Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale takes pole on series' return

Following back-to-back weekends at Townsville in July, the Supercars championship was put on hiatus due to COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia, culminating in the Bathurst 1000 being rearranged to form the season finale on 5 December.

On the series' return in Sydney, DJR driver De Pasquale has been on blistering form this weekend and the provisional polesitter continued his devastating form in the single-lap dash for pole, gapping a tight battle behind him by more than half a second.

He has now topped every session so far this weekend and will start tonight's opening sprint race as the overwhelming favourite for a second victory in DJR colours after winning the second race at the Bend.

"It's always good when you go any the end [of the Shootout], the track is cooling off is you've got the best of both worlds," he said.

"But the car was in a good window right out of the truck, that's the best we've rolled out the car all year. We're just in the window so we can find tune it. We want to execute in the race tonight."

Will Brown put in a masterful performance, the Erebus rookie going from fifth in regular qualifying to a spot on the front row of the grid.

"I knew it was a pretty good lap, I was pretty pumped," he said. "But I got my arse handed to me by [Anton]. Five-tenths!

"But's it's cool to be starting from the front row. We'll be having a crack, I'm out there to try and win a race."

Anton De Pasquale, Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang

Photo by: Mark Horsburgh, Edge Photographics

De Pasquale's team-mate Will Davison and Nick Percat ended up on the second row, ahead of Brodie Kostecki and series leader Shane van Gisbergen, who was somewhat underwhelming in the Shootout.

The back end of the Top 10 was largely unchanged from regular qualifying, with Cam Waters seventh, Jamie Whincup eighth, Chaz Mostert ninth and Tim Slade 10th.

Today's race starts at 7:10pm local time.

Syndey Supercars Qualifying Result:

Cla	Driver	Car	Time
1	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	1'28.077
2	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	1'28.605
3	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1'28.618
4	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1'28.690
5	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'28.702
6	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1'28.729
7	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1'28.811
8	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.182
9	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.194
10	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.608
11	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.567
12	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.582
13	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.640
14	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.679
15	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.721
16	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.835
17	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.868
18	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.899
19	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.974
20	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.039
21	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.158
22	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.179
23	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.366
24	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.453
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