V8 Supercar formats

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V8 Supercar formats vary. All rounds include practice, qualifying, and racing in some form.

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[edit] Practice

Practice Sessions can be held over a single two-hour session for sprint races, two half-hour sessions, or four sessions of varying lengths for enduros.

[edit] Qualifying

For the 2007 season, the qualifying session is based on the current Formula One qualifying session.

[edit] Top 10 Shootout

The ten fastest drivers from qualifying then advance to the Top-10 Shootout, where each driver is given one lap to produce a fast time. The running order is determined by the times from qualifying, with the slowest going first. The resulting times from the Top-10 Shootout determine the Top-10 starting order. The Shootout is to be axed from all non-enduro rounds as of 2007, in favour of using conventional qualifying to determine the entire grid.

[edit] Warm Ups

For most rounds, a short pre-race warm-up time is given. This is to make any last minute set-up changes or to rectify any last minute problems.

[edit] Races

  • CLIPSAL 500: For the Clipsal 500, two races are run over a distance of 250 km each (78 laps of the Adelaide Street Circuit), with compulsory pitstops for fuel and tyres, as well as any others that may be required.
  • SPRINT RACES: For all other rounds, three races over 150 km each are held across the weekend. Compulsory Pitstops are held for fuel and tyres. From Rounds 2-7 of 2006, the second race of the sprint round was made a reverse grid race, in an effort to spice up the action. Unfortunately, this initiative was unpopular with fans, drivers, and team owners, because it was expensive (repairing cars that otherwise wouldn't have been damaged), and didn't really make the racing any better.
  • ENDUROS: For the Sandown 500, a single race is run over a distance of 500 km (161 laps of the Sandown circuit). Compulsory pitstops are taken for tyres, brake-pads, and fuel, as well as any others that may be required. For the Bathurst 1000, the race is run over 1000 km (161 laps of the Mt Panorama circuit), with the same rules for pitstops.


[edit] Tyre allocation

  • SPRINT RACES: Each car is given 12 slick tyres, and 12 wet-weather tyres.
  • 500 km EVENTS: For the Clipsal 500 and Sandown 500, each car is given 16 slicks only
  • BATHURST: Each car is given 24 slicks only.
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