Van Gisbergen and Winterbottom stage front-row repeat for Race 2

Shane van Gisbergen and Mark Winterbottom will share the front-row of the grid for the second consecutive day at the Clipsal 500 after another tight qualifying session.

The Kiwi set the fastest lap of the weekend so far to move to the top on his final lap, stopping the clocks at 1:20.71s just seconds before the chequered flag fell.

Mark Winterbottom missed usurping the Tekno Holden by just 0.11s after the flag having momentarily held P1 before Van Gisbergen’s effort.

Jamie Whincup lost the first lap of his final set of tyres to the Turn 2 kerb sensor but was good enough for third regardless.

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Will Davison completes the second row in fourth ahead of Fabian Coulthard, who led the way for much of the session but had his final run destroyed by contact with Garth Tander at the Turn 14 hairpin.

Alexandre Premat, Scott McLaughlin, Craig Lowndes, Russell Ingall and James Courtney round out the top 10, while Tander ended up 14th.

The Holden and Ford runners again dominated the top of the order, with Rick Kelly’s Nissan the fastest of the new marques in 16th.

It was another tough session for the underpowered Mercedes entries, which fill three of the bottom four places.

Maro Engel’s run was hampered by a continuation of the throttle problems that struck the #9 SP Tools E63 in Race 1.

Van Gisbergen’s pole position is the third of his career, leaving the 24-year-old hoping to improve on his Saturday effort, where he attempted to start the race in neutral.

“All I’ve got to do is remember to put it in gear at the start and we’ll be ok,” he smiled after the session.

“We had a good race car yesterday but had a gearbox problem. Hopefully we’ll be in the top five all day, I’ll be stoked with that.”

Coulthard, meanwhile, was philosophical after speaking to Tander post-session.

“It was a bit line-ball,” he said of the incident. “I thought my headlights were on and Garth said they weren’t.

“It’s disappointing to see a pole position slip away, but we’ve got a good race car and 250kms is a long race.”

Race 2 of the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship will kick-off at 1435 local time.

See below for the full qualifying result

1	TEKNO Team VIP	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	1:20.7148
2	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG	1:20.8233	0:00.1085
3	Red Bull Racing Australia	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	1:20.8553	0:00.1405
4	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	Will Davison	Ford Falcon FG	1:20.9329	0:00.2181
5	Lockwood Racing	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore VF	1:20.9338	0:00.2190
6	Fujitsu Racing GRM	Alexandre Premat	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.1051	0:00.3903
7	Fujitsu Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.1071	0:00.3923
8	Red Bull Racing Australia	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.1406	0:00.4258
9	Supercheap Auto Racing	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.1900	0:00.4752
10	Holden Racing Team	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.3450	0:00.6302
11	Team HIFLEX	Tony D’Alberto	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.4110	0:00.6962
12	Jeld-wen FPR Ford	Alex Davison	Ford Falcon FG	1:21.4325	0:00.7177
13	The Bottle-O FPR Ford	David Reynolds	Ford Falcon FG	1:21.4386	0:00.7238
14	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.4568	0:00.7420
15	ekol Racing	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.5321	0:00.8173
16	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:21.5378	0:00.8230
17	Dodo Insurance Racing	Dean Fiore	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.5578	0:00.8430
18	Team BOC	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.5747	0:00.8599
19	Norton 360 Racing	James Moffat	Nissan Altima	1:21.7091	0:00.9943
20	Tekno Autosports	Jonathon Webb	Holden Commodore VF	1:21.7143	0:00.9995
21	Advam	Tim Blanchard	Ford Falcon FG	1:21.9685	0:01.2537
22	Wilson Security Racing	David Wall	Holden Commodore VF	1:22.1783	0:01.4635
23	Norton 360 Racing	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	1:22.2016	0:01.4868
24	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:22.2814	0:01.5666
25	Heavy Haulage Racing	Tim Slade	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:22.3014	0:01.5866
26	Wilson Security Racing	Jonny Reid	Ford Falcon FG	1:22.3925	0:01.6777
27	Irwin Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:22.3968	0:01.6820
28	SP Tools Racing	Maro Engel	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:23.3731	0:02.6583