Andrew Jones wins soggy Fujitsu Race 2

Seven years after taking out the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, Andrew Jones has returned to the winner’s circle in Race 2 at Queensland Raceway.

The Brad Jones Racing driver hunted down early race leader Paul Morris in wet conditions at the Ipswich circuit, eventually passing the Sergeant Security Commodore on Lap 12 of 15.

Morris went on to greet the chequered flag 4.8s behind Jones in second, while David Russell, Chaz Mostert and Scott McLaughlin completed the top five.

Russell inherited third place on the penultimate lap when Cameron McConville pitted to serve a drive-through penalty for overlapping on a Safety Car restart.

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The Holden Racing Team endurance co-driver had been one of several caught in a bottleneck caused by Russell having run wide exiting Turn 6.

Mostert charged through the pack after starting from the pitlane – lapping over a second faster than the field in the closing stages as he made his way past yesterday’s winner McLaughlin.

Nick Percat took sixth having also been forced to fight through the field after his DNF yesterday.

Jack Perkins started off pole thanks to the reverse top 10 grid format, but fell to fifth in the opening corners. The Sonic Motor Racing Services Falcon driver made his way back onto the tail of Russell as the race wound down, but lost several positions with an ambitious inside move for third at Turn 4.

The race’s one and only Safety Car was the result of Perkins’ team-mate Rodney Jane running off at Turn 3 on the opening lap. Tim Blanchard and Tony Bates also lost time with first lap offs, while Ash Walsh and Geoff Emery saw their chances dashed by black flags for defective rain lights.

Race 3 for the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series will take place at 1:15pm local time.

See below for the full race result

1	Team BOC	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:10.3657
2	Sargent Security Racing	Paul Morris	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:15.2076
3	Team Jayco	David Russell	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:25.9022
4	Simpro Software/Master Elect.	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:27.2745
5	Fujitsu	Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:28.4902
6	Coates Hire Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:28.6843
7	Bob Jane T Marts/Supercheap	Jack Perkins	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:31.9555
8	Wilson Security Racing	David Wall	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:32.3611
9	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Andrew Thompson	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:35.4254
10	CrimSafe Racing	Grant Denyer	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:36.1598
11	Go Karts Go	Drew Russell	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:37.6479
12	Eggleston Motorsport	Cameron McConville	Holden Commodore VE	15	26:51.3366
13	Fastaz Motorsport	Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VZ	15	26:56.6807
14	Team Jayco	Tim Blanchard	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:58.7825
15	Flexi Staff	Todd Fiore	Ford Falcon BF	15	26:59.0324
16	EarthEx/Drill pro Srvs	James Brock	Holden Commodore VE	15	27:00.4948
17	Go Karts Go	Aaren Russell	Ford Falcon BF	15	27:12.0075
18	Team Tom Supporters Club	Tom Tweedie	Ford Falcon BF	15	27:16.5368
19	Mad Croc Energy	Robert Cregan	Ford Falcon BF	15	27:17.2558
20	Formula Tech/Interquip Racing	Brett Stewart	Holden Commodore VE	15	27:25.3280
21	Midway Concrete&Garden Supply	Marcus Zukanovic	Holden Commodore VE	15	27:25.8322
22	Warrin Mining	Adam Wallis	Holden Commodore VE	15	27:26.3022
23	R&J Batteries/EarthEx/KingGee	Daniel Jilesen	Holden Commodore VE	15	27:26.7071
24	NCSS	Aaron McGill	Ford Falcon BF	15	27:30.4001
25	Sportsalive.com / AFS	Tony Bates	Holden Commodore VE	14	27:07.3245
DNF	AC Delco/Simworx/NDD	Geoff Emery	Holden Commodore VE	11	26:48.0697
DNF	Simpro Software/Master Elect.	Ashley Walsh	Ford Falcon BF	9	18:07.7338
DNF	Bob Jane T-Marts	Rodney Jane	Ford Falcon FG