Jamie Whincup wins tyre battle in Race 11

Jamie Whincup has backed up team-mate Craig Lowndes’ Saturday success with another victory for Red Bull Racing Australia in Race 11 at Barbagallo.

As expected, all of the front-runners pitted for new tyres during the 100km journey, with only Dean Fiore, Alexandre Premat and Scott Pye attempting to hold on without a stop.

That strategy saw Fiore lead the race until Whincup swept through with just seven laps remaining.

Whincup had run third behind Will Davison and Fabian Coulthard in the early stages before jumping to the front by being among the first to pit.

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He then held Winterbottom – who also gained by pitting with Whincup – narrowly at bay for much of the race as the Red Bull Holden and Pepsi Max Ford proved evenly matched.

Jason Bright eventually took second from Winterbottom with just two laps remaining however.

The Team BOC Holden had dropped from pole to fourth with a poor start, but pitting six laps after Whincup and Winterbottom ensured Bright enjoyed a tyre advantage in the closing laps. He was just 0.75s short of Whincup at the flag.

Winterbottom finished third ahead of Coulthard, Will Davison, James Courtney, Shane van Gisbergen, Craig Lowndes, Alex Davison and James Moffat.

Lowndes’ chances were hindered by having to take to the grass to avoid Bright at the start – dropping the Red Bull Holden from third to eighth. A slow pitstop also hurt the Saturday winner’s cause.

Fiore eventually fell to 13th, while fellow non-stoppers Premat and Pye were 19th and 27th respectively.

Four of the race’s first five laps were run under Safety Car conditions after Lee Holdsworth and David Wall tangled on the opening tour – dispatching the Mercedes into the Turn 6 sand trap.

A second 100km race will complete the Chill Perth 360 this afternoon.

See below for the full Race 11 result

1	Red Bull Racing Australia	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:38.5140
2	Team BOC	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:39.2670
3	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG	42	43:41.3946
4	Lockwood Racing	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:42.9199
5	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	Will Davison	Ford Falcon FG	42	43:43.3227
6	Holden Racing Team	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:45.0916
7	TEKNO Team VIP	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:49.6111
8	Red Bull Racing Australia	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:53.0253
9	Jeld-wen FPR Ford	Alex Davison	Ford Falcon FG	42	43:53.5752
10	Norton 360 Racing	James Moffat	Nissan Altima	42	43:53.9863
11	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:54.4238
12	The Bottle-O FPR Ford	David Reynolds	Ford Falcon FG	42	43:55.1606
13	Dodo Insurance Racing	Dean Fiore	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:56.9763
14	Fujitsu Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Holden Commodore VF	42	43:58.0469
15	Wilson Security Racing	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG	42	43:58.3687
16	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	42	43:59.0245
17	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	42	44:01.1514
18	Team HIFLEX	Tony D’Alberto	Holden Commodore VF	42	44:04.7334
19	Fujitsu Racing GRM	Alexandre Premat	Holden Commodore VF	42	44:06.6895
20	Wilson Security Racing	Tim Blanchard	Ford Falcon FG	42	44:07.1626
21	Supercheap Auto Racing	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VF	42	44:09.2668
22	Tekno Autosports	Jonathon Webb	Holden Commodore VF	42	44:09.9425
23	HHA Racing	Tim Slade	Mercedes E63 AMG	42	44:10.0125
24	Wilson Security Racing	David Wall	Holden Commodore VF	42	44:12.2038
25	Norton 360 Racing	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	42	44:12.4388
26	SP Tools Racing	Maro Engel	Mercedes E63 AMG	42	44:15.3828
27	ekol Racing	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	41	43:48.7763
DNF	Irwin Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Mercedes E63 AMG