SVG the comeback king through three rounds

Shane van Gisbergen has completed the two biggest comebacks through the opening three rounds.

On 20 occasions in 2022, a driver has gained 10 or more positions in a race.

In every single race so far this season, at least one driver has gained 10 or more spots between lights out and the chequered flag.

Tim Slade is the only driver to have achieved the feat three times; Slade has done it at every event so far in 2022.

Race 7 at the most recent round in Melbourne featured a season-high four 10-or-more position gains.

It was in Race 6, however, that van Gisbergen completed 2022’s most impressive drive so far.

Van Gisbergen raced from 23rd to the podium, allaying fears of a tough race after being caught out in qualifying.

It came after van Gisbergen charged from 21st to sixth in Sydney, all after he went a lap down after an early off.

Will Brown and Garry Jacobson have also put in 15-position gains in 2022.

Brown also gained 15 spots in Sydney, while Jacobson somehow raced from 21st to sixth in a 20-lap Albert Park sprint.

Jacobson later raced from 24th to 10th, helping himself to 29 positions gained in a day.

It comes as attempting to convert from ARMOR ALL Pole Position continues to be a source of irritation for drivers.

Just one of nine races in 2022 have seen a pole-sitter go on to win that race.

Fittingly, that too was van Gisbergen, at Symmons Plains in Race 4.

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10 or more positions gained in a race in 2022*

20 positions: Shane van Gisbergen, AGP Race 6 (23rd to 3rd)15 positions: Shane van Gisbergen, SMSP Race 2 (21st to 6th)15 positions: Will Brown, SMSP Race 2 (23rd to 8th)15 positions: Garry Jacobson, AGP Race 7 (21st to 6th)14 positions: Garry Jacobson, AGP Race 8 (24th to 10th)14 positions: Tim Slade, SMSP Race 2 (24th to 10th)13 positions: Scott Pye, AGP Race 6 (24th to 11th)12 positions: Tim Slade, Tasmania Race 3 (23rd to 11th)12 positions: Lee Holdsworth, Tasmania Race 3 (21st to 9th)12 positions: Chaz Mostert, Tasmania Race 4 (16th to 4th)12 positions: Will Brown, Tasmania Race 4 (24th to 12th)12 positions: Lee Holdsworth, AGP Race 7 (15th to 3rd)12 positions: Tim Slade, AGP Race 7 (20th to 8th)12 positions: Jake Kostecki, AGP Race 7 (25th to 13th)11 positions: Cam Waters, SMSP Race 1 (22nd to 11th)11 positions: Nick Percat, Tasmania Race 5 (21st to 10th)11 positions: Todd Hazelwood, AGP Race 9 (25th to 14th)10 positions: James Courtney, Tasmania Race 4 (18th to 8th)10 positions: Jake Kostecki, Tasmania Race 3 (24th to 14th)10 positions: Jack Le Brocq, AGP Race 8 (22nd to 12th)

*Correct to the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400