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Races 27/28 - Winton I Introduction
For the first time in 10 years, V8 Supercars is staring down the barrel of ending its season with a ‘dead rubber’.
Jamie Whincup need only score four more points than rival Mark Winterbottom this weekend to put the currently second placed Ford Performance Racing driver out of title contention prior to the final round.
Third placed Craig Lowndes and fourth placed Will Davison meanwhile must outscore Whincup by 89 and 281 points respectively in order to even theoretically remain in the hunt - both unlikely propositions it should be said.
It’s hardly an ideal situation for V8 Supercars, but it shouldn’t be seen as an embarrassment, either. If it is all over prior to Homebush, there’s still plenty of marketing power left in the fact that the Sydney event is the last for the current generation rule package.
While the humble Winton facility might not be the dream location for a championship to be locked away, one mustn’t forget that this slot in the calendar was originally scheduled as the phantom “TBA” international race.
It remains unknown which exact location(s) V8 Supercars had in mind exactly for the penultimate event position, but it isn’t too much of a stretch to suggest that the title could have been wrapped up in front of empty grandstands in an awkward time slot for live Australian television. Now that would have been a shame.
The V8 Supercars Championship has of course been decided overseas before (2001), but a packed house at Pukekohe is arguably as good as any Australian location for a title winning celebration.
No matter what happens in the future, it’s hard to imagine that the gong for the worst way to decide an Australian touring car title will ever be taken away from the 1994 season.
In that year, the starting position number that Peter Brock drew for Sunday morning’s ‘Dash for Cash’ at Barbagallo’s penultimate round prevented him from being eligible for the number of passing points he needed to remain a threat to Mark Skaife.
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Full FocusWinterbottom gunning for wins as title slips away
Mark Winterbottom heads into the penultimate event of the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship with
little to lose. Currently sitting second in the standings to Jamie Whincup, the Ford Performance Racing driver will be ruled out of title contention if he scores even four points less than his TeamVodafone rival across the two Winton races.
A victory in either race this weekend would be a breakthrough for both Winterbottom and FPR, with the team having yet to win a race on its home circuit.
marK WInterBottom: We’re not in the best position, but we can’t really worry or look at the championship. We just want to finish the year strong and try to win races. That’s all we can do.
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Winterbottom meanwhile has finished 15 of the last 16 V8 Supercars Championship races in the top six - including 11 podium finishes - but has gone winless in that time.
Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley spoke to the 31-year-old ahead of the Winton weekend.
SPEEDCAFE: The 2012 V8 championship is close to being Jamie Whincup’s property, but mathematically, you’re still in with a shot. How are you approaching this weekend at Winton?
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The last couple of rounds are good for us. They are good tracks and ones that we go well at.
In terms of the championship, we’ll be massively lucky if we won it. There’s four races to go and Jamie is two races clear. It doesn’t look good for me!
We’ll just keep trying. Winning races is what it’s all about. It would be nice to get another couple of wins in this car too, because it’s the last time that we race in this era of cars. There’s a lot of reasons why you want to win.
SPEEDCAFE: Is it frustrating that you’ve
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gone through this entire championship, and been very close all the way through, only to have it almost out of your reach …
WInterBottom: It is frustrating, but you look through the year and look at what you did well and what you could improve on. Championships are won on the guy who is the best for the year. You can’t get to the end and say “If we’d won those last four races we would have won the championship.”
For me, you look at our tyre issues at Bathurst. That was a definite killer.
Triple Eight started off weaker than we did,
WInterBottom: The thing they turned around really quickly was their fuel economy. We had very good fuel economy and definitely beat them with our fuel, but a week later they turned up at the next race and they’d fixed it. That was probably one thing they got on top of really quickly, which I thought would take them a bit of time.
They also found some car speed. These cars should be at the end of their development. We know a lot about them and we
but at the mid-season point, they came on strong. I was surprised, actually, that they were able to do that. You’ve just got to try and find room to improve. It is obviously pretty close but if you did better things through the year, you’d be the one with the margin and you’d be talking a different story. You can’t really worry about it too much during the season, you have to do the job the whole year.
SPEEDCAFE: FPR won seven races in a row at the start of the year. At Phillip Island in May, you guys were on top, but no one has been able to beat Triple Eight since. Can you put your finger on where Triple Eight found the gain?
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understand them. If it was a new car, you’d understand them finding a big gain, but they got back on top quickly.
SPEEDCAFE: Looking forward into next year, you guys have been one of your first Car of the Future cars on the track, the team is well on top of the build process and the key staff are remaining in place. Do you feel that this consistency and forward planning mean you’ll start 2013 at the front?
