V8 Supercars Round 12, Desert 400, Bahrain

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Qualifying:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap

1 5 FPR Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 12 11 1:25.6093
2 17 DJR Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 15 15 1:25.8800 0:00.2707
3 9 SBR Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 17 15 1:26.0389 0:00.4296
4 16 HSVDT Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 19 16 1:26.0831 0:00.4738
5 4 SBR James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 15 14 1:26.0865 0:00.4772
6 2 HRT Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 20 17 1:26.1382 0:00.5289
7 1 HSVDT Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 18 17 1:26.1862 0:00.5769
8 67 PMM Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 17 16 1:26.5380 0:00.9287
9 51 TMS Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 16 15 1:26.6647 0:01.0554
10 33 GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 16 15 1:26.8315 0:01.2222
11 888 TER Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 12 8 1:26.2942 0:00.6849
12 18 DJR Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 15 11 1:26.3030 0:00.6937
13 22 HRT Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 16 13 1:26.3187 0:00.7094
14 88 TER Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 12 10 1:26.3846 0:00.7753
15 10 WPS Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 14 13 1:26.4144 0:00.8051
16 55 Autobarn Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 16 14 1:26.5480 0:00.9387
17 7 JDR Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 15 13 1:26.5831 0:00.9738
18 20 SCAR Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 16 9 1:26.6283 0:01.0190
19 6 FPR Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 11 11 1:26.6331 0:01.0238
20 111 Glenfords Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 14 13 1:26.6690 0:01.0597
21 3 TMS Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 7 7 1:27.0816 0:01.4723
22 25 Fujitsu Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 8 6 1:27.1056 0:01.4963
23 021 TKR Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 7 3 1:27.1110 0:01.5017
24 12 BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 8 7 1:27.1368 0:01.5275
25 39 PMM Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 8 6 1:27.1607 0:01.5514
26 34 GRM Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 6 6 1:27.2057 0:01.5964
27 14 BOC Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 8 5 1:27.4073 0:01.7980
28 8 WPS Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 6 6 1:27.4391 0:01.8298
29 11 JDR Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 8 5 1:27.5016 0:01.8923
30 26 IRWIN Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 8 7 1:27.6017 0:01.9924
31 50 SCAR Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 7 7 1:27.8190 0:02.2097

Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series


STEWARDS UPDATE 2: 1300hrs Friday 2nd November

There were no matters arising from Qualifying.



STEWARDS UPDATE 1: 1745hrs Thursday 1st November

Matters arising from Practice:

The Stewards imposed a Fine of $1,000 on Steve Owen for crossing the Blend Line at Pit Entry.

Taken from CAMS: CAMS

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Race 1:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Race Time Fastest Lap Fastest Time

1 5 FPR Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 31 50:43.6752 6 1:25.2817
2 16 HSVDT Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 31 50:51.8947 8 1:26.2616
3 17 DJR Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 31 50:58.7113 6 1:25.9997
4 1 HSVDT Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 31 51:03.8336 6 1:26.2924
5 9 SBR Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 31 51:05.7401 6 1:26.3309
6 4 SBR James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 31 51:08.1593 6 1:25.9853
7 2 HRT Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 31 51:08.3136 7 1:26.4851
8 18 DJR Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 31 51:09.6242 9 1:26.9182
9 10 WPS Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 31 51:18.0442 7 1:27.0235
10 51 TMS Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 31 51:19.3108 6 1:27.0894
11 22 HRT Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 31 51:20.5444 8 1:26.4204
12 7 JDR Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 31 51:22.7892 9 1:26.7396
13 34 GRM Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 31 51:24.4201 11 1:27.2572
14 20 SCAR Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 31 51:24.9191 6 1:26.9228
15 021 TKR Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 31 51:26.3137 8 1:26.8783
16 3 TMS Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 31 51:27.5461 11 1:27.0024
17 11 JDR Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 31 51:29.6600 9 1:27.0953
18 111 Glenfords John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 31 51:33.6240 10 1:27.3299
19 25 Fujitsu Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 31 51:34.6512 8 1:27.1390
20 39 PMM Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 31 51:36.4851 9 1:27.1450
21 14 BOC Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 31 51:38.8223 11 1:27.2685
22 12 BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 31 51:43.4119 10 1:27.2526
23 8 WPS Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 31 51:45.4984 10 1:27.0234
24 26 IRWIN Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 31 51:46.6927 10 1:27.5240
25 6 Ford Performance Racing Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 30 51:21.4569 6 1:26.8842
DNF 50 SCAR Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 16 29:45.5557 8 1:27.7916
DNF 33 GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 16 52:02.5468 14 1:27.1788
DNF 88 TER Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 13 26:51.1267 9 1:25.8518
DNF 55 Autobarn Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 6 14:10.6112 6 1:35.1593
DNF 888 TER Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF
DNF 67 PMM Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE

Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series


STEWARDS UPDATE 3: 1745hrs Friday 2nd November

Matters arising from Race 1:

The Stewards imposed a PLP on Steven Richards Car #6 for a driving infringement on Lee Holdsworth Car #33.

