Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale takes ninth pole

The Dick Johnson Racing star was unstoppable through the three-part qualifying, his session culminating in one of just two laps under the 1m29s mark all day.

That lap, a 1m28.637s, left him three-tenths clear of Triple Eight's pacesetter Jamie Whincup as De Pasquale took his fifth pole since the season resumed in Sydney three weeks ago.

"The car is a in a pretty good window," said De Pasquale.

"It's a fast car and I enjoy driving it. It's cool when you get the lay it on the line for a lap. We're in a good positon for the race, we'll try and convert it this afternoon."

Will Davison was third fastest while series leader Shane van Gisbergen completed the second row of the grid.

Will Brown slipped back to fifth after running early in the final phase of the session, followed by Chaz Mostert and Brodie Kostecki.

Nick Percat made gains on his practice form to qualify eight ahead of Cam Waters and Todd Hazelwood, who was left without any greens for Q3 after using an extra set to get into the Top 10 in the first place.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	1'28.637
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	1'28.981	0.343	0.343
3	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.026	0.389	0.045
4	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.102	0.464	0.075
5	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.139	0.502	0.037
6	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.155	0.517	0.015
7	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.216	0.579	0.061
8	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.419	0.781	0.202
9	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.732	1.094	0.312
10	14	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.743	1.105	0.011
11	5	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.476	0.839
12	2	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.606	0.968	0.129
13	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.691	1.053	0.084
14	7	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.714	1.076	0.022
15	44	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.796	1.158	0.082
16	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.824	1.186	0.028
17	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.857	1.219	0.032
18	35	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.998	1.360	0.140
19	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.080	1.443	0.082
20	22	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB
21	19	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.264	1.626	0.183
22	34	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.299	1.661	0.034
23	26	Luke Youlden	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.535	1.898	0.236
24	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.571	1.933	0.035
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