2018 Darwin Triple Crown
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| Round 7 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 15-17 June 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway | |||||||||||||
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The 2018 Darwin Triple Crown (formally known as 2018 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 15-17 June 2018. The event was held at Hidden Valley Raceway near Darwin in the Northern Territory and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It was the seventh event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 15 and 16 of the season.
Practice
| Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
| Practice 1 | Friday | 15 |  Rick Kelly |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:06.5065 |
| Practice 2 | Friday | 17 |  Scott McLaughlin |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:06.1587 |
| Practice 3 | Saturday | 17 | Scott McLaughlin |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:06.1410 |
| Sources:[1][2][3] | ||||||
Race 15
Qualifying
Race
- Notes
- ^1 – Richie Stanaway received a 5-second Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with James Courtney.[6]
- ^2 – James Golding received a 15-second Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Cam Waters, which then contacts with Mark Winterbottom.[6]
Championship standings after Race 15
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race 16
Qualifying
Top 10 Shootout
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 15 | Rick Kelly |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:05.8242 | 1 | |
| 2 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:05.8749 | +0.0547 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie Whincup |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:05.9201 | +0.0959 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | David Reynolds |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:06.0310 | +0.2068 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | Nick Percat |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:06.0354 | +0.2112 | 5 |
| 6 | 33 | Garth Tander |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:06.0799 | +0.2557 | 6 |
| 7 | 23 | Michael Caruso |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:06.1001 | +0.2759 | 7 |
| 8 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:06.2119 | +0.3887 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | James Courtney |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:06.2313 | +0.4071 | 9 |
| 10 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:06.4291 | +0.6049 | 10 |
| Source:[8] | |||||||
Race
- Notes
- ^1 – Todd Hazelwood received a 15-second Time Penalty for exceeding the Pit Lane speed limit at Pit Entry.[6]
Championship standings after Race 16
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Race 15 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Race 15 - Results". Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Supercars summary of penalties, Darwin - update 3 Final". V8 Daily Dump. V8 Daily Dump. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Race 16 - Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Race 16 - Top 10 Shootout". Supercars.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Race 16 - Results". Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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| Previous year: 2017 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown |
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