Scott McLaughlin and Volvo Polestar Racing have rebounded from a horror Saturday at Sydney Motorsport Park to take pole for Race 28.
With each car allocated just one set of soft tyres for today, teams made preliminary runs on hard rubber before the entire grid order was set in the final seconds while on softs.
Jamie Whincup set the first soft tyre time at 1:29.83s with little over half a minute of the session remaining.
James Moffat, James Courtney, Nick Percat and Fabian Coulthard all subsequently spent seconds at the top of the order before a 1:29.71s from McLaughlin trumped the field.
Coulthard will share the front-row with the Volvo, while Walkinshaw stable-mates Percat and Courtney make up the second row.
Moffat, Whincup, Shane van Gisbergen, Jason Bright, David Reynolds and Chaz Mostert complete the top 10.
Less than 0.2s covered the entire top 10.
Mark Winterbottom again struggled in the second FPR Falcon, managing just 15th on the grid.
Fellow title contender Craig Lowndes endured an even rougher run, however, failing to set a time on the soft tyres after a mid-session incident.
The Red Bull Holden clouted the tyre barriers head-on at the final turn after a mistake from the three-time champion.
The team frantically tried to repair the damage but proved unable to do so in the remaining minutes.
Lowndes will start 23rd as a result.
The 200km, 51 lap Race 28 is scheduled to get underway at 1545 local time.
Result: V8 Supercars Race 28 qualifying
1 |
Valvoline Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
01:29.71 |
|
2 |
Lockwood Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.80 |
00:00.09 |
3 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.80 |
00:00.09 |
4 |
Holden Racing Team |
James Courtney |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.82 |
00:00.10 |
5 |
Norton Hornets |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
01:29.82 |
00:00.11 |
6 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.83 |
00:00.12 |
7 |
Team Tekno VIP Petfoods |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.84 |
00:00.13 |
8 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.85 |
00:00.14 |
9 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:29.88 |
00:00.17 |
10 |
Ford Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:29.90 |
00:00.18 |
11 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:29.92 |
00:00.20 |
12 |
Norton Hornets |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
01:29.98 |
00:00.27 |
13 |
Wilson Security Racing |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:30.00 |
00:00.28 |
14 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Lee Holdsworth |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:30.04 |
00:00.33 |
15 |
Ford Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:30.05 |
00:00.34 |
16 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
01:30.09 |
00:00.38 |
17 |
Jack Daniel's Racing |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:30.14 |
00:00.42 |
18 |
Wilson Security Racing |
David Wall |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:30.23 |
00:00.52 |
19 |
Team JELD-WEN |
Jack Perkins |
Ford Falcon FG |
01:30.41 |
00:00.69 |
20 |
Team Advam/GB |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:30.41 |
00:00.70 |
21 |
Jack Daniel's Racing |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
01:30.57 |
00:00.86 |
22 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Russell Ingall |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:31.13 |
00:01.41 |
23 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:32.01 |
00:02.29 |