Thompson recovers for Fujitsu round win

Andrew Thompson has recovered from a difficult second race to take the Fujitsu V8 Supercars round victory at Queensland Raceway.

The Monster Commodore driver struggled in Race 2’s wet conditions, but showed his class in the final – winning the race from fourth on the grid.

Thompson passed long-time race leader David Russell on the penultimate lap before escaping to win by 1.1s.

Paul Morris held on for third, ahead of Cameron McConville, Scott McLaughlin, Tim Blanchard, Jack Perkins, Nick Percat, David Wall and Andrew Jones.

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The results saw Morris and McLaughlin record second and third in the round results respectively.

Morris had taken the lead of Race 3 prior to the first appearance of the Safety Car, but failed to hold off Russell on the restart.

Race 3 was punctuated by two Safety Car periods, the first of which was caused by an error from Daniel Jilesen that saw the Greg Murphy Racing Commodore spear into Aaron McGill, stranding the latter’s Falcon on the circuit.

West Australian Brett Stewart quickly found himself stuck in the Turn 2 gravel trap after the restart, requiring another Safety Car intervention.

A spectacular engine failure for Rodney Jane provided some late race excitement, with Thompson almost coming to grief on the oil left at Turn 5.

It was another tough encounter for the Miles Racing squad, with Chaz Mostert spinning wildly on the front straight following contact with Race 2 winner Andrew Jones.

Mostert recovered to finish 17th, while team-mate Ashley Walsh was 21st after slipping off on Jane’s oil.

Geoff Emery joined his team-mate Jilesen on the retirements list following heavy contact with Taz Douglas at Turn 3 on Lap 2.

Thompson continues to lead the standings after four rounds, now 154 points in front of Russell. McLaughlin, Perkins and Blanchard round out the top five.

See below for the Race 3 result

1	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Andrew Thompson	Holden Commodore VE	22	30:48.4232
2	Team Jayco	David Russell	Ford Falcon BF	22	30:49.5342
3	Sargent Security Racing	Paul Morris	Holden Commodore VE	22	30:50.4655
4	Eggleston Motorsport	Cameron McConville	Holden Commodore VE	22	30:51.7936
5	Fujitsu	Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon BF	22	30:52.0383
6	Team Jayco	Tim Blanchard	Ford Falcon BF	22	30:53.8830
7	Bob Jane T Marts/Supercheap	Jack Perkins	Ford Falcon BF	22	30:56.6467
8	Coates Hire Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VE	22	30:58.4794
9	Wilson Security Racing	David Wall	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:00.3565
10	Team BOC	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:04.7324
11	Go Karts Go	Drew Russell	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:09.9914
12	Team Tom Supporters Club	Tom Tweedie	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:11.1072
13	CrimSafe Racing	Grant Denyer	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:12.4822
14	Go Karts Go	Aaren Russell	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:12.5000
15	Flexi Staff	Todd Fiore	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:13.7959
16	Mad Croc Energy	Robert Cregan	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:14.7887
17	Simpro Software/Master Elect.	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:17.8572
18	Midway Concrete&Garden Supply	Marcus Zukanovic	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:18.1256
19	EarthEx/Drill pro Srvs	James Brock	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:18.6863
20	Warrin Mining	Adam Wallis	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:21.0731
21	Simpro Software/Master Elect.	Ashley Walsh	Ford Falcon BF	22	31:21.9119
22	Sportsalive.com / AFS	Tony Bates	Holden Commodore VE	22	31:31.9190
23	Fastaz Motorsport	Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VZ	22	31:46.8211
24	NCSS	Aaron McGill	Ford Falcon BF	21	31:52.1436
DNF	Bob Jane T-Marts	Rodney Jane	Ford Falcon FG	19	27:22.8244
DNF	Formula Tech/Interquip Racing	Brett Stewart	Holden Commodore VE	11	18:52.1499
DNF	R&J Batteries/EarthEx/KingGee	Daniel Jilesen	Holden Commodore VE	4	5:32.5732
DNF	AC Delco/Simworx/NDD	Geoff Emery	Holden Commodore VE	2	2:48.4632