WInterBottom: Yeah, hopefully. It’s a completely new car, but we’re in a really good position. We’ve run all of the new components that we’re going to be using next year, but in terms of car speed, it’s hard to know. You can’t do a lot of set-up work until you get the car to yourself. At the moment, we’re sharing a car.
But for reliability, everything is running smoothly, and that’s probably the most important thing. There are some teams out there that won’t get their first car on track
until a couple of weeks before the main race. That will be tough on them and we’ve definitely got an advantage there.
When you look at HRT and Triple Eight, they will have had the same amount of laps as what we have. Regardless, it will be tough,
and what set-up you have on this year’s cars won’t really translate to next year.
Reliability will be important in the first few rounds. We’ll have done a fair bit of testing before then, so we should be in a good position.
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Circuit overviewlocation: Winton, Victorialength: 3.0 kilometresDirection: Clockwisemaximum speed: 225km/hfastest Point: Pit Straightaverage Speed: 131km/h
Circuit DescriptionSelf-billed as ‘The Nation’s Action Track,’ the tight and twisty rural layout features a range of slow corners which combine to make Winton the slowest circuit on the V8 Supercar calendar. Consisting of a total of 12 corners linked by short straights, it was lengthened by a kilometre in 1997. With so many slow corners, having a car that can be kind to its rear tyres is crucial, particularly in the longer races.
V8 Supercars Practice/Qualifying lap record:Rick Kelly, Holden Commodore VE, 1:21.8487s, 2010
V8 Supercars race lap record:Marcus Marshall, Ford Falcon BF, 1:22.9813s, 2009
event format:friday:Practice: 4 x 30 mins
Saturday:Qualifying: 1 x 20 minRace: 1 x 140km (47 laps)
Sunday:Qualifying: 1 x 20 minRace: 1 x 200km (67 laps)
tyre format:Each car has been allocated four sets of soft and two sets of hard compound tyres for the weekend, with both compounds required to be used in each race. An additional two sets of pre-marked tyres of either compound may also be brought for practice.
Races 27/28 - Winton I Circuit Info
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12 Races 27/28 - Winton I tech Preview
This weekend marks the latest point in the year that we’ve ever raced at Winton, so everyone will be dealing with a hotter track than we have there in the past. We’re
usually going there in around May or June, and combining that with late afternoon races has usually made for very cold track conditions.
All of the Victorian teams, us included, have tested there late in the year before, but we’re not usually doing race length tests at this stage of the season, so I don’t think that gives us any advantage. The Queenslanders certainly shouldn’t be behind the eight-ball when it comes to understanding higher temperatures, no matter what the track.
Another difference this year is that, because of the Car of the Future, we haven’t done a test day with our current cars in the weeks leading up to the event like we normally would.
To be honest, often when we test there so close to the race meeting we confuse ourselves because the track changes so
much it’s not even funny. Last year there was a drift weekend on just before our test and we were going two seconds slower than we had in the test before. It might turn out to be a good thing that we haven’t tested pre-event this year!
Strategy
Winton is quite hard on tyres, in both directions, so tyre life is going to be very important, as it always is.
The place wears front tyres as much as rear tyres, unlike say Willowbank which only wears the left-rear. You’ve almost got a double hit from degradation because you lose front grip for turn-in and braking as well as the usual effects of losing the rear.
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This is one of the places where Safety Cars are rare, which could open up the strategy a bit. If you have them, they’ll come due to accidents in the first couple of laps. Unless it’s really wet in the infield it’s the type of place where people can have an off and rejoin without too much trouble.
That presents the real possibility of running the soft tyres first, providing you have a good qualifying position and can make the most of them early. It’s a bit like Darwin in that respect.
I think we’ll see a lot of guys doing their learning on Saturday and then applying those lessons to Sunday. The weather looks like being pretty good and giving us track temperatures in the 30s or 40s for both days, so what you learn on one day should transfer pretty well to the next.
results
It’s no secret that FPR hasn’t had a lot of success at Winton before, but it’s not as if the team hasn’t been competitive, it’s just not put it all together on the day.
The best we can do is try our best and see what we get. All three of our drivers are certainly ready to have a go, I can tell you that.
TeamVodafone are obviously going to be strong, and HRT have done a big step recently so they’ll be pretty close. We’ll just have to wait and see where everyone ends up.
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Will Davison has moved to the front in the fight for the Armor All Pole Position Award - which sees the driver with the most poles for 2012
receive a $20,000 prize.The Tradingpost FPR pilot took three poles in Abu Dhabi to move his season tally to eight - two clear of Jamie Whincup - and that leaves he and Whincup the only drivers able to win the award.With four poles still available at Winton and Sydney Olympic Park, it’s still very much up for grabs. Whincup has had a stranglehold on the award having won it for the last four years straight.
