2017 Supercars Championship

The 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship)[1] was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It was the twenty-first running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-first series Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.

2017 Supercars Championship
Drivers' Champion: Jamie Whincup Teams' Champion: DJR Team Penske Manufacturers' Championship: Ford
Previous:	2016	Next:	2018
Support series: Super2 Series

Jamie Whincup won his seventh drivers' championship title.

DJR Team Penske won its first Teams Championship in 2017

The 2017 season saw the category undergo a substantial revision of its technical regulations, with the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar rules which opened the championship up to a wider range of body shapes and engine configurations. Despite this, all teams continued within the previous regulations.[2]

DJR Team Penske was awarded the Teams Championship and Ford won the Manufacturers Championship. Jamie Whincup claimed his seventh title in controversial circumstances when Scott McLaughlin was penalized in the title-deciding race.[3]

Teams and drivers

Holden and Nissan were represented by factory-backed teams.[4][5]

The following drivers contested the 2017 series.

Season entries
Team	Vehicle	No.	Driver	Rounds		Endurance Cup co-driver	Rounds
Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	2	Scott Pye[6]	1–9		Warren Luff[7]	10–12
		02		10–14
		22	James Courtney[6]	All		Jack Perkins[7]	10–12
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	3	Taz Douglas[8]	1–3, 5		Taz Douglas[9]	10–12
			Matthew Brabham[10]	4
			Cameron McConville[11]	6
			Aaren Russell[12]	7, 10–14
			Alex Davison[13]	8–9
		62	Alex Rullo[14]	1–12		Alex Davison[15]	10–12
			Jack Perkins[16]	13
			Taz Douglas[17]	14
Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	5	Mark Winterbottom[18]	All		Dean Canto[19]	10–12
		6	Cameron Waters[20]	All		Richie Stanaway[21]	10–12
Rod Nash Racing[22]		55	Chaz Mostert[18]	All		Steve Owen[19]	10–12
Britek Motorsport[23]		56	Jason Bright[24]	All		Garry Jacobson[25]	10–12
Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	7	Todd Kelly[26]	All		Jack Le Brocq[27]	10–12
		15	Rick Kelly[26]	All		David Wall[28]	10–12
		23	Michael Caruso[29]	All		Dean Fiore[28]	10–12
		78	Simona de Silvestro[26]	All		David Russell[28]	10–12
Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	8	Nick Percat[30]	All		Macauley Jones[31]	10–12
		14	Tim Slade[30]	All		Ash Walsh[31]	10
						Andre Heimgartner[32]	11–12
Tim Blanchard Racing		21	Tim Blanchard[33]	All		Todd Hazelwood[31]	10–12
Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	9	David Reynolds[34]	All		Luke Youlden[35]	10–12
		99	Dale Wood[36]	All		Chris Pither[35]	10–12
DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	12	Fabian Coulthard[37]	All		Tony D'Alberto[38]	10–12
		17	Scott McLaughlin[39]	All		Alexandre Prémat[38]	10–12
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	18	Lee Holdsworth[40]	All		Karl Reindler[41]	10–12
Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	19	Will Davison[42]	All		Jonathon Webb[43]	10–12
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore[44]	33	Garth Tander[45]	All		James Golding[46]	10–12
		34	James Moffat[47]	All		Richard Muscat[46]	10–12
Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	88	Jamie Whincup[48]	All		Paul Dumbrell[49]	10–12
		97	Shane van Gisbergen[50]	All		Matt Campbell[51]	10–12
		888	Craig Lowndes[50]	All		Steven Richards[52]	10–12
Wildcard entries
Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	4	Macauley Jones[53][54]	5, 6		N/A
MW Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	26	Shae Davies[54]	5, 8		N/A
		28	Jack Le Brocq[27][54]	6, 8		N/A
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	31	James Golding[54][55]	5, 8		N/A
Matt Stone Racing	Holden VF Commodore	35	Todd Hazelwood[54]	8		N/A
Source:[56]

Team changes

Simona de Silvestro became the first female driver in 19 years to compete in the series full-time.

