be built in Australia since Queensland Raceway in 1999, hosted an event of the championship. The Bend SuperSprint ran on the 4.9 km "International" configuration of the circuit. ^[47]

Format changes

The Sydney Motorsport Park event featured a single race held at night.

The Melbourne 400 event featured four races. All four were longer than the races that were run as part of the Australian Grand Prix support event in previous years, before it was granted championship status. Two of the races were run at twilight and included mandatory pit stops, while the other two were shorter sprint races run in daylight hours. ^{[48] [49]}

Sydney Motorsport Park hosted the Sydney SuperNight 300, which consisted of a single 300 km race held under lights. ^[50] It was the first night race since the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi hosted the opening event of the 2010 season. The event consisted of two 30 minute practice sessions and a 20-minute qualifying session ahead of a 300 km race. The race included three compulsory pit stops. ^[51]

The Auckland SuperSprint included a Top 10 Shootout for the Sunday race. ^[51] A Top 10 Shootout was added to the first race of the Gold Coast 600 after the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport suspended the licence of the Stadium Super Trucks support category on safety grounds, removing the category from the Supercars' support bill. ^[52]

Rule changes

Sporting regulations

• A new qualifying format was introduced for the Symmons Plains, Barbagallo and Sydney Motorsport Park events. ^{[53] [54]} The system uses three stages similar to the system used in Formula One and was introduced as a response to the shorter layouts of the Symmons Plains and Barbagallo circuits which drew criticism about congestion as drivers on flying laps would encounter slow-moving cars preparing to start their own laps. ^[53] The system was later added to the Sydney SuperNight 300 after proving popular during its trials at the Symmons Plains and Barbagallo events. ^[54]
• The "wildcard" programme introduced in 2017, which allowed teams from the Dunlop Super2 Series to compete in the Supercars Championship, continued in 2018. Entries were open for the Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Tailem Bend events, ^[45] while the Barbagallo event was discontinued after the 2017 edition failed to attract wildcard entries. The Bathurst 1000 was open to wildcard entries, but was separate to the wildcard programme for Super2 teams. No entries were received for the latter.
• The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) adjusted the eligibility requirements of the licensing system used by the championship. The revised requirements were designed to make it easier for Super2 drivers to qualify for a racing licence. ^[55]

Results and standings

Season summary

Scott McLaughlin driving a Ford FG X Falcon won Race 30 and placed second in Race 31 at the final event, securing the Drivers Championship title.

Chaz Mostert placed sixth driving a Ford Falcon FG X for Tickford Racing

Rick Kelly placed eighth driving a Nissan Altima for Nissan Motorsport

Fabian Coulthard placed ninth driving a Ford Falcon FG X for DJR Team Penske

Nick Percat placed 10th driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Brad Jones Racing

Tim Slade placed 11th driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Brad Jones Racing

Mark Winterbottom placed 12th driving a Ford Falcon FG X for Tickford Racing

James Courtney placed 14th driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Walkinshaw Andretti United

Andre Heimgartner placed 17th driving a Nissan Altima for Nissan Motorsport

Michael Caruso placed 18th driving a Nissan Altima for Nissan Motorsport

Anton de Pasquale placed 20th driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Erebus Motorsport

Lee Holdsworth placed 21st in the championship driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Team 18

James Golding placed 22nd in the championship driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Garry Rogers Motorsport

Simona De Silvestro placed 23rd in the championship driving a Nissan Altima for Team Harvey Norman

Todd Hazelwood placed 26th in the championship driving a Ford Falcon FG X (pictured) and a Holden Commodore VF for Matt Stone Racing

Event		Event	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	1	Adelaide 500	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	2		Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2	3	Melbourne 400	Scott McLaughlin	Tim Slade	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	4		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	5		Scott McLaughlin	James Courtney	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United
	6		Jamie Whincup	Nick Percat	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport
3	7	Tasmania SuperSprint	Shane van Gisbergen	Scott Pye	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	8		Craig Lowndes	James Courtney	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
4	9	Phillip Island 500	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	10		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske
5	11	Perth SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	James Courtney	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	12		Shane van Gisbergen	Tim Slade	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske
6	13	Winton SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	Shane van Gisbergen	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Report
	14		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske
7	15	Darwin Triple Crown	David Reynolds	Will Davison	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	16		Rick Kelly	Nick Percat	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport
8	17	Townsville 400	Scott McLaughlin	Chaz Mostert	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	18		Shane van Gisbergen	Scott McLaughlin	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
9	19	Ipswich SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	James Courtney	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	20		Scott McLaughlin	Tim Slade	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
10	21	Sydney SuperNight 300	Scott McLaughlin	Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
11	22	The Bend SuperSprint	Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	23		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
12	24	Sandown 500	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
13	25	Bathurst 1000	David Reynolds	David Reynolds	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
14	26	Gold Coast 600	Scott McLaughlin	Jamie Whincup	Chaz Mostert James Moffat	Tickford Racing	Report
	27		David Reynolds	race abandoned [m]
15	28	Auckland SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	29		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske
16	30	Newcastle 500	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Scott McLaughlin [n]	DJR Team Penske	Report
	31		David Reynolds	Jamie Whincup	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded.

