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Round 3 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Date | 6–8 April 2018 | |||||||||||||
Location | Launceston, Tasmania | |||||||||||||
Venue | Symmons Plains Raceway | |||||||||||||
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The 2018 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 6 to 8 April 2018. The event was held at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania, and was scheduled to consist of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 kilometres in length. It was the third event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 7 and 8 of the season. The event was the 46th running of the Tasmania SuperSprint.
Shane van Gisbergen of Triple Eight Race Engineering entered the event as the championship leader, 49 points ahead of Erebus Motorsport's David Reynolds and 61 points ahead of DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin.
The event would see the introduction of a new qualifying format. Similar to MotoGP, there will be three sessions. The fastest ten drivers across the Friday practice sessions will get a bye into the second stage, with the other sixteen drivers required to go through Q1. The fastest six will join the other ten for Q2, with the other ten already having set their starting positions. Q2 will see the top ten advance to Q3, with the slowest six confirming their starting positions. Q3 will see the top ten drivers fight for pole position. [1]
Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
Practice 1 | Friday | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50.7894 |
Practice 2 | Friday | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50.5609 |
Practice 3 | Saturday | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50.7396 |
Practice 4 | Sunday | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 50.6094 |
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] |
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