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| Round 1 of 14 in the2015 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 26 February–1 March 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Adelaide,South Australia | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was amotor race forV8 Supercars held on the weekend of 27 February to 1 March 2015. The event was held at theAdelaide Street Circuit inAdelaide,South Australia, and consisted of two races of 125 kilometres and one race of 250 kilometres in length. It was the first event of fourteen in the2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.
Chasing after his seventh V8 Supercar championship,Jamie Whincup made a great start by taking pole position for both Saturday races. The start of Race 1 was abandoned afterScott McLaughlin's car suffered an oil pump failure on the warm-up lap. The race eventually got under way and Whincup controlled the race to take the first win of 2015.Chaz Mostert andFabian Coulthard finished second and third respectively after a safety car late in the race.
McLaughlin's day became even worse when he was deemed to have jumped the start in Race 2. After serving his ten-second penalty at the conclusion of his pit stop, a further ten seconds was added to McLaughlin's race time as he served the penalty during a safety car period. Mostert retired after hitting the wall at turn 8, while Whincup fell down the order due to a punctured tyre.Brad Jones Racing'sFabian Coulthard took the win, followed byJames Courtney andCraig Lowndes.
Former V8 Supercar championMarcos Ambrose stole the spotlight on Sunday by qualifying for the Top Ten Shootout. Courtney set the fastest time in the Shootout to score pole position for the 250 km Race 3. Courtney managed to convert his pole into a race win, his second Sunday race win in succession at the event. TeammateGarth Tander finished third, whileShane van Gisbergen finished second after a hard-fought battle with Courtney. Whincup and Mostert were battling for fourth place on the final lap when they collided at Turn 10. Mostert spun into the wall and was collected byJames Moffat with both failing to finish the race. Neither Mostert nor Whincup were penalised for the incident.
Courtney became the fifth driver in V8 Supercars to win twoClipsal 500 events and only the fourth to win two events in a row.
| Pos. | No. | Name | Car | Team | QPos. | Time |
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| 1 | 22 |  James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 3 | 1:20.5396 |
| 2 | 14 |  Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 4 | 1:20.5839 |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 5 | 1:20.6024 |
| 4 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 8 | 1:20.6073 |
| 5 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 2 | 1:20.6105 |
| 6 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 1 | 1:20.6355 |
| 7 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 10 | 1:21.0204 |
| 8 | 47 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 6 | 1:21.1497 |
| 9 | 17 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 9 | 1:21.1679 |
| 10 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 7 | 1:21.2326 |
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Seven support series raced during the weekend, including the Australian debut ofRobby Gordon'sStadium Super Trucks.[1][2]
| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2014 Sydney NRMA 500 | 2015 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint |
| Previous year: 2014 Clipsal 500 | Clipsal 500 | Next year: 2016 Clipsal 500 |
