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Albert Non-Championship 2016

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Hi to all you v8 Supercars fans around the world.

For those of you who missed the non-championship event at Albert Park in Victoria, here is what happened.
In race 1, Jamie Whincup started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom. On lap 1 of 12 Frosty got a nudge from the Shane Van Gisbergen before he moved up into 2nd behind Jamie Whincup his teammate. Then Fabain Coulthard spun the champ at turn 11. Then he went to the very back of the pack.

On lap 2 Todd Kelly had an engine failure and had to pull over to the right hand side of the racetrack to the Formula 1 pit exit. Onto the grass. Chaz Mostert and Fabain Coulthard were battling for 3rd there was a safety car on that lap to remove Todd’s car. Jason Bright also pulled over between turn 3 and 4. As a result of the opening lap spin. Brad Jones would not be happy to see that. The restart was on lap 5 in the middle of the race Jamie Whincup and Shane Van Gisbergen were still running up the front of the field as 1 & 2. Then Jamie Whincup locks a left front on car 88. Which allowed Shane to take the race lead. Towards the end of the race no one could catch Shane Van Gisbergen.

Results for race 1
1st – Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Dick Johnson Racing team Penske

In race 2, Shane Van Gisbergen started on pole position, alongside him was Jamie Whincup, on lap 1 of 12 Garth Tander made a great start he went around Fabain Coulthard. Andre Heimgartner and Tim Blanchard ran wide at turn 1. Lee Holdsworth made contact with Dale Wood around the back of the Albert Park race track.
The battle up the front was for the race lead. Jamie Whincup was right behind his teammate Shane Van Gisbergen on track, in case he made a mistake.

On lap 2 Scott Pye locked a brake on the left front corner. The left front tyre on Scott Pye car would have had a massive flat spot on it or a 50 cent piece.

On lap 3 the race leaders up front were still dicing for the lead of the race. The last 2 laps in a row in that race the fastest car and Driver on the track was Craig Lowndes running in 5th place at the time.

On lap 4 Chaz Mosert was putting pressure onto the back of Jamie Whincup the 6 times V8 Supercars Champion.
On lap 5 the only car out of the front five that was not getting held up was Shane Van Gisbergen.

In the middle of the race the rain shower caught Chaz Mostert out, which meant he had moved from 3rd spot down to 5th place. Towards the end of the race no one could catch the three triple 8 cars.

Results for race 2
1st – Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Team Vortex
3rd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia

In race 3 Shane Van Gisbergen started on pole position alongside was Craig Lowndes for the 12 lap race. Garth Tander made another great start but again Shane Van Gisbergen led the field into turn 1. Shane Van Gisbergen had contact with Craig Lowndes (Roland Dane would not have been happy with that at all) but it was a red bull 1 and 2 again at the start of race 3. Shane Van Gisbergen led the opening lap, but then on lap 2 Jamie Whincup took over and then from there was never headed. As a result of the contact Shane Van Gisbergen got a damaged headlight on the right hand side. It was a six way battle for the race lead in race 3 of the V8 Supercars at Albert Park.

On lap 3 the rain started falling but the cars didn’t have to pit for wets.

On lap 4 Chaz Mosert lent on Fabain Coulthard, both the Fords wanted the same position at the final two turns.

On lap 4 the rain was still coming down but the drivers were being extra careful to not run wide or to run off the race track (makes for an exciting race).

On lap 5 Jamie Whincup still had control of the race.

On lap 6 the cars further back in the pack were battling which allowed the front runners to pull away.

In the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen and Craig Lowndes were battling for 2nd and 3rd, towards the end of race 3 no one could catch Jamie Whincup.

Results for race 3
1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Team Vortex

In race 4 Shane Van Gisbergen started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup for the 12 lap race.
Shane Van Gisbergen got the jump, Chris Pither ran wide at turn 1 and 2. Fabain Coulthard was putting pressure on the 3 triple 8 cars.

On lap 2 the three triple 8 cars plus the DJR Team Penske was in the mix as well.

