Whincup wins Barbagallo race one
Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup drove a perfect race to take a comfortable victory in race one of the Bigpond 300 at Barbagallo
Using the sprint tyres at the start of the race, Whincup took the lead from team-mate Craig Lowndes at the start. He then made the most of his tyre strategy, stopping just before half-distance and ending up comfortably clear of the field in the closing laps.
Second was Todd Kelly, who used a similar strategy to Whincup after running fourth early on. However, for most of the second half of the race it looked like Bundaberg Red's David Reynolds would take second place.
Reynolds had stayed on the sprint tyre at his pitstop, and resumed in a clear second place. But with seven laps remaining his front left tyre went flat, ending his podium hopes. He eventually finished 28th, two laps down, after limping back to the pits.
Third and fourth were Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney, who switched to the sprint tyre at their pitstops around half-distance and used them to good effect, having run either just in or outside the top ten in the early laps.
Will Davison was fifth for the Holden Racing Team, having chosen to run less distance on the sprint tyres than those ahead, with Craig Lowndes and Rick Kelly next after running just a handful of laps at the start of the race on the softer tyres.
Greg Murphy was another driver to make good use of the sprint tyres to finish eighth after starting 22nd, with Russell Ingall and Steven Johnson completing the top ten.
Pos Driver Make Time
1. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon FG 41m33.5350s
2. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE + 12.0729s
3. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG + 12.7278s
4. James Courtney Ford Falcon FG + 19.5339s
5. Will Davison Holden Commodore VE + 27.2836s
6. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon FG + 33.5556s
7. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE + 38.5799s
8. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE + 41.1059s
9. Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE + 42.0545s
10. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG + 47.9816s
11. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE + 49.0452s
12. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE + 50.5409s
13. Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG + 56.1331s
14. Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
15. Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG + 1 lap
16. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
17. Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG + 1 lap
18. Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
19. Tim Slade Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
20. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
21. Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon BF + 1 lap
22. Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
23. Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG + 1 lap
24. Jason Bright Ford Falcon FG + 1 lap
25. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
26. Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
27. Mark McNally Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
28. David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE + 2 laps
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Make Laps
Dean Fiore Holden Commodore VE 36
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