Sandown V8s: Will Davison quickest in qualifying
Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison set the fastest time in qualifying for the first V8 Supercars endurance race of the 2012 season at Sandown
Under this year's format, the grid for Sunday's 500-kilometre main event will be set by the results of the second qualifying race later on Saturday.
Saturday morning's 20-minute qualifying session set the starting order for the first qualifying heat, in which the teams' endurance co-drivers will compete.
The result of that race forms the grid for the second heat, contested by the regular V8 drivers. The grid for the main event is produced from the heat two finishing order.
In a close-fought qualifying session, Davison edged out the resurgent Holden Racing Team Commodore of Garth Tander to take pole by 0.0072 seconds.
Tander's late lap demoted Stone Brothers Ford driver Shane van Gisbergen from the front row.
Triple Eight's highest-placed qualifier was Craig Lowndes in fourth. His championship-leading team-mate Jamie Whincup could only salvage 10th after a mistake on his penultimate flying lap.
Whincup's main title rival Mark Winterbottom qualified sixth for FPR.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Will Davison FPR Ford 1m09.3670s 2. Garth Tander HRT Holden 1m09.3742s + 0.0072s 3. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 1m09.4483s + 0.0813s 4. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 1m09.4619s + 0.0949s 5. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford 1m09.4835s + 0.1165s 6. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 1m09.5427s + 0.1757s 7. Steve Owen Paul Morris/DJR Ford 1m09.5715s + 0.2045s 8. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 1m09.6576s + 0.2906s 9. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden 1m09.6804s + 0.3134s 10. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 1m09.7159s + 0.3489s 11. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 1m09.7183s + 0.3513s 12. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 1m09.7497s + 0.3827s 13. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 1m09.7856s + 0.4186s 14. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 1m09.8002s + 0.4332s 15. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 1m09.8774s + 0.5104s 16. James Courtney HRT Holden 1m09.8783s + 0.5113s 17. Dean Fiore Triple F/DJR Ford 1m09.9049s + 0.5379s 18. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 1m09.9206s + 0.5536s 19. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 1m09.9365s + 0.5695s 20. Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 1m09.9369s + 0.5699s 21. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw/HRT Holden 1m10.0063s + 0.6393s 22. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden 1m10.0147s + 0.6477s 23. Alexandre Premat Garry Rogers Holden 1m10.0906s + 0.7236s 24. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden 1m10.1432s + 0.7762s 25. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden 1m10.4180s + 1.0510s 26. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden 1m10.5162s + 1.1492s 27. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden 1m10.6428s + 1.2758s 28. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden 1m10.7274s + 1.3604s
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