Motorsports
Published on September 13th, 2015 | by Daniel Sherman Fernandez
0V8 Supercars, Sandown 500, Mark Winterbottom strengthens his position
Mark Winterbottom strengthened his V8 Supercars lead by winning the Sandown 500 alongside Steve Owen. Winterbottom’s margin of victory was just seven tenths of a second, with Mostert keeping the pressure on him all the way to the final corner once they had taken charge of the race.
RESULTS – 161 LAPS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
1 | M.Winterbottom, S.Owen | Prodrive | Ford | 3h19m48.9226s |
2 | C.Mostert, C.Waters | Prodrive | Ford | 0.6596s |
3 | S.Gisbergen, J.Webb | Tekno | Holden | 9.6575s |
4 | G.Tander, W.Luff | HRT | Holden | 9.9271s |
5 | D.Reynolds, D.Canto | Rod Nash/PRA | Ford | 11.1177s |
6 | T.Slade, T.D’Alberto | Schwerkolt/HRT | Holden | 13.1835s |
7 | L.Holdsworth, S.Bourdais | Walkinshaw/HRT | Holden | 17.0116s |
8 | T.Blanchard, K.Reindler | Dumbrell | Holden | 19.8766s |
9 | J.Perkins, R.Ingall | HRT | Holden | 20.7583s |
10 | R.Kelly, D.Russell | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan | 21.9383s |
11 | M.Caruso, D.Fiore | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan | 25.4647s |
12 | S.Pye, M.Ambrose | DJR Penske | Ford | 25.8817s |
13 | C.Lowndes, S.Richards | Triple Eight | Holden | 26.3967s |
14 | S.McLaughlin, A.Premat | GRM | Volvo | 26.9840s |
15 | J.Whincup, P.Dumbrell | Triple Eight | Holden | 27.7882s |
16 | F.Coulthard, L.Youlden | Brad Jones | Holden | 27.7977s |
17 | A.Heimgartner, A.Pedersen | Super Black/PRA | Ford | 28.5718s |
18 | J.Moffat, T.Douglas | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan | 31.7533s |
19 | A.Walsh, J.Le Brocq | Erebus | Mercedes | 36.7258s |
20 | D.Wood, M.Jones | Britek/BJR | Holden | 40.0439s |
21 | D.Wall, C.Pither | GRM | Volvo | 1 Lap |
22 | J.Bright, A.Jones | Brad Jones | Holden | 1 Lap |
23 | W.Davison, A.Davison | Erebus | Mercedes | 7 Laps |
24 | T.Kelly, A.Buncombe | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan | 14 Laps |
– | N.Percat, O.Gavin | Dumbrell | Holden | Retirement |
LEADING CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
Pos | Driver | Points |
1 | Mark Winterbottom | 2215 |
2 | Chaz Mostert | 2017 |
3 | David Reynolds | 1855 |
4 | Craig Lowndes | 1792 |
5 | Fabian Coulthard | 1694 |
6 | Garth Tander | 1634 |
7 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1620 |
8 | Jamie Whincup | 1586 |
9 | James Courtney | 1373 |
10 | Rick Kelly | 1301 |