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Standard	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21
Endurance	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54
Melbourne (long)	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18
Melbourne (short)	50	46	43	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9

• Standard: Used for all SuperSprint and street races, including the Gold Coast 600.
• Endurance: Used for the Sydney SuperNight 300, Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.
• Melbourne (long): Used for Race 1 and 3 of the Melbourne 400.
• Melbourne (short): Used for Race 2 and 4 of the Melbourne 400.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE MEL SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP BEN SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Pts. 1 Scott McLaughlin 17 3 10 1 2 15 7 9 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 6 10 4 3 5  C  2 1 1 2 0 3944 2 Shane van Gisbergen 97 1 1 4 4 13 13 6 25 3 6 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 10 C 1 2 5 4 0 3873 3 Jamie Whincup 1 6 Ret 2 1 2 3 1 3 14 9 11 6 17 8 8 3 1 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 10 14 C 5 3 3 3 0 3433 4 Craig Lowndes 888 9 7 16 Ret 6 12 2 1 4 7 5 3 13 12 7 10 4 4 3 8 4 10 8 3 1 2 C 11 4 23 11 0 3225 5 David Reynolds 9 4 2 7 12 14 1 4 8 6 2 17 2 25 15 3 1 7 6 7 7 7 17 3 5 13 4 C 4 5 2 1 0 3206 6 Chaz Mostert 55 7 4 5 6 10 4 Ret 10 5 8 10 11 14 10 17 12 13 5 6 3 5 9 12 10 4 1 C 3 6 21 7 0 2807 7 Scott Pye 2 10 8 6 11 1 5 8 6 9 11 12 15 2 6 4 20 14 21 16 19 25 18 6 6 2 13 C 6 15 4 10 0 2608 8 Rick Kelly 15 23 14 17 13 17 Ret 15 11 2 3 14 10 1 4 6 5 15 7 13 9 6 2 17 8 11 22 C 16 22 9 17 0 2515 9 Fabian Coulthard 12 21 16 3 3 12 6 5 17 12 4 8 16 4 1 15 8 5 8 5 5 11 14 14 7 9 11 C Ret 7 Ret 26 0 2477 10 Nick Percat 8 11 15 9 7 3 2 12 9 26 13 9 7 18 14 9 6 10 13 10 25 8 11 5 24 7 6 C 8 10 Ret 12 0 2290 11 Tim Slade 14 13 11 10 10 4 11 7 14 10 12 4 17 7 7 14 21 11 14 14 6 10 12 4 15 17 21 C 17 11 18 15 0 2249 12 Mark Winterbottom 5 5 13 14 9 7 17 14 12 13 15 2 21 10 20 20 13 6 12 20 26 15 5 16 17 12 7 C 13 9 6 13 0 2192 13 Garth Tander 33 16 3 8 18 26 9 13 7 11 10 19 14 8 22 5 7 21 19 11 11 20 28 20 9 6 9 C 25 13 22 8 0 2139 14 James Courtney 25 2 6 12 20 5 Ret 3 4 17 Ret 13 4 9 19 23 11 17 10 8 Ret Ret 8 13 16 Ret 3 C 9 16 7 5 0 2073 15 Will Davison 230 8 12 25 14 8 10 18 22 8 21 7 20 11 13 13 14 9 Ret 17 12 17 7 7 11 19 12 C 20 19 16 20 0 1927 16 Cam Waters 6 15 5 11 5 9 22 24 13 16 17 6 13 Ret 26 12 Ret 8 9 22 17 19 13 15 13 23 8 C 7 12 14 14 0 1873 17 Andre Heimgartner 7 17 25 18 16 20 14 17 19 15 14 25 8 16 11 16 16 12 11 15 14 24 19 Ret 14 16 19 C 18 8 8 6 0 1775 18 Michael Caruso 23 14 9 13 8 16 8 16 24 18 5 20 26 6 5 10 9 DNS Ret 9 13 22 3 9 25 Ret 23 C 10 17 15 19 0 1765 19 Jack Le Brocq 19 20 22 20 22 22 21 10 5 20 18 16 9 15 17 18 Ret 22 18 21 10 9 16 18 22 15 16 C 22 23 19 18 0 1673 20 Anton de Pasquale 99 19 17 15 19 21 15 19 15 7 16 18 23 12 16 11 15 19 17 26 16 18 24 11 12 24 Ret C 19 24 11 16 95 1524 21 Lee Holdsworth 18 12 24 19 15 19 23 11 23 22 25 23 18 23 21 21 Ret 18 15 24 21 12 20 Ret 23 21 15 C 15 14 12 9 0 1443 22 James Golding 34 Ret 19 21 17 24 Ret 23 18 25 19 22 25 20 25 26 22 16 16 18 15 13 21 24 18 8 24 C 14 21 20 25 0 1418 23 Simona de Silvestro 78 18 18 Ret 23 23 16 22 21 24 22 15 12 22 23 22 17 25 22 19 20 14 23 23 Ret 14 18 C 21 18 10 24 25 1323 24 Tim Blanchard 21 Ret 23 23 21 11 20 20 16 21 23 Ret 24 24 18 19 18 24 24 23 22 16 15 21 19 18 17 C 12 26 Ret 22 0 1277 25 Richie Stanaway 56 Ret 20 24 Ret 25 18 25 Ret 19 20 24 19 21 9 25 19 23 20 12 18 21 22 22 20 22 Ret C 23 20 17 23 0 1214 26 Todd Hazelwood 35 22 21 22 Ret 18 19 21 20 23 24 21 22 19 24 24 23 20 23 27 24 23 26 25 21 20 20 C 24 25 13 21 0 1201 27 Steven Richards 888 3 1 2 C 0 696 28 Alexandre Prémat 17 4 3 5 C 0 609 29 Earl Bamber 97 2 5 10 C 0 576 30 James Moffat 55 10 4 1 C 0 546 31 Warren Luff 2 6 2 13 C 0 546 32 Paul Dumbrell 1 1 10 14 C 0 519 33 Macauley Jones 4/8 27 24 25 19 24 7 6 C 0 495 34 Luke Youlden 9 5 13 4 C 0 474 35 Chris