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Whincup earns pole for race two

Triple Eight once again dominated V8 Supercar qualifying in Abu Dhabi, but this time it was race one winner Jamie Whincup who took pole

The Holden star outpaced team-mate Craig Lowndes by just over 0.2 seconds to put himself in the perfect position to maintain his 100 per cent win rate at the Yas Marina circuit.

Mark Winterbottom led the Ford charge in third, while Steven Johnson showed the Dick Johnson team had found some pace overnight by going fourth.

It was a much better session for defending champion James Courtney, who will line up fifth for HRT, while the top six for this evening's race was completed by Lee Holdsworth's Fujitsu Commodore.

Pos  Driver               Car     Time       Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Holden  1m56.429s
 2.  Craig Lowndes        Holden  1m56.718s  + 0.289s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom    Ford    1m56.771s  + 0.342s
 4.  Steven Johnson       Ford    1m56.966s  + 0.537s
 5.  James Courtney       Holden  1m56.988s  + 0.559s
 6.  Lee Holdsworth       Holden  1m57.049s  + 0.620s
 7.  Jason Bright         Holden  1m57.050s  + 0.621s
 8.  Alex Davison         Ford    1m57.052s  + 0.623s
 9.  Michael Caruso       Holden  1m57.096s  + 0.667s
10.  Tim Slade            Ford    1m57.116s  + 0.687s
11.  Paul Dumbrell        Ford    1m57.403s  + 0.974s
12.  Todd Kelly           Holden  1m57.406s  + 0.977s
13.  Will Davison         Ford    1m57.419s  + 0.990s
14.  Garth Tander         Holden  1m57.443s  + 1.014s
15.  Russell Ingall       Holden  1m57.532s  + 1.103s
16.  Tony D'Alberto       Holden  1m57.550s  + 1.121s
17.  Jonathon Webb        Ford    1m57.571s  + 1.142s
18.  Shane van Gisbergen  Ford    1m57.628s  + 1.199s
19.  Fabian Coulthard     Holden  1m57.673s  + 1.244s
20.  Steve Owen           Holden  1m57.742s  + 1.313s
21.  David Reynolds       Holden  1m57.770s  + 1.341s
22.  James Moffat         Ford    1m57.869s  + 1.440s
23.  Dean Fiore           Ford    1m58.165s  + 1.736s
24.  Greg Murphy          Holden  1m58.175s  + 1.746s
25.  Jason Bargwanna      Holden  1m58.175s  + 1.746s
26.  Warren Luff          Holden  1m58.206s  + 1.777s
27.  Rick Kelly           Holden  1m58.391s  + 1.962s
28.  Karl Reindler        Holden  1m58.651s  + 2.222s

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