Investigations into the following incidents revealed no alleged breach of Rules:
· A collision involving Paul Morris Car #67 and Craig Lowndes Car #888 at
Turn 5 Lap 1.
· An incident involving Greg Murphy Car #51 and Todd Kelly Car #22 at
Turn 1 Lap 17.

Taken from CAMS: CAMS

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Cruel blow for Team Vodafone in the desert:

Release Date: 02/11/2007

Team Vodafone’s Jamie Whincup and Craig were struck a mighty blow and surrendered the V8 Supercar Championship Series lead after a spectacular early race tangle at the Desert 400 in Bahrain.

Whincup and Lowndes both became embroiled in a big crash with Team Sirromet Wines’ Paul Morris that trashed two cars and left former Championship leader Jamie Whincup with near terminal damage that effectively ended his race.

The race was won by polesitter Mark Winterbottom with Garth Tander third and the resurgent Steven Johnson fifth in the Jim Beam Ford of Dick Johnson Racing.

“The car was awesome today,” said Winterbottom of the machine that one Wednesday was sitting on the Shaikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Highway after a traffic accident.

“We had a very good platform car when we came here so it was a good start. To have a car that is quick is one thing and tyre life here is another.

“You could cruise around and take a bit of a break. We also had luck go our way for a change.”

Lowndes lap one big contact, touched wheels with Morris, Lowndes slammed into the wall as did Morris. Whincup also had damage having just averted hitting the wall along with his team-mate. The Championship leader recovered brilliantly but was way down the field.

While Whincup failed to limp home with damage to the right rear, Lowndes smashed sideways into a concrete barrier and sprung back onto the track into oncoming traffic. It was a near thing that he was not cleaned up by the field coming through.

It means Lowndes will start race two tomorrow from the back of the grid. It pushed Garth Tander, who finished second behind Mark Winterbottom, into the overnight Championship lead.

“As soon as we knew Craig was out and Jamie was having dramas we went to a very conservative strategy,” said Tander on hunting down Winterbottom.

“As Indy has proven and now here is proving there are plenty of twists and turns to this Championship. Now it’s a matter of building as many points as I can over the weekend.

“I’m certainly not going to hang it into the fence tomorrow but if there is an opportunity to win the race we will go for it as we have all year.”

For Johnson his third at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and today is turning the corner for the establishment team.

“It’s been a long time coming,” he said.

“I’ve had my fair share of midfield battles which aren’t that much fun. It makes such a difference racing with these guys up the front. It is very hard but very clean racing.

“And being here in a sprint round is a massive step forward for the team.”

Qualifying threw up some varied results but as the surface began to get more grip teams were able to make the most of fresh tyres. After a slippery practice session things began returning to normal with times getting better through the session.

That’s when Winterbottom struck with a scorching lap immediately after James Courtney, then his Stone Brothers team-mate Russell Ingall and Tander had a share of the top of the sheet.

The Team Vodafone pair were probably the most surprising of the teams that didn’t make the final 10 with Lowndes 11th and Whincup 14th. Todd Kelly was another not to make the top ten, finishing 13th on the grid.

FPR’s second driver Steven Richards also had on off day qualifying 19th having come in third in practice yesterday.

Tasman Motorsport veteran Greg Murphy continued his recent form streak by ducking into 10th and pushing Lowndes out of the final session.

Race 1 was defiantly an interesting race, after the truck crash on Wednesday and Lowndes and Whincups DNFs. Congrats to Garth for regaining the championship lead and to Mark Winterbottom for his 4th Pole and first race win after the truck crash on Wednesday.


