Van Gisbergen storms to pole

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The Kiwi was proper on the tempo all through all three segments of qualifying, his quickest lap coming in Q1 when he lowered his personal lap document with a 1m18.237s.

He was solely fourth quickest in Q2, however ramped up the tempo once more within the last shootout for pole with a 1m18.264s regardless of a second on the way in which out of the sweeper.

The margin again to Waters in second was simply 0.04s.

“[The car] is healthier than the driving force,” mentioned van Gisbergen. “I saved making errors and in that [segment] I had an issue, I could not get sixth down the straight and it held on the limiter. I did not lose a lot, nevertheless it’s nonetheless annoying.

“However yeah, it is very exhausting to drive right here. There’s a lot grip, the vehicles are actually alive. I am having fun with it. Let’s examine how we go within the race.”

Chaz Mostert will begin from third after pipping Will Brown by simply 0.001s.

Lee Holdsworth, in the meantime, led the way in which for Grove Racing, which was stunning given teammate David Reynolds’ tempo within the first two segments of qualifying.

Reynolds appeared effectively within the hunt for pole with 1m18.2s in each Q1 and Q2, earlier than slumping to seventh behind Anton De Pasquale with a 1m18.632s when it mattered.

“I am a bit upset. It was shit home,” he mentioned. “We will have a look at it, see what it’s. It may very well be a driver fuck up. Who is aware of.”

Broc Feeney certified eighth forward of Andre Heimgartner and Scott Pye.

Will Davison was the shock omission from the ultimate section of qualifying after failing to get by Q2.

The Dick Johnson Racing driver was third after the primary run, after which opted to sit down out the second run hoping the time can be ok to get by.

Nonetheless that wasn’t the case, Davison shuffled right down to thirteenth as others improved.

“I believe we had been affordable then on the primary run and we’d have gone a piece faster, however you simply do not know what the monitor goes to do,” defined Davison.

“That point we thought was going to sneak within the 10 and we knew we would go faster within the subsequent section. However what are you able to do? We stuffed up. We’d have appeared good if we obtained by.”

Jayden Ojeda was the perfect of the 2 wildcards, the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver getting by Q1 earlier than qualifying nineteenth.

Surprisingly that left him forward of WAU teammate Nick Percat who was knocked out within the opening section.

He’ll begin manner down in twenty second after failing to point out the identical kind of enchancment as Mostert off the again of the workforce’s horror present in Perth.

Tim Slade fared even worse, the Blanchard Racing Team ace solely ok for twenty fourth on the grid.

“I might like to know,” mentioned Slade when requested post-session why he was to date again.

“I felt as if up till Perth we have had a automotive we may perceive, issues made sense. Perth was a tricky one and I assumed that was a one-off, however we did not have an important check day right here and that has continued in to at this time. No concept.”

The primary of three races kicks off at 3:35pm native time.