DID YOUKNOW ?Races 27/28 - Winton I Did you know
Much is made of the ‘home track advantage’ for Victorian teams at Winton Motor Raceway given they regularly test there, but the Queensland teams
have scooped the majority of the silverware in recent years.The ‘invaders’ have won nine of the last 13 V8 Supercar races at Winton with six wins to TeamVodafone and three to Jim Beam Racing.However, it’s only been in recent years that the Queensland teams have regularly got on top of their Victorian counterparts.On the whole across the five-litre V8 era since 1993, the Victorian teams have won 26 of the 40 races (65%), while Queensland-based squads have won 14 (35%).Victorian teams have taken 13 of the 20 pole positions, which also equates to a 65% success rate.Last year saw honours even in both qualifying and the races, with the poles shared between TeamVodafone’s Craig Lowndes and Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom, and the races won by TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup and Team BOC’s Jason Bright.
The Bottle-O Racing Team and Racing Entitlements Contract owner Rod Nash is on target to win the Most Improved Award in the V8 Supercars Championship for the second time in
three years.First awarded in 2006, the accolade recognises the improvement of a particular team and its entry over the course of 12 months. It is judged from the final championship results year-to-year.The team’s #55 Falcon finished 24th in last year’s championship in the hands of Paul Dumbrell and this year sits ninth in the points in the hands of David Reynolds - an improvement of 15 positions.Ironically, the team also won the award in 2010 after Dumbrell had improved the #55 entry from finishing 24th in 2009 (when Nash’s REC was leased out to Tony D’Alberto’s team) to ninth in 2010.The nearest contender in 2012 is the #14 Brad Jones Racing entry, driven under the Lockwood Racing banner this year by Fabian Coulthard.Last year it finished 22nd in the hands of Jason Bargwanna and it currently sits 10th in the championship - an improvement of 12 positions over where the car finished in 2011.
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Will Davison has moved to the front in the fight for the Armor All Pole Position Award - which sees the driver with the most poles for 2012
receive a $20,000 prize.The Tradingpost FPR pilot took three poles in Abu Dhabi to move his season tally to eight - two clear of Jamie Whincup - and that leaves he and Whincup the only drivers able to win the award.With four poles still available at Winton and Sydney Olympic Park, it’s still very much up for grabs. Whincup has had a stranglehold on the award having won it for the last four years straight.
TeamVodafone could seal the 2012 Champion Team
Award at Winton and win the team’s title for the fourth time in five seasons.TeamVodafone currently has a 513 point lead over Ford Performance Racing and will clinch the Teams Championship if it leaves Winton 576 points or more in front of FPR with only the Sydney Telstra 500 remaining.The maximum any team can score in a race at Winton or Sydney Olympic Park is 288 points, with 150 for a victory and 138 for a second place.
The penultimate round of the Dunlop Series is the primary support category at Winton. Ford Performance Racing’s Chaz Mostert leads by just 20 points over Fujitsu Racing’s Scott McLaughlin, with Bathurst round winner Nick Percat third in the Coates Hire
Commodore and 124 points behind Mostert. Monster/Triple Eight pilot Scott Pye is four points behind Percat in fourth with Luke Youlden sitting fifth. Youlden has received a pre-event boost to his hopes of breaking through for his first victory of the season with news that he’ll step into Matthew White Motorsport’s FG model Falcon previously raced by Tim Blanchard.
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the BagManthe Bagman’s SayThey may not test here, but Triple Eight cars have a strong recent record at Winton, winning nine of the last 13 races in the hands of both TeamVodafone and Dick Johnson Racing. Jamie Whincup has a real chance of wrapping up his fourth title this weekend, needing only four points more than Mark Winterbottom to do so. While Whincup will be determined not to see the title go down to the final round, FPR is highly likely to be TeamVodafone’s greatest threat this weekend, so there’s little scope for Whincup to change his mindset away from going for victories.Craig Lowndes meanwhile scored a pole here last year but has struggled with car set-up at each of the last three events and will be doing well to see the podium.
triple eightBase: Banyo, QueenslandCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRE Team principal: Roland Dane
#1 Jamie Whincup
Team: TeamVodafoneBorn: 6 February 1983V8SC debut: Queensland, 2002Starts: 265 Wins: 63Career Highlights: 2008, 2009 & 2011 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2012 Bathurst 1000, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Champion
#888 Craig LowndesTeam: TeamVodafoneBorn: 21 June 1974V8SC debut: Calder Park, 1996Starts: 467 Wins: 87Career Highlights: 1996, 1998 & 1999 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Bathurst 1000, 1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion
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the Bagman’s SayThis weekend should show just how much improvement the Walkinshaw Racing squad has made in the last three months. Garth Tander was very strong here by the end of the weekend last year, going toe-to-toe with Jamie Whincup for much of Sunday’s race before both were gazumped by Jason Bright in the closing stages. While recent form indicates that beating TeamVodafone and Ford Performance Racing to score the squad’s first victory in 13 months is unlikely, eight top 10s from his last nine starts - including five top fives - suggests Tander won’t be far away.James Courtney and Russell Ingall have both shown some promise over recent events but this stop-start, qualifying-dependent circuit will prove challenging for both.
