
It’s been a day for Ford here at the UBET Perth Supersprint, and as we gear up for Race 8, it’s our Race 7 winner, who has pole position.
Hello again everyone. Zak Caban here with you, and welcome to our coverage of the second V8 Supercar race of the weekend.
In Breaking News out of the Gold Coast, I can confirm that the Junior Kangaroos have defeated the Junior Kiwis 22-20 in the Test Match at CBUS Super Stadium… the big Test Match between the senior teams of Australia and New Zealand will come your way tomorrow from 4pm AEST on Zak Sports, straight after City/Country from Wagga. We’ll also have MotoGP from Spain, the Queensland 300 from Willowbank, and the 9th Race of the V8 Supercar championship from here at Barbagallo… so, a big day coming up tomorrow.
Let’s turn our focus back to V8 Supercars… Big race coming up here. Jamie Whincup starts second on the grid… a far better effort than what he achieved in Qualy for Race 7. He finished 15th earlier, but he’ll be hoping for a lot higher than that this afternoon.
Fabian Coulthard and Craig Lowndes will share the second row, but they’re all trying to stop Frosty, who starts from where he finished earlier.
Here are the results from Race 7, as well as the grid for Race 8.
V8 Supercars Championship | Race 7 | Barbagallo
1 | Pepsi Max Crew | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG/X | 25 | 24:36.1409 |
2 | Pepsi Max Crew | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG/X | 25 | 24:36.7337 |
3 | Red Bull Racing Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 24:39.0974 |
4 | Team Darrell Lea STIX | Shane Van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 24:44.9374 |
5 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 24:45.3156 |
6 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG/X | 25 | 24:46.2600 |
7 | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Will Davison | Mercedes E63 AMG | 25 | 24:49.1140 |
8 | Freightliner Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 24:52.4445 |
9 | Nissan Motorsport | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima | 25 | 24:54.1019 |
10 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 24:54.6180 |
11 | Wilson Security Racing GRM | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | 25 | 24:56.0444 |
12 | Nissan Motorsport | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima | 25 | 25:00.4572 |
13 | Nissan Motorsport | James Moffat | Nissan Altima | 25 | 25:01.1844 |
14 | Walkinshaw Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 25:01.3847 |
15 | Red Bull Racing Australia | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 25:01.7223 |
16 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Tim Slade | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 25:02.7632 |
17 | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes E63 AMG | 25 | 25:03.6751 |
18 | Nissan Motorsport | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima | 25 | 25:04.0231 |
19 | Repair Management Aust Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 25:04.3282 |
20 | Team Cooldrive | Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 25:05.2681 |
21 | Super Black Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Ford Falcon FG/X | 25 | 25:05.7559 |
22 | DJR Team Penske | Scott Pye | Ford Falcon FG/X | 25 | 25:06.6613 |
23 | Wilson Security Racing GRM | David Wall | Volvo S60 | 25 | 25:07.3781 |
24 | GB Galvanizing Racing | Dale Wood | Holden Commodore VF | 25 | 25:07.7948 |
DNF | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VF | 7 | 6:52.7184 |
1 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:56.90 |
|
2 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:56.93 |
00:00.03 |
3 |
Freightliner Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.09 |
00:00.19 |
4 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.10 |
00:00.20 |
5 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.13 |
00:00.23 |
6 |
Holden Racing Team |
James Courtney |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.26 |
00:00.36 |
7 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.26 |
00:00.36 |
8 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
00:57.27 |
00:00.37 |
9 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.30 |
00:00.40 |
10 |
Supercheap Auto Racing |
Tim Slade |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.31 |
00:00.41 |
11 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.32 |
00:00.42 |
12 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
00:57.40 |
00:00.50 |
13 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.41 |
00:00.51 |
14 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.45 |
00:00.55 |
15 |
Super Black Racing |
Andre Heimgartner |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.47 |
00:00.57 |
16 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Lee Holdsworth |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.48 |
00:00.58 |
17 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.60 |
00:00.70 |
18 |
Team Darrell Lea STIX |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.64 |
00:00.74 |
19 |
DJR Team Penske |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.73 |
00:00.83 |
20 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.85 |
00:00.95 |
21 |
GB Galvanizing Racing |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.92 |
00:01.02 |
22 |
Nissan Motorsport |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.95 |
00:01.05 |
23 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
David Wall |
Volvo S60 |
00:58.08 |
00:01.18 |
24 |
Team Cooldrive |
Tim Blanchard |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:58.36 |
00:01.46 |
25 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Ashley Walsh |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
00:58.36 |
00:01.46 |
Laps: 25
Circuit: 2.42km
Turns: 7 (5 Right, 2 Left)
Race Distance: 60.5km
Direction: Clockwise
Race 2 of the afternoon… Race 8 of the Championship is underway… great start from Whincup, as well as Winterbottom, and it’s Frosty who leads them in to one, and Lowndes has got the jump on Coulthard, and will go third.
Coulthard takes P3 back as we end Lap 1.
Winterbottom’s lead is now 1.4 seconds after just two laps.
Whincup stays second, from Coulthard, Lowndes, Mostert, Courtney, Reynolds and R.Kelly.
Frosty has pulled out… huge margin of 3 seconds to Whincup, Coulthard sits third, then Mostert and Lowndes making up the top five.
Flawless drive from Mark Winterbottom… he’s led from start to finish, and takes the chequered flag… 2 wins for the day, and the first time he’s won two consecutive championship races since 2012.
Whincup bounces back with second, ahead of Coulthard, Mostert, Lowndes, Courtney and Reynolds the top seven.
Good run for Chaz, and Reynolds unlucky not to get by Courtney.
Rick Kelly, Will Davison and Tim Slade made up the top ten.
Disappointing for Shane Van Gisbergen… he finished down in 24th.
So, two races without a Safety Car interruption today… these sprint races haven’t provided the most exciting racing yet, have they?
But, we’ve got a 200km race to look forward to tomorrow, and strategy will come into play there, which will be great fun for us, and very interesting to see who does what, and how it all plays out.
But, Ford are back in the game… Frosty… two race win, and the championship lead ahead of an 83-Lap race tomorrow.
We hope you’ll join us then!
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