The 2018 Townsville 400 (formally known as 2018 Watpac Townsville 400) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 6–8 July 2018. The event was held at Townsville Street Circuit near Townsville, Queensland and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It was the eighth event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 17 and 18 of the season.
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| Round 8 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6–8 July 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Townsville, Queensland | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Townsville Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
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Results
editPractice
edit| Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
| Practice 1 | Friday | 97 |  Shane van Gisbergen
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6700 |
| Practice 2 | Friday | 1 |  Jamie Whincup
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.2435 |
| Sources:[1][2] | ||||||
Race 17
editQualifying
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Race
edit- Notes
- ^1 – Garth Tander received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing an incident along with James Courtney, Chaz Mostert and Anton de Pasquale.[5]
Championship standings after Race 17
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race 18
editQualifying
edit- Notes
- ^1 – Anton de Pasquale, for causing a Red Flag, had his best lap-time deleted and not permitted to take any further part in qualifying.[5]
Top 10 Shootout
edit| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.1042 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.3386 | +0.2344 | 2 |
| 3 | 15 | Rick Kelly
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Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.4532 | +0.3490 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | David Reynolds
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Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.4931 | +0.3889 | 4 |
| 5 | 230 | Will Davison
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23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.5395 | +0.4353 | 5 |
| 6 | 888 | Craig Lowndes
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6230 | +0.5188 | 6 |
| 7 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin
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DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.6238 | +0.5196 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 | Nick Percat
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Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9139 | +0.8097 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | James Courtney
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9960 | +0.8918 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | Scott Pye
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.0275 | +0.9233 | 10 |
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Race
edit- Notes
- ^1 – Jack Le Brocq received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Will Davison.[5]
Championship standings after Race 18
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Race 17 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Race 17 - Results". Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Supercars summary of penalties, Townsville 400, update 4 final". V8 Daily Dump. V8 Daily Dump. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "Race 18 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Race 18 - Top 10 Shootout". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Race 18 - Results". Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2018 Darwin Triple Crown |
2018 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2018 Ipswich SuperSprint |
| Previous year: 2017 Watpac Townsville 400 |
Townsville 400 | Next year: 2019 Townsville 400 |