• Jason Bright moved his Britek Motorsport Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) from Brad Jones Racing to Prodrive Racing Australia.[24][57]
• Super Black Racing closed at the end of 2016, with its REC sold to Prodrive Racing Australia co-owner, Rusty French, who on-sold it to Tim Blanchard Racing.[33]
• Triple Eight Race Engineering became the official Holden factory team. Walkinshaw Racing, which competed as the factory Holden Racing Team from 1990 to 2016, became a customer Holden team instead.[58]
• Volvo withdrew from the series at the end of the 2016 season.[59] Garry Rogers Motorsport returned to using Holden Commodores, as it had done prior to switching to Volvo in 2014.[44]

Driver changes

• Jason Bright moved from Brad Jones Racing returning to Prodrive Racing Australia, for whom he drove in 2005 and 2006, racing under his Britek Motorsport REC.[24]
• Matt Chahda was scheduled to make his Supercars début with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, but his application for a racing licence was refused by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.[60] Taz Douglas instead drove for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport for the first three events of the season.[8]
• Shae Davies left Erebus Motorsport to return to the Dunlop Super2 Series.[61]
• Simona de Silvestro joined the championship with Nissan Motorsport.[26] Having contested the 2015 and 2016 Bathurst 1000 events, de Silvestro is the first female driver to contest the full championship since Melinda Price and Kerryn Brewer in 1998.
• Scott McLaughlin moved from Garry Rogers Motorsport to DJR Team Penske.[39]
• Nick Percat moved from Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to Brad Jones Racing.[30]
• Chris Pither lost his seat at Super Black Racing after the team closed, he returned as an endurance race co-driver with Erebus Motorsport.[35]
• Scott Pye moved from DJR Team Penske to Walkinshaw Racing.[6]
• Alex Rullo became the youngest Supercars driver in the series' history when he made his début for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport at the Adelaide 500.[14]
• Garth Tander moved from Walkinshaw Racing to Garry Rogers Motorsport, having previously driven for the team between 1998 and 2004.[45]
• Dale Wood moved from Nissan Motorsport to Erebus Motorsport.[36]

Mid-season changes

• Taz Douglas was unable to contest the fourth event of the championship, at Barbagallo Raceway. He was replaced by former IndyCar Series and United States Auto Club driver Matthew Brabham.[10] He returned for the Enduro Cup[9] and the Newcastle 500[17]
• Cameron McConville returned to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport for the Darwin Triple Crown.[11]
• Aaren Russell returned to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport for the Townsville, Pukekohe and Newcastle rounds of the series. As well as the Enduro Cup[62][12]
• Alex Davison drove for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport at the Ipswich and Sydney Motorsport Park events, as well as in the Enduro Cup.[63][64]
• Ash Walsh was scheduled to drive with Tim Slade in all three endurance races however after sustaining injuries while testing another car, was forced to withdraw from the Bathurst 1000 and was replaced by Andre Heimgartner. Heimgartner also drove for the team at the Gold Coast 600.[32]
• Alex Rullo's contract was terminated by Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport after the Gold Coast 600. He was replaced by Super2 Series driver Jack Perkins.[16]

Calendar

The following fourteen events are scheduled to take place in 2017:

Event	Event name	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	4–5 March
2	Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	8–9 April
3	WD-40 Phillip Island 500	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	22–23 April
4	Perth SuperSprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	6–7 May
5	Winton SuperSprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	20–21 May
6	CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–18 June
7	Watpac Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8–9 July
8	Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	29–30 July
9	Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	19–20 August
10	Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	17 September
11	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8 October
12	Vodafone Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–22 October
13	ITM Auckland SuperSprint	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	4–5 November
14	Coates Hire Newcastle 500	Newcastle Street Circuit	Newcastle, New South Wales	25–26 November
Source:[65][66]

Calendar changes

• The Sydney 500—which was held at the Homebush Street Circuit from 2009 to 2016—was replaced by a new event, the Newcastle 500.[67] The event was held on a street circuit in the East End of Newcastle,[67] and was run to the SuperStreet format, featuring two races of 250 kilometres.

Format changes

• The Adelaide 500 returned to its original format of two races of 250 kilometres, which was last used in 2013. Event organisers cited the unpopularity of the format used between 2014 and 2016—two races of 125 km followed by one 250 km race—as the reason for the change.[68] The top ten shootout was also re-introduced for qualifying for the Saturday race.[69]
• The Phillip Island 500 consisted of two races of 250 km.[69]
• The Auckland SuperSprint adopted a new format, with its four 100 km races being replaced with two races of 200 km, both including mandatory pit stops.[69]

