Van Gisbergen penalised for impeding Le Brocq

Shane van Gisbergen will start an adjusted eighth for Race 27 after he was penalised for impeding Jack Le Brocq in qualifying.

With Le Brocq approaching during the Race 27 qualifying session, van Gisbergen appeared to take evasive action as he came over the crest at Turn 4.

Van Gisbergen put two wheels on the grass as he allowed Le Brocq passage through to Turn 5.

Le Brocq qualified 11th for Sunday’s opener, with van Gisbergen qualifying fifth.

The series leader later received a three-place grid penalty after an investigation.

Once out of the car, van Gisbergen headed to the Tickford Racing garage to speak with Le Brocq.

“Just in the first one, [Race 27 qualifying] on one of my laps, unfortunately he [SVG] was sitting on the racing line,” Le Brocq said of the incident.

“It’s unfortunate, but it’s for the guys upstairs to look at it to see if there is anything in it.

“Coming down into Turn 4, so yeah, just somewhere along the way.

“But anyway, it's unfortunate, it's hard there, you come over [Turn] 3 and over the hill, but it is what it is.

“Yeah, Shane did apologise, so I appreciate that, it's unfortunate, but we will press on and see how we go this afternoon.”

Mark Winterbottom, Chaz Mostert and Scott Pye were elevated to fifth, sixth and seventh respectively for Race 27.

Van Gisbergen qualified second for Race 28, with Red Bull Ampol Racing teammate Jamie Whincup claiming his 92nd career pole.

Le Brocq qualified 10th for the second Sunday race.

Cars will return to the track for Race 27 at 1:50pm AEDT, followed by Race 28 at 4:45pm.