The2016 International V8 Supercars Championship (often simplified to the2016 V8 Supercars Championship and known from 1 July as the2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship) was anFIA-sanctioned international motor racing series forSupercars. It was the eighteenth running of the Supercars Championship and the twentieth series in which Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.

Mark Winterbottom started the season as the defending drivers' champion, whileTriple Eight Race Engineering were the defending teams' champions.

Shane van Gisbergen, driving forTriple Eight Race Engineering, secured his first championship title with one race remaining, winning eight races during the season.Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams' Championship for the seventh consecutive season.^[1] Van Gisbergen, along withAlexandre Prémat, also won the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

Twenty-six cars contested the 2016 season.^[2]Holden,Nissan andVolvo were all represented byfactory-backed teams.^[3][4][5]Ford, having scaled back its involvement in2015, were providing no financial or technical assistance,^[6] but were still represented byProdrive Racing Australia^[7] andDJR Team Penske.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2016 championship.

Championship entries							Endurance entries
Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds		Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG X	Prodrive Racing Australia	1	Mark Winterbottom[8]	All		Dean Canto[9]	10–12
			6	Cam Waters[10]	All		Jack Le Brocq[11]	10–12
		DJR Team Penske	12	Fabian Coulthard[12]	All		Luke Youlden[13]	10–12
			17	Scott Pye[12]	All		Tony D'Alberto[13]	10–12
		Rod Nash Racing (PRA)	55	Chaz Mostert[14]	All		Steve Owen[11]	10–12
		Super Black Racing (PRA)	111	Chris Pither[15]	All		Richie Stanaway[16]	10–12
Holden	Commodore VF	Holden Racing Team	2	Garth Tander[17]	All		Warren Luff[18]	10–12
			22	James Courtney[19]	All		Jack Perkins[18]	10–12
		Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	3	Andre Heimgartner[20]	All		Aaren Russell[21]	10–12
			222	Nick Percat[22]	All		Cameron McConville[23]	10–12
		Erebus Motorsport[24]	4	Aaren Russell[25]	1–7		—
				Craig Baird[26]	8
				Shae Davies[27]	9–14		Chris van der Drift[28]	10–12
			9	David Reynolds[29]	All		Craig Baird[30]	10–12
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Jason Bright[31]	All		Andrew Jones[32]	10–12
			14	Tim Slade[33]	All		Ashley Walsh[32]	10–12
		Team 18	18	Lee Holdsworth[34]	1–6, 10–14		Karl Reindler[35]	10–12
				Kurt Kostecki[36]	7–8		—
				Karl Reindler[37]	9
		Tekno Autosports	19	Will Davison[38]	All		Jonathon Webb[39]	10–12
		Britek Motorsport (BJR)	21	Tim Blanchard[31]	All		Macauley Jones[32]	10–12
		Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	Jamie Whincup[40]	All		Paul Dumbrell[41]	10–12
			97	Shane van Gisbergen[42]	All		Alexandre Prémat[41]	10–12
			888	Craig Lowndes[42]	All		Steven Richards[41]	10–12
Nissan	Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	7	Todd Kelly[43]	All		Matt Campbell[44]	10–12
			15	Rick Kelly[43]	All		Russell Ingall[45]	10–12
			23	Michael Caruso[46]	All		Dean Fiore[44]	10–12
			96	Dale Wood[47]	All		David Russell[48]	10–12
Volvo	S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Scott McLaughlin[49]	All		David Wall[50]	10–12
			34	James Moffat[51]	All		James Golding[50]	10–12
Wildcard entries
Nissan	Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	360	—			Renee Gracie[52] Simona de Silvestro[52]	11

Erebus Motorsport switched from runningMercedes-Benz E63 AMGs(top) toHolden Commodore VFs(bottom).