Rule changes

Technical regulations

The 2017 season saw the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar regulations. Two-door coupé body styles are permitted alongside four-door sedans, while the engine regulations were opened up to include turbocharged four or six-cylinder engines. However, cars are still be required to be based on front-engined, rear wheel drive, four-seater production cars that are sold in Australia. The chassis and control components carried over from the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations used since 2013.[70] However all teams are continuing to use New Generation specification cars until the beginning of 2018 when the Holden Commodore ZB built to the new specifications will debut.[71]

Two new control Dunlop tyres were introduced, marking the first change in tyre construction since 2003.[72] Whereas in previous seasons, the two compounds were designated hard and soft, in 2017 these are named soft and super soft respectively.[73] All teams attended a test session on 21 February 2017 at Sydney Motorsport Park to evaluate the new tyre.[74]

Sporting regulations

• Starting in 2017, drivers must earn a racing licence sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) in order to be eligible to compete in the category. The licence system was restructured similarly to the Superlicence used in Formula One, with drivers earning points towards their licence by placing in feeder series accredited by CAMS. This system drew controversy almost immediately because it is based on CAMS series. Some international drivers needed special exemptions to participate, most notably Matthew Brabham, for whom most of his career was sanctioned by ACCUS member sanctioning bodies, and not CAMS.[75]
• Teams from Supercars' support category, the Dunlop Super2 Series are allowed to compete as wildcards in the main series in five events of the 2017 season, at Barbagallo, Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Bathurst. The 250-kilometre race held specifically for the Super2 Series at Bathurst will also become a non-championship round, to encourage more applicants.[76][77]
• The redress rules—outlining the expectations of drivers following on-track contact—were changed for 2017. Drivers deemed responsible for contact are no longer required to return a position to the driver or drivers they hit, but redress instead is voluntary, with drivers who voluntarily return a position being given more favourable treatment than drivers who do not when the incident is reviewed by race officials.[78] The change was introduced following a controversial incident at the 2016 Bathurst 1000 in which Jamie Whincup tried to redress a position to Scott McLaughlin as required by the rules without losing another position to Garth Tander; the subsequent collision saw McLaughlin and Tander collide with Tander retiring from the race.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Event	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	2		Shane van Gisbergen	Scott McLaughlin	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2	3	Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	Chaz Mostert	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering[N 1]	Report
	4		Jamie Whincup	Craig Lowndes	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske
3	5	WD-40 Phillip Island 500	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Fabian Coulthard[N 2]	DJR Team Penske	Report
	6		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing
4	7	Perth SuperSprint	Fabian Coulthard	Nick Percat	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	8		Scott McLaughlin	Fabian Coulthard	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske
5	9	Winton SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	David Reynolds	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	10		Scott McLaughlin	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
6	11	CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown	Rick Kelly	James Moffat	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Report
	12		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske
7	13	Watpac Townsville 400	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	14		Scott McLaughlin	Nick Percat	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
8	15	Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	James Courtney	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	16		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing
9	17	Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	Nick Percat	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Report
	18		Scott McLaughlin	Chaz Mostert	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
10	19	Wilson Security Sandown 500	Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway	Chaz Mostert	Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
11	20	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Scott McLaughlin	David Reynolds	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	Erebus Motorsport	Report
12	21	Vodafone Gold Coast 600	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Report
	22		Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat	DJR Team Penske
13	23	ITM Auckland SuperSprint	Cameron Waters[N 3]	Scott McLaughlin	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	24		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
14	25	Coates Hire Newcastle 500	Scott McLaughlin	Jamie Whincup	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Report
	26		Scott McLaughlin	David Reynolds	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.[79]

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Standard format	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15
Endurance format	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54

