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SVG Clinches title in Gold Coast romp

By Timothy Neal

Date posted: October 29, 2022

The title race is over for 2022 as Shane van Gisbergen has romped home to take Race 1 of the Gold Coast 500.

Van Gisbergen took his 20th win of the season to be a three-time champion in triple eight’s 600th Supercars race, with David  Reynolds taking P2 over Chaz Mostert in a surprisingly flag free race.

The gruelling 250km single driver race got underway with David Reynolds on pole in front of Shane van Gisbergen, Cam Waters and Chaz Mostert.

Reynolds kept the lead onto the first corner with all cars going through without issue, as van Gisbergen kept right under his rear wing with the top ten holding their spots.

The Triple Eight Team celebrate another drivers title after van Gisbergen’s dominant Gold Coast 500 win. Image, Mark Horsburgh

Winterbottom moved up three spots into P10 as Reynolds gained a 1.037s split by lap 7.

Davison went for the first undercut after being held up in P9, then lost time with a faulty wheel gun holding him up, re-entering in P23.

The #26 Penrite just held off SVG on lap 15 but lost P1 a lap later out of the chicane before turn 4, with Waters holding P3 over Mostert before taking his compulsory stop.

Reynolds took his first pit on lap 25 with half the field having taken their first stops, with the #97 also pitting a lap later. SVG came back out in P9 just in front of Reynolds, Waters and De Pasquale.

David Reynolds had to fend off a fast finishing Chaz Mostert to hold onto P2. Image: Mark Horsburgh

Lap 30 had the first compulsory stops out of the way, with Reynolds lapping the fastest having gained ground back to be in P2 by +0.934.

Both Heimgartner and Brown had mechanical black flags, with both cars parked up. The #9 undercarriage got stripped on a kerb due to power steering issues, and the #8 suffered backfiring with both cars out on lap 34.

Brodie Kostecki and Randle were made to swap places  for P10 after the #55 cut the chicane, with the top ten holding except for Mostert pushing on Davison for P5.

Reynolds was having steering wheel issues, and started to lose tenths on SVG by lap 40, with the field nearing its final refueling stop for the 40+ lap run to the chequered flag.

Chaz Mostert had to fend off Will Davison to secure third. Image: Mark Horsburgh

Lap 45 came with no yellow flags waved yet as teams started to get their fuel deliveries done with van Gisbergen holding a 4.878 split on Reynolds, with Waters losing P3 to Mostert on turn 4 with Winterbottom in P5.

Waters somehow stayed in the game with a massive spin off the tyre barrier at the exit of the first chicane, with he and Mostert both taking their fuel stops, as Reynolds had his steering wheel fixed on his pit. 

Van Gisbergen came in on lap 56 with over a minute split on Reynolds, re-entering with an 11s lead on his march to clinching the championship, whilst Mostert cut his time to P2 to just +0.628.

Will Davison’s impressive tyre management skills helped him threaten an unlikely podium at the death. Image: Mark Horsburgh

With 20 laps remaining the podium was looking settled barring a yellow flag with Davison +3s back in P4 over his DJR teammate, and Waters in P6 over B.Kostecki and Courtney, with Winterbottom and Pye filling out the top ten.

With only 9 laps left, SVG met up with the back of the field holding a 15s lead, and the #17 DJR had snuck up on Mostert to threaten for P3. Davison had moved right under his wing with 5 laps left, as Mostert’s tyres looked shot from his push on Reynolds.

The last lap saw a fight for P3, with Mostert somehow holding Davison off, as van Gisbergen stormed home by 17.344s in a shockingly dominant win.

SVG makes it a massive three titles with his 20th win of the 2022 season. Image: Mark Horsburgh

Sunday

Qualifying 10:55-11:15

Top 10 Shootout 12:35-13:00

Race 32 (85 laps) 15:15-17:20

For more of the latest motorsport news pick up the latest issue of Auto Action.

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