A storming drive from the seventh row of the grid netted SP Tools-backed Stone Brothers Racing Ford driver Shane van Gisbergen third place both in the second race of the weekend and the round at the second round of the 2010 V8 Supercar series at the Bahrain International Circuit early this morning (NZ time).
Building on his results from the first day of competition, when he qualified fourth, joined defending series champion Jamie Whincup on the front row of the grid after setting the second quickest lap time in the Top 10 Shootout then finished fifth in the first race, the 20-year-old came back from a 14th place qualifying performance for the second 200 km race of the weekend this morning by working his way up to eighth place by the time he made his first pit stop (on lap 10) then fourth and eventually third after his second stop on lap 26.
Along the way he claimed his second new category lap record in as many weekends, with the only lap time under the 2.07 barrier.
For the second time in the weekend the race was won by Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup from Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom with (this time) van Gisbergen third.
Whincup and Winterbottom also finished first and second respectively in the Saturday race with Craig Lowndes third, Garth Tander fourth and van Gisbergen fifth.
Having also scored two wins from two starts at the first round of the 2010 series at Abu Dhabi last weekend Whincup leads the series points standings heading to the third round back in Australia in a fortnight (the Clipsal 500 meeting in Adelaide) with a perfect score of 600 points. Winterbottom is second with 543 and after being fourth after the first round van Gisbergen is now third with 471 points.
RESULTS
RESULTS: Gulf Air Desert 400
Race 2 (37 laps Saturday)
1. #1 Jamie Whincup
2. #5 Mark Winterbottom
3. #9 Shane Van Gisbergen
4. #15 Rick Kelly
5. #33 Lee Holdsworth
6. #22 Will Davison
7. #18 James Courtney
8. #8 Jason Richards
9. #34 Michael Caruso
10. #55 Paul Dumbrell
Qualifying (Race 2)
1. #1 Jamie Whincup 2:05.3684
2. #5 Mark Winterbottom 2:05.5044
3. #18 James Courtney 2:05.7606
4. #22 Will Davison 2:05.8111
5. #33 Lee Holdsworth 2:05.8368
6. #14 Jason Bright 2:05.9067
7. #2 Garth Tander 2:05.9439
8. #8 Jason Richards 2:06.0623
9. #888 Craig Lowndes 2:06.0839
10. #6 Steven Richards 2:06.0863
14. # 9 Shane van Gisbergen 2:06.2789
Race 1 (37 laps Friday)
1 1 TeamVodafone/Jamie Whincup
2 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon/Mark Winterbottom
3 888 TeamVodafone/Craig Lowndes
4 2 Toll Holden Racing Team/Garth Tander
5 9 SP Tools Racing/Shane van Gisbergen
6 18 Jim Beam Racing/James Courtney
7 39 Supercheap Auto Racing/Russell Ingall
8 22 Toll Holden Racing Team/Will Davison
9 15 Jack Daniels Racing/Rick Kelly
10 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM/Michael Caruso
Top Ten Shootout
1 1 TeamVodafone/Jamie Whincup 2:04.5189R
2 9 SP Tools Racing/Shane van Gisbergen 2:04.7601
3 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon/Mark Winterbottom 2:04.8245r
4 2 Toll Holden Racing Team/Garth Tander 2:05.1780
5 18 Jim Beam Racing/James Courtney 2:05.2142
6 22 Toll Holden Racing Team/Will Davison 2:05.4901
7 6 Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steven Richards 2:05.5247
8 888 TeamVodafone/Craig Lowndes 2:05.5945
9 51 Castrol Edge Racing/Greg Murphy 2:06.2238
10 39 Supercheap Auto Racing/Russell Ingall
Qualifying (20 mins)
1 1 TeamVodafone/Jamie Whincup 2:05.1657R
2 888 TeamVodafone/Craig Lowndes 2:05.4957
3 2 Toll Holden Racing Team/Garth Tander 2:05.5089
4 9 SP Tools Racing/Shane van Gisbergen 2:05.6061
5 51 Castrol Edge Racing/Greg Murphy 2:05.6877
6 39 Supercheap Auto Racing/Russell Ingall 2:05.7791
7 18 Jim Beam Racing/James Courtney 2:05.7921
8 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon/Mark Winterbottom 2:05.8189
9 6 Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon/Steven Richards 2:05.9267
10 22 Toll Holden Racing Team/Will Davison 2:06.0064
Points after Rnd 2 of 14
1. Jamie Whincup 600
2. Mark Winterbottom 543
3. Shane Van Gisbergen 471
4. Craig Lowndes 447
5. James Courtney 420
6. Rick Kelly 392
7. Lee Holdsworth 372
8. Steven Johnson 296
9. Michael Caruso 294
10. Russell Ingall 270
11. Paul Dumbrell 267
12. Jonathon Webb 261
13. Will Davison 255
14. Jason Richards 249
15. Jason Bargwanna 249
16. Tim Slade 222
17. Jason Bright 219
18. Alex Davison 213
19. Tony D'Alberto 183
20. Steven Richards 171
