The 2016 Coates Hire Sydney 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on the weekend of 2 to 4 December 2016. The event was held at the Homebush Street Circuit in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres in length. It was the final round of the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship, and the final time that the venue hosted a Supercar race, being replaced by the Newcastle Street Circuit from 2017 onwards.

Report Practice + Practice summary Session Day Fastest lap No. Driver Team Car Time Practice 1 Friday 33 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.8095 Practice 2 Friday 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0734

Race results

Race 28 Qualifying

Name Team Car Time 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.6272 2 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.7306 3 33 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:26.8455 4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0335 5 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0532 6 22 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1503 7 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1888 8 1 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.2013 9 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.2600 10 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.2744 11 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4261 12 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4485 13 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5254 14 222 Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5639 15 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.5771 16 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.5785 17 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.6221 18 8 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.6815 19 17 Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6988 20 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.7208 21 111 Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.9182 22 96 Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.3054 23 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3317 24 3 Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3659 25 21 Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.4541 26 4 Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.7687 Source:

Notes:  — David Reynolds' team exceeded parc fermé regulations after qualifying, which resulted in the exclusion of Reynolds.

Race

Name Team Laps Time Grid 1 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 74 1:55:51.3313 2 2 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 74 + 6.84 s 5 3 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 74 + 9.83 s 1 4 33 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 74 + 10.39 s 3 5 22 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 74 + 10.84 s 6 6 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 74 + 17.37 s 9 7 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports 74 + 17.96 s 12 8 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 74 + 23.32 s 4 9 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 74 + 25.03 s 16 10 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 74 + 26.60 s 26 11 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 74 + 27.89 s 11 12 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 74 + 31.59 s 19 13 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 74 + 32.79 s 15 14 17 Scott Pye DJR Team Penske 74 + 33.90 s 18 15 222 Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 74 + 34.66 s 13 16 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 74 + 36.13 s 22 17 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 74 + 37.02 s 8 18 8 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 74 + 38.04 s 17 19 21 Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport 74 + 39.46 s 24 20 3 Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 74 + 40.25 s 23 21 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 74 + 46.20 s 10 22 4 Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport 71 + 3 laps 25 23 1 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 69 + 5 laps 7 24 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 65 + 9 laps 14 Ret 96 Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport 48 Broken steering 21 Ret 111 Chris Pither Super Black Racing 1 Accident damage 20 Fastest lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:27.9481 Source:

Race 29 Qualifying

Name Team Car Time 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:26.9518 2 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:26.9828 3 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.0942 4 22 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1828 5 33 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.2151 6 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.2360 7 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2543 8 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2556 9 222 Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3101 10 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.3417 11 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3438 12 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.4184 13 1 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.4194 14 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5594 15 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.5757 16 8 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.5860 17 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.6434 18 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6510 19 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.6717 20 17 Scott Pye DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:27.8966 21 21 Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.9611 22 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:28.0768 23 96 Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.1640 24 4 Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.2656 25 3 Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.3237 26 111 Chris Pither Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:28.3633 Source:

Top Ten Shootout Driver Team Car Time 1 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1524 2 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:27.1660 3 22 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 1:27.2831 4 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:27.3672 5 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:27.4455 6 33 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 1:27.4955 7 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:27.7445 8 222 Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:28.2551 9 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:28.4348 10 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:31.5703 Sources:

Race

Name Team Laps Time Grid 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 73 1:59:59.1235 2 2 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 73 + 1.03 s 1 3 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 73 + 2.39 s 4 4 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 73 + 2.80 s 10 5 33 Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport 73 + 4.27 s 6 6 22 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 73 + 4.73 s 3 7 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 73 + 6.35 s 5 8 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports 73 + 9.44 s 11 9 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 73 + 9.79 s 14 10 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 73 + 10.02 s 17 11 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 73 + 10.44 s 19 12 1 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 73 + 10.80 s 13 13 17 Scott Pye DJR Team Penske 73 + 11.27 s 20 14 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 73 + 12.25 s 7 15 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 73 + 13.27 s 22 16 222 Nick Percat Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 73 + 14.86 s 8 17 4 Shae Davies Erebus Motorsport 73 + 21.81 s 24 18 111 Chris Pither Super Black Racing 72 + 1 lap 26 19 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 72 + 1 lap 9 20 3 Andre Heimgartner Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 71 + 2 laps 25 21 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 60 + 13 laps 18 Ret 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 64 Engine 12 Ret 8 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 46 Accident 16 Ret 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 39 Accident 15 Ret 96 Dale Wood Nissan Motorsport 7 Accident damage 23 Ret 21 Tim Blanchard Britek Motorsport 1 Accident damage 21 Fastest lap: James Courtney (Holden Racing Team), 1:28.1700 Source:

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Shane van Gisbergen 3368 2 Jamie Whincup 3168 1 3 Scott McLaughlin 2806 1 4 Craig Lowndes 2770 5 Will Davison 2589

Teams' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 6546 2 Holden Racing Team 4434 3 Garry Rogers Motorsport 4250 4 Prodrive Racing Australia 3962 1 5 DJR Team Penske 3855

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