• Standard format: Used for all SuperSprint and SuperStreet races and for both races of the Gold Coast 600.
• Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Points 1 Jamie Whincup 88 6 6 2 3 2 18 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 20 4 3 1 6 20 6 2 4 1 21 1 0 3042 2 Scott McLaughlin 17 17 2 14 2 10 14 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 21 4 2 Ret 12 1 3 2 1 18 0 3021 3 Fabian Coulthard 12 2 5 11 1 1 17 2 7 3 3 1 4 10 21 6 5 1 2 5 3 19 9 Ret 5 2 Ret 35 2812 4 Shane van Gisbergen 97 1 1 1 9 4 16 4 6 8 1 Ret 3 7 3 3 3 23 3 15 5 4 3 1 24 16 2 0 2769 5 Chaz Mostert 55 9 3 5 7 11 1 6 2 Ret 8 5 17 4 5 2 1 2 5 3 10 1 7 23 7 6 15 0 2748 6 Mark Winterbottom 5 15 14 7 13 8 2 5 4 9 13 14 14 3 4 9 10 4 19 9 Ret 8 5 2 19 17 7 0 2208 7 David Reynolds 9 18 12 4 5 Ret 3 9 16 4 7 8 7 9 11 10 9 8 9 17 1 17 Ret 24 13 5 3 0 2196 8 Cameron Waters 6 4 8 10 6 19 6 19 12 22 4 6 9 5 14 16 8 17 Ret 1 16 2 21 9 3 13 23 35 2173 9 Garth Tander 33 12 11 Ret 10 3 7 10 9 7 6 26 16 8 6 11 15 9 11 4 18 13 17 7 6 11 12 0 2169 10 Craig Lowndes 888 8 10 3 4 12 23 7 8 6 15 7 6 6 10 5 6 7 24 11 11 7 4 8 4 Ret Ret 15 2160 11 Tim Slade 14 14 7 Ret 8 18 19 13 17 27 11 11 5 20 Ret 4 7 18 17 DSQ 9 3 22 6 15 3 11 0 1812 12 Scott Pye 2/02 16 19 Ret 12 17 12 20 14 14 22 22 8 12 18 13 16 5 18 21 2 11 13 14 10 7 14 35 1804 13 Michael Caruso 23 11 22 13 16 5 10 18 19 13 Ret 16 19 15 13 15 Ret 6 7 20 6 5 15 17 11 14 5 0 1776 14 Rick Kelly 15 5 17 Ret DNS 16 9 14 15 15 14 Ret 10 17 12 8 13 11 20 14 13 10 11 11 12 10 4 0 1773 15 Will Davison 19 Ret 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 8 5 5 9 13 11 19 8 17 Ret 12 12 12 14 20 14 12 23 9 9 0 1659 16 Lee Holdsworth 18 13 18 12 17 22 5 15 20 11 10 10 12 11 15 12 20 15 15 8 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 4 8 0 1647 17 James Moffat 34 10 16 Ret 19 14 4 12 11 19 16 9 25 13 7 28 14 DSQ 14 7 Ret 18 19 13 9 Ret 13 0 1542 18 Todd Kelly 7 22 9 9 18 6 11 11 18 12 17 18 20 Ret 17 18 12 25 10 16 7 Ret 12 15 18 15 10 60 1536 19 Nick Percat 8 7 Ret Ret 11 Ret 21 22 10 10 12 3 15 24 16 7 24 24 6 22 Ret 21 10 16 14 8 6 0 1527 20 Jason Bright 56 21 15 6 Ret 7 25 16 13 26 18 15 13 23 19 Ret 11 13 8 19 8 9 16 5 8 Ret 22 0 1524 21 James Courtney 22 3 4 Ret DNS 21 20 17 22 Ret 19 21 18 25 9 14 23 14 16 10 19 14 6 25 Ret 19 24 0 1431 22 Tim Blanchard 21 19 21 Ret Ret 15 15 26 23 17 21 12 21 14 20 21 17 10 13 DNS 12 15 20 19 16 12 16 0 1302 23 Dale Wood 99 Ret 20 8 14 Ret 8 21 21 21 26 25 27 16 22 23 Ret 16 22 13 4 22 18 20 20 18 20 60 1221 24 Simona de Silvestro 78 20 23 15 15 13 13 23 24 23 20 20 28 18 23 27 19 19 23 18 Ret 16 23 18 17 20 17 0 1131 25 Steve Owen 55 3 10 1 7 0 660 26 James Golding 31/33 16 25 24 21 4 18 13 17 0 624 27 Tony D'Alberto 12 5 3 19 9 0 612 28 Richie Stanaway 6 1 16 2 21 0 594 29 Alex Rullo 62 23 25 Ret Ret Ret 22 24 25 25 27 23 23 21 24 Ret 25 22 Ret Ret 15 23 Ret 0 594 30 Matt Campbell 97 15 5 4 3 0 591 31 Paul Dumbrell 88 6 20 6 2 0 534 32 Steven Richards 888 11 11 7 4 0 504 33 Warren Luff 02 21 2 11 13 0 498 34 Alexandre Prémat 17 2 Ret 12 1 0 495 35 Jack Perkins 22/62 10 19 14 6 22 22 0 495 36 Jack Le Brocq 28/7 19 22 19 Ret 16 7 Ret 12 25 485 37 Dean Fiore 23 20 6 5 15 0 465 38 Luke Youlden 9 17 1 17 Ret 0 462 39 Chris Pither 99 13 4 22 18 0 462 40 Garry Jacobson 56 19 8 9 16 0 417 41 David Wall 15 14 13 10 11 0 408 42 Jonathan Webb 19 12 14 20 14 0 372 43 Dean Canto 5 9 Ret 8 5 0 369 44 Taz Douglas 3/62 24 24 Ret DNS 20 24 24 28 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 21 0 348 45 Macauley Jones 4/8 20 23 24 24 22 Ret 21 10 0 345 46 Andre Heimgartner 14 9 3 22 0 336 47 Todd Hazelwood 35/21 22 18 DNS 12 15 20 0 333 48 Aaren Russell 3 22 25 Ret 17 Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 19 0 309 49 Alex Davison 3/62 26 26 20 21 Ret 15 23 Ret 0 297 50 Richard Muscat 34 7 Ret 18 19 0 291 51 Karl Reindler 18 8 Ret Ret 8 0 270 52 David Russell 78 18 Ret 16 23 0 195 53 Shae Davies 26 18 24 25 22 0 153 54 Cameron McConville 3 17 26 0 81 55 Matthew Brabham 3 25 26 0 57 56 Ashley Walsh 14 DSQ WD 0 0 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Pirtek Enduro Cup