On lap 3 Jamie Whincup was putting pressure on Craig Lowndes. Garth Tander got into the rear quarter of the Supercheap Auto Ford. Jamie Whincup had a DNF in race 4 due to no drive.

On lap 4 Craig Lowndes was putting pressure on Fabain Coulthard and Fabain was putting pressure on Shane Van Gisbergen.
In the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen was on target to win the weekend.
(Pity this was not a Championship round as the 888 guys would have been ecstatic.)

Towards the end of Shane Van Gisbergen held on and took the checkered flag.

The commentators were Richard Crail and Jack Perkins. And the pit reporter was Mark Larkham.

Results for race 4.
1st – Shane van Gisbergen – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Fabain Coulthard – Team Penske DJR
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Team Vortex

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Albert Park, Victoria – Non Championship Round

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Hi to all you V8 followers, around the world

On the weekend of the 12th – 15th of March 2015 was at Albert Park in Victoria and was a V8 Supercars Non Championship round. The V8 Supercar was in the support category round for the Formula 1.

Race 1

In race 1, Murphy’s Law was running ramped. Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert started on the front row of the grid. On lap 1, Frosty got the jump into turn 1 for the first 12 laps. The rest of the pack was 4 and 5 wide, on the run down to the opening turn. Shane Van Gisbergen tried to push James Courtney wide. Todd Kelly pushed Scott McLaughlin, in the Volvo s60 wide on the exit out of turn 3. And Garth Tander got into the back of Todd, the s60 went right to the back of the 25 car pack. Tim Blanchard, Marcos Ambrose and came together with Ash Walsh.

On lap 2 there was a safety car, to clean up the racetrack. Where the cars where stopped, Tim was in the pits chatting with Mark Larkham. The restart was on lap 5, in the middle of the race Shane tried to get down the inside on David of Reynolds, he ran off into the sandtrap but managed to get himself out without getting bogged towards the end of race 1.

No one could catch Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert. These boys dominated the whole weekend at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne Victoria. When will that event become a championship round for the V8s not this year? How much longer will it be a non point’s race?

Results for race 1

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max crew.
3rd – James Courtney – Holden Racing team.

Race 2

In race 2 Mark Winterbottom and Chazz Mostert again started on the front row of the grid, in positions 1 and 2, on lap 1 Mark Winterbottom led into turns 1 and 2 But Chaz tried to go around the outside of him. Also on lap 1 Dale Wood spun around in-between turns 6 and 7, the restart was on lap 4. Jamie Whincup had a big slide around the back of the Albert Park racetrack.

In the middle of the race Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Monstert were still leading, towards the end of race 2 they shortened the race from 12 laps to 9 laps, due to time restrictions, the V8s are just the Support Category at the Australian Grand Prix.

Results for race 2

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.

Race 3

In race 3 Mark Winterbottom started from pole postion alongside him was his teammate Chaz Mostert in postion 2. On lap 1 Mark led the field through turns 1 and 2 for the 1st lap, around the Albert Park racetrack. The rest of the field had to try and catch Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert, but couldn’t because they were way out infront, in the middle of the race all of the cars   were getting into a rhythm for the run to the checked flag. The last time triple 8 race engineering team won at Albert park was in 2011, with Team Vodafone, ever since then they haven’t been able convert a pole to a race win at that event.

The V8s commenced the Non Championship event at Albert Park in 1996, the only years they didn’t race there was 2007.

Results for race 3

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.

Race 4

In race 4 Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert started on the front row of the grid, on lap 1 Nick Percat, Marcos Ambrose and Will Davison all got involved in the start line shunt. A safety car was deployed to clean up the mess at back of the grid. The Queensland based teams had to get back to their workshops to repair their cars, Craig didn’t have a great weekend at the AGP. Luckily it was not a championship event, but car 888, did not rejoin the race track after contact with car 8, in the middle of the race Craig Lowndes was back in the Garage watching the race instead of being in the car.

Towards the end of race 4, no one could catch the 2 ford falcons. When will Red Bull Racing Australia win another event at Albert Park? Well done to everybody on the 4 races run over that weekend.

Results for race 4

1st – Mark Winterbottom Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.