Castrol EDGE Australia eNewsletter - Vol 2, Issue 19

VOLUME 2 - ISSUE 19

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7th NOVEMBER 2012

V8 Supercars action from Abu Dhabi

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His teammate Mark Winterbottom was the next best Castrol-supported driver with a sixth, fourth and five placing respectively over the three, 12-lap sprint races.

“Three second places aren’t anything to complain about but we expected more after our qualifying form,” said Davison.

Castrol-backed Kelly Racing driver Rick Kelly drove a sensational race in the ‘Commitment’ Holden Commodore and finished 9th, in an action packed final race on the 5.5km Yas Marina circuit.

In his 500th race start Castrol-backed Supercheap Auto Racing driver Russell Ingall finished 18th and 16th after starting 20th and 17th for the two 12 lap races on Saturday. Ingall avoided some

t was a mixed weekend for Castrolbacked teams in the latest round of the V8 Supercars Championship which took crews to the Middle East as a support category to Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi. Castrol-backed Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison was the pick of the Castrol-backed crop with a clean sweep of pole positions for all three races followed up by three second place finishes in each race.

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mid-pack carnage to finish 16th in Race 26 on Sunday after starting 18th and his experience came to the fore on the opening lap, when he avoided a nasty collision between Jason Bright and Karl Reindler thanks to his swift reflexes.

“Because of the limited track time this weekend, we’re pioneering with the setup,” Ingall said. Jamie Whincup made it three-from-three taking the win for each race over the weekend. The next and penultimate round of the V8 Supercars Championship takes crews to Winton Motor Raceway, November 16-18.

Championship standings after 26 of 30 races

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pos

driver

pts

1

Jamie Whincup

3360

2

Mark Winterbottom

3064

3

Craig Lowndes

2971

4

Will Davison

2779

5

Shane Van Gisbergen

2434

6

Tim Slade

2319

7

Garth Tander

2232

8

Lee Holdsworth

1913

9

David Reynolds

1875

10

Fabian Coulthard

1843

11

James Courtney

1811

12

Russell Ingall

1738

13

Jonathon Webb

1651

14

Michael Caruso

1635

15

Rick Kelly

1606

16

Jason Bright

1506

17

Steven Johnson

1459

18

Todd Kelly

1263

19

Michael Patrizi

1184

20

Dean Fiore

1182

21

Steve Owen

1132

22

James Moffat

1060

23

David Wall

1011

24

Tony D’Alberto

990

25

Taz Douglas

916

26

Karl Reindler

886

27

Alexandre Premat

874

28

Greg Murphy

649

NZ V8s: Murphy unstoppable at P C astrol-backed Greg Murphy continued his phenomenal Pukekohe record by producing a copybook drive to win the 70-lap feature race at the International 500 endurance race. Behind the wheel of the #51 Mike Pero Mortgages Commodore, Murphy and co-driver Jack Perkins beat fellow Castrol-backed drivers Scott McLaughlin and Jono Webb’s #93 Auto Trade Direct Commodore by 1.6s. The victory revived memories of the V8 Supercar era at the Counties circuit when Murphy was appropriately called “The Prince Of Pukekohe” .

Aussie super-sub Owen Kelly drove brilliantly in the second stint, taking over

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from Richard Moore to guide the Skinny Commodore into third place. The result continues Murphy’s stunning form at the 2.82km circuit. He scored three wins at Pukekohe a year before the V8 Supercar brand started in 1996 and claimed nine race wins there during the 2000’s including the V8SC lap record of 56.0781s in 2005.

“There is no question I love Puke. I haven’t raced here since 2007. I haven’t done a competitive lap here since then,” said Murph. “It doesn’t seem to be any different to then. As far as I’m concern the bumps are in the same places and the character is exactly where it used to be. I love the challenge of pushing around

here. It’s one of those places where you get rewards where you push a bit harder.”

Perkins did brilliantly when he started the race going side-by-side with McLaughlin and momentarily edging into the lead before McLaughlin fought back in a thrilling duel going up the high-speed Ford Mountain section on the second lap. The young Aussie chased McLaughlin hard to remain in second. McLaughlin pitted on lap 34 with Webb stepping into the hot seat while Perkins followed a lap later with Murphy taking charge.