Pither 33 9 6 9 C 0 456 36 Tony D'Alberto 12 7 9 11 C 0 432 37 Garry Jacobson 15 8 11 22 C 0 363 38 Dean Canto 5 17 12 7 C 0 342 39 Richard Muscat 34 18 8 24 C 0 315 40 Alex Davison 230 11 19 12 C 0 309 41 David Russell 6 13 23 8 C 0 294 42 Aaren Russell 7 14 16 19 C 0 288 43 Ashley Walsh 14 15 17 21 C 0 270 44 Jonathon Webb 19 22 15 16 C 0 255 45 Dale Wood 21 19 18 17 C 0 252 46 Jack Perkins 25 16 Ret 3 C 0 243 47 Bryce Fullwood 35 21 20 20 C 0 219 48 Jason Bright 18 23 21 15 C 0 216 49 Will Brown 99 12 24 Ret C 0 204 50 Alex Rullo 78 Ret 14 18 C 0 177 51 Steve Owen 56 20 22 Ret C 0 168 52 Dean Fiore 23 25 Ret 23 C 0 96 53 Kurt Kostecki 42 25 23 27 Ret 0 90 Pos. Driver No. ADE MEL SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP BEN SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap   Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. ADE MEL SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP BEN SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Pts. 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 6 Ret 2 1 2 3 1 3 14 9 11 6 17 8 8 3 1 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 10 14  C  5 3 3 3 30 7276 97 1 1 4 4 13 13 6 25 3 6 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 10 C 1 2 5 4 2 DJR Team Penske 12 21 16 3 3 12 6 5 17 12 4 8 16 4 1 15 8 5 8 5 5 11 14 14 7 9 11 C Ret 7 Ret 26 0 6421 17 3 10 1 2 15 7 9 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 6 10 4 3 5 C 2 1 1 2 3 Tickford Racing 5 5 13 14 9 7 17 14 12 13 15 2 21 10 20 20 13 6 12 20 26 15 5 16 17 12 7 C 13 9 6 13 0 4999 55 7 4 5 6 10 4 Ret 10 5 8 10 11 14 10 17 12 13 5 6 3 5 9 12 10 4 1 C 3 6 21 7 4 Erebus Motorsport 9 4 2 7 12 14 1 4 8 6 2 17 2 25 15 3 1 7 6 7 7 7 17 3 5 13 4 C 4 5 2 1 90 4731 99 19 17 15 19 20 15 19 15 7 16 18 23 12 16 11 15 19 17 26 17 18 24 11 12 23 Ret C 19 24 11 16 5 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 10 8 6 11 1 5 8 6 9 11 12 15 2 6 4 20 14 21 16 19 25 18 6 6 2 13 C 6 15 4 10 0 4681 25 2 6 12 20 5 Ret 3 4 17 Ret 13 4 9 19 23 11 17 10 8 Ret Ret 8 13 16 Ret 3 C 9 16 7 5 6 Brad Jones Racing 8 11 15 9 7 3 2 12 9 26 13 9 7 19 14 9 6 10 13 10 25 8 11 5 24 7 6 C 8 10 Ret 12 30 4509 14 13 11 10 10 4 11 7 14 10 12 4 17 7 7 14 21 11 14 14 6 10 12 4 15 17 21 C 17 11 18 15 7 Nissan Motorsport 7 17 25 18 16 21 14 17 19 15 14 25 8 16 11 16 16 12 11 15 14 24 19 Ret 14 16 19 C 18 8 8 6 0 4290 15 23 14 17 13 17 Ret 15 11 2 3 14 10 1 4 6 5 15 7 13 9 6 2 17 8 11 22 C 16 22 9 17 8 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 16 3 8 18 26 9 13 7 11 10 19 14 8 22 5 7 21 19 11 11 20 28 20 9 6 9 C 25 13 22 8 0 3557 34 Ret 19 21 17 24 Ret 23 18 25 19 22 25 21 25 26 22 16 16 18 16 13 21 24 18 8 24 C 14 21 20 25 9 Triple Eight Race Engineering ‡ 888 9 7 16 Ret 6 12 2 1 4 7 5 3 13 12 7 10 4 4 3 8 4 10 8 3 1 2 C 11 4 23 11 0 3225 10 Nissan Motorsport 23 14 9 13 8 16 8 16 24 18 5 20 26 6 5 10 9 DNS Ret 9 13 22 3 9 25 Ret 23 C 10 17 15 19 0 3113 78 18 18 Ret 23 23 16 22 21 24 22 15 12 18 23 22 17 25 22 19 21 14 23 23 Ret 14 18 C 21 18 10 24 11 Tickford Racing 6 15 5 11 5 9 22 24 13 16 17 6 13 Ret 26 12 Ret 8 9 22 15 19 13 15 13 23 8 C 7 12 14 14 80 3007 56 Ret 20 24 Ret 25 18 25 Ret 19 20 24 19 22 9 25 19 23 20 12 18 21 22 22 20 22 Ret C 23 20 17 23 12 23Red Racing ‡ 230 8 12 25 14 8 10 18 22 8 21 7 20 11 13 13 14 9 Ret 17 12 17 7 7 11 19 12 C 20 19 16 20 0 1927 13 Tekno Autosports ‡ 19 20 22 20 22 22 21 10 5 20 18 16 9 15 17 18 Ret 22 18 21 10 9 16 18 22 15 16 C 22 23 19 18 30 1643 14 Team 18 ‡ 18 12 24 19 15 19 23 11 23 22 25 23 18 23 21 21 Ret 18 15 24 20 12 20 Ret 23 21 15 C 15 14 12 9 0 1413 15 Tim Blanchard Racing ‡ 21 Ret 23 23 21 11 20 20 16 21 23 Ret 24 24 18 19 18 24 24 23 22 16 15 21 19 18 17 C 12 26 Ret 22 30 1247 16 Matt Stone Racing ‡ 35 22 21 22 Ret 18 19 21 20 23 24 21 22 20 24 24 23 20 23 27 24 23 26 25 21 20 20 C 24 25 13 21 0 1201 Pos. Team No. ADE MEL SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP BEN SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap ‡ – Denotes single-car team   Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Enduro Cup

