2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600

The 2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 21 to 23 October 2016. The event was held at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, and consisted of two races of 300 kilometres in length. It was the twelfth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 22 and 23 of the season. It was also the third and final event of the 2016 Pirtek Enduro Cup.^[1] It was the seventh running of the Gold Coast 600.

2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600

Event Information
Round 12 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	21–23 October 2016
Location	Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Venue	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Weather	Friday: fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 102 laps 300 km Pole position Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:10.6544 Winner Shane van Gisbergen Alexandre Prémat Triple Eight Race Engineering 2:21:45.5490
Race 2 Distance 102 laps 300 km Pole position Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:10.3169 Winner Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering 2:09:10.5096

Report

Practice

Practice summary

Session	Day	Fastest lap
		No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Practice 1	Friday	33	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:11.3244
Practice 2	Friday	17	Tony D'Alberto	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.7753
Practice 3	Friday	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.4206

Results

Race 22

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.6544
2	33	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:10.6841
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.8823
4	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:10.9004
5	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.9955
6	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.0156
7	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.0621
8	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.0640
9	1	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.0768
10	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.1153
11	22	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.1234
12	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.1986
13	222	Nick Percat	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.2448
14	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.2513
15	17	Scott Pye	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.2574
16	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.3807
17	111	Chris Pither	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.3867
18	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.3961
19	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.4054
20	96	Dale Wood	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.4154
21	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.4616
22	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.4692
23	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.5488
24	3	Andre Heimgartner	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.5561
25	21	Tim Blanchard	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.9257
26	4	Shae Davies	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:12.2021
Sources:[2]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen Alexandre Prémat	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	102	2:21:45.5490	1	150
2	33	Scott McLaughlin David Wall	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	102	+0.6 s	2	138
3	88	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	102	+1.1 s	3	129
4	1	Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+5.7 s	9	120
5	34	James Moffat James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	102	+7.4 s	4	111
6	888	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	102	+7.5 s	12	102
7	96	Dale Wood David Russell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	102	+8.6 s	20	96
8	7	Todd Kelly Matt Campbell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	102	+9.7 s	23	90
9	55	Chaz Mostert Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+10.8 s	10	84
10	111	Chris Pither Richie Stanaway	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+12.1 s	17	78
11	14	Tim Slade Ashley Walsh	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	102	+12.3 s	21	72
12	8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	102	+12.6 s	19	69
13	3	Andre Heimgartner Aaren Russell	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	102	+13.0 s	24	66
14	21	Tim Blanchard Macauley Jones	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	102	+13.4 s	25	63
15	2	Garth Tander Warren Luff	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	102	+36.6 s	14	60
16	19	Will Davison Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	102	+47.7 s	8	57
17	23	Michael Caruso Dean Fiore	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	101	+1 lap	6	54
18	17	Scott Pye Tony D'Alberto	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	101	+1 lap	15	51
19	4	Shae Davies Chris van der Drift	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	101	+1 lap	26	48
20	22	James Courtney Jack Perkins	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	97	+5 laps	11	45
21	15	Rick Kelly Russell Ingall	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	85	+17 laps	16	42
Ret	12	Fabian Coulthard Luke Youlden	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	95	Accident	22
Ret	18	Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	34	Accident	7
Ret	6	Cam Waters Jack Le Brocq	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	21	Accident	18
Ret	222	Nick Percat Cameron McConville	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	18	Accident damage	13
Ret	9	David Reynolds Craig Baird	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	4	Accident damage	5
Fastest lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:11.4567
Source:[3]

Race 23

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.3169
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.4492
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.6140
4	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.7399
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.7741
6	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.7891
7	1	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:10.8391
8	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:10.8957
9	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:10.9440
10	33	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:10.9869
11	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:10.9901
12	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.0110
13	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.0382
14	22	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.0944
15	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.1110
16	17	Scott Pye	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.1157
17	111	Chris Pither	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.2004
18	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.2274
19	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.3127
20	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.3794
21	3	Andre Heimgartner	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.4133
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.4389
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.5711
24	222	Nick Percat	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.6632
25	96	Dale Wood	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:11.7170
–	4	Shae Davies	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	No time
Sources:[4]

Top Ten Shootout

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.8872
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.9763
3	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:10.9973
4	33	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:11.0298
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.1143
6	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.5455
7	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:11.5899
8	1	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:11.6915
9	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:11.9818
–	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	No time
Sources:[5]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	102	2:09:10.5096	1	150
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen Alexandre Prémat	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	102	+9.1 s	2	138
3	33	Scott McLaughlin David Wall	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	102	+14.1 s	4	129
4	888	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	102	+14.6 s	5	120
5	1	Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+20.1 s	8	111
6	55	Chaz Mostert Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+23.5 s	6	102
7	18	Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	102	+24.3 s	12	96
8	14	Tim Slade Ashley Walsh	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	102	+25.4 s	11	90
9	23	Michael Caruso Dean Fiore	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	102	+29.7 s	10	84
10	22	James Courtney Jack Perkins	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	102	+40.6 s	13	78
11	2	Garth Tander Warren Luff	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	102	+42.9 s	20	72
12	34	James Moffat James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	102	+43.7 s	7	69
13	19	Will Davison Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	102	+44.3 s	9	66
14	6	Cam Waters Jack Le Brocq	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+52.4 s	14	63
15	12	Fabian Coulthard Luke Youlden	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	102	+53.3 s	17	60
16	222	Nick Percat Cameron McConville	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	102	+1:00.3	24	57
17	15	Rick Kelly Russell Ingall	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	102	+1:02.3	18	54
18	21	Tim Blanchard Macauley Jones	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	102	+1:03.6	23	51
19	8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	102	+1:04.0	19	48
20	9	David Reynolds Craig Baird	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	102	+1:04.6	3	45
21	7	Todd Kelly Matt Campbell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	101	+1 lap	22	42
22	96	Dale Wood David Russell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	101	+1 lap	25	39
23	17	Scott Pye Tony D'Alberto	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	101	+1 lap	15	36
Ret	3	Andre Heimgartner Aaren Russell	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	30	Accident damage	21
Ret	111	Chris Pither Richie Stanaway	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	14	Accident	16
DNS	4	Shae Davies Chris van der Drift	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore		Accident in Qualifying
Fastest lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:11.3587
Sources:[6]

Championship standings after the event

• After Race 23 of 29. Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Shane van Gisbergen 2812 2 Jamie Whincup 2664 3 Craig Lowndes 2427 1 4 Scott McLaughlin 2351 1 5 Will Davison 2235

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 5486 2 Holden Racing Team 3613 1 3 Garry Rogers Motorsport 3558 1 4 Prodrive Racing Australia 3460 1 5 Brad Jones Racing 3342

References

1. "V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change". Supercars. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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3. "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Race 22". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Qualifying for Race 23". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 - Supercars - Virgin Australia Supercars C'ship - Top Ten Shootout". racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
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