Walkinshaw racingBase: Clayton, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Walkinshaw RacingEngines: Walkinshaw RacingTeam principal: Steve Hallam
#2 Garth Tander
Team: Toll Holden Racing TeamBorn: 31 March 1977V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 1998Starts: 436 Wins: 50Career Highlights: 2007 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2000, 2009 & 2011 Bathurst 1000, 1997 Australian Formula Ford Champion
#22 James Courtney
Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 29 June 1980V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005Starts: 215 Wins: 9Career Highlights: 2010 V8 Supercars Champion, 2001 British Formula Ford Champion, 2002 Jaguar F1 test driver, 2000 British Formula Ford Champion
#66 Russell Ingall
Team: Supercheap Auto RacingBorn: 24 February 1964V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1996Starts: 501 Wins: 27Career Highlights: 2005 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1995 & 1997 Bathurst 1000,1st 1998 Sandown 500 & 1999 Queensland 500, 1993 British Formula Ford Champion
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the Bagman’s SayStone Brothers Racing had an outstanding weekend last time out in Abu Dhabi, where Shane van Gisbergen and Tim Slade combined to double the team’s season podium tally to six. Slade and Lee Holdsworth meanwhile both scored their season-best qualifying positions.Unfortunately, the contrast between Yas Marina and Winton is stark, so little can be expected to transfer from one circuit to the other. Meanwhile, between event speculation on the commitment of its driver’s to the team’s 2013 guise meanwhile could prove destabilising, especially for van Gisbergen’s side of the garage.In all, top 10 qualifying and finishing positions for any of these three should be considered strong results this weekend.
Stone Brothers racingBase: Yatla, QueenslandCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Stone Brothers RacingEngines: Stone Brothers RacingTeam principal: Ross Stone
#4 Lee Holdsworth
Team: IRWIN RacingBorn: 2 February 1983.V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004Starts: 223 Wins: 2Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 (Sydney), 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Round 8 (Oran Park), 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 7th 2010 V8 Supercars Championship
#9 Shane van GisbergenTeam: SP Tools RacingBorn: 9 May 1989V8SC deubt: Oran Park, 2007 Starts: 160 Wins: 2Career Highlights: 1st 2011 ITM400 Hamilton (Race 6), 1st 2011 Skycity Triple Crown (Race 12), 2005/06 NZ FFord Champion, 2nd 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series
#47 Tim Slade
Team: Lucky 7 RacingBorn: 3 August 1985V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009Starts: 105 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 7th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 V8 Supercars Championship
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the Bagman’s SayAdding to its win tally may be all that’s left for Ford Performance Racing in season 2012 with Jamie Whincup and TeamVodafone on the verge of wrapping up the drivers’ and teams’ titles respectively.The squad has only beaten TeamVodafone once in the last 15 starts, but should be confident of scoring a maiden victory on its home circuit this weekend. Its 2011 Winton campaign is remembered for Mark Winterbottom’s disastrous run on the soft tyres on Sunday, but as has been said repeatedly this year, the cars have come a long way since then.Recent races suggest that Will Davison will be the pick of this highly competitive trio, but all three are potential winners.
ford Performance racingBase: Campbelfield, VictoriaCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Ford Performance RacingEngines: Ford Performance RacingTeam principal: Tim Edwards
#5 Mark Winterbottom
Team: Orrcon Steel FPRBorn: 20 May 1981V8SC debut: Sandown, 2003Starts: 270 Wins: 20Career Highlights: 1st 2006 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 V8 Supercars Development Series , 2nd 2008 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
#6 Will DavisonTeam: Tradingpost FPRBorn: 30 August 1982V8SC debut: Winton, 2004Starts: 220 Wins: 13Career Highlights: 1st 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 Phillip Island 500, 2nd 2009 V8 Supercars Championship, 2001 Australian Formula Ford Champion
#55 David Reynolds
Team: The Bottle-O RacingBorn: July 1985.V8SC debut: Sandown, 2007Starts: 87 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2004 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 4th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series
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the Bagman’s SayRick Kelly will be trying his upmost this weekend to give Kelly Racing’s trackside crew some much needed sugar following a very tough season.The 2006 V8 Supercars Champion appears almost certain to miss out on a top 10 finish in the points standings for the first time since his rookie season 10 years ago, currently sitting outside even the top half of the field with four races to go. The team’s past Winton form is mixed, with Kelly taking his squad to a maiden pole here in 2010 before failing to qualify in the top 10 for either race last year.Top 10s for Kelly is about all the team can hope for, with its other three cars highly likely to be towards the back.
