Having made a error on his crucial run in Saturday’s certifying session, van Gisbergen was perfect this time around.
His veryfirst run was a 1m30.383s that left him 2nd, right behind race 1 winner Brodie Kostecki.
He then enhanced to a 1m29.910s on his 2nd run, which left him 0.05s ahead of fellow Kiwi Heimgartner.
The pole was a ideal action to a tough Saturday race for van Gisbergen, who raced from 20th on the grid to 3rd, just to be handed a five-second charge for contact on Will Brown on the last lap.
That dropped him to seventh in the last category.
“I’ve simply got to thank the group,” stated van Gisbergen after taking pole this earlymorning.
“I’m havingahardtime wi