Charlie Schwerkolt Racing terminated its customer arrangement with theHolden Racing Team, to field an in-house entry under the newTeam 18 name.^[53]

DJR Team Penske expanded to run two cars, having run a single car in 2015.^[12] The team took back theRacing Entitlement Contract (REC) it had leased to Super Black Racing in 2015.^[54]

Erebus Motorsport switched from runningMercedes-Benz E63 AMGs toHolden Commodore VFs.^[24]

Triple Eight Race Engineering expanded to field three cars, purchasing a REC last used in 2014 byJames Rosenberg Racing.^[55]

Walkinshaw Racing ceased at the end of 2015, with its REC sold to Super Black Racing.^[56]

Chaz Mostert moved fromProdrive Racing Australia toRod Nash Racing, replacingDavid Reynolds. The team cited commercial reasons and not having to share a pit boom withMark Winterbottom as the reason for the change.^[14] Reynolds moved toErebus Motorsport, replacingWill Davison.^[29]

2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series championCam Waters replaced Mostert at Prodrive Racing Australia. Waters had substituted for Mostert in 2015 while the latter recovered from an injury.^[10]

Will Davison joinedTekno Autosports, replacing the outgoingShane Van Gisbergen, who joined an expandedTriple Eight Race Engineering in their third car.^[38][42]

Aaren Russell, having raced a wildcard entry at the2015 Bathurst 1000, joinedErebus Motorsport for his first full-time season, replacingAshley Walsh.^[25]

Tim Blanchard moved fromLucas Dumbrell Motorsport toBritek Motorsport.^[31] Blanchard was replaced at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport byAndre Heimgartner.^[20]Dale Wood then moved toNissan Motorsport, replacingJames Moffat.^[47]

James Moffat joinedGarry Rogers Motorsport to replaceDavid Wall.^[51] Wall was left without a full-time drive, and competed for the team at the endurance events.

Fabian Coulthard moved fromBrad Jones Racing to join the expandedDJR Team Penske.^[12] He was replaced byTim Slade, who moved fromWalkinshaw Racing, which had shut down at the end of 2015.^[33]

Lee Holdsworth was injured in a heavy crash at the start of Race 13 at the Darwin Triple Crown. His team, Team 18, originally planned to use its endurance co-driver,Karl Reindler, to replace Holdsworth at the Townsville event. However, as the team's car could not be fixed in time for the event, a deal was made withDunlop Series driverKurt Kostecki, with Kostecki to race for the team at the Townsville and Ipswich events using his own chassis.^[36] The team completed the build of a new car ahead of the Sydney SuperSprint and Reindler drove the car at the event,^[37] with Holdsworth making his racing return at the Sandown 500.^[57]

Aaren Russell and his sponsor Plus Fitness split withErebus Motorsport prior to the Ipswich SuperSprint. He was replaced byCraig Baird, one of the team's endurance co-drivers, for the event.^[26] Dunlop Series racerShae Davies, who was scheduled to contest the Enduro Cup events with the team,^[58] was announced as the full-time replacement for Russell.

The 2016 calendar was released on 8 September 2015.^[59] On 1 October 2015 the calendar was revised, with Tasmania and the non-championshipAustralian Grand Prix races switching dates due to an updated2016 Formula One calendar.^[60] A further revision was made on 22 March 2016, with the Sydney 500 being moved back one week to avoid clashing with other events atSydney Olympic Park.^[61]

Rnd. Event name Circuit Location Format Date 1 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia ST 5–6 March 2 Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania SP 2–3 April 3 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria SP 16–17 April 4 Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia SP 7–8 May 5 Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla,Victoria SP 21–22 May 6 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory SP 18–19 June 7 Townsville 400 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland ST 9–10 July 8 Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland SP 23–24 July 9 Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales SP 27–28 August 10 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne,Victoria EC 18 September 11 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales EC 9 October 12 Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland EC 22–23 October 13 Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IN 5–6 November 14 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales ST 3–4 December

Icon Meaning ST SuperStreet SP SuperSprint IN International SuperSprint EC Endurance Cup

Adelaide Launceston Phillip Island Perth Winton Darwin Townsville Ipswich Eastern Creek Sandown Bathurst Gold Coast Homebush class=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Pukekohe class=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

ThePhillip Island SuperSprint moved from November to April.^[59]

The series was scheduled to visit Malaysia for the first time, with a round of the championship to be held as part of theKuala Lumpur City Grand Prix.^[62] However, the event was cancelled following a legal dispute involving the event promoters.^[63]

The two 60 kilometre races held on the Saturday of SuperSprint events were replaced by a single 120 km race, with a compulsory pit stop to change tyres.^[64]

