Friday’s crash-strewn qualifying session meant the grid for the first Adelaide race required significant massaging.
That was because a number of drivers either didn’t set a time, or set a time outside of the cut off required to make the field.
That cut off proved to be a point of contention, though, with stewards mistakenly using 107 percent, rather than 105 percent as is written in the rules.
As such, drivers who were within 105 and 107 percent got to keep their qualifying position, rather than reverting to combined practice times as was the case for those beyond 107 percent.
“Motorsport Australia acknowledges there was an error with yesterday’s published grid sheet for Race 23 of the Supercars Championship,” read a statement.
“The error was made following the miscalculation of the cut off times from the shortened qualifying session and impacted the starting positions of some cars between positions 13 and 22.”
More to follow.
