V8 Supercars Australia: Will Davison é o novo lÁ­der

O australiano Will Davison (Ford/ FPR) lidera o V8 Supercars Australia, após a disputa de três etapas, e nove provas.

As duas últimas etapas foram disputadas no Symmons Plains Raceway (Tasmania Microsoft Office 365), na Tasmania, entre os dias 05 e 07 de abril, e no Pukekohe Park Raceway (ITM 400 Auckland), em Auckland, na Nova Zelândia, entre os dias 12 e 14 de abril.

As três provas no Symmons Plains Raceway foram vencidas pelos Holden Commodore da equipe Brad Jones Racng. O neozelandês Fabian Coulthard  venceu a primeira e a segunda, com seu parceiro, o australiano Jason Bright sendo o vencedor da segunda.

O australiano Jamie Whincup (Holden/ Triple 8) manteve a liderança do campeonato com 513 pontos. Davison era o segundo com 450.

O Pukekohe Park Raceway recebeu a terceira etapa, e diferente da etapa anterior foram quatro provas disputadas.

O neozelandês Scott McLaughlin (Holden/ GRM) venceu a primeira prova. Whincup venceu a segunda, Davison a terceira e Bright a quarta.

Davison é o novo lÁ­der da temporada com 697 pontos. Whincup caiu para segundo com 666, seguido pelo australiano Craig Lowndes, seu parceiro de equipe, com 591.

A próxima etapa, a Chill Perth 360, no Barbagallo Raceway, acontece entre os dias 03 e 05 de maio.

Resultados, Symmons Plains Raceway (Tasmania Microsoft Office 365), na Tasmania:

Prova 1:

1 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) – Brad Jones – 50 voltas em 1.17’42”521
2 – Jamie Whincup (Holden) – Triple 8 – 1”138
3 – Mark Winterbottom (Ford) – FPR – 1”302
4 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones – 1”989
5 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 2”245
6 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR – 2”553
7 – Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) – Tekno – 4”280
8 – Scott McLaughlin (Holden) – GRM – 4”757
9 – James Courtney (Holden) – HRT – 4”960
10 – Jonathon Webb (Holden) – Tekno – 6”511

Prova 2:

1 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones – 42 voltas em 40’33”854
2 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 3”657
3 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) –      – 4”836
4 – Jamie Whincup (Holden) – Triple 8 – 5”538
5 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR – 9”134
6 – Mark Winterbottom (Ford) – FPR – 11”820
7 – James Courtney (Holden) – HRT – 12”673
8 – Scott McLaughlin (Holden) – GRM – 13”645
9 – Dean Fiore (Holden) – Dumbrell – 16”483
10 – Craig Lowndes (Holden) – Triple 8 – 17”344

Prova 3:

1 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) – Brad Jones – 42 voltas em 42’20”8286
2 – Mark Winterbottom (Ford) – FPR – 2”367
3 – James Courtney (Holden) – HRT – 2”777
4 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones – 2”961
5 – Jamie Whincup (Holden) – Triple 8 – 3”249
6 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR – 3”490
7 – Jonathon Webb (Holden) – Tekno – 4”505
8 – Scott McLaughlin (Holden) – GRM – 4”611
9 – Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) – Tekno – 5”171
10 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 5”388

Resultados, Pukekohe Park Raceway (ITM 400 Auckland), em Auckland, na Nova Zelândia:

Prova 1:

1 – Scott McLaughlin (Holden) – GRM – 35 voltas em 39’54”922
2 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones Racing – 0”820
3 – Craig Lowndes (Holden) – Triple 8 – 1”312
4 – Shane Van Gisbergen (Holden) – Tekno Autosport – 2”462
5 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) – Brad Jones – 3”288
6 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 4”798
7 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR – 5”029
8 – David Reynolds (Ford) -Rod Nash Racing – 6”408
9 – James Courtney (Holden) – HRT – 7”714
10 – Jonathon Webb (Holden) – Tekno Autosport – 11”212

Prova 2:

1 – Jamie Whincup (Holden) – Triple 8 35 voltas em 42’32”844
2 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR – 1”350
3 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 2”162
4 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones Racing – 3”337
5 – David Reynolds (Ford) -Rod Nash Racing – 3”634
6 – Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) – Tekno Autosport – 5”193
7 – Rick Kelly (Nissan) – Kelly Racing – 6”829
8 – Alexandre Premat (Holden) – GRM – 7”301
9 – James Moffat (Nissan) – Kelly Racing – 8”185
10 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) – Brad Jones – 10”672

Prova 3:

1 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR- 35 voltas em 44’42”650
2 – Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) – Tekno Autosport – 0”602
3 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) – Brad Jones – 0”814
4 – Craig Lowndes (Holden) – Triple 8 – 1”034
5 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 1”357
6 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones Racing – 2”062
7 – David Reynolds (Ford) -Rod Nash Racing – 2”268
8 – Jonathon Webb (Holden) – Tekno Autosport – 2”500
9 – Alex Davison (Ford) – FPR – 2”801
10 – Rick Kelly (Nissan) – Kelly Racing – 3”691

Prova 4:

1 – Jason Bright (Holden) – Brad Jones Racing – 35 voltas em 37’39”198
2 – Garth Tander (Holden) – HRT – 5”299
3 – Jamie Whincup (Holden) – Triple 8 – 6”348
4 – Fabian Coulthard (Holden) – Brad Jones – 6”649
5 – Will Davison (Ford) – FPR – 7”314
6 – James Courtney (Holden) – HRT – 10”008
7 – Alex Davison (Ford) – FPR – 10”118
8 – David Reynolds (Ford) -Rod Nash Racing – 10”782
9 – Craig Lowndes (Holden) – Triple 8 – 15”102
10 – James Moffat (Nissan) – Kelly Racing – 18”375

Campeonato:

1. Davison 697; 2. Whincup 666; 3. Lowndes 591; 4. Tander 553; 5. Coulthard 552; 6. Bright 539; 7. Van Gisbergen 532; 8. Courtney 510; 9. Webb 477; 10. McLaughlin 457; 11. Winterbottom 448; 12. Ingall 421.