TheAuckland event used the International SuperSprint format that was also used at the non-championshipV8 Supercars Challenge event at theAustralian Grand Prix, with four 100 km races held across the weekend.^[64]

TheSydney 500 reverted to its original two race format, with a single 250 km race held on each of Saturday and Sunday, after a pair of 125 km races were held on Saturday in 2014 and 2015.^[64]

Soft tyres were used at all events except for theBathurst 1000 andPhillip Island SuperSprint, with the season allocation increasing from 324 to 400 soft tyres per car.^[64]

Practice sessions for endurance co-drivers were held at theWinton andQueensland Raceway rounds.^[65]

The compulsory pre-season test was scrapped. Teams were allowed three test days, one of which had to be used before the season commences. Rookie drivers and drivers who had not competed in the series for over three years were allowed an additional three days of testing.^[66]

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	1	Adelaide 500	Scott Pye	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	2		Chaz Mostert	Shane van Gisbergen	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team
	3		Fabian Coulthard	Shane van Gisbergen	Nick Percat	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2	4	Tasmania SuperSprint	Mark Winterbottom	Will Davison	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	5		Mark Winterbottom	Fabian Coulthard	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports
3	6	Phillip Island SuperSprint	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report
	7		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport
4	8	Perth SuperSprint	Cam Waters	James Moffat	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	9		Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
5	10	Winton SuperSprint	Tim Slade	Fabian Coulthard	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Report
	11		Chaz Mostert	David Reynolds	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing
6	12	Darwin Triple Crown	Shane van Gisbergen	Michael Caruso	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Report
	13		Shane van Gisbergen	Jason Bright	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
7	14	Townsville 400	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	15		Mark Winterbottom	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
8	16	Ipswich SuperSprint	Chris Pither	Chaz Mostert	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	17		Jamie Whincup	James Courtney	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
9	18	Sydney SuperSprint	Chaz Mostert	Michael Caruso	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	19		Chaz Mostert	Craig Lowndes	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
10	20	Sandown 500	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Nick Percat	Garth Tander Warren Luff	Holden Racing Team	Report
11	21	Bathurst 1000	Jamie Whincup	David Reynolds	Will Davison Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Report
12	22	Gold Coast 600	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen Alexandre Prémat	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	23		Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering
13	24	Auckland SuperSprint	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	25		Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	26		Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
	27		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
14	28	Sydney 500	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	29		Garth Tander	James Courtney	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering

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.^[67]

