2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
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Round 1 of 14 in the 2017 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Date | 3–5 March 2017 | |||||||||||||
Location | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
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The 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide is a motor racing event for Supercars that is scheduled to be held on the weekend of 3 to 5 March 2017. The event is due to be run at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and will mark the nineteenth running of the Adelaide 500. It will be the first event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and will consist of two races of 250 kilometres.[1]
Nick Percat is the defending Clipsal 500 champion.[2] It will be the last time Clipsal will be title sponsor for the event, having been so since 2000.[3]
Report
Background
The event reverted to the two-race format last used in 2013, with organisers citing the format's popularity as the reason for its reintroduction.[4] The top ten shootout will also be re-introduced for qualifying for the Saturday race.[5]
Practice
Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
Practice 1 | Friday | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:20.4006 |
Practice 2 | Friday | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 1:19.8355 |
Practice 3 | Saturday | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:19.7649 |
Race 1
Qualifying
Top 10 Shootout, Race 1
Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Time |
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1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 1:19.5723 |
2 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | +0.0442 |
3 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | +0.2964 |
4 | 22 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | +0.4209 |
5 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | +0.4453 |
6 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | +0.4851 |
7 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | +0.5881 |
8 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | +0.7821 |
9 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | +0.8062 |
10 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | +0.9106 |
Source:[7] |
Race 1
Race 2
Qualifying
Top 10 Shootout, Race 2
Race 2
References
- ^ "Supercars releases 2017 calendar". supercars.com. Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (6 March 2016). "Percat wins chaotic rain hit Clipsal 500". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Clipsal drop Adelaide 500 event sponsorship". Speedcafe. 28 November 2016.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (8 October 2016). "Format change for Clipsal 500 Adelaide". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Format changes confirmed at Supercars events". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "SVG pips McLaughlin in Clipsal qualifying". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ http://www.supercars.com/sessions/clipsal-500-adelaide/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-armor-all-top-10-shootout/
- ^ http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/03/04/svg-claims-armor-pole-adelaide/
- ^ http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/03/05/svg-denies-mclaughlin-breakthrough-djrtp-victory/
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