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Andrew van Leeuwen

Supercars Albert Park: Van Gisbergen dominates second race

It was polesitter Will Davison that got the jump at the start as van Gisbergen slid down the inside of David Reynolds to nab second place.

The Kiwi then quickly put the blowtorch to the back of the race leader, shadowing Davison until Turn 6 on the second lap where he slipped past with a neatly-executed move.

Once in front he was able to gap the Shell Ford, pulling 1.5s clear before the safety car was called on lap five when Andre Heimgartner was spun by Will Brown at the last corner.

That sparked a flurry of stops, van Gisbergen able to take his mandatory service, switch to the hard compound tyres and continue in the lead.

Reynolds, who had taken his stop right before the caution, was able to jump Davison, while the big loser of the stops was Anton De Pasquale, who had been fourth but dropped to 20th after being forced to double stack, and then stalling on his way out of his box.

The race went green again on lap eight, Davison dropping another spot when he was shuffled wide by Brodie Kostecki, which let James Courtney through to third.

But there was worse to come for Davison, who copped Cam Waters' Tickford Mustang in his bumper on the approach to Turn 3 on lap 10.

That left him beached in the gravel and prompted the second caution of the race.

When the race went green on lap 13 van Gisbergen was able to swiftly gap Reynolds, the Kiwi then cruising to a 2s win ahead of the Grove Ford to extend his championship lead.

Shane van Gisbergen, Tripe Eight Race Engineering, Holden Commodore ZB (Photo by: Edge Photographics)

The battle for third turned wild after the restart, with Courtney coming under immense pressure from Chaz Mostert.

Their squabble came to blows on the very last corner of the race, Mostert tipping Courtney into a spin, and subsequently the wall, as they bashed doors.

That let Lee Holdsworth sneak through to put two Gove Racing cars on the podium.

Courtney got going again but finished ninth while Mostert was fourth on the road but slapped with a post-race penalty that dropped him to 22nd.

That left Scott Pye in fourth ahead of Todd Hazelwood, while Garry Jacobson was a fine sixth place for the new PremiAir Racing squad.

Kostecki ended up seventh ahead of Tim Slade, Courtney and a recovering De Pasquale.

The Melbourne 400 continues with the third race later today.

Supercars Albert Park - Race 2 results

Cla Driver Car Laps Time
1 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 19 -
2 Australia David Reynolds Ford Mustang GT 19 2.037
3 Australia Lee Holdsworth Ford Mustang GT 19 7.089
4 Australia Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 19 9.974
5 Australia Todd Hazelwood Holden Commodore ZB 19 12.992
6 Australia Garry Jacobson Holden Commodore ZB 19 13.497
7 Brodie Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB 19 14.458
8 Australia Tim Slade Ford Mustang GT 19 14.694
9 Australia James Courtney Ford Mustang GT 19 15.200
10 Australia Anton De Pasquale Ford Mustang GT 19 16.364
11 Australia Bryce Fullwood Holden Commodore ZB 19 16.863
12 Australia Macauley Jones Holden Commodore ZB 19 16.985
13 Australia Mark Winterbottom Holden Commodore ZB 19 19.756
14 Australia Jake Kostecki Ford Mustang GT 19 19.785
15 Broc Feeney Holden Commodore ZB 19 20.966
16 Australia Jack Le Brocq Holden Commodore ZB 19 22.873
17 New Zealand Chris Pither Holden Commodore ZB 19 24.072
18 Australia Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 19 24.712
19 Australia Thomas Randle Ford Mustang GT 19 25.814
20 Australia Jack Smith Holden Commodore ZB 19 25.824
21 Australia Cameron Waters Ford Mustang GT 19 47.598
22 Australia Chaz Mostert Holden Commodore ZB 19 50.440
23 Australia Will Brown Holden Commodore ZB 19 52.935
24 Australia Will Davison Ford Mustang GT 18 1 lap
  New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Holden Commodore ZB 3  
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