• Short format: Used for the first two races at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide and all International SuperSprint races.
• Long format: Used for all SuperSprint and SuperStreet races, with the exception of the first two races of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, and for both races of the Gold Coast 600.
• Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Shane van Gisbergen 97 3 5 10 1 Ret 4 10 2 4 9 4 16 1 2 1 1 12 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 10 3368 2 Jamie Whincup 88 1 2 14 2 19 2 4 3 11 5 9 2 8 1 4 2 2 2 1 13 11 3 1 1 2 25 1 1 4 0 3168 3 Scott McLaughlin 33 4 4 12 26 4 1 1 11 2 2 11 10 7 24 5 15 6 5 6 4 15 2 3 3 7 7 3 4 5 25 2806 4 Craig Lowndes 888 7 10 13 5 2 6 5 1 3 15 8 11 3 12 10 3 1 6 2 8 16 6 4 16 15 4 6 8 9 0 2770 5 Will Davison 19 11 9 15 3 1 16 9 4 10 6 17 4 4 5 11 7 17 21 26 3 1 16 13 10 6 8 13 7 8 0 2589 6 Mark Winterbottom 1 8 11 9 9 3 5 2 22 1 3 2 9 20 3 3 4 5 11 14 23 Ret 4 5 4 5 1 5 23 12 0 2489 7 Chaz Mostert 55 16 3 Ret 10 5 23 8 12 6 7 20 3 23 4 16 5 3 4 3 5 19 9 6 21 3 6 4 17 11 15 2361 8 Tim Slade 14 Ret 17 20 8 13 8 13 10 16 1 1 13 2 13 13 6 7 7 12 16 7 11 8 17 23 19 16 9 7 0 2263 9 Garth Tander 2 5 23 3 11 6 9 16 5 7 25 12 23 14 7 20 14 13 8 7 1 Ret 15 11 5 10 10 7 2 2 15 2252 10 Michael Caruso 23 13 6 2 21 11 13 6 26 9 8 10 1 6 9 8 22 4 13 10 14 8 17 9 8 9 13 12 13 14 0 2239 11 James Courtney 22 2 1 21 13 7 21 7 6 8 19 25 21 5 6 2 13 Ret 3 8 11 13 20 10 6 13 11 14 5 6 25 2162 12 Fabian Coulthard 12 10 14 16 18 8 3 Ret 17 15 17 3 6 Ret 8 15 10 10 10 4 6 6 Ret 15 11 4 5 8 11 21 0 2078 13 Rick Kelly 15 9 13 7 4 Ret 14 11 9 5 4 15 15 15 21 12 8 14 9 11 10 Ret 21 17 7 12 9 24 6 Ret 0 1835 14 Todd Kelly 7 6 16 6 19 12 11 12 7 23 13 13 7 13 10 23 12 9 24 9 7 Ret 8 21 19 16 15 11 12 19 0 1808 15 Scott Pye 17 12 7 17 14 14 26 3 24 19 12 7 5 Ret 18 7 20 24 Ret 15 15 5 18 23 9 11 2 9 14 13 0 1807 16 David Reynolds 9 14 19 5 16 18 12 14 19 21 22 6 17 9 11 14 21 23 17 19 DSQ 18 Ret 20 13 8 17 25 10 3 0 1564 17 Jason Bright 8 19 8 8 6 10 10 Ret 16 13 11 16 12 16 14 9 16 18 18 17 21 Ret 12 19 Ret DNS 16 19 18 Ret 0 1459 18 Nick Percat 222 21 DNS 1 24 15 17 20 20 18 21 23 Ret 17 Ret Ret DSQ 20 16 20 9 3 Ret 16 14 18 18 21 15 16 10 1430 19 Cam Waters 6 15 12 4 7 Ret 18 23 13 26 16 5 24 22 16 6 Ret 16 20 16 Ret 4 Ret 14 12 17 20 17 21 Ret 25 1423 20 James Moffat 34 17 15 22 20 16 7 15 14 17 26 19 Ret 10 17 19 9 11 12 18 Ret Ret 5 12 20 14 12 10 24 10 0 1419 21 Chris Pither 111 18 Ret DNS 17 Ret 19 24 8 14 18 18 14 11 20 22 11 8 14 13 17 12 10 Ret 24 24 23 22 Ret 18 0 1369 22 Dale Wood 96 20 18 Ret 22 20 20 18 18 20 14 14 20 18 23 18 17 19 15 21 18 9 7 22 Ret 21 21 18 Ret Ret 10 1273 23 Tim Blanchard 21 24 24 11 15 Ret 22 17 23 22 20 22 19 21 19 17 18 25 19 22 20 10 14 18 18 20 26 20 19 Ret 0 1266 24 Lee Holdsworth 18 23 21 18 12 9 15 19 15 12 10 Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 15 19 14 15 16 15 0 1114 25 Andre Heimgartner 3 22 20 19 25 Ret 24 21 21 25 23 21 18 12 15 Ret 19 15 23 24 19 Ret 13 Ret 22 22 22 Ret 20 20 0 1010 26 Alexandre Prémat 97 2 2 1 2 0 840 27 Jonathon Webb 19 3 1 16 13 0 681 28 Aaren Russell 4/3 25 22 DNS 23 17 25 22 25 24 24 24 22 19 22 21 19 Ret 13 Ret 25 627 29 David Wall 33 4 15 2 3 25 602 30 Paul Dumbrell 88 13 11 3 1 0 555 31 Steven Richards 888 8 16 6 4 0 516 32 Steve Owen 55 5 19 9 6 0 504 33 Cameron McConville 222 9 3 Ret 16 0 483 34 Luke Youlden 12 6 6 Ret 15 0 468 35 Ashley Walsh 14 16 7 11 8 0 468 36 Shae Davies 4 25 25 22 17 19 DNS 23 25 24 