Clipsal *spoilers*

[Bundy]

2014 Clipsal 500 Adelaide - V8 Supercars C'ship - Races 1-3
ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT

V8 SUPERCARS - Qualifying for Race 1

Qualifying Q7 15 Mins
Scheduled Start 15:00
OFFICIAL RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SA18C
Start Fri Feb 28 15:00
Elapsed Time 15:00
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 1 Red Bull Racing Australia Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:20.5849*
2 888 Red Bull Racing Australia Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 4 1:20.7367 0:00.1518
3 5 Ford Pepsi Max Crew Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 8 1:20.8204 0:00.2355
4 22 Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:20.8312 0:00.2463
5 33 Valvoline Racing GRM Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 5000 8 8 1:20.8350 0:00.2501
6 97 Team Tekno VIP Petfoods Shane Van Gisbergen Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 7 1:20.8459 0:00.2610
7 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Nissan Altima 5000 8 4 1:20.9231 0:00.3382
8 16 Wilson Security Racing Scott Pye Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 8 1:20.9479 0:00.3630
9 47 Supercheap Auto Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 7 1:20.9603 0:00.3754
10 14 Lockwood Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:21.0592 0:00.4743
11 6 Ford Pepsi Max Crew Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG 5000 7 7 1:21.0598 0:00.4749
12 36 Norton Hornets Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 5000 7 7 1:21.0719 0:00.4870
13 8 Team BOC Jason Bright Holden Commodore VF 5000 9 9 1:21.1735 0:00.5886
14 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 5000 8 7 1:21.1935 0:00.6086
15 2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:21.2250 0:00.6401
16 4 Erebus Motorsport V8 Lee Holdsworth Mercedes E63 AMG 5000 7 6 1:21.3285 0:00.7436
17 360 Norton Hornets James Moffat Nissan Altima 5000 7 7 1:21.3611 0:00.7762
18 23 Repair Management Aust Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 6 1:21.4766 0:00.8917
19 21 Team Advam/GB Dale Wood Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:21.5583 0:00.9734
20 17 Wilson Security Racing David Wall Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 8 1:21.5764 0:00.9915
21 34 Valvoline Racing GRM Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 5000 8 4 1:21.7651 0:01.1802
22 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team David Reynolds Ford Falcon FG 5000 7 3 1:21.8145 0:01.2296
23 18 Team JELD-WEN Jack Perkins Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 4 1:22.1294 0:01.5445
24 9 Erebus Motorsport V8 Will Davison Mercedes E63 AMG 5000 7 7 1:22.4255 0:01.8406
25 222 Walkinshaw Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore VF 5000 3 3 1:23.3727 0:02.7878

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 144kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 1:26.2258
Current Practice Record Is 1:20.4372 Set On 28/02/2014 By Fabian Coulthard In A Holden Commodore VF
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
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Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Feb 28 19:22:45 2014 Timing System By NATSOFT [phone] www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

2014 Clipsal 500 Adelaide - V8 Supercars C'ship - Races 1-3
ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT

V8 SUPERCARS - Qualifying for Race 2

Qualifying Q8 15 Mins
Scheduled Start 15:25
OFFICIAL RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SA19C
Start Fri Feb 28 15:25
Elapsed Time 15:00
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 888 Red Bull Racing Australia Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:20.4155R
2 33 Valvoline Racing GRM Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 5000 9 8 1:20.5258 0:00.1103
3 1 Red Bull Racing Australia Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 8 1:20.5699 0:00.1544
4 8 Team BOC Jason Bright Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 7 1:20.6474 0:00.2319
5 5 Ford Pepsi Max Crew Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 8 1:20.6900 0:00.2745
6 4 Erebus Motorsport V8 Lee Holdsworth Mercedes E63 AMG 5000 7 6 1:20.7119 0:00.2964
7 36 Norton Hornets Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 5000 7 7 1:20.7337 0:00.3182
8 22 Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 7 1:20.7735 0:00.3580
9 16 Wilson Security Racing Scott Pye Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 8 1:20.8208 0:00.4053
10 6 Ford Pepsi Max Crew Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG 5000 9 9 1:20.8530 0:00.4375
11 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Nissan Altima 5000 3 3 1:20.8712 0:00.4557
12 47 Supercheap Auto Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 7 1:20.9075 0:00.4920
13 222 Walkinshaw Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 6 1:20.9294 0:00.5139
14 360 Norton Hornets James Moffat Nissan Altima 5000 8 8 1:20.9350 0:00.5195
15 97 Team Tekno VIP Petfoods Shane Van Gisbergen Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 7 1:20.9576 0:00.5421
16 14 Lockwood Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 7 1:20.9642 0:00.5487
17 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 5000 7 7 1:21.0138 0:00.5983
18 2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 7 1:21.0163 0:00.6008
19 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team David Reynolds Ford Falcon FG 5000 9 9 1:21.1581 0:00.7426
20 9 Erebus Motorsport V8 Will Davison Mercedes E63 AMG 5000 8 7 1:21.1956 0:00.7801
21 17 Wilson Security Racing David Wall Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 4 1:21.2844 0:00.8689
22 18 Team JELD-WEN Jack Perkins Ford Falcon FG 5000 9 9 1:21.3997 0:00.9842
23 21 Team Advam/GB Dale Wood Holden Commodore VF 5000 8 3 1:21.6160 0:01.2005
24 23 Repair Management Aust Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VF 5000 7 5 1:21.7130 0:01.2975
25 34 Valvoline Racing GRM Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 5000 7 6 1:21.7925 0:01.3770

