2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown
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| Round 6 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17–19 June 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Friday: fine Saturday: fine Sunday: fine |
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| Race 1 | |||
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| Distance | 42 laps | 120 km | |
| Pole position |
Shane Van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering |
1:06.0923 | |
| Winner |
Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport |
50:12.3730 | |
| Race 2 | |||
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| Distance | 70 laps | 200 km | |
| Pole position |
Shane Van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering |
1:06.6797 | |
| Winner |
Shane Van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering |
1:32:52.6896 | |
The 2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown was a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of 17 to 19 June 2016. The event was held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the sixth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 12 and 13 of the season. The event was the 19th running of the Darwin Triple Crown.
The first race of the weekend was won by Michael Caruso, his first victory since 2009 and the first for Nissan Motorsport since 2013. Shane Van Gisbergen had started from pole position but incurred a drive-through penalty for illegally overtaking Caruso on a safety car restart. Van Gisbergen recovered to win the second race from pole position. The second race was marred by two major incidents on the first lap, one of which left Lee Holdsworth in hospital with fractures to his pelvis, right knee and two ribs. The other involved James Moffat, Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert and caused major damage to Coulthard's car. Jamie Whincup took the championship lead by finishing second in Race 12, while the leader coming into the event, Mark Winterbottom, dropped to fourth place after finishing 20th in Race 13.
Various personnel changes took place at a number of teams ahead of the event. Todd Kelly's race engineer Jesse Walker left Nissan Motorsport following the ; he was replaced by the team's engineering manager, Perry Kapper. Campbell Little, who had engineered David Reynolds' car for Erebus Motorsport in the first five events of the season, switched to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to work with Andre Heimgartner. His role at Erebus Motorsport was taken by the team's general manager, Barry Ryan. Significant changes were made by the Holden Racing Team, with Garth Tander's race engineer Blake Smith being dismissed while James Courtney's engineer Alistair McVean was moved into another role. They were replaced by Alex Somerset and Rob Starr respectively.
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