2016 Phillip Island SuperSprint

DJR Team Penske enjoyed a strong weekend, with Fabian Coulthard and Scott Pye finishing third in Races 6 and 7 respectively.

The Holden Racing Team ran a one-off tribute livery on its cars to raise awareness for the ANZAC appeal.

[3] A new rule was introduced for the event, preventing teams from changing brake rotors and pads between qualifying and each race.

Enduro Cup co-drivers were permitted to take part in the first session and Tony D'Alberto, Dean Fiore, Macauley Jones and Luke Youlden all completed laps.

McLaughlin emerged as effective leader, being the best-placed driver to have made a pit stop, ahead of Whincup and Mostert.

Brad Jones Racing mimicked the strategy it had used at Symmons Plains, running its drivers Jason Bright and Tim Slade to laps 16 and 17 before performing their pit stops.

They came out of the pit lane in 16th and tenth places respectively but were able to move forward in the closing stages due to their fresher tyres.

He went off the circuit and spun before driving back to the pit lane to change the affected wheel, leaving him in last place.

McLaughlin took victory, 1.2 seconds clear of Whincup, while Coulthard finished third after making up multiple positions following his pit stop.

James Moffat scored his best result of the season with seventh, while Slade and Bright made it to eighth and tenth places respectively.

Cam Waters suffered a tyre failure on the main straight on lap 34 and was hit by Andre Heimgartner as he slowed.

Mostert recovered from his early spin to finish eighth, while Van Gisbergen made it up to tenth, having been twentieth after pitting during the safety car period.