Pos. Drivers No. SAN BAT SUR Pen. Pts. 1 Craig Lowndes / Steven Richards 888 3 1 2 C 0 696 2 Scott McLaughlin / Alexandre Prémat 17 4 3 5  C  0 609 3 Shane van Gisbergen / Earl Bamber 97 2 5 10 C 0 576 4 Scott Pye / Warren Luff 2 6 2 13 C 0 546 5 Chaz Mostert / James Moffat 55 10 4 1 C 0 546 6 Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell 1 1 10 14 C 0 519 7 David Reynolds / Luke Youlden 9 5 13 4 C 0 474 8 Garth Tander / Chris Pither 33 9 6 9 C 0 456 9 Fabian Coulthard / Tony D'Alberto 12 7 9 11 C 0 432 10 Rick Kelly / Garry Jacobson 15 8 11 22 C 0 363 11 Nick Percat / Macauley Jones 8 24 7 6 C 0 360 12 Mark Winterbottom / Dean Canto 5 17 12 7 C 0 342 13 James Golding / Richard Muscat 34 18 8 24 C 0 315 14 Will Davison / Alex Davison 230 11 19 12 C 0 309 15 Cam Waters / David Russell 6 13 23 8 C 0 294 16 Andre Heimgartner / Aaren Russell 7 14 16 19 C 0 288 17 Tim Slade / Ashley Walsh 14 15 17 21 C 0 270 18 Jack Le Brocq / Jonathon Webb 19 22 15 16 C 0 255 19 Tim Blanchard / Dale Wood 21 19 18 17 C 0 252 20 James Courtney / Jack Perkins 25 16 Ret 3 C 0 243 21 Todd Hazelwood / Bryce Fullwood 35 21 20 20 C 0 219 22 Lee Holdsworth / Jason Bright 18 23 21 15 C 0 216 23 Anton de Pasquale / Will Brown 99 12 24 Ret C 0 204 24 Simona de Silvestro / Alex Rullo 78 Ret 14 18 C 0 177 25 Richie Stanaway / Steve Owen 56 20 22 Ret C 0 168 26 Michael Caruso / Dean Fiore 23 25 Ret 23 C 0 96 Pos. Drivers No. SAN BAT SUR Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