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 144kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 1:26.0446
Current Practice Record Is 1:20.4372 Set On 28/02/2014 By Fabian Coulthard In A Holden Commodore VF
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
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Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Feb 28 19:24:12 2014 Timing System By NATSOFT [phone] www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

Very impressive debut from Volvo - shows the class of McLaughlin as a driver and the ability of GRM to transition what it appears seamlessly from Holden to Volvo.

Todd Kelly 7th and 11th shows that barring some sort of miracle transformation of his driving abilities during the off-season that the Nissan has certainly been boasted by the aero changes. Whether that in itself is a good or even fair thing is another matter entirely...

Great job scotty pye in the DJR ford. Shows the faith that RD has in him to stick by him and keep him in the main game.

Pretty disappointed by my driver today Jack Perkins. I don't think it was an issue that solely affected him as Reynolds struggled as well.

BJR would have to be disappointed as well. Looked the goods at the pre-series test at Eastern Creek and only Bright getting 4th in the 2nd quali is nothing really to write home about.

And good old Dollar Bill should be counting his money that he is getting for that Erebus drive this year as that appears to be the only good thing that is going to happen to him this year as it is a pretty rude awakening he is getting atm from the performance of the car.

[wrighty05]

I'm sorry Bundy. You have more faith in Jack than I do. Nice bloke, but not sure he's quite quick enough. However as you said, Reynolds was slow too, so maybe an issue there.

Scott M is bloody impressive.

Good to see such a mix at the front. Maybe it might shut a few of the knockers up.

Bit disappointed in GT today, normally races well around there though. Harder to make it all up with the split races tomorrow though.

[Bundy]

Feb 28, 2014 19:51:44 GMT 10 wrighty05 said:

I'm sorry Bundy. You have more faith in Jack than I do. Nice bloke, but not sure he's quite quick enough. However as you said, Reynolds was slow too, so maybe an issue there.

I sure do.

It needs to be said that it is only his first competitive day back. I will be very interested to see how he races.

When he was in the main game and albeit not in the best equipment either but he did tend to go backwards in the race - if he has indeed turned his fortunes around he will only prove it if he starts making up ground in races from qualifying. And being back towards the end of the grid it is his perfect chance.

Bit disappointed in GT today, normally races well around there though. Harder to make it all up with the split races tomorrow though.

Disappointed in GT too.

Let's hope he stays clear of that usual first lap mayhem.

[crikey]

So strange watching the new manufacturers running up the front! Wonder who is still blaming Skaife now for the parity issues?

Anyway great to see Scott Mc right up the front for race 2, Also happy that JC is up the pointy end for both races tomorrow, GT is having a shocker so far and as Wrighty said, It will be really hard to make to much gain with the new spastic race format someone came up with.

FPR don't look super strong this weekend with the exception of Frosty, Which is weird and may change in the race.

Very happy with Tim Slades first up run with WP, He is a great bloke and deserves some results.

Hopefully the racing is good tomorrow and there is another Holden win.

[Raptorman]

Jamie looked a bit down after getting out driven by Scott, which did create a brilliant final few laps.

[Bundy]

Well done Scotty M and Volvo on their maiden podium. Never thought it was possible for this weekend but there you go

Great start for Lowndesy - 2nd and a 1st - doesn't get much better than that

JC unfortunately up to his old tricks of getting into trouble while I think GT did the best he could from what are really disappointing HRT cars in terms of pace

Hard luck for Van Giz - deserved the drive thru on Pye but it was only a matter of time that Van Giz was going to make it thru so should have given a little bit more room imo

The jd nissans should be proud of their weekends so far, especially Todd.

As for Jack, it has to be said that the package across all 4 FPR prepared cars is pretty weak, so I don't think that is helping him in his transition to the falcon but still I would like to see him up there knocking on the top 10

[jamolad]

JC must have been channeling an Aussie Racing Car driver when he thought they could go 3-wide through turn 4 - would have been an awesome move if he had pulled it off though.

