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Whincup Inside Top Ten During Wet Practice At Winton PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 19 May 2007
Rising star Jamie Whincup has finished with the tenth fastest time aboard his Caltex-backed TeamVodafone Falcon during practice for round four of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria today.

With the 2 ½ hour, limited lap, session interrupted midway through by a rain shower the track surface was very slippery for the majority of the day. It wasn’t until the final ten minutes when drivers were able to post their quickest times, including Whincup who recorded his fastest lap on his 38th, and final, circulation.

Young gun James Courtney was the next best of the Caltex-backed drivers recording the 16th fastest time around the 3.0km circuit.

Defending Winton round champion Craig Lowndes endured a difficult day behind the wheel of his Caltex-backed TeamVodafone Falcon. Despite setting a time just over a second behind the fastest time set by Paul Dumbrell Lowndes found himself down the order in 20th position at the end of the day.

Likewise former Series Champion Russell Ingall found it difficult to get a grip on the optimum set up aboard his Caltex Racing Falcon. Ingall, who has recorded four podium finishes including two victories at Winton, recorded the 21st fastest time today.

Qualifying will be held tomorrow at midday followed by the opening 40-lap race in the afternoon. Sunday will be highlighted by a pair of 40-lap journeys.

CALTEX QUOTEBOARD

Russell Ingall - #9 Caltex Racing Ford Falcon
“We expected that the teams that test here would be quick straight up and that’s what we have seen today,” said Ingall.

“The rain in the middle of the session didn’t help us with our progress.

“We didn’t have a good run on our better tyres today so we’ll have to improve that tomorrow.”

Craig Lowndes - #888 Team Vodafone Ford Falcon
“Our final result was a bit disappointing we were definitely hoping to finish the session further up the order,” said Lowndes.

“We didn’t have car balance to start with so we worked on that during the first session and the car was definitely at its best straight after the break.

“We decided to make more changes which resulted in a further imbalance that we never solved.

“I am confident that the engineers will find significant improvements for tomorrow’s qualifying.”

Jamie Whincup - #88 Team Vodafone Ford Falcon
“We were slightly caught out by the track conditions and failed to come to a good balance setup,” said Whincup

“It looks like it will be a long night studying the data to come up with a good setup for qualifying.

“If there is a positive to come out of the session we were quite fast in the wet conditions.”

James Courtney - #4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport Ford Falcon
“We didn’t have a really good run in the first part of practice and once the rain arrived, it made the rest of the session pretty difficult,” said Courtney.

“I had an off which didn’t help and we have a few issues with the car to sort out overnight.

“We did make the most of the wet weather though. We had a chance to try a wet set up and we were one of the quickest on the track at that stage so I wouldn’t mind some more rain tomorrow.”

2007 V8 Championship Series - Round 4 of 14 Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria

PRACTICE RESULTS
1. Paul Dumbrell (Holden) 1:24.1054
2. Jason Richards (Holden) 1:24.1358
3. Garth Tander (Holden) 1:24.3477
4. Mark Skaife (Holden) 1:24.4312
5. Rick Kelly (Holden) 1:24.5841
6. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) 1:24.6251
7. Lee Holdsworth (Holden) 1:24.6297
8. Dean Canto (Holden) 1:24.7372
9. Jason Bright (Ford) 1:24.8203
10. Jamie Whincup (Ford) 1:24.9129
11. Todd Kelly (Holden) 1:24.9169
12 Shane Price (Holden) 1:24.9319
13. Steven Richards (Ford) 1:25.0219
14. Jack Perkins (Holden) 1:25.0349
15. Cameron McConville (Holden) 1:25.0379
16. James Courtney (Ford) 1:25.0615
17. Steven Johnson (Ford) 1:25.0706
18. Greg Murph! y (Holden) 1:25.1017
19. Paul Radisich (Ford) 1:25.1187
20. Craig Lowndes (Ford) 1:25.1462
21. Russell Ingall (Ford) 1:25.2455
22. Jason Bargwanna (Ford) 1:25.3036
23. Andrew Jones (Ford) 1:25.4051
24. Will Davison (Ford) 1:25.5204
25. Alan Gurr (Ford) 1:25.5363
26. John Bowe (Ford) 1:25.7220
27. Paul Morris (Holden) 1:25.7583
28. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 1:25.7666
29. Simon Wills (Ford) 1:25.8334
30. Steve Owen (Holden) 1:25.9659
31. Max Wilson (Ford) 1:26.0240

2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series Standings after Round 3 of 14
1. Rick Kelly 173
2. Garth Tander 160
3. Todd Kelly 132
=4. Jamie Whincup 104
=4. Mark Skaife 104
6. James Courtney 100
=7. Craig Lowndes 79
=7. Mark Winterbottom 79
=9. Steven Johnson 78
=! 9. Will Davison 78
11. Russell Ingall 75
12. G! reg Murp hy 57
13. Steve Richards 55
14. Lee Holdsworth 36
15. Paul Radisich 27
16. Jason Richards 25
17. Jason Bright 17
18. Max Wilson 12
=19. Cameron McConville 8
=19. Dean Canto 8
=21. Steve Owen 5
=21. John Bowe 5
=23. Paul Morris 4
=23. Shane Price 4
25. Jason Bargwanna 3
26. Fabian Coulthard 2

2007 V8 Supercar Teams Championship Standings after Round 3 of 14
1. Toll HSV Dealer Team 333
2. Holden Racing Team 236
3. Team Vodafone 183
4. Stone Brothers Racing 175
5. Jim Beam Racing 156
6. Ford Performance Racing 134
7. Tasman Motorsport 82
8. Garry Rogers Motorsport 44
9. Team Kiwi Racing 27
10. Britek Motorsport 17
11. WPS Racing 15
12. Supercheap Auto Racing 8
13. Team Sirromet Wines 6
14. Autobarn Racing 5
15. Glenfords Racing ! 5
16. Jack Daniel’s Racing 4
17. Team BOC 0
 
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