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Davison's record Darwin pace: speed breakdown

23 Jun 2021
The new Dunlop Super Soft tyre made its debut in Darwin
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The new Dunlop Super Soft tyre made its debut in Darwin, and Will Davison was the fast man with two scorching ARMOR ALL Pole Position laps on Sunday.

On Saturday, Scott McLaughlin's 2019 lap record was pipped by Anton De Pasquale and Mark Winterbottom in the shootout to determine the Race 12 grid.

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Davison returned on Sunday to wipe 0.24s off his Shell V-Power Racing Team teammate's time, before becoming the first Supercars driver to record a 1:04s lap in Race 14 qualifying.

It marked Davison's first poles since Sydney Olympic Park in 2014, and extended the Shell Ford team's hold on qualifying.

Shell Mustangs have claimed the last five ARMOR ALL Poles dating back to last month's OTR SuperSprint.

Davison does the double: Qualifying 14 Highlights

The new tyre, however, wasn't pushed as hard in the races; no driver managed to toppled Nick Percat's 2018 race lap record of a 1:06.5590s.

Chaz Mostert came closest, setting a 1:06.9171s en route to fourth in Sunday's morning race.

Mostert's Race 12 charge to victory also included the third quickest race lap of the weekend, with Shane van Gisbergen taking home the bonus points in Saturday's race.

Seven year drought broken: Qualifying 13 Highlights
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Van Gisbergen clocked a 1:06.9399s on lap 12 of Race 12 prior to his stop. He would, however, finish 13th following a bungled stop.

The Repco Supercars Championship field will return to North Queensland for the NTI Townsville 500 across July 9-11. Tickets are available here.

The event will be broadcast live on Foxtel and will be streamed on Kayo, and will be broadcast live and free on Seven.

Fastest practice laps

Session

Driver

Time

P2

Jamie Whincup

1:05.879

P2

Scott Pye

1:06.009

P2

Anton De Pasquale

1:06.039

P2

Nick Percat

1:06.062

P2

Will Davison

1:06.123

P2

Chaz Mostert

1:06.132

P2

Shane van Gisbergen

1:06.145

P2

Mark Winterbottom

1:06.165

P1

Nick Percat

1:06.169

P2

James Courtney

1:06.197

Fastest qualifying laps

Session

Driver

Time

Q14

Will Davison

1:04.955

Q13

Will Davison

1:05.057

Q14

Shane van Gisbergen

1:05.073

Q14

Anton De Pasquale

1:05.087

Q14

Jamie Whincup

1:05.224

Q14

James Courtney

1:05.243

Q14

Scott Pye

1:05.267

Q14

Nick Percat

1:05.275

Q12

Anton De Pasquale

1:05.290

Q14

Mark Winterbottom

1:05.306

Fastest race laps

Session

Driver

Time

R13

Chaz Mostert

1:06.917 (lap 12)

R12

Shane van Gisbergen

1:06.939 (lap 12)

R12

Chaz Mostert

1:07.055 (lap 22)

R13

Tim Slade

1:07.084 (lap 18)

R13

Shane van Gisbergen

1:07.101 (lap 8)

R14

Will Brown

1:07.190 (lap 7)

R12

Scott Pye

1:07.191 (lap 12)

R13

James Courtney

1:07.213 (lap 12)

R13

Scott Pye

1:07.221 (lap 30)

R12

Cameron Waters

1:07.229 (lap 29)

Key: Practice (P); Qualifying (Q); Top Ten Shootout (TT); Race (R)

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