Pos.[80] Drivers[80] No.[80] SAN BAT SUR Pen. Pts.[80] 1 Chaz Mostert / Steve Owen 55 3 10 1 7 0 660 2 Fabian Coulthard / Tony D'Alberto 12 5 3 19 9 0 612 3 Cameron Waters / Richie Stanaway 6 1 16 2 21 0 594 4 Shane van Gisbergen / Matt Campbell 97 15 5 4 3 0 591 5 Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell 88 6 20 6 2 0 534 6 Craig Lowndes / Steven Richards 888 11 11 7 4 0 504 7 Scott Pye / Warren Luff 02 21 2 11 13 0 498 8 Scott McLaughlin / Alexandre Prémat 17 2 Ret 12 1 0 495 9 Michael Caruso / Dean Fiore 23 20 6 5 15 0 465 10 David Reynolds / Luke Youlden 9 17 1 17 Ret 0 462 11 Dale Wood / Chris Pither 99 13 4 22 18 0 462 12 Garth Tander / James Golding 33 4 18 13 17 0 462 13 Jason Bright / Garry Jacobson 56 19 8 9 16 0 417 14 James Courtney / Jack Perkins 22 10 19 14 6 0 417 15 Rick Kelly / David Wall 15 14 13 10 11 0 408 16 Todd Kelly / Jack Le Brocq 7 16 7 Ret 12 0 375 17 Will Davison / Jonathon Webb 19 12 14 20 14 0 372 18 Mark Winterbottom / Dean Canto 5 9 Ret 8 5 0 369 19 Tim Slade / Andre Heimgartner 14 DNS 9 3 22 0 336 20 James Moffat / Richard Muscat 34 7 Ret 18 19 0 291 21 Lee Holdsworth / Karl Reindler 18 8 Ret 16 23 0 270 22 Tim Blanchard / Todd Hazelwood 21 DNS 12 15 20 0 243 23 Simona de Silvestro / David Russell 78 18 Ret 16 23 0 198 24 Nick Percat / Macauley Jones 8 22 Ret 21 10 0 198 25 Alex Rullo / Alex Davison 62 Ret 15 23 Ret 0 156 26 Aaren Russell / Taz Douglas 3 Ret 17 Ret Ret 0 108 27 Tim Slade / Ashley Walsh 14 DSQ DNS DNS DNS 0 0 Pos. Drivers No. SAN BAT SUR Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Pts. 1 DJR Team Penske 12 2 5 11 1 1 17 2 7 3 3 1 4 10 21 6 5 1 2 5 3 19 9 Ret 5 2 Ret 0 5868 17 17 2 14 2 10 14 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 21 4 2 Ret 12 1 3 2 1 18 2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 6 6 2 3 2 18 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 20 4 3 1 6 20 6 2 4 1 21 1 0 5811 97 1 1 1 9 4 16 4 6 8 1 Ret 3 7 3 3 3 23 3 15 5 4 3 1 24 16 2 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 5 15 14 7 13 8 2 5 4 9 13 14 14 3 4 9 10 4 19 9 Ret 8 5 2 19 17 7 0 4416 6 4 8 10 6 19 6 19 12 22 4 6 9 5 14 16 8 17 Ret 1 16 2 21 9 3 13 23 4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 12 11 Ret 10 3 7 10 9 7 6 26 16 8 6 11 15 9 11 4 18 13 17 7 6 11 12 0 3711 34 10 16 Ret 19 14 4 12 11 19 16 9 25 13 7 28 14 DSQ 14 7 Ret 18 19 13 9 Ret 13 5 Erebus Motorsport 9 18 12 4 5 Ret 3 9 16 4 7 8 7 9 11 10 9 8 9 17 1 17 Ret 24 13 5 3 0 3477 99 Ret 20 8 14 Ret 8 21 21 21 26 25 27 16 22 23 Ret 16 22 13 4 22 18 20 