Gold Coast 600: Van Gisbergen secures provisional Sunday pole

The Kiwi's 1m10.193s came midway through the 20-minute session, van Gisbergen able to set-and-forget thanks to the time being so far clear of the rest of the field.

That meant he could sit out the final runs comfortable he was guaranteed a Top 10 Shootout spot, the time holding on for top spot anyway as chief rival Scott McLaughlin fell 0.13s short on his final attempt.

Unlike his teammate Jamie Whincup did make a final run, improving to a 1m10.444s to secure third in the order despite complaining of a power steering issue.

Whincup was followed by Triple Eight teammate Craig Lowndes, who made amends for missing the Shootout yesterday with P4.

Race 1 winner Chaz Mostert used three sets of tyres to book his Shootout berth in fifth, followed by Walkinshaw pair James Courtney and Scott Pye.

David Reynolds was eighth, Tim Slade ninth, and Cam Waters the last driver to get into the Shootout.

Fabian Coulthard was the unlucky driver on the Top 10 bubble, the Penske driver missing the first part of the session with an engine problem and then going 11th fastest when he did finally get out.

Qualifying results:

Pos.	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	97	Earl Bamber   Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.1937
2	17	Alexandre Prémat   Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon FG X	1'10.3264	0.1327
3	1	Jamie Whincup  Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.4444	0.2507
4	888	Steven Richards   Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.6652	0.4715
5	55	Chaz Mostert   James Moffat	Ford Falcon FG X	1'10.7396	0.5459
6	25	James Courtney  Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.7582	0.5645
7	2	Warren Luff   Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.7701	0.5764
8	9	David Reynolds   Luke Youlden	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.7749	0.5812
9	14	Tim Slade   Ash Walsh	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.8803	0.6866
10	6	David Russell   Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG X	1'10.9815	0.7878
11	12	Tony D'Alberto   Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon FG X	1'10.9846	0.7909
12	18	Lee Holdsworth   Jason Bright	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.9944	0.8007
13	8	Nick Percat   Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1'10.9963	0.8026
14	5	Mark Winterbottom   Dean Canto	Ford Falcon FG X	1'11.0109	0.8172
15	33	Garth Tander   Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB	1'11.0146	0.8209
16	23	Michael Caruso   Dean Fiore	Nissan Altima	1'11.1140	0.9203
17	99	Will Brown  Anton de Pasquale	Holden Commodore ZB	1'11.1540	0.9603
18	15	Rick Kelly  Garry Jacobson	Nissan Altima	1'11.1741	0.9804
19	34	James Golding  Richard Muscat	Holden Commodore ZB	1'11.2103	1.0166
20	7	Andre Heimgartner   Aaren Russell	Nissan Altima	1'11.3139	1.1202
21	230	Alex Davison   Will Davison	Ford Falcon FG X	1'11.3176	1.1239
22	21	Dale Wood   Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'11.4901	1.2964
23	56	Richie Stanaway   Steven Owen	Ford Falcon FG X	1'11.5166	1.3229
24	35	Bryce Fullwood   Todd Hazelwood	Ford Falcon FG X	1'11.7308	1.5371
25	78	Simona de Silvestro   Alex Rullo	Nissan Altima	1'12.0493	1.8556