Polesitter Anton De Pasquale made a perfect start to the race, bolting from pole and quickly establishing a one second gap over team-mate Will Davison.
However his early hard work was undone at the start of lap four when he locked a brake into Turn 1, ran wide, and dropped back to third behind Davison and David Reynolds and just ahead of a stalking van Gisbergen.
Davison surrendered the lead at the end of the same lap to take his mandatory service and switch to the hard compound Dunlops.
De Pasquale did likewise a lap later, followed by Reynolds a lap later again, shortly after he’d been passed for the race lead by van Gisbergen.
The Red Bull Holden driver completed the stops for the lead group on lap seven, resuming behind Davison and next to De Pasquale.
As he and De Pasquale squabbled over track position the Ford driver was shuffled wide at Turn 3, which helped Reynolds sneak back into what was effectively third place.
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