Kelly racingBase: Braeside, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Kelly RacingEngines: Kelly RacingTeam principals: Rick and Todd Kelly
#7 Tim Blanchard
Team: Jack Daniel’s RacingBorn: 21 June 1972V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010Starts: 10 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2007 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 2nd 2008 British Formula Ford Championship, 2nd 2010 V8 Development Series
#11 Karl ReindlerTeam: Fair Dinkum Sheds RacingBorn: 18 April 1985V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2008Starts: 80 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2004 Australian F3 Champion, 8th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2006 A1GP Shanghai Feature Race
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#15 Rick Kelly
Team: Jack Daniel’s RacingBorn: 7 January 1983V8SC debut: Queensland, 2001Starts: 323 Wins: 12Career Highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship
#51 Greg Murphy
Team: Pepsi Max CrewBorn: 23 August 1972V8SC debut: Calder, 1997Starts: 429 Wins: 28Career Highlights: 1st 1996, 1999, 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000, 1st 1996 & 97 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour
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the Bagman’s SayBrad Jones Racing looms as the dark horse heading into this weekend. Although the collective understanding of the soft rubber has improved significantly since last time the circus visited Winton, Jason Bright’s win here last year shows just what this team is capable of on home soil.Fabian Coulthard, however, appears a better prospect for a top result, with Bright currently on a run of seven races without a top 10 starting position or finish. Although not quite at the level of his mid-season charge that netted four top fives in the space of five races, Coulthard has finished in the top dozen in each of the last four starts.It won’t be easy, but a return to the top five could well be on for the Kiwi this weekend.
Brad Jones racingBase: Albury, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Walkinshaw RacingEngines: Noonan Race EnginesTeam principals: Brad and Kim Jones
#8 Jason Bright
Team: Team BOCBorn: 7 March 1973V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 Starts: 406 Wins: 30Career Highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500
#14 Fabian CoulthardTeam: Lockwood RacingBorn: 28 July 1982V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004Starts: 182 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2001 NZ Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, 4th 2000 NZ Formula Ford Championship
#21 David Wall
Team: Wilson Security RacingBorn: 1 January 1983V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009Starts: 32 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series
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the Bagman’s SayJames Moffat equalled the best finish of the season so far for Dick Johnson Racing with sixth in the third leg of the Abu Dhabi triple-header. Although the performance is unlikely to transfer across to the tight confines of Winton, it should be noted that Moffat was on the pace all weekend at Yas Marina, qualifying 14th, 10th and fifth for the three races.The team will also have relatively fond memories of last year’s Winton event, where Steven Johnson qualified second and third for the two races respectively - converting that speed into a rare podium on Saturday.This year’s form however indicates that running among the top half of the field will make for a good weekend.
Dick Johnson racingBase: Yatla, QueenslandCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: InnoV8 (Roger Higgins)Team principal: Dick Johnson
#12 Dean Fiore
Team: Jim Beam RacingBorn: 1 December 1983V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009Starts: 106 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 4th 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
#17 Steven JohnsonTeam: Jim Beam RacingBorn: 6 September 1974V8SC debut: Oran Park, 1994Starts: 411 Wins: 3Career Highlights: 1st 2001 Queensland 500, 1st 2001 Canberra 400, 5th 2001 V8 Supercars Championship, 6th 2009 V8 Supercars Championship
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#49 Steve Owen
Team: VIP Petfoods RacingBorn: 18 December 1974V8SC debut: Bathurst, 1999Starts: 159 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 1st 2008 & 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series, 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 20 (Gold Coast), 2nd 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship
#18 James Moffat
Team: Team Norton DJRBorn: 1 8 June 1984V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010Starts: 56 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2009 V8 Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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31Races 27/28 - Winton I Driver Profiles
the Bagman’s SayJonathon Webb was in the wars in Abu Dhabi, copping plenty of criticism from his fellow drivers both for contact with Jason Bright that started a multi-car melee in the third race and for the way in which he was repeatedly taking to the circuit’s tarmac run-off areas.Regardless, the #19 Tekno Holden has shown plenty of speed this year, leaving Webb looking for his 12th top 10 of the season this weekend. Six of his current 11 top 10s have come in the last nine races - including Tekno’s maiden podium on the Gold Coast.Team-mate Michael Patrizi meanwhile has also shown speed but has endured a tough run of late and looks to be on the outer heading into 2013. By contrast to Webb, Patrizi is looking for his fourth top 10 of the season and his first in 11 races.