The Manufacturers' championship was awarded to Holden. ^[56]

Notes

1. For points-scoring purposes, Tickford Racing is divided into two teams: one which is made up of car #5 and #55, and another consisting of car #6 and #56. ^[8]
2. Mark Winterbottom raced as number 200 at the Phillip Island 500.
3. Cam Waters raced as number 100 at the Newcastle 500.
4. Will Davison raced as number 400 at the Perth SuperSprint and as number 120 at the Ipswich SuperSprint.
5. For points-scoring purposes, Triple Eight Race Engineering is divided into two teams: "Red Bull Holden Racing Team", which is made up of cars #1 and #97, and "Autobarn Lowndes Racing", ^[9] consisting of car #888.
6. Tim Blanchard Racing is a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing; Tim Blanchard Racing own the Racing Entitlement Contract for car #21, while Brad Jones Racing runs the car and oversees trackside activities on their behalf.
7. Since the Tasmania SuperSprint event, Erebus Motorsport has contested with Erebus Motorsport badges rather than Holden badges. However, the team was still recognised as being a Holden team for the event. ^[10]
8. Lee Holdsworth raced as number 400 at the Winton SuperSprint.
9. For points-scoring purposes, Nissan Motorsport is divided into two teams: one which is made up of car #7 and #15, and another consisting of car #23 and #78.
10. Rick Kelly and Garry Jacobson raced as number 11 at the Bathurst 1000.
11. Jason Bright competed with the Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) he owned under the Britek Motorsport banner, which was operated by Prodrive Racing Australia as a satellite team. Although this REC was leased to Matt Stone Racing, Prodrive replaced it with an REC owned by Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. Stanaway effectively replaced Bright despite the restructuring of the teams.
12. The Supercars Challenge was not held in 2007.
13. Race 27 was suspended due to torrential rain and could not be re-started. As less than 50% of the race distance had been completed when the race was abandoned, no points were awarded.
14. Shane van Gisbergen was the winner of Race 30, but received a post-race penalty for a pit stop infringement and was reclassified as finishing fifth. Scott McLaughlin was recognised as the eventual race winner.

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External links

Media related to 2018 Supercars Championship at Wikimedia Commons

• Operations Manual, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Points, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
• Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Series Points Report - Final, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Teams Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• Pirtek Enduro Cup Points, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org