Symmons Plains has held Supercars (and its predecessor Australian Touring Car Championship) events for 45 years. The first Australian Touring Car Championship event was held at the circuit in 1969 and ran consecutively for three decades. Post the 1999 event, the circuit was left off the calendar until 2004, when the Championship made its return and racing has been held at the circuit every year since.
Tasmania SuperSprint
06 – 08 April 2018
Circuit Description
The Symmons Plains track is not only one of the shortest on the Supercars calendar, with the lap completed in under sixty seconds, it also boasts one of the slowest corners in the championship. The hairpin at turn four is tackled at an average of 60km/h and provides one of the best passing opportunities on the track, with the other coming two corners later at turn six.
Circuit Guide
Location: Launceston, Tasmania
Format: SuperSprint
Track Length: 2.410km
Circuit Direction: Anti-Clockwise
Corners: 7
Fastest Point: Back Straight
Slowest Point: Turn 4
Full Throttle: 57%
Top Speed: 266km/h
Lap Record: 0:51.2622 – Scott Pye (2018) in a Holden Commodore ZB
Qualifying Lap Record: 0:50.5609 – Jamie Whincup (2018) in a Holden Commodore ZB
Race Wins: Jamie Whincup – 12
Pole Positions: Peter Brock – 8
2017 Winners: R1: Shane van Gisbergen R2: Fabian Coulthard
2018 Winners: R1: Jamie Whincup R2: Craig Lowndes
Tyres: 28 Super Soft
2018 Tasmania SuperSprint Event Information
Friday 06 April – Sunday 08 April 2018
Practice 1: 45 minutes
Practice 2: 45 minutes
Qualifying 1: 10 minutes (the bottom 16 cars from Friday’s combined practice times only)
Qualifying 2: 10 minutes (the top 10 from Friday’s combined practice times and the top six in Q1)
Qualifying 3: 10 minutes (the top 10 in Q2)
Race 1: 120km (50 laps)
Practice 3: 20 minutes
Qualifying 4: 10 minutes (the bottom 16 cars from Sunday’s practice times only)
Qualifying 5: 10 minutes (the top 10 from Sunday’s practice times and the top six in Q1)
Qualifying 6: 10 minutes (the top 10 in Q2)
Race 2: 200km (84 laps)
Find out more on the Tasmania SuperSprint qualifying and race format in our guide to the 2018 Race Formats