Australian V8 Race This Weekend, Volvo V8 On Pole

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Published on March 1st, 2014 | by Daniel Sherman Fernandez

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Australian V8 Race This Weekend, Volvo V8 On Pole

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Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes claimed pole positions for V8 Supercars’ season-opening races in Adelaide, as Volvo’s Scott McLaughlin secured a surprising front-row start. Triple Eight duo Whincup and Lowndes dominated the day, with the reigning champion claiming the top spot in the first 15-minute qualifying race ahead of his team-mate. Lowndes, however, fought back in the second heat to beat McLaughlin by 0.1103 seconds, as the Kiwi secured a front-row slot for Volvo in the new S60’s debut in the series.

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Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom qualified third for the first race in the quickest Ford, ahead of Holden Racing Team’s James Courtney and McLaughlin. Whincup, Jason Bright and Winterbottom completed the top five on the race-two grid, ahead of the top Mercedes of Lee Holdsworth. Todd Kelly and Michael Carusso secured seventh places for race one and race two respectively as the fastest qualifiers for Nissan. The first two races will take place on Saturday, with another qualifying session on Sunday ahead of the final race of the weekend.

V8 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP TOWNSVILLE

Race one qualifying:

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Pos  Driver               Team/Car               Time        Gap

1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple Eight Holden    1m20.5849s

2.  Craig Lowndes        Triple Eight Holden    1m20.7367s  +0.1518s

3.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford               1m20.8204s  +0.2355s

4.  James Courtney       HRT Holden             1m20.8312s  +0.2463s

5.  Scott McLaughlin     GRM Volvo              1m20.8350s  +0.2501s

6.  Shane van Gisbergen  Tekno Holden           1m20.8459s  +0.2610s

7.  Todd Kelly           Nissan                 1m20.9231s  +0.3382s

8.  Scott Pye            Dick Johnson Ford      1m20.9479s  +0.3630s

9.  Tim Slade            Walkinshaw/HRT Holden  1m20.9603s  +0.3754s

10.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden      1m21.0592s  +0.4743s

11.  Chaz Mostert         FPR Ford               1m21.0598s  +0.4749s

12.  Michael Caruso       Nissan                 1m21.0719s  +0.4870s

13.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden      1m21.1735s  +0.5886s

14.  Rick Kelly           Nissan                 1m21.1935s  +0.6086s

15.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden             1m21.2250s  +0.6401s

16.  Lee Holdsworth       Erebus Mercedes        1m21.3285s  +0.7436s

17.  James Moffat         Nissan                 1m21.3611s  +0.7762s

18.  Russell Ingall       Dumbrell Holden        1m21.4766s  +0.8917s

19.  Dale Wood            Britek/BJR Holden      1m21.5583s  +0.9734s

20.  David Wall           Dick Johnson Ford      1m21.5764s  +0.9915s

21.  Robert Dahlgren      GRM Volvo              1m21.7651s  +1.1802s

22.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford      1m21.8145s  +1.2296s

23.  Jack Perkins         Schwerkolt/FPR Ford    1m22.1294s  +1.5445s

24.  Will Davison         Erebus Mercedes        1m22.4255s  +1.8406s

25.  Nick Percat          Rosenberg/HRT Holden   1m23.3727s  +2.7878s

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Race two qualifying:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car               Time        Gap

1.  Craig Lowndes        Triple Eight Holden    1m20.4155s

2.  Scott McLaughlin     GRM Volvo              1m20.5258s  +0.1103s

3.  Jamie Whincup        Triple Eight Holden    1m20.5699s  +0.1544s

4.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden      1m20.6474s  +0.2319s

5.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford               1m20.6900s  +0.2745s

6.  Lee Holdsworth       Erebus Mercedes        1m20.7119s  +0.2964s

7.  Michael Caruso       Nissan                 1m20.7337s  +0.3182s

8.  James Courtney       HRT Holden             1m20.7735s  +0.3580s

9.  Scott Pye            Dick Johnson Ford      1m20.8208s  +0.4053s

10.  Chaz Mostert         FPR Ford               1m20.8530s  +0.4375s

11.  Todd Kelly           Nissan                 1m20.8712s  +0.4557s

12.  Tim Slade            Walkinshaw/HRT Holden  1m20.9075s  +0.4920s

13.  Nick Percat          Rosenberg/HRT Holden   1m20.9294s  +0.5139s

14.  James Moffat         Nissan                 1m20.9350s  +0.5195s

15.  Shane van Gisbergen  Tekno Holden           1m20.9576s  +0.5421s

16.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden      1m20.9642s  +0.5487s

17.  Rick Kelly           Nissan                 1m21.0138s  +0.5983s

18.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden             1m21.0163s  +0.6008s

19.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford      1m21.1581s  +0.7426s

20.  Will Davison         Erebus Mercedes        1m21.1956s  +0.7801s

21.  David Wall           Dick Johnson Ford      1m21.2844s  +0.8689s

22.  Jack Perkins         Schwerkolt/FPR Ford    1m21.3997s  +0.9842s

23.  Dale Wood            Britek/BJR Holden      1m21.6160s  +1.2005s

24.  Russell Ingall       Dumbrell Holden        1m21.7130s  +1.2975s

25.  Robert Dahlgren      GRM Volvo              1’21.7925   +1.3770s


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