2018 Tasmania SuperSprint
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.
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| Round 3 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6–8 April 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Launceston, Tasmania | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Symmons Plains Raceway | |||||||||||||
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Report
Background
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]
Results
Practice
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
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Qualifying
Race
- Notes
- ^1 – Cameron Waters received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, making contact with James Golding.[8]
Championship standings after Race 7
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Qualifying
Race
- Notes
- ^1 – Michael Caruso received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Will Davison.[8]
Championship standings after Race 8
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- "Changes to Supercars qualifying at short circuits". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- "Practice 4". Supercars.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- "Race 7 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Race 7 - Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Supercars summary of penalties, Symmons Plains - update 4". V8 Daily Dump. V8 Daily Dump. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Race 8 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- "Race 8 - Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2018 Melbourne 400 |
2018 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2018 Phillip Island 500 |
| Previous year: 2017 Tasmania SuperSprint |
Tasmania SuperSprint | Next year: 2019 Tasmania SuperSprint |