Supercars Championship leader Will Brown causes chaos on the Gold Coast in multi-car crash

Supercars championship leader Will Brown will start from 11th on the grid for the Gold Coast 500 after causing a spectacular multi-car crash on Saturday.

While Richie Stanaway clocked the fastest time. Brown spun out at Turn 11, leaving Nick Percat and Tim Slade with no room to avoid the collision.

Stanaway secured first place before the incident with a lap time of 1:10.4448s, while main championship rivals Chaz Mostert, Cam Waters and Broc Feeney earned their spots in the Top-10 Shootout.

After causing the red flag, Brown’s fastest lap was declared invalid, demoting him to 11th place and promoting reigning champion Brodie Kostecki to the shootout.

“I’ve been locking up the backline there for the last two sessions and I thought I could turn it around, but it didn’t happen… These things happen, it’s the Gold Coast,” Brown said.

In clear conditions, drivers such as Cameron Hill, Feeney and Waters saw competitive times in the opening laps, with Mostert briefly leading with a 1:10.5148s.

As the final laps approached, Thomas Randle improved to fourth, knocking Matt Payne out of the top 10.

All drivers returned to the track for the final push, and in a thrilling end to the session, Waters and Mostert challenged for the lead before Stanaway set the best time.

Brown crashed into the barriers at Turn 11 during qualifying, forcing him back for the feature race

Brown’s crash had a domino effect, with several other drivers colliding with his car

Unfortunately for Brown, his crash affected Percat and Slade, who will start 19th and 21st respectively.

Cam Waters later put in a standout performance in the Top-10 Shootout, securing pole position for the first 250km race with a lap of 1:11.058 despite side contact with the wall.

Waters, who won at Surfers Paradise last year, will start at the front of the grid, with Richie Stanaway in second place, 0.117 seconds ahead.

Championship contenders Mostert and Feeney start the race from the second row in third and fourth places.

Tickford’s Thomas Randle finished fifth in the shootout, while reigning champion Kostecki faced challenges, including a curbside attack that demoted him to 10th.

Payne also struggled after an off-track excursion at Turn 11 that left him ninth on the grid.

The first race of the weekend starts at 4:15 PM.

Race 21 Top-10 Shootout Results:

Cam Waters (Tickford Racing)

Richie Stanaway (Grove Racing)

Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United)

Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Racing Technique)

Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing)

James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing)

James Courtney (Blanchard Team Racing)

David Reynolds (team 18)

Matt Payne (Grove Racing)

Brodie Kostecki (Erebus Motorsport)