23 22 17 0 454 37 Dean Fiore 23 14 8 17 9 0 444 38 Warren Luff 2 1 Ret 15 11 0 432 39 Tony D'Alberto 17 15 5 18 20 0 429 40 David Russell 96 18 9 7 22 0 405 41 Jack Perkins 22 11 13 20 10 25 374 42 Macauley Jones 21 20 10 14 18 0 360 43 Matt Campbell 7 7 Ret 8 21 0 324 44 Richie Stanaway 111 17 12 10 Ret 0 324 45 Karl Reindler 18 22 23 12 Ret Ret 7 0 309 46 Jack Le Brocq 6 Ret 4 Ret 14 0 303 47 Dean Canto 1 23 Ret 4 5 0 303 48 Russell Ingall 15 10 Ret 21 17 0 252 49 Chris van der Drift 4 22 17 19 DNS 0 234 50 Craig Baird 4/9 24 22 DSQ 18 Ret 20 0 219 51 Andrew Jones 8 21 Ret 12 19 0 201 52 James Golding 34 Ret Ret 5 12 0 180 53 Simona de Silvestro 360 14 0 126 54 Renee Gracie 360 14 0 126 55 Kurt Kostecki 18 25 Ret 23 21 0 108 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 1 2 14 2 19 2 4 3 11 5 9 2 8 1 4 2 2 2 1 13 11 3 1 1 2 25 1 1 4 0 6546 97 3 5 10 1 Ret 4 10 2 4 9 4 16 1 2 1 1 12 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 Holden Racing Team 2 5 23 3 11 6 9 16 5 7 25 12 23 14 7 20 14 13 8 7 1 Ret 15 11 5 10 10 7 2 2 30 4434 22 2 1 21 13 7 21 7 6 8 19 25 21 5 6 2 13 Ret 3 8 11 13 20 10 6 13 11 14 5 6 3 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 4 4 12 26 4 1 1 11 2 2 11 10 7 24 5 15 6 5 6 4 15 2 3 3 7 7 3 4 5 0 4250 34 17 15 22 20 16 7 15 14 17 26 19 Ret 10 17 19 9 11 12 18 Ret Ret 5 12 20 14 12 10 24 10 4 Prodrive Racing Australia 1 8 11 9 9 3 5 2 22 1 3 2 9 20 3 3 4 5 11 14 23 Ret 4 5 4 5 1 5 23 12 0 3962 6 15 12 4 7 Ret 18 23 13 26 16 5 24 22 16 6 Ret 16 20 16 Ret 4 Ret 14 12 17 20 17 21 Ret 5 DJR Team Penske 12 10 14 16 18 8 3 Ret 17 15 17 3 6 Ret 8 15 10 10 10 4 6 6 Ret 15 11 4 5 8 11 21 30 3855 17 12 7 17 14 14 26 3 24 19 12 7 5 Ret 18 7 20 24 Ret 15 15 5 18 23 9 11 2 9 14 13 6 Brad Jones Racing 8 19 8 8 6 10 10 Ret 16 13 11 16 12 16 14 9 16 18 18 17 21 Ret 12 19 Ret DNS 16 19 18 Ret 0 3722 14 Ret 17 20 8 13 8 13 10 16 1 1 13 2 13 13 6 7 7 12 16 7 11 8 17 23 19 16 9 7 7 Nissan Motorsport 7 6 16 6 19 12 11 12 7 23 13 13 7 13 10 23 12 9 24 9 7 Ret 8 21 19 16 15 11 12 19 0 3643 15 9 13 7 4 Ret 14 11 9 5 4 15 15 15 21 12 8 14 9 11 10 Ret 21 17 7 12 9 24 6 Ret 8 Nissan Motorsport 23 13 6 2 21 11 13 6 26 9 8 10 1 6 9 8 22 4 13 10 14 8 17 9 8 9 13 12 13 14 0 3547 96 20 18 Ret 22 20 20 18 18 20 14 14 20 18 23 18 17 19 15 21 18 9 7 22 Ret 21 21 18 Ret Ret 9 Triple Eight Race Engineering 888 7 10 13 5 2 6 5 1 3 15 8 11 3 12 10 3 1 6 2 8 16 6 4 16 15 4 6 8 9 0 2770 10 Tekno Autosports 19 11 9 15 3 1 16 9 4 10 6 17 4 4 5 11 7 17 21 26 3 1 16 13 10 6 8 13 7 8 0 2589 11 Erebus Motorsport 4 25 22 DNS 23 17 25 22 25 24 24 24 22 19 22 21 24 22 25 25 22 17 19 DNS 23 25 24 23 22 17 0 2580 9 14 19 5 16 18 12 14 19 21 22 6 17 9 11 14 21 23 17 19 DSQ 18 Ret 20 13 8 17 25 10 3 12 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 22 20 19 25 Ret 24 21 21 25 23 21 18 12 15 Ret 19 15 23 24 19 Ret 13 Ret 22 22 22 Ret 20 20 0 2450 222 21 DNS 1 24 15 17 20 20 18 21 23 Ret 17 Ret Ret DSQ 20 16 20 9 3 Ret 16 14 18 18 21 15 16 13 Rod Nash Racing 55 16 3 Ret 10 5 23 8 12 6 7 20 3 23 4 16 5 3 4 3 5 19 9 6 21 3 6 4 17 11 0 2376 14 Super Black Racing 111 18 Ret DNS 17 Ret 19 24 8 14 18 18 14 11 20 22 11 8 14 13 17 12 10 Ret 24 24 23 22 Ret 18 0 1369 15 Team 18 18 23 21 18 12 9 15 19 15 12 10 Ret 8 Ret 25 Ret 23 21 22 23 12 Ret Ret 7 15 19 14 15 16 15 0 1297 16 Britek Motorsport 21 24 24 11 15 Ret 22 17 23 22 20 22 19 21 19 17 18 25 19 22 20 10 14 18 18 20 26 20 19 Ret 0 1266 17 Nissan Motorsport(w) 360 14 0 126 Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