tekno autosportsBase: Stapylton, QueenslandCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRETeam principal: Jonathon Webb
#19 Jonathon Webb
Team: Tekno AutosportsBorn: 10 December 1983V8SC debut: Sandown, 2006Starts: 86 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 winner
#91 Michael PatriziTeam: Tekno AutosportsBorn: 4 May 1984V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2008Starts: 87 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Formula BMW Asia,, 8th 2006 Formula BMW UK, 18th 2007 Formula 3 Euroseries, 6th 2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
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the Bagman’s SayThere’ll be plenty of eyes on this small team this weekend, as there always is when the championship visits GRM’s home circuit.Michael Caruso has had a difficult spell in recent races appears to be on the move for 2013, but several strong results throughout the season indicate that the #34 Holden can be a top 10, if not top five, contender on its day. Expect top 10s at a minimum here.For Alexandre Premat, Winton is just the second circuit that the Frenchman has been able to test on prior to a race meeting, and he’ll be hoping to turn that experience into improved results, especially in light of the team’s recent decision to ‘rest’ him for the Gold Coast event.
Garry rogers motorsportBase: Dandenong South, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Garry Rogers MotorsportEngines: Walkinshaw RacingTeam principal: Garry Rogers
#33 Alexandre Premat
Team: Fujitsu Racing GRMBorn: 5 April 1982V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2012Starts: 24 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2008 Le Mans Series Champion, 1st 2005-06 A1 GP Series (Team France), 1st 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 1st 2004 Masters of F3
#34 Michael CarusoTeam: Fujitsu Racing GRMBorn: 25 May 1983V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2006Starts: 146 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 2003 Australian Formula 3 Champion, 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Race 10 (Hidden Valley), 2nd 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series
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the Bagman’s SayTony D’Alberto’s pleas for some good fortune following a shocking run across the three two-driver events were answered in Abu Dhabi, where the Hiflex Ford narrowly escaped being drawn into the Webb/Bright/Reindler/Fiore fracas. TDR is another local squad that’ll have high hopes for results this weekend - the penultimate event in its two-year link-up with Ford Performance Racing.While a return to the top 10 will be a stretch, expect this entry to run solidly in the mid-fied.
the Bagman’s SayThe Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden is the only one of the nine Triple Eight chassis in the field to test at Winton, and Taz Douglas will undoubtedly benefit from having completed pre-event mileage at here before making his first main game start at the circuit.While there is also a healthy buzz currently around this team thanks to speculation that it’ll expand to two cars in 2013, it’s hard to see Douglas making much of an impact on the top 20 this weekend.
tony D’alberto racingBase: Knoxfield, VictoriaCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Ford Performance RacingEngines: Ford Performance RacingTeam principal: Al D’Alberto
lucas Dumbrell motorsportBase: Nunawading, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRETeam principal: Lucas Dumbrell
#3 Tony D’Alberto
Team: Tony D’Alberto RacingBorn: 9 December 1985V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005Starts: 146 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2007 Bathurst 1000, 5th 2005 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 Bathurst 1000
#30 Taz Douglas
Team: Lucas Dumbrell MotorsportBorn: 11 February 1985V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009Starts: 31 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series Sandown Race 2, 8th 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 9th 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series
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36 Races 27/28 - Winton I Race Stats
V8 SuPeRCaRS ChaMPIonShIP PoIntStoP 28 afteR 26 of 30 RaCeS
Pos Driver team Car Pts
1 Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 3360
2 Mark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Falcon FG 3064
3 Craig Lowndes TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 2971
4 Will Davison Trading Post FPR Ford Falcon FG 2779
5 Shane Van Gisbergen SP Tools Racing Ford Falcon FG 2434
6 Tim Slade Lucky 7 Racing Ford Falcon FG 2319
7 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 2232
8 Lee Holdsworth IRWIN Racing Ford Falcon FG 1913
9 David Reynolds The Bottle-O Racing Holden Commodore VE 1875
10 Fabian Coulthard Lockwood Racing Holden Commodore VE 1843
11 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 1811
12 Russell Ingall Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore VE 1738
13 Michael Caruso Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 1635
14 Rick Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 1606
15 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VE 1573
16 Jason Bright Team BOC Holden Commodore VE 1506
17 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 1459
18 Todd Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 1263
19 Michael Patrizi Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VE 1184
20 Dean Fiore Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 1182
21 Steve Owen VIP Petfoods Racing Ford Falcon FG 1132
22 James Moffat Team Norton DJR Ford Falcon FG 1060
23 David Wall Wilson Security Racing Holden Commodore VE 1013
