2016 Sydney 500

The 2016 Coates Hire Sydney 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on the weekend of 2 to 4 December 2016. The event was held at the Homebush Street Circuit in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres in length. It was the final round of the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship, and the final time that the venue hosted a Supercar race, being replaced by the Newcastle Street Circuit from 2017 onwards.[1]

New South Wales 2016 Coates Hire Sydney 500
Event Information
Round 14 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date2–4 December 2016
LocationSydney, New South Wales
VenueHomebush Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 74 laps 250 km
Pole position Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:26.6272
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:55:51.3312
Race 2
Distance 73 laps 247 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team		 1:27.1524
Winner Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:59:59.1234

Report

Practice
Practice summary
Session Day Fastest lap
No. Driver Team Car Time
Practice 1 Friday 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.8095
Practice 2 Friday 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0734

Race results

Qualifying
Pos. No. Name Team Car Time
1 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.6272
2 88 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.7306
3 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:26.8455
4 888 Australia Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0335
5 2 Australia Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0532
6 22 Australia James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1503
7 9 Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.18881
8 1 Australia Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.2013
9 55 Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.2600
10 15 Australia Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.2744
11 6 Australia Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4261
12 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4485
13 19 Australia Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5254
14 222 Australia Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5639
15 34 Australia James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.5771
16 23 Australia Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.5785
17 14 Australia Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.6221
18 8 Australia Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.6815
19 17 Australia Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6988
20 7 Australia Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.7208
21 111 New Zealand Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.9182
22 96 Australia Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.3054
23 18 Australia Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3317
24 3 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3659
25 21 Australia Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.4541
26 4 Australia Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.7687
Source:[2]

Notes:

  • ^1  — David Reynolds' team exceeded parc fermé regulations after qualifying, which resulted in the exclusion of Reynolds.

Race
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Time Grid
1 88 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 74 1:55:51.3313 2
2 2 Australia Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 74 + 6.84 s 5
3 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 74 + 9.83 s 1
4 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 74 + 10.39 s 3
5 22 Australia James Courtney Holden Racing Team 74 + 10.84 s 6
6 15 Australia Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 74 + 17.37 s 9
7 19 Australia Will Davison Tekno Autosports 74 + 17.96 s 12
8 888 Australia Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 74 + 23.32 s 4
9 14 Australia Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 74 + 25.03 s 16
10 9 Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 74 + 26.60 s 26
11 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 74 + 27.89 s 11
12 7 Australia Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 74 + 31.59 s 19
13 23 Australia Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 74 + 32.79 s 15
14 17 Australia Scott Pye DJR Team Penske 74 + 33.90 s 18
15 222 Australia Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 74 + 34.66 s 13
16 18 Australia Lee Holdsworth Team 18 74 + 36.13 s 22
17 55 Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 74 + 37.02 s 8
18 8 Australia Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 74 + 38.04 s 17
19 21 Australia Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport 74 + 39.46 s 24
20 3 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 74 + 40.25 s 23
21 6 Australia Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 74 + 46.20 s 10
22 4 Australia Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport 71 + 3 laps 25
23 1 Australia Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 69 + 5 laps 7
24 34 Australia James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 65 + 9 laps 14
Ret 96 Australia Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport 48 Broken steering 21
Ret 111 New Zealand Chris Pither Super Black Racing 1 Accident damage 20
Fastest lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:27.9481
Source:[3]

Qualifying
Pos. No. Name Team Car Time
1 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.9518
2 9 Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:26.9828
3 88 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0942
4 22 Australia James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1828
5 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.2151
6 23 Australia Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.2360
7 14 Australia Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2543
8 2 Australia Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2556
9 222 Australia Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3101
10 7 Australia Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.3417
11 19 Australia Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3438
12 15 Australia Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.4184
13 1 Australia Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4194
14 888 Australia Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5594
15 6 Australia Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.5757
16 8 Australia Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5860
17 34 Australia James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.6434
18 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6510
19 55 Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6717
20 17 Australia Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.8966
21 21 Australia Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.9611
22 18 Australia Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:28.0768
23 96 Australia Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.1640
24 4 Australia Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.2656
25 3 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3237
26 111 New Zealand Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:28.3633
Source:[4]

Top Ten Shootout
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Time
1 2 Australia Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1524
2 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1660
3 22 Australia James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2831
4 9 Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3672
5 14 Australia Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.4455
6 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.4955
7 23 Australia Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.7445
8 222 Australia Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.2551
9 7 Australia Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.4348
10 88 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:31.5703
Sources:[5]

Race
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Time Grid
1 97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 73 1:59:59.1235 2
2 2 Australia Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 73 + 1.03 s 1
3 9 Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 73 + 2.39 s 4
4 88 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 73 + 2.80 s 10
5 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 73 + 4.27 s 6
6 22 Australia James Courtney Holden Racing Team 73 + 4.73 s 3
7 14 Australia Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 73 + 6.35 s 5
8 19 Australia Will Davison Tekno Autosports 73 + 9.44 s 11
9 888 Australia Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 73 + 9.79 s 14
10 34 Australia James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 73 + 10.02 s 17
11 55 Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 73 + 10.44 s 19
12 1 Australia Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 73 + 10.80 s 13
13 17 Australia Scott Pye DJR Team Penske 73 + 11.27 s 20
14 23 Australia Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 73 + 12.25 s 7
15 18 Australia Lee Holdsworth Team 18 73 + 13.27 s 22
16 222 Australia Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 73 + 14.86 s 8
17 4 Australia Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport 73 + 21.81 s 24
18 111 New Zealand Chris Pither Super Black Racing 72 + 1 lap 26
19 7 Australia Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 72 + 1 lap 9
20 3 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 71 + 2 laps 25
21 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 60 + 13 laps 18
Ret 15 Australia Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 64 Engine 12
Ret 8 Australia Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 46 Accident 16
Ret 6 Australia Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 39 Accident 15
Ret 96 Australia Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport 7 Accident damage 23
Ret 21 Australia Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport 1 Accident damage 21
Fastest lap: James Courtney (Holden Racing Team), 1:28.1700
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the event

References
  1. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (27 September 2016). "Supercars confirms five-year Newcastle deal". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. "Van Gisbergen, Whincup share Race 28 front row". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. "SVG secures Supercars title in dramatic Race 28". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. "SVG fastest in Sunday qualifying". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. "Garth Tander scores pole for final HRT start". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. "SVG celebrates with victory in Sydney finale". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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