The race changed complexion when Webb had a spin at the Castrol right-

Results, Race 3, International 500 pos

name

best speed

1

Murphy / Perkins

178.048

2

McLaughlin / Webb

178.259

3

Moore / Kelly

177.350

4

Scott / Evans

177.711

5

Gaunt / Waite

177.221

6

Rollinson / #Booth

176.493

7

Pedersen / Halliday

176.682

8

Manuell / Penny

177.298

9

Richards / Harrison

177.034

10

McLennan / Waters

176.417

11

Pither / Miedecke

176.813

12

Fogg / Gardiner

177.322

13

M.Cunningham / Canto

175.605

14

McIntyre / Lester

176.991

15

Emery / Owen

176.262

16

Reid / W.Cunningham

177.322

Not classified (75% = 53 Laps)

Pukekohe hander giving Murphy a free pass to effectively lead the race by the biggest margin of the race. Then after the second safety car period for debris Murphy blitzed the field on the restart with just under 20 laps to go. Building up to the green flag Webb caught the grass coming onto the straight and fell back in the pack, leaving Murphy to charge away to a decent advantage.

Webb soon fought back to move back into second spot and close to within just over a second behind Murphy.

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DNS

Edgell / Van der Drift

-

DNS

Corkery / Bleekemolen

-

DNS

Booth / D’Alberto

-

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Fantastic fourth for Bautista at Phillip Island C astrol-backed Honda Alvaro Bautista met his objective of a fifth place finish at Phillip Island , the Spaniard fighting hard for fourth until the finish of a race won by Casey Stoner.

Bautista’s battle with Andrea Dovizioso and Stefan Bradl provided much of the entertainment in the race, the trio swapped positions on the final two laps, with Dovizioso taking the spot by 0.129s over Bautista, with Bradl only 0.035s behind in sixth.

Another top five finish here in Australia for the Spaniard consolidated fifth place in the championship with one round remaining at Valencia.

Alvaro Bautista (5th) “We have achieved our objective here, but I have to recognise that if it wasn’t for the crash from Dani Pedrosa I would have been sixth. I am disappointed for him, because

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he has produced some extraordinary races recently, but today he lost the championship on the second lap. This morning in the warm-up we could see that Crutchlow had a better pace than us, so when I saw Pedrosa crash I just tried my best to stick in the group behind Lorenzo in the hope we could fight for the podium, but we were lacking straight line speed. All the time I lost down the straight I had to

make up for the rest of the lap, but it was a fun battle with Dovizioso and Bradl, we passed each other many times and the race went quickly for me. I made one last attempt at the end, but again Dovizioso got me down the straight and then did a good job to close every door. Anyway it’s a positive result, so thanks to all the team and now let’s hope we can seal fifth in the championship at Valencia. ”

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REVEALED: NISSAN UNVEILS THE 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA V8 SUPERCAR

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issan has unveiled its all-new 2013 Nissan Altima V8 Supercar for the first time in a spectacular launch event in Melbourne. The Altima is the first all-new V8 Supercar model unveiled in two decades, as Nissan joins the V8 Supercars Championship from next season with the four-car, factory Nissan Motorsport team.

The Nissan Altima V8 Supercar has been designed and built to the category’s new ‘Car of The Future’ regulations, which include 18 inch wheels, transaxle gearbox and independent rear suspension.

The car has been built by Castrol-backed Kelly Racing who will field four Nissan Altimas in next year’s V8 Supercars Championship. The all-new, state-ofthe-art Altima V8 Supercar completed a handful of laps to undertake system checks, before commencing aerodynamic testing in preparation for the V8 Supercars homologation process. Team co-owner

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and driver Todd Kelly had the honour of becoming the first person to drive the Nissan Altima V8 Supercar. Kelly drove several sedate installation laps on the 2.28kilometre Calder Park circuit to kick-off the day’s proceedings, not jeopardising his rehabilitation from shoulder surgery.

Nathan Pretty then took over driving duties in the Altima V8 Supercar, performing

aerodynamic test runs on Calder’s long front straight. James Brock drove one of the team’s Holden Commodores to provide benchmark data for engineers and V8 Supercars officials. The Nissan Altima V8 Supercar is the first all-new V8 Supercar in over two decades. It was unveiled on Tuesday 30 October 2012 at a spectacular event in Docklands, Melbourne.

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