– Order Lap 40 under SC: Whincup, McIntyre, Canto, Youlden, Lowndes, Ritter, Jones, McLaughlin, Simonsen, McConville #V8SC

– The Safety Car was reportedly called for debris #V8SC

– Several lost time queuing behind their team-mates. Thompson is one of the biggest losers, dropping from fifth to 18th #V8SC

– Race will restart next time by, which is Lap 42 #V8SC

– Whincup has dipped into the 2:09s for the first time on Lap 43. He leads McIntyre by 1.7s #V8SC

– Alex Davison says the Tru-Blu Falcon is intermittently cutting out. “Understood” is the reply. #V8SC

– Whincup’s lead is now out to 5.7s as McIntyre holds off Canto, Youlden and Lowndes #V8SC

– Lowndes has taken Youlden for fourth #V8SC

– Whincup continues to pull away from the field at over 1s per lap. McIntyre is struggling in this stint #V8SC

– Meanwhile at Lockwood Racing, Besnard remains buried in 19th after losing out queuing behind the sister Team BOC entry in the last stops #V8SC

– Lap 49 Percat rejoins the race in car #2. #V8SC

– Lap 50 order: Whincup, McIntyre, Canto, Lowndes, Youlden, RItter, Jones, McLaughlin, McConville, Simonsen #V8SC

– Whincup leads by 12s. Train behind McIntyre consists of Canto, Lowndes, Youlden, Ritter, Jones and McLaughlin #V8SC

– Alex Davison is still pressing on in Tru-Blu. Car is currently 19th #V8SC

– Lap 54 Gap from 1st to 2nd now 16s. Gap 2nd to 14th is also 16s #V8SC

– Lap 54 Owen had just left the pits in car #49 and has crashed at Griffins Bend #V8SC

– Safety Car is called as McIntyre runs off at Hell Corner and rejoins 17th #V8SC

– Owen appeared to have no front brakes and made heavy side-on contact with the outside wall #V8SC

– Owen is talking to his team on the radio and is waiting for the medical staff to help him out of the car #V8SC

– Whincup leads the pack to the pitlane. He had enjoyed a 18s lead. Owen is not out of his car and walking away #V8SC

– Baird and Thompson file to the front having elected not to stop #V8SC

– Order under SC: Baird, Thompson, Dumbrell, Waters, Reynolds, Bright, Caruso, Courtney, Van Giz, Winterbottom #V8SC

– Lowndes is down to 13th after queuing behind Whincup. Davison is back in #6 and is 21st #V8SC

– Waters now pits to extract himself from the lead pack #V8SC

– Safety Car will pull in this lap, leaving the race to restart on Lap 59 #V8SC

– Lap 61 Dumbrell takes second from Baird. Thompson leads by just 1.5s #V8SC

– Reynolds has now also made his way around Baird. #V8SC

– Murphy on the radio demanding to know who’s driving the #66. Answer is Klien. Sounds like fun in the battle for 14th! #V8SC

– W.Davison is 18th and complaining of his brakes: “It’s really not pulling up and then it’s locking fronts on turn-in because I can’t slow down.”

– Lap 63 Van Gisbergen pits from eighth. Screens show that Van Giz had a tyre problem on his left-rear #V8SC

– Bright has lost position to Caruso and Courtney since the restart but now passes Baird for sixth #V8SC

– Lap 65 Baird has fallen to ninth on his fading tyres #V8SC

– Baird to pit this lap for a driver change #V8SC

– Lap 67 Thompson pits from the lead. Slade to climb aboard #V8SC

– Davison has been given a drive-through penalty for a pitlane infringement #V8SC

– Replays confirm that the #6 car’s wheels had been spinning while on its jacks in pitlane. Davison pits from 13th to serve penalty #V8SC

– “You’ve got to be kidding me don’t you? Oh mate, can this day get any worse,” says Davison #V8SC

– “It’s bloody disgraceful mate, that’s what it is,” Davison continues as he rejoins in 20th #V8SC

– The Caruso/Ritter car was being investigated for an unsafe release but has been cleared of rule breach #V8SC

– Order on Lap 70: Dumbrell, Reynolds, Caruso, Courtney, Bright, Winterbottom, Johnson, Webb, Lowndes, Murphy #V8SC

– Lap 74 Johnson pits from 10th after an 18 lap stint. Brake pad and driver changes underway #V8SC

– Webb pits from 7th after a 19 lap stint. McLaughlin in. #V8SC

– Winterbottom has been on the tail of fifth placed