Will Davison on top in Sydney V8 Supercar qualifying again

Going into the final few minutes, Lowndes - winner of race one yesterday - sat on provisional pole, while Whincup was right back in 23rd, having spun on one of the few laps not interrupted by red flags.

But once the session got going at last in the final minutes, Lowndes was pushed back as Davison and Mark Winterbottom temporarily made it an FPR one-two.

Whincup was pushing hard to bring himself back into contention, and moved up to ninth with his first effort. But an even better second lap then saw him jump to second between the FPR duo, while Lowndes had to be content with fourth.

Paul Dumbrell claimed fifth on the grid for his final start in the series, sharing row three with outgoing champion James Courtney.

Greg Murphy, Garth Tander and Michael Caruso all had accidents that caused red flags, while Dean Fiore was sidelined for most of the session after a wayward flight over the Turn 6/7 chicane kerbs damaged his Triple F Ford.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car             Time        Gap
 1.  Will Davison         FPR Ford             1m27.4562s
 2.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden      1m27.6257s  + 0.1695s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford             1m27.6985s  + 0.2423s
 4.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden      1m27.9087s  + 0.4525s
 5.  Paul Dumbrell        Rod Nash/FPR Ford    1m27.9312s  + 0.4750s
 6.  James Courtney       HRT Holden           1m27.9995s  + 0.5433s
 7.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford  1m28.0197s  + 0.5635s
 8.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Ford           1m28.1328s  + 0.6766s
 9.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford       1m28.1655s  + 0.7093s
10.  Lee Holdsworth       Garry Rogers Holden  1m28.1786s  + 0.7224s
11.  Steve Owen           Paul Morris Holden   1m28.2893s  + 0.8331s
12.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden         1m28.3990s  + 0.9428s
13.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden    1m28.5101s  + 1.0539s
14.  Todd Kelly           Kelly Holden         1m28.5229s  + 1.0667s
15.  David Reynolds       Kelly Holden         1m28.5306s  + 1.0744s
16.  Alex Davison         Stone Brothers Ford  1m28.5542s  + 1.0980s
17.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/SBR Ford   1m28.5741s  + 1.1179s
18.  Fabian Coulthard     Walkinshaw Holden    1m28.6016s  + 1.1454s
19.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford    1m28.8927s  + 1.4365s
20.  Jason Bargwanna      Brad Jones Holden    1m28.9474s  + 1.4912s
21.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden  1m28.9823s  + 1.5261s
22.  Russell Ingall       Paul Morris Holden   1m29.0264s  + 1.5702s
23.  Warren Luff          Dumbrell Holden      1m29.0695s  + 1.6133s
24.  Karl Reindler        Britek Holden        1m29.1003s  + 1.6441s
25.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford    1m29.1628s  + 1.7066s
26.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden
27.  Greg Murphy          Kelly Holden
28.  Dean Fiore           Triple F Ford