Gold Coast 600: Van Gisbergen, Stanaway rub panels early

The curious clash started when van Gisbergen got stuck behind Stanaway at the Beach Chicane, before looking to pass the Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden into Turn 11.

However Stanaway didn't make things easy on his fellow Kiwi, giving van Gisbergen a decent whack in the door on the way past.

Having gone on to finish the session third, van Gisbergen was happy to laugh off the incident after the session.

“He’s one of my good mates, but he wonders why sometimes..." said van Gisbergen, referencing Stanaway's critics.

"I went down the inside and he just slammed me.

“Anyway, the car’s good, we didn’t run [new] tyres then, just stayed on the same ones and it feels pretty comfortable."

That wasn't the only drama at Turn 11 for the GRM squad. There was just one red flag in the 30-minute session, James Golding firing his Commodore into the outside wall.

Jamie Whincup set the pace in the opening hit-out, a 1m10.609s leaving him two-tenths clear of Chaz Mostert and van Gisbergen.

James Courtney and David Reynolds were fourth and fifth, followed by Cam Waters, Fabian Coulthard, Nick Percat and Anton De Pasquale.

Cla	#	Driver		Car	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	888	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes		Holden Commodore ZB	17	01'10.609			150.914
2	55	Chaz Mostert James Moffat		Ford Mustang GT	19	01'10.846	00.237	00.237	150.409
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander		Holden Commodore ZB	16	01'10.931	00.321	00.084	150.230
4	22	James Courtney Jack Perkins		Holden Commodore ZB	15	01'11.012	00.402	00.081	150.058
5	9	David Reynolds Luke Youlden		Holden Commodore ZB	16	01'11.087	00.477	00.075	149.899
6	6	Cameron Waters Michael Caruso		Ford Mustang GT	15	01'11.107	00.497	00.019	149.857
7	12	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto		Ford Mustang GT	17	01'11.172	00.563	00.065	149.720
8	8	Nick Percat Tim Blanchard		Holden Commodore ZB	17	01'11.265	00.655	00.092	149.526
9	99	Anton De Pasquale Will Brown		Holden Commodore ZB	14	01'11.304	00.695	00.039	149.443
10	17	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat		Ford Mustang GT	22	01'11.326	00.716	00.021	149.397
11	2	Scott Pye Warren Luff		Holden Commodore ZB	16	01'11.332	00.723	00.006	149.384
12	7	Andre Heimgartner Bryce Fullwood		Nissan Altima	17	01'11.407	00.797	00.074	149.228
13	35	Todd Hazelwood Jack Smith		Holden Commodore ZB	19	01'11.613	01.004	00.206	148.798
14	14	Tim Slade		Holden Commodore ZB	15	01'11.630	01.020	00.016	148.763
15	15	Rick Kelly Dale Wood		Nissan Altima	15	01'11.672	01.063	00.042	148.676
16	23	Will Davison Alex Davison		Ford Mustang GT	17	01'11.757	01.147	00.084	148.500
17	5	Lee Holdsworth Thomas Randle		Ford Mustang GT	19	01'11.796	01.186	00.039	148.419
18	21	Macauley Jones Dean Canto		Holden Commodore ZB	16	01'11.822	01.212	00.025	148.366
19	18	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards		Holden Commodore ZB	12	01'11.882	01.272	00.060	148.242
20	78	Simona de Silvestro Alex Rullo		Nissan Altima	16	01'12.087	01.477	00.205	147.820
21	19	Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb		Holden Commodore ZB	17	01'12.125	01.515	00.037	147.743
22	33	Richie Stanaway Chris Pither		Holden Commodore ZB	17	01'12.298	01.688	00.172	147.389
23	3	Garry Jacobson Dean Fiore		Nissan Altima	18	01'12.362	01.753	00.064	147.258
24	34	James Golding Richard Muscat		Holden Commodore ZB	10	01'12.385	01.775	00.022	147.212
25	56	Brodie Kostecki Jake Kostecki		Holden Commodore ZB	19	01'13.453	02.844	01.068	145.070