With less than 24 hours to place their tips for Round 6 of the V8 Supercars Championship players of the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor have their tips set on current championship leader Mark Winterbottom.
The #5 Ford Pepsi Max Crew driver is highly predicted after his current run of form which sees him leading the drivers’ championship standings by 101 points ahead of Red Bull Racing Australia’s Craig Lowndes
Winterbottom won at Hidden Valley last year and with two other wins at Darwin he is the top tip for V8 Predictors.
In his 12 races at the track the man they call Frosty has qualified in the top five for 11 of them and finished on the podium nine times.
Lowndes is highly placed among V8 Predictors given his consistent run of form. Shane van Gisbergen, Jamie Whincup and Scott McLaughlin have also been predicted highly given their form on street circuits.
The weekend will run to V8 Supercars’ Super Sprint format, with a pair of 100km races on Saturday followed by a 200km race on Sunday.  Friday will see three 20 minute practice sessions.
For the sprint races, the hard tyre will be used and qualifying is expected to be very crucial.
Teams will use two sets of the Soft SP Sport Maxx tyres for the 200km race on Sunday. This will trigger an array of strategies making the longer run in the heat at Hidden Valley a fascinating encounter.
There are also $100 BP Fuel vouchers up for grabs for each of the 14 rounds contested this year plus bonus prizes on top.
The 2013 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor champion enjoyed the ride of a lifetime in Adelaide when Tony Q from Melbourne headed for a hotlap of the circuit with Mark Winterbottom as a part of his prize for winning last year.
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Need a hand predicting this weekend’s round? Check out what our three experts reckon for the action ahead.
The Experts
2014 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – Global Leaderboard
RANK | TEAM NAME | POINTS |
1 | Murph | 370 |
2 | Arne’s Mob | 349 |
3 | Bloopy Enterprises | 331 |
4 | SCATTERS | 304 |
5 | Bryce’s V8 Tipping | 300 |
6 | lapm | 300 |
7 | Flying Falcons | 299 |
8 | Team Nosk | 292 |
9 | Sixpack Racing | 288 |
10 | Topgun | 287 |
11 | Becvdh | 283 |
12 | team brock | 283 |
13 | Hooksta Racing | 283 |
14 | boats n hoes | 280 |
15 | Kervs | 279 |
16 | JohnJohnson | 279 |
17 | SLM racing | 276 |
18 | Just Guessing Racing | 275 |
19 | Chook | 275 |
20 | Team Skillsy | 273 |
2014 Expert Leaderboard
RANK |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
1 |
Speedcafe |
173 |
2 |
Andy Priaulx |
117 |
3 |
Greg Rust |
113 |
Weekend Results – Perth 400
TIME | ||
1 | MOSTERT, Chaz | 265 |
2 | LOWNDES, Craig | 264 |
3 | WINTERBOTTOM, Mark | 258 |
4 | COULTHARD, Fabian | 235 |
5 | WHINCUP, Jamie | 211 |
6 | MCLAUGHLIN, Scott | 189 |
7 | REYNOLDS, David | 165 |
8 | BRIGHT, Jason | 162 |
9 | WALL, David | 160 |
10 | COURTNEY, James | 147 |
11 | PYE, Scott | 142 |
12 | INGALL, Russell | 141 |
13 | HOLDSWORTH, Lee | 140 |
14 | MOFFAT, James | 132 |
15 | KELLY, Todd | 130 |
15 | CARUSO, Michael | 130 |
16 | PERCAT, Nick | 113 |
17 | DAVISON, Will | 106 |
17 | KELLY, Rick | 106 |
18 | TANDER, Garth | 105 |
19 | WOOD, Dale | 94 |
20 | PERKINS, Jack | 85 |
21 | VAN GISBERGEN, Shane | 84 |
22 | SLADE, Tim | 79 |
23 | DAHLGREN, Robert | 74 |
POLE POSITION | LOWNDES, Craig and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
FASTEST LAP | MOSTERT, Chaz and LOWNDES, Craig |
RACE WINNER | MOSTERT, Chaz and LOWNDES, Craig and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
Championship PointsÂ
Pos | Driver | Points |
1 | Â Mark Winterbottom | 1199 |
2 | Â Craig Lowndes | 1098 |
3 | Â Fabian Coulthard | 1059 |
4 | Â Jamie Whincup | Â 986 |
5 | Â James Courtney | Â 928 |
6 | Â Shane Van Gisbergen | Â 861 |
7 | Â Scott McLaughlin | Â 840 |
8 | Â Chaz Mostert | Â 792 |
9 | Â David Reynolds | Â 757 |
10 | Â Jason Bright | Â 754 |
11 | Â Lee Holdsworth | Â 702 |
12 | Â Will Davison | Â 678 |
13 | Â Michael Caruso | Â 670 |
14 | Â James Moffat | Â 638 |
15 | Â Garth Tander | Â 636 |
16 | Â Tim Slade | Â 629 |
17 | Â Russell Ingall | Â 623 |
18 | Â Rick Kelly | Â 618 |
19 | Â Scott Pye | Â 595 |
20 | Â David Wall | Â 530 |
21 | Â Jack Perkins | Â 509 |
22 | Â Nick Percat | Â 499 |
23 | Â Dale Wood | Â 489 |
24 | Â Todd Kelly | Â 476 |
25 | Â Robert Dahlgren | Â 311 |