Last half of the final lap was awesome - JW and Scotty fighting from Turn 9 to the line, neither giving an inch while neither taking an inch too much. Aggressive clean racing.

[crikey]

Really disappointed in JC yesterday, I was only saying to someone on Friday that he has looked to put the stupid stuff behind him, For him to go out and make a very silly mistake in R2, He got shafted in R1 at his pitstop which was a shame.

Well done Scott Mc great driving.

Also happy with Lowndes could this be his year?

Just good to see all the manufacturers up there in the mix, Should be a cracker year.

[jamolad]

Something so familiar about seeing a BOC car on its roof.

Good to see Brighty is OK.

Hope we don't have our first ever time-certain finish at Clipsal.

[Bundy]

Mar 2, 2014 15:21:27 GMT 10 jamolad said:

Hope we don't have our first ever time-certain finish at Clipsal.

Spoke too soon

Great job JC and HRT on the win - JW's penalty shouldn't take away from JC's performance though. He was still good enough to pass Lowndesy into 2nd which gave him the opportunity to take the lead if JW got himself into trouble which he did.

Absolutely terrible day for FPR. Everything they are famous for over the years - pit stop mistakes, crashes, soft driving - all happened today. I get the feeling that this is going to be a lean year for FPR and not the usual lean year we get...

Unlucky for Van giz but in saying that terrific drive to come back through the field. I am not quite sold on the explanation that V8s gave in that there were a lot of assumptions about what happened. The possibility remains that the 888 cars could have backed their cars back to 50km compared to Van Giz and R Kelly's 60km which led to the gap but of course without seeing the actual data or speed capture we will never know for sure...

As for JW's pit-lane drive through, it was harsh as to what qualifies as "work" on the car. But to me it looked like the car controller was trying to pat down some race tape right at the end after trying to direct the front wheelman to do it (which in itself wouldn't be 'work' and against the rules), so I didn't necessarily disagree with the penalty.

Percat was also dreadfully unlucky. He drove a really good race. I thought when he had Coulthard behind him he could have held him off for the podium.

[crikey]

That was a great race today, Maybe next year they might do the same format on both days

So many hard luck stories today, Bad luck for Scott Mc but to be expected with new rigs.

That restart rule should be scrapped as of tomorrow, Not sure I agree with penalties for SVG and RK, Would love to see the data as to who was doing what speed etc, Wont be holding my breath for that though.

HRT looked good today and was very happy for JC to take the win, Now he needs to keep the thing out of trouble, Garth was looking really good until the big crash, Also Sladey had a great start at WP, As did Percat but unfortunately with a new young driver in the main game you will see these sort of things happen, So long as he learnt from it that is the main thing.

FPR just looked bad this weekend, Not the FPR of 2013.

Also glad to see Brighty get out the car and not suffer any injuries from that massage turn over, You would think Brad would learn by now to but more advertising underneath the bloody car

Old JW had a shocker today I am sure he will bounce back though, Lowndes was just Lowndes and stayed solid and leads the championship so that's all he could ask from today.

[Bundy]

Mar 2, 2014 21:19:43 GMT 10 crikey said:

That was a great race today, Maybe next year they might do the same format on both days

The 250 race today with the incidents, crashes and DNFs reinforced just how much better the twin 250 race format is compared to what we saw yesterday. Also it just so happened to coincide with an 11th place finish for Jack

Mar 2, 2014 21:19:43 GMT 10 crikey said:

That restart rule should be scrapped as of tomorrow, Not sure I agree with penalties for SVG and RK, Would love to see the data as to who was doing what speed etc, Wont be holding my breath for that though.

I could go either way on this one. I think it does add more excitement and a chance for overtaking but I also reckon you could say that it places the drivers in too risky a position given how many laps there was to go.

Mar 2, 2014 21:19:43 GMT 10 crikey said:

HRT looked good today and was very happy for JC to take the win,

Donk will be happy. First Mclaughlin and now JC.

[donk]

Shame for Volvo, Scotty Mac and Garry Rogers only a few laps out from the end, but shows that they aren't just making up the numbers this year!
Congrats for JC well deserved and I.m sick of hearing he only won due to other peoples mistakes, he had to be there to win!

[crikey]

Mar 3, 2014 18:14:18 GMT 10 donk said:

Shame for Volvo, Scotty Mac and Garry Rogers only a few laps out from the end, but shows that they aren't just making up the numbers this year!
Congrats for JC well deserved and I.m sick of hearing he only won due to other peoples mistakes, he had to be there to win!

You jumped to early Donk, JC is on the up and up