20 18 20 6 Nissan Motorsport 7 22 9 9 18 6 11 11 18 12 17 18 20 Ret 17 18 12 25 10 16 7 Ret 12 15 18 15 10 84 3285 15 5 17 Ret DNS 16 9 14 15 15 14 Ret 10 17 12 8 13 11 20 14 13 10 11 11 12 10 4 7 Walkinshaw Racing 2/02 16 19 Ret 12 17 12 20 14 14 22 22 8 12 18 13 16 5 18 21 2 11 13 14 10 7 14 0 3270 22 3 4 Ret DNS 21 20 17 22 Ret 19 21 18 25 9 14 23 14 16 10 19 14 6 25 Ret 19 24 8 Brad Jones Racing 8 7 Ret Ret 11 Ret 21 22 10 10 12 3 15 24 16 7 24 24 6 22 Ret 21 10 16 14 8 6 96 3243 14 14 7 Ret 8 18 19 13 17 27 11 11 5 20 Ret 4 7 18 17 DSQ 9 3 22 6 15 3 11 9 Nissan Motorsport 23 11 22 13 16 5 10 18 19 13 Ret 16 19 15 13 15 Ret 6 7 20 6 5 15 17 11 14 5 0 2907 78 20 23 15 15 13 13 23 24 23 20 20 28 18 23 27 19 19 23 18 Ret 16 23 18 17 20 17 10 Rod Nash Racing (PRA)^‡ 55 9 3 5 7 11 1 6 2 Ret 8 5 17 4 5 2 1 2 5 3 10 1 7 23 7 6 15 0 2748 11 Triple Eight Race Engineering^‡ 888 8 10 3 4 12 23 7 8 6 15 7 6 6 10 5 6 7 24 11 11 7 4 8 4 Ret Ret 0 2175 12 Tekno Autosports^‡ 19 Ret 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 8 5 5 9 13 11 19 8 17 Ret 12 12 12 14 20 14 12 23 9 9 0 1659 13 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing^‡ 18 13 18 12 17 22 5 15 20 11 10 10 12 11 15 12 20 15 15 8 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 4 8 0 1647 14 Britek Motorsport (PRA)^‡ 56 21 15 6 Ret 7 25 16 13 26 18 15 13 23 19 Ret 11 13 8 19 8 9 16 5 8 Ret 22 0 1524 15 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 24 24 Ret DNS 20 24 25 26 24 28 17 26 22 25 26 26 22 25 Ret 17 Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 19 30 1470 62 23 25 Ret Ret Ret 22 24 25 25 27 23 23 21 24 Ret 25 22 Ret Ret 15 23 Ret 22 22 Ret 21 16 Tim Blanchard Racing (BJR)^‡ 21 19 21 Ret Ret 15 15 26 23 17 21 12 21 14 20 21 17 10 13 DNS 12 15 20 19 16 12 16 0 1302 Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK NEW Pen. Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

• ^‡ — Denotes a single-car team.

Manufacturers Championship

The Manufacturers Championship was won by Ford.[81]

Footnotes

1. Race 3 was shortened when an accident involving multiple cars forced an extended race stoppage. As a result, no points were awarded.
2. Craig Lowndes finished the race in first position, but was demoted to twelfth when fifteen seconds were added to his race time for a pit lane violation.
3. Qualifying for Race 23 was suspended due to heavy rain and the session could not be re-started. The grid was set based on the drivers' fastest laps during free practice.

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