24 Tony D’Alberto Tony D’Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG 990
25 Taz Douglas Team iSelect Holden Commodore VE 918
26 Karl Reindler Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Holden Commodore VE 886
27 Alexandre Premat Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 874
28 Greg Murphy Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 649
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2012 SeaSon StatIStICSrace WinsJamie Whincup 11, Will Davison 7, Craig Lowndes 5, Mark Winterbottom 3, Warren Luff 1, Paul Dumbrell 1, Sebastien Bourdais 1, Mika Salo 1
Pole PositionsWill Davison 8, Jamie Whincup 6, Craig Lowndes 5, Mark Winterbottom 3, Garth Tander 2, David Reynolds 1, Shane van Gisbergen 1, Luke Youlden 1
fastest lapsCraig Lowndes 5, Mark Winterbottom 5, Jamie Whincup 5, Garth Tander 3, Jonath-on Webb 2, James Courtney 1, Will Davison 1, Russell Ingall 1, Lee Holdsworth 1, David Reynolds 1, Shane van Gisbergen 1
PodiumsJamie Whincup 22, Mark Winterbottom 17, Will Davison 16, Craig Lowndes 10, Garth Tander 4, Shane van Gisbergen 4, Warren Luff 2, Paul Dumbrell 2, Sebastien Bourdais 2, Will Power 2, Tim Slade 2, Jason Bright 1, Steven Richards 1, David Reynolds 1, Dean Canto 1, Jonathon Webb 1, Marc Leib 1, Mika Salo 1
results overview Qualifying results race results
# Driver Best Worst Average Best Worst Average
1 Jamie Whincup 1 10 3.4 1 26 3.7
2 Garth Tander 1 24 9.9 3 28 10.2
3 Tony D'Alberto 5 26 15.7 8 28 18.7
4 Lee Holdsworth 4 25 12.8 4 27 12.3
5 Mark Winterbottom 1 10 3.9 1 23 4.3
6 Will Davison 1 9 3.0 1 25 6.6
7 Todd Kelly 11 25 17.9 8 23 15.5
8 Jason Bright 2 27 15.5 3 28 15.3
9 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 18 8.1 2 22 8.5
11 Karl Reindler 20 28 25.3 14 27 21.5
12 Dean Fiore 11 27 21.0 11 25 18.6
14 Fabian Coulthard 5 20 10.5 4 27 12.3
15 Rick Kelly 3 23 13.2 5 27 15.0
17 Steven Johnson 7 24 16.3 10 27 16.0
18 James Moffat 5 28 16.1 6 28 19.5
19 Jonathon Webb 2 23 10.8 2 28 14.9
21 David Wall 18 28 24.7 14 28 21.4
22 James Courtney 6 28 14.6 4 28 13.5
30 Taz Douglas 8 28 23.7 12 27 21.5
33 Alexandre Premat 11 28 21.0 13 28 21.4
34 Michael Caruso 4 22 14.9 4 27 14.9
47 Tim Slade 4 20 11.7 3 21 8.8
49 Steve Owen 4 26 14.7 6 28 18.0
51 Greg Murphy 17 28 23.5 11 27 19.6
55 David Reynolds 1 17 6.7 2 26 13.0
66 Russell Ingall 5 28 18.1 4 28 13.9
91 Michael Patrizi 7 28 18.3 5 29 16.5
888 Craig Lowndes 1 20 6.8 1 28 5.6
Note: The Sandown qualifying result in the above panel has been taken from the 20 minute session, rather than the final grid order, which was determined following two qualifying races
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Races 27/28 - Winton I Race Stats
Year Driver team Car
2011 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VEII
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII
2010 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG
James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG
2009 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG
Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG
2008 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE
Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BF
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BF
2007 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE
Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BF
2006 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA
Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ (reverse grid)
2004 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VY
2003 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2002 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2001 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VX
Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Holden Commodore VX
2000 Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT
Glenn Seton Ford Tickford Racing Ford Falcon AU
Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT
1999 Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT
Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT
Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT
1998 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EL
John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EL
Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VS
1997 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VS
Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VS
Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VS
1995 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF
John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF
1994 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB
Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB
1993 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB
Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB
1992 Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Nissan GTR
Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Nissan GTR
1991 Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Nissan GTR
1990 Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline GTS-R
1989 George Fury Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline GTS-R
1988 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1986 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635csi
1985 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635csi
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Year Driver team Car
2011 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE
2010 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG
2009 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG
2008 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BF
2007 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE
2006 Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ
