2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

**2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide**
Event Information
Round 1 of 14 in the 2017 Supercars Championship
	Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit
Date	3–5 March 2017
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	78 laps
Pole position	Shane van Gisbergen; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner	Shane van Gisbergen; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Distance
Race 2
Distance	78 laps
Pole position	Shane van Gisbergen; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner	Shane van Gisbergen; Triple Eight Race Engineering

The 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was a motor racing event for Supercars that was held on the weekend of 3 to 5 March 2017. The event was run at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and was the nineteenth running of the Adelaide 500. It was the first event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.^[1] It was to be the last time Clipsal would be title sponsor for the event, having been so since 2000.^[2]

Shane van Gisbergen won both 250 kilometres races.

Report edit

Background edit

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.^[3] The top ten shootout will also be re-introduced for qualifying for the Saturday race.^[4]

Practice edit

Practice summary
Session	Day	Fastest lap
Session	Day	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 edit

Qualifying edit

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.7806
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.7807
3	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:19.8607
4	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8670
5	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.8676
6	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.8908
7	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8969
8	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:20.0565
9	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:20.0566
10	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1050
11	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1235
12	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1747
13	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.2137
14	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:20.2461
15	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.2585
16	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:20.2618
17	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.2802
18	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.3479
19	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4186
20	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4696
21	96	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.6664
22	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG X Falcon	1:20.8057
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.8376
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:21.1722
25	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:22.1247
26	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:23.0244
Source:^[5]

Top 10 Shootout, Race 1 edit

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
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	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.8062
10	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	+0.9106
Source:^[6]

Race 1 edit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	1:49:25.850	1	150
2	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 14.712 s	2	138
3	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 15.560 s	4	129
4	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 22.878 s	9	120
5	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 23.419 s	8	111
6	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 24.224 s	7	102
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	78	+ 28.907 s	11	96
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 32.755 s	13	90
9	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	78	+ 33.881 s	3	84
10	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 35.206 s	19	78
11	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 37.150 s	14	72
12	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 38.348 s	15	69
13	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	78	+ 39.385 s	20	66
14	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	78	+ 42.353 s	12	63
15	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 44.548 s	5	60
16	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 46.226 s	18	57
17	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 47.335 s	6	54
18	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	78	+ 57.306 s	10	51
19	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	78	+ 1:09.584 s	23	48
20	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 1:16.814 s	24	45
21	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	77	+1 lap	22	42
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	16	39
23	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	76	+ 2 laps	26	36
24	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	64	+ 14 laps	25	33
Ret	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	49	Gearbox	21
Ret	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	1	Accident	17
Source:^[7]

Race 2 edit

Qualifying edit

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.2951
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.3335
3	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.4786
4	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.4976
5	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.5437
6	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.6258
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.6263
8	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.6992
9	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.7921
10	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8310
11	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.8784
12	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.9038
13	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:19.9154
14	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.9162
15	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.9174
16	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:19.9181
17	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.9832
18	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG X Falcon	1:19.9993
19	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:20.0261
20	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.1834
21	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.3248
22	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.4047
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.5835
24	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:20.9970
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:21.2249
26	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:21.8345
Source:^[8]

Top 10 Shootout, Race 2 edit

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:19.7544
2	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.0271
3	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.1306
4	55	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.4691
5	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+0.5029
6	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+0.6592
7	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	+0.9845
8	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	+0.9973
9	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	+33.2215
DSQ	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore
Source:^[9]

Race 2 edit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	1:47:18.860	1	150
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 10.123 s	3	138
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	78	+ 19.544 s	4	129
4	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 21.188 s	5	120
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	78	+ 29.518 s	2	111
6	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 31.419 s	10	102
7	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	78	+ 33.869 s	9	96
8	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 40.679 s	7	90
9	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 42.194 s	16	84
10	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+ 43.771 s	15	78
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 44.785 s	8	72
12	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	78	+ 45.308 s	17	69
13	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	78	+ 52.546 s	20	66
14	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	78	+ 55.183 s	11	63
15	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	78	+ 56.043 s	18	60
16	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+ 56.763 s	14	57
17	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	78	+ 59.076 s	19	54
18	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	78	+ 59.859 s	22	51
19	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+ 1:16.973 s	13¹	48
20	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	78	+ 1:17.588 s	21	45
21	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	77	+ 1 lap	23	42
22	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	12	39
23	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	26²	36
24	3	Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	76	+ 2 laps	24	33
25	62	Alex Rullo	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	75	+ 3 laps	25	30
Ret	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing		Accident	6
Source:^[10]

Notes:

^1 — Scott Pye received a two-place grid penalty for impeding Jason Bright during qualifying for Race 2.^[11]
^2 — Simona de Silvestro received a two-place grid penalty for impeding Nick Percat during qualifying for Race 2. However, due to the fact that the offending driver could only be moved down one grid spot, the remainder of the penalty will be served at the next championship round, the 2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint.^[11]

Championship standings after the event edit

After Race 2 of 26. Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Shane van Gisbergen	300
2	Fabian Coulthard	249
3	James Courtney	249
4	Chaz Mostert	213
5	Cam Waters	210

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Triple Eight Race Engineering	504
2	DJR Team Penske	441
3	Walkinshaw Racing	354
4	Prodrive Racing Australia	333
5	Nissan Motorsport (#7 and #15)	288

References edit

External links edit

Supercars Championship
Previous race: 2016 Coates Hire Sydney 500	2017 Supercars Championship	Next race: 2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint
Previous year: 2016 Clipsal 500	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Next year: 2018 Adelaide 500

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