• (w) denotes wildcard entry

Pos. Drivers No. SAN BAT SUR Pen. Pts. 1 Shane van Gisbergen /Alexandre Prémat 97 2 2 1 2 0 840 2 Will Davison /Jonathon Webb 19 3 1 16 13 0 681 3 Scott McLaughlin /David Wall 33 4 15 2 3 25 602 4 Jamie Whincup /Paul Dumbrell 88 13 11 3 1 0 555 5 Craig Lowndes /Steven Richards 888 8 16 6 4 0 516 6 Chaz Mostert /Steve Owen 55 5 19 9 6 0 504 7 Nick Percat /Cameron McConville 222 9 3 Ret 16 0 483 8 Fabian Coulthard /Luke Youlden 12 6 6 Ret 15 0 468 9 Tim Slade /Ashley Walsh 14 16 7 11 8 0 468 10 Michael Caruso /Dean Fiore 23 14 8 17 9 0 444 11 Garth Tander /Warren Luff 2 1 Ret 15 11 0 432 12 Scott Pye /Tony D'Alberto 17 15 5 18 23 0 429 13 Dale Wood /David Russell 96 18 9 7 22 0 405 14 James Courtney /Jack Perkins 22 11 13 20 10 25 374 15 Tim Blanchard /Macauley Jones 21 20 10 14 18 0 360 16 Todd Kelly /Matt Campbell 7 7 Ret 8 21 0 324 17 Chris Pither /Richie Stanaway 111 17 12 10 Ret 0 324 18 Cam Waters /Jack Le Brocq 6 Ret 4 Ret 14 0 303 19 Mark Winterbottom /Dean Canto 1 23 Ret 4 5 0 303 20 Rick Kelly /Russell Ingall 15 10 Ret 21 17 0 252 21 Lee Holdsworth /Karl Reindler 18 12 Ret Ret 12 0 234 22 Shae Davies /Chris van der Drift 4 22 17 19 DNS 0 234 23 Jason Bright /Andrew Jones 8 21 Ret 12 19 0 201 24 James Moffat /James Golding 34 Ret Ret 5 12 0 180 25 Andre Heimgartner /Aaren Russell 3 19 Ret 13 Ret 0 162 26 David Reynolds /Craig Baird 9 DSQ 18 Ret 20 0 147 27 Simona de Silvestro /Renee Gracie 360 14 0 126 Pos. Drivers No. SAN BAT SUR Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

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