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| Round 2 of 14 in the2017 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 7–9 April 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Launceston,Tasmania | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Symmons Plains Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Showers | |||||||||||||
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The2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint was amotor racing event for theSupercars Championship, held on the weekend of 7 to 9 April 2017. The event was held atSymmons Plains Raceway inLaunceston,Tasmania, and was scheduled to consist of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 kilometres in length. It was the second event of fourteen in the2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 3 and 4 of the season.[1] The event was the 45th running of theTasmania SuperSprint.
Shane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader ahead ofFabian Coulthard andJames Courtney.
Race three began in damp conditions. PolesitterScott McLaughlin had a slow getaway from pole position and was rounded up byChaz Mostert andShane van Gisbergen off the start. On lap two,Fabian Coulthard made contact withRick Kelly on the exit of turn three, slowing upGarth Tander (who was behind Kelly), who in turn was hit byCam Waters and subsequently spun, causing a chain reaction crash involvingTim Blanchard,James Courtney,Will Davison,Simona de Silvestro,Taz Douglas,James Moffat,Nick Percat,Scott Pye,Alex Rullo andTim Slade. The race was immediately red-flagged and of the cars involved only Coulthard, de Silvestro and Waters returned to the grid (Coulthard and Waters) or the pit-lane (de Silvestro). The race was suspended for 45 minutes before the field completed two more laps under the Safety Car before the race was declared under time-certain conditions, with van Gisbergen winning the race after passing Mostert before the incident occurred.[2] McLaughlin finished down in 14th having accidentally driven into the pit-lane as opposed to the grid in the red-flag period. Points were initially awarded to the fifteen classified finishers but were later rescinded.[3]
^‡ As the completed race distance was less than 75% of its original designation, no points were awarded.
