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Lowndes secures Abu Dhabi pole

Australian touring car legend Craig Lowndes secured pole position for the first V8 Supercar race of the season with a superb lap in Abu Dhabi

It was a great session for the Triple Eight team, with the sister Vodafone-backed car of Jamie Whincup lining up second.

That only highlighted the problems at rival Holden team HRT, which has Garth Tander 14th, while new signing and reigning champion James Courtney will start way back in 20th.

Will Davison was the top Ford runner, securing third in his FPR-run Falcon, just ahead of the sister car of Mark Winterbottom, who held provisional pole prior to Lowndes's lap.

Paul Drumbrell set the fifth-fastest time in his Ford Falcon, while Tim Slade made it four Fords in the top six. Lee Holdsworth was the top non-Triple Eight Commodore driver in seventh for Fujitsu Racing.

The race takes place later today, starting at 18:20 local time.


Pos  Driver               Car          Time       
 1.  Craig Lowndes        Holden       1m57.2290s
 2.  Jamie Whincup        Holden       1m57.4600s  + 0.2310
 3.  Alex Davison         Ford         1m57.5290s  + 0.3000
 4.  M.Winterbottom       Ford         1m57.6190s  + 0.3900
 5.  Paul Dumbrell        Ford         1m57.6280s  + 0.3990
 6.  Tim Slade            Ford         1m57.7390s  + 0.5100
 7.  Jason Bright         Holden       1m57.7790s  + 0.5500
 8.  Steven Johnson       Ford         1m57.7830s  + 0.5540
 9.  Lee Holdsworth       Holden       1m57.8130s  + 0.5840
10.  Jonathon Webb        Ford         1m57.9550s  + 0.7260
11.  Fabian Coulthard     Holden       1m57.9600s  + 0.7310
12.  Will Davison         Ford         1m57.9640s  + 0.7350
13.  Steve Owen           Holden       1m57.9820s  + 0.7530
14.  Garth Tander         Holden       1m57.9860s  + 0.7570
15.  S.van Gisbergen      Ford         1m58.0110s  + 0.7820
16.  Tony D'Alberto       Holden       1m58.0710s  + 0.8420
17.  Todd Kelly           Holden       1m58.2050s  + 0.9760
18.  Michael Caruso       Holden       1m58.3120s  + 1.0830
19.  Jason Bargwanna      Holden       1m58.3160s  + 1.0870
20.  James Courtney       Holden       1m58.3810s  + 1.1520
21.  Russell Ingall       Holden       1m58.4540s  + 1.2250
22.  Karl Reindler        Holden       1m58.4630s  + 1.2340
23.  David Reynolds       Holden       1m58.4800s  + 1.2510
24.  Warren Luff          Holden       1m58.5780s  + 1.3490
25.  Rick Kelly           Holden       1m58.6070s  + 1.3780
26.  Dean Fiore           Ford         1m58.9260s  + 1.6970
27.  Greg Murphy          Holden       1m59.0560s  + 1.8270
28.  James Moffat         Ford         1m59.1080s  + 1.8790

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