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Rags to riches: McLaughlin qualifies dismal 13th for race 20 and steals pole for race 21

by Matthew Hansen
August 30, 2020
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Scott McLaughlin’s mixed Supercars weekend in Townsville has continued in qualifying for races 20 and 21; the Kiwi stumbling to 13th for the opening race of the day before setting a stunning last-moment lap to take pole for the last race of the weekend.

Pole for the day’s opening race went to Jamie Whincup over Chaz Mostert and James Courtney. McLaughlin’s nearest rivals at the front of the field for race 21, meanwhile, are Cameron Waters and Nick Percat.

McLaughlin was first to set a representative time in the opening qualifier, with a 1:12.700. The time stood to the end of the opening cycle of runs, with the series leader heading Lee Holdsworth, Andre Heimgartner, Shane van Gisbergen, and Jack Le Brocq.

The Red Bull entries of Jamie Whincup and van Gisbergen were first to topple McLaughlin, with the former’s 1:12.310 enough for him to retain the lead and ultimately claim pole.

Van Gisbergen’s time meanwhile was beaten in the following seconds by Mostert, Courtney, Waters, David Reynolds, and Anton de Pasquale. And it was the same for McLaughlin, who was even worse off.

By the end of the session van Gisbergen was seventh, and McLaughlin was buried in 13th — two spots ahead of teammate Fabian Coulthard. Jack Le Brocq and Percat, and Holdsworth completed the 10.

The second session kicked off with the introduction of drizzle at certain parts of the circuit. Even with the smattering of rain, cars were still able to do rapid times. Once the first run was complete, an unlikely Percat held first place over Whincup, Todd Hazelwood, Reynolds, and Holdsworth.

Percat’s 1:12.222 was the quickest time from either session up to that point, with his team electing to pull him out of the car and skip the final run — content with their time. After yesterday’s mechanical issues, his R&J Batteries Holden had been given a new engine overnight.

Waters and McLaguhlin were both in line to threaten Percat’s marker. After a trio of excellent sectors Waters stole first from Percat, only for McLaughlin to steal pole again with a huge change in form over the first qualifier, thanks to a 1:12.129.

When the dust settled, McLaughlin and Waters were first and second over Percat, Whincup, Hazelwood, Reynolds, Holdsworth, Mark Winterbottom, de Pasquale, and Mostert. Van Gisbergen was only 13th, with Coulthard 16th.

Incidents throughout the two 10-minute qualifying sessions were few and far between, apart from an off on the exit of turn six through the dirt for Reynolds in session one.

Race 20

DriverTime
1 Jamie Whincup1:12.310
2  Chaz Mostert0.131
3 James Courtney0.189
4 Cameron Waters0.196
5 David Reynolds0.200
6 Anton De Pasquale0.206
7 Shane van Gisbergen0.216
8 Jack Le Brocq0.220
9 Nick Percat0.228
10 Lee Holdsworth0.242
11 Garry Jacobson0.338
12 Macauley Jones0.386
13 Scott McLaughlin0.389
14 Mark Winterbottom 0.393
15 Fabian Coulthard0.458
16 Bryce Fullwood0.478
17 Todd Hazelwood0.478
18 Andre Heimgartner0.513
19 Scott Pye0.550
20 Zane Goddard0.762
21 Chris Pither0.790
22 Jack Smith0.812
23 Rick Kelly1.079
24 Alex Davison1.140

Race 21

DriverTime
1  Scott McLaughlin1:12.179
2  Cameron Waters0.023
3 Nick Percat0.043
4 Jamie Whincup0.080
5 Todd Hazelwood0.099
6David Reynolds 0.122
7 Lee Holdsworth0.241
8 Mark Winterbottom 0.245
9Anton De Pasquale0.250
10Chaz Mostert0.250
11Jack Le Brocq0.251
12Bryce Fullwood0.347
13Shane van Gisbergen0.350
14James Courtney0.390
15 Scott Pye0.408
16 Fabian Coulthard0.427
17Macauley Jones0.506
18Garry Jacobson0.511
19Andre Heimgartner0.512
20 Zane Goddard0.584
21 Rick Kelly0.690
22 Alex Davison0.771
23 Jack Smith 0.932
24 Chris Pither1.024

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