It was tight at the top at the WD-40 Townsville SuperSprint, with Anton De Pasquale setting the fastest lap of the weekend.
The pace was well and truly down relative to the previous week across one-lap and race pace.
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There was only one practice session, which was topped by Scott Pye on a 1:12.933s. The previous week's quickest practice lap was a 1:12.381s courtesy of Shane van Gisbergen.
De Pasquale's Saturday pole time, set in the Top Ten Shootout, was a 1:12.639s. The previous week's quickest qualifying lap, Jamie Whincup's Sunday 1:12.019s, was well up the road.
Van Gisbergen also clocked the quickest race lap en route to the Race 18 victory, a 1:13.908s. A week earlier, Chaz Mostert laid down a 1:13.424s late in the Sunday race.
Week on week, drivers lost roughly 0.6s, but that was more than made up for in high-quality racing.
Cameron Waters, who won Races 17 and 19, set the fastest lap of the race on Sunday when he needed it: in the lead, after a Safety Car restart.
Van Gisbergen's Race 18 fastest lap was set on lap 4 as he chased Whincup. Whincup, on the same lap, clocked a 1:14.134s.
Fastest practice laps
Session | Driver | Time |
P | Scott Pye | 1:12.933 |
P | Anton De Pasquale | 1:13.098 |
P | James Courtney | 1:13.229 |
P | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:13.272 |
P | Jack Le Brocq | 1:13.311 |
P | Will Brown | 1:13.341 |
P | Cameron Waters | 1:13.351 |
P | Bryce Fullwood | 1:13.417 |
P | Jamie Whincup | 1:13.424 |
P | Nick Percat | 1:13.443 |
Fastest qualifying laps
Session | Driver | Time |
TTSO17 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:12.639 |
TTSO17 | Cameron Waters | 1:12.806 |
Q19 | Cameron Waters | 1:12.814 |
Q19 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:12.830 |
TTSO17 | Will Davison | 1:12.835 |
Q19 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:12.933 |
Q19 | Will Davison | 1:12.937 |
R17/Q1 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:12.938 |
R17/Q2 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:12.991 |
Q19 | Todd Hazelwood | 1:13.010 |
Fastest race laps
Session | Driver | Time |
R18 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:13.908 (lap 4) |
R19 | Cameron Waters | 1:14.134 (lap 24) |
R18 | Jamie Whincup | 1:14.179 (lap 4) |
R19 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1:14.248 (lap 4) |
R17 | Cameron Waters | 1:14.249 (lap 3) |
R19 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:14.369 (lap 25) |
R17 | Anton De Pasquale | 1:14.376 (lap 4) |
R17 | Jamie Whincup | 1:14.439 (lap 3) |
R19 | Macauley Jones | 1:14.496 (lap 12) |
R19 | Will Davison | 1:14.528 (lap 26) |
Key: Practice (P); Qualifying (Q); Top Ten Shootout (TT); Race (R)