Winterbottom on race one pole

Winterbottom was the only driver to set a time in the 1m50s bracket as he took a comfortable pole position, nearly three-tenths of a second faster than HRT's Garth Tander who jumped from fifth to second in the shootout.

The second row sees a similar pattern, Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup dropping one place from his position before the shootout while Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright put in a superb lap to jump up from ninth to fourth.

Will Davison was fifth-fastest in his HRT Commodore, just ahead of Paul Dumbrell and the second Team Vodafone car of Craig Lowndes. Winterbottom's team-mate Steven Richards will line up eighth after a mistake early in the lap put an end to any hopes of a start near the very front.

However, he ended up better off than two other runners, Jim Beam's James Courtney ending up in the tyre barriers at turn two, while Russell Ingall cut the chicane around the back of the circuit after going in too deep under brakes and lost his lap time for doing so, and will start tenth.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:50.9325
 2.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:51.2265  +    0.2940
 3.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:51.4058  +    0.4733
 4.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon FG        1:51.5550  +    0.6225
 5.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:51.6711  +    0.7386
 6.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:51.7666  +    0.8341
 7.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:51.8405  +    0.9080
 8.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:52.6938  +    1.7613
 9.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        4:17.6760  + 2:26.7435
10.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE                
11.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:49.9769  -    0.9556
12.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:50.0343  -    0.8982
13.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:50.1165  -    0.8160
14.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:50.1569  -    0.7756
15.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:50.3311  -    0.6014
16.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:50.3497  -    0.5828
17.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:50.3770  -    0.5555
18.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:50.4474  -    0.4851
19.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:50.4558  -    0.4767
20.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:50.7162  -    0.2163
21.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:50.7488  -    0.1837
22.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:50.7819  -    0.1506
23.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:50.8088  -    0.1237
24.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:50.8323  -    0.1002
25.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:51.1242  +    0.1917
26.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:51.2451  +    0.3126
27.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:51.2679  +    0.3354
28.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:51.7650  +    0.8325
29.  Mark McNally          Holden Commodore VE   1:53.2264  +    2.2939