The reigning collection champion made mild work of the primary ever Gen3 race, main the second two stints to return residence forward of Broc Feeney by greater than 14 seconds.
Cam Waters and Chaz Mostert put Ford’s Mustang third and fourth on the finish of the 250-kilometre affair.
It was Brodie Kostecki that led the best way within the first stint after making a sensible begin from pole.
The Erebus driver managed the managed a see-sawing battle among the many prime 5 as he led Waters, Triple Eight pair Feeney and van Gisbergen, and Tim Slade.
By the 15-lap mark van Gisbergen obtained previous Feeney and was in a position to begin piling stress onto Waters.
He could not discover a means by means of, by means of, the highest of the order remaining intact till the primary spherical of stops was kicked off by Feeney on Lap 28.
Waters and Slade pitted two laps later, the latter’s cost slowed considerably by a wheel nut concern throughout his cease.
The next lap noticed chief Kostecki hit the lane, the Coca-Cola Camaro re-emerging behind Waters and Feeney.
Van Gisbergen then stopped a lap later, leaping the lot as he took over the efficient lead of the race.
The reigning champion continued to guide Waters, Feeney and Kostecki throughout the second stint, which Kostecki delivered to an in depth when he hit the lane for his second cease on Lap 56.
Feeney did likewise a lap later, a shorter fill assist him leapfrog Waters for second place because the Tickford Mustang stopped a lap later.
Considerably predictably van Gisbergen then ran lengthy, not making his second cease till Lap 65.
Van Gisbergen was in a position to resume with the lead, the margin over Feeney initially 3.5s.
He was then in a position to romp away from his teammate throughout the ultimate stint to cross the end line with a whopping 14s up his sleeve.
“I’ve to thank the group; one-two first race out,” mentioned van Gisbergen.
“I have not been snug on this automobile and the group has executed every part it could to make it higher for me.
“I really feel like a wobbler driving the factor, however the group has given us two nice vehicles. Tomorrow can be robust. We have got to return again and do it once more.”
Feeney and Waters rounded out the rostrum, whereas Kostecki continued to fade because the race wore on.
He by no means recovered after dropping to fourth within the first spherical of stops, earlier than discovering himself in a heated battle with Chaz Mostert over fourth spot within the ultimate stint.
The pair raced laborious for a number of laps earlier than Mostert lastly obtained below Kostecki on the exit of Flip 1 on Lap 80, which set him as much as full the go into Flip 2.
That left Mostert clear to cruise residence to fourth forward of Kostecki, who was adopted residence by teammate Will Brown who labored his means ahead from eleventh on the grid.
Andre Heimgartner completed seventh forward of Mark Winterbottom, Scott Pye and James Courtney.
David Reynolds noticed a possible prime 5 end result go begging with a gradual second cease with what a wheel concern, the Grove Racing driver ending up twelfth.
His teammate Matt Payne completed 14th to grow to be the most effective of the rookies within the area.
It was a troublesome time out for Dick Johnson Racing, Will Davison the most effective of the Shell Fords in thirteenth. Anton De Pasquale discovered himself going through backwards early within the race after tangling with Todd Hazelwood and got here residence 18th.
One other driver to have a shocker was Nick Percat, the Walkinshaw Ford driver making good early progress from twenty first on the grid earlier than a brake concern took him out of the race.
He was the one driver not categorised.
