Winterbottom takes Race 13 pole in Darwin
Mark Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom has taken pole for Race 13 of the V8 Supercars Championship at Hidden Valley Raceway.
After a tumultuous end to yesterday’s race where he was denied victory in a late-race clash, Winterbottom set a 1m09.7935s at the Darwin track to take his second pole position for the weekend.
TeamVodafone’s pair of Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes will line-up second and third, ahead of Fujitsu Racing’s Lee Holdsworth.
Tony D’Alberto continued his super impressive weekend, qualifying fifth.
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D’Alberto will start one place ahead of his FPR stable-mate Will Davison (Trading Post FPR), who outqualified Tim Slade (Lucky 7 Racing), Steve Johnson (Jim Beam Racing), an improved Alex Davison (IRWIN Racing) and Russell Ingall (Supercheap Auto Racing).
Yesterday’s winner Rick Kelly (Jack Daniel’s Racing) will start from 14th place.
The entire field was covered by just over 0.7s.
See below for the full qualifying result
| 1 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:09.7935 | |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:09.8556 | 0:00.0621 |
| 3 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:09.8624 | 0:00.0689 |
| 4 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:09.9089 | 0:00.1154 |
| 5 | Wilson Security Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:09.9221 | 0:00.1286 |
| 6 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:09.9280 | 0:00.1345 |
| 7 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:09.9331 | 0:00.1396 |
| 8 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.0067 | 0:00.2132 |
| 9 | Irwin Racing | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.0298 | 0:00.2363 |
| 10 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.0305 | 0:00.2370 |
| 11 | Mother Energy Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.1186 | 0:00.3251 |
| 12 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.1219 | 0:00.3284 |
| 13 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.1322 | 0:00.3387 |
| 14 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.1338 | 0:00.3403 |
| 15 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.1567 | 0:00.3632 |
| 16 | Bundaberg Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.1681 | 0:00.3746 |
| 17 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.1766 | 0:00.3831 |
| 18 | Team Boc | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.1881 | 0:00.3946 |
| 19 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.2009 | 0:00.4074 |
| 20 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.2202 | 0:00.4267 |
| 21 | Toll Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.2220 | 0:00.4285 |
| 22 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.3047 | 0:00.5112 |
| 23 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.3243 | 0:00.5308 |
| 24 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.4014 | 0:00.6079 |
| 25 | Triple F Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.4051 | 0:00.6116 |
| 26 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.4504 | 0:00.6569 |
| 27 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.4593 | 0:00.6658 |
| 28 | Jana Living Racing | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.4973 | 0:00.7038 |
Click below for audio of Winterbottom after his pole position run at Darwin today.