[N 1] The race was won by David Reynolds and Luke Youlden driving a Holden VF Commodore for Erebus Motorsport.

Scott McLaughlin entered the event as the championship leader, 84 points clear of Triple Eight Race Engineering's Jamie Whincup.

[1] In the Enduro Cup standings, Prodrive Racing Australia team-mates Cam Waters and Richie Stanaway led the pairing of McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat by 24 points.

[5] Tim Slade caused a red flag as a result of losing control in the Esses before heavily impacting the wall on the entry to the Dipper.

The session was halted again with nineteen minutes remaining after Alex Rullo stopped on Conrod Straight having found the wall at Forrest's Elbow.