2005 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2004 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2003 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2002 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2001 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2000 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT
1999 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VS/VT
1998 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VS/VT
1997 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EL
1996 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VR
1995 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF
1994 Mark Skaife Gibson Motor Sport Holden Commodore VP
1993 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB
1992 Mark Skaife Winfield Team Nissan Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1991 Jim Richards Gibson Motor Sport Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1990 Jim Richards Gibson Motor Sport Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, R32 GT-R
1989 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1988 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1987 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW M3 E30
1986 Robbie Francevic Volvo Dealer Team Volvo 240T
1985 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635CSi
1984 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XE
1983 Allan Moffat Peter Stuyvesant Racing Mazda RX-7
1982 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD
1981 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD
1980 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VB
1979 Bob Morris Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing Holden Torana LX SS A9X
1978 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LX SS A9X
1977 Allan Moffat Moffat Ford Dealers Ford Falcon XB GT, XC
1976 Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Ford Falcon XB GT
1975 Colin Bond Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34
1974 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1, LH SL/R 5000
1973 Allan Moffat Ford Motor Company Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III
1972 Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
1971 Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
1970 Norm Beechey Shell Racing Team Holden Monaro HT GTS350
1969 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang
1968 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang
1967 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang
1966 Ian Geoghegan Total Team Ford Mustang
1965 Norm Beechey Neptune Racing Team Ford Mustang
1964 Ian Geoghegan Total Team Ford Cortina GT
1963 Bob Jane Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II
1962 Bob Jane Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II
1961 Bill Pitt Bill Pitt Jaguar 3.4 Litre
1960 David McKay David McKay Jaguar 3.4 Litre
PaSt atCC/V8SC ChaMPIonS
41Races 27/28 - Winton I event Schedule
Schedule of eventsfriday
Start finish Category Duration Session0730 Dunlop Series Scrutineering0800 0830 V8 Supercars Document Check0830 V8 Supercars Scrutineering0900 0940 Dunlop Series 40 minutes Practice 10955 1025 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 11035 1055 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 11100 1120 Aussie Racing 20 minutes Practice 11130 1200 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 21210 1250 Dunlop Series 40 minutes Practice 21305 1325 V8 Utes 20 minutes Practice 11330 1400 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice - Part 31405 1425 V8 TV Session 20 minutes1430 1450 Formula Atlantic 20 minutes Practice 11500 1530 V8 Supercars 30minutes Practice – Part 41545 1605 Dunlop Series 20 minutes Meeting Rides1605 1635 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Meeting Rides1640 1700 V8 Utes 20 minutes Practice 21705 1725 V8 Utes 20 minutes Meeting Rides1700 Dunlop Series Drivers & Competi-
tors Briefing1730 V8 Supercars Drivers & Competi-
tors Briefing
SaturdayStart finish Category Duration Session0900 0920 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 20925 0955 Dunlop Series 30 minutes Qualifying (post)1010 1030 Aussie Racing 20 minutes Qualifying 11035 1055 Formula Atlantics 20 minutes Qualifying 11100 1120 V8 Utes 20 minutes Qualifying 1 (post)1125 1145 Formula Ford 20 minutes Qualifying 11155 1215 Aussie Racing 20 minutes Race 1 (TX) T/C1220 1240 Formula Atlantic 20 minutes Race 11325 1345 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying (TX)1415 1435 Dunlop Series 12 laps Race 1 (post)1450 1505 Formula Ford 15 minutes Race 11515 1535 V8 Utes 20 minutes Race 1 (TX) T/C1545 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal1550 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open1555 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed1605 V8 Supercars 47 laps or
1 lap after 1715
Race 27 – 140km (LIVE)
SundayStart finish Category Duration Session0855 0915 Course & Safety Car
Rides20 minutes
0930 0950 Dunlop Series 12 laps Race 2 (post)1005 1025 Aussie Racing Cars 20 minutes Race 21030 1055 V8 Utes 25 minutes Race 2 (post)1100 1115 Formula Ford 15 minutes Race 21120 1140 Formula Atlantics 20 minutes Race 21150 1210 Aussie Racing Cars 20 minutes Race 3 (TX)1215 1235 V8 Utes 20 minutes Race 3 (post)1240 1255 Formula Ford 15 minutes Race 3 T/C1300 1320 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying (TX)1335 1355 Formula Atlantics 20 minutes Race 31415 1435 Dunlop Series 12 laps Race 3 (post)
Dunlop Series 10 minutes Podium
1450 1505 Aussie Racing Cars 15 minutes Race 4 T/C1510 V8 Supercars Fuel Check1515 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal1535 V8 Supercars 67 laps or
1 lap after 1715
Race 28 – 200km (LIVE)
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Short race, tall trophies
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