Championship Points after Race 1:

Garth Tander 512
Jamie Whincup 501
Rick Kelly 481
Craig Lowndes 473


Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series

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Do you really think the general has any answer to the fords?
Steven Johnson is even beating us......What has happenned ...we are in the also rans...maybe this project blueprint has gone full circle and has done what it was designed to do pull us back to the field...weve slipped behind...sick of seeing that blue **** in front....championship is tight but really behind tander theres nothin
Geeze I thought the first day was bad the next day was worse not a commodore in the top 6...what is Paul Morris thinking?
The ford dominance is making the racing a bit bland....its bad when you resort to being entertained by the mid field crashes and forget the front cause its its not goin to change....watch out Tony theres a lot of commodore fans feeing a bit less interested in the whole show...it started at Sandown and its gathering some momentum

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Race 2:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Race Time Fastest Lap Fastest Time

1 5 FPR Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 31 45:54.1686 2 1:25.7318
2 4 SBR James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 31 46:04.2116 5 1:26.5779
3 18 DJR Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 31 46:17.0811 8 1:26.6971
4 17 DJR Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 31 46:17.5070 11 1:27.2432
5 888 TER Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 31 46:17.9000 4 1:27.1055
6 6 FPR Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 31 46:23.0710 4 1:27.0435
7 34 GRM Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 31 46:25.3491 10 1:27.3853
8 9 SBR Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 31 46:27.5993 4 1:27.2799
9 7 JDR Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 31 46:33.2028 4 1:27.4822
10 10 WPS Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 31 46:35.4655 4 1:27.4423
11 51 TMS Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 31 46:37.0486 4 1:27.0198
12 1 HSVDT Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 31 46:41.3310 9 1:27.1701
13 3 TMS Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 31 46:42.2139 4 1:26.8197
14 67 PMM Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 31 46:43.0491 8 1:27.3131
15 16 HSVDT Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 31 46:43.4024 10 1:26.8949
16 14 BOC Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 31 46:47.3562 10 1:27.4861
17 021 TKR Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 31 46:48.5809 9 1:27.3935
18 11 JDR Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 31 46:49.9392 12 1:27.4872
19 2 HRT Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 31 46:50.8048 4 1:27.3973
20 39 PMM Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 31 46:59.1238 10 1:27.7513
21 50 SCAR Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 31 47:04.6884 15 1:28.2610
22 12 BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 31 47:07.3993 10 1:27.6121
23 88 TER Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 31 47:10.1858 4 1:26.7833
24 33 GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 30 46:38.1299 6 1:27.5948
25 111 Glenfords John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 30 46:39.0987 6 1:27.8911
26 8 WPS Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 29 45:56.3371 5 1:28.1733
27 55 Autobarn Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 29 46:09.8046 17 1:27.7469
28 22 HRT Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 29 46:47.9102 4 1:27.5035
DNF 26 IRWIN Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 20 31:22.3644 5 1:28.2070
DNF 20 SCAR Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 3 4:44.4605 2 1:29.0476
DNF 25 Fujitsu Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 1 2:31.3009

Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series


STEWARDS UPDATE 4: 1515hrs Saturday 3rd November

Matters arising from Race 2:

The Stewards imposed a PLP on Car #88 Jamie Whincup for a careless re-entry to the track at Turn 4.

Flag signals were displayed as follows:
· The Mechanical Black Flag to John Bowe Car #111 for loose rear bodywork.
· The Bad Sportsmanship Flag to Lee Holdsworth Car #33 for 4 wheels off the track at Turn 4.
· The Blue Flag to John Bowe Car #111.

Following investigations and admissions by the following Competitors that they had breached the Code of Driving Conduct, Careless Driving, the Stewards imposed the penalty of the addition of a PLP time of 38 seconds to be added to their Race 2 time.
· Paul Dumbrell Car #20, contact with Car #111 John Bowe.
· Paul Morris Car #67, contact with Car #22 Todd Kelly.
· Lee Holdsworth Car 33, contact with Car #88 Jamie Whincup.

Investigations into the following incidents revealed no alleged breach of Rules:
· An incident involving Mark Skaife Car #2 and Andrew Jones Car #12.
· An incident involving Jack Perkins Car #11 and Cameron McConville Car #50.

Taken from CAMS: CAMS

Championship Points after Race 2:

Garth Tander 514
Jamie Whincup 501
Rick Kelly 486
Craig Lowndes 486

Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series

Do you really think the general has any answer to the fords?
Steven Johnson is even beating us......What has happenned ...we are in the also rans...maybe this project blueprint has gone full circle and has done what it was designed to do pull us back to the field...weve slipped behind...sick of seeing that blue **** in front....championship is tight but really behind tander theres nothin
Geeze I thought the first day was bad the next day was worse not a commodore in the top 6...what is Paul Morris thinking?
The ford dominance is making the racing a bit bland....its bad when you resort to being entertained by the mid field crashes and forget the front cause its its not goin to change....watch out Tony theres a lot of commodore fans feeing a bit less interested in the whole show...it started at Sandown and its gathering some momentum

Project Blueprint is doing exactly what it was meant to do and unfortunately the racing is getting worse and worse as the years go on, and while it would be helping to increase the number of ford supporters watching the V8s it cant be helping the number of Holden supporters watching them. I for one am beginning to get sick of the boring racing, bring on production Holden vs. Ford racing.

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Race 3:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Race Time Fastest Lap Fastest Time

1 888 888 Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 31 45:46.8279 16 1:26.3569
2 4 SBR James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 31 45:53.4779 10 1:26.5925
3 5 FPR Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 31 45:57.9769 9 1:26.4272
4 16 HSVDT Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 31 46:11.4681 14 1:26.9903
5 18 DJR Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 31 46:13.3385 3 1:26.9577
6 17 DJR Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 31 46:14.3007 15 1:27.2835
7 9 SBR Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 31 46:15.0136 15 1:27.3833
8 1 HSVDT Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 31 46:20.4888 12 1:27.2984
9 34 GRM Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 31 46:22.7069 9 1:27.2130
10 51 TMS Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 31 46:24.3397 16 1:27.6930
11 10 WPS Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 31 46:28.6330 12 1:27.7225
12 33 GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 31 46:29.0608 8 1:27.3579
13 021 TKR Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 31 46:35.3985 15 1:27.0902
14 20 SCAR Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 31 46:35.6025 10 1:27.7881
15 3 TMS Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 31 46:37.1925 9 1:27.8190
16 88 888 Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 31 46:40.6950 15 1:26.4175
17 39 PMM Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 31 46:42.0285 12 1:27.7109
18 111 Glenfords John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 31 46:44.5853 15 1:27.7160
19 55 Autobarn Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 31 46:47.2521 19 1:27.5802
20 8 WPS Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 31 46:50.8172 11 1:27.6226
21 2 HRT Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 31 46:51.0647 25 1:27.4698
22 12 BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 31 46:52.2790 12 1:27.9825
23 14 BOC Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 31 46:53.5141 13 1:28.1588
24 26 IRWIN Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 31 46:54.1158 11 1:27.7049
25 6 FPR Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 30 45:47.5451 12 1:27.2365
26 7 JDR Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 30 46:27.0726 8 1:27.2672
27 50 SCAR Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 30 47:08.9676 16 1:27.9793
DNF 25 Fujitsu Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 28 42:04.5348 21 1:27.5323
DNF 67 PMM Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 24 37:12.0360 14 1:27.4665
DNF 22 HRT Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 13 21:27.2040 9 1:27.3162
DNF 11 JDR Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 10 17:21.5038 3 1:28.2565

Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series


STEWARDS UPDATE 5 FINAL: 1715hrs Saturday 3rd November

Matters arising from Race 3:

The Mechanical Black Flag was displayed to Steven Richards for loose rear bodywork.

The Stewards imposed Pit Lane Penalties as follows:
· Steven Richards Car #6, plus a 15 second Stop/Go penalty for failing to obey the Mechanical Black Flag.
· Jamie Whincup Car #88 for an unsafe release from Pit Bay.
· Paul Morris Car #67, plus a 10 second Stop/Go penalty for reckless driving, contact with Todd Kelly Car #22.

Following investigations and admissions by the competitors, the Stewards imposed the following penalties:
· Brad Jones Racing, $1,000 Fine, ($500 suspended until 31/12/07), Team Member crossed the Fast Lane before the last Car had passed that garage.
· Todd Kelly Car #22, loss of 10 Championship Points for Careless Driving, contact with Paul Morris Car #67.

Investigations into the following incidents established no breach of Rules:
· Alleged unsafe release of Steven Richards Car #6 from Pit Bay.
· An incident involving Paul Morris Car #67 and Simon Wills Car #14.
· An incident involving Max Wilson Car #8 and Jack Perkins Car #11 at Turn 10 Lap 9.
· An incident involving Steve Owen Car #55 and Mark Skaife Car #2.

Taken from CAMS: CAMS


Championship Points after Race 3:

Garth Tander 530
Craig Lowndes 510
Jamie Whincup 501
Rick Kelly 496

Taken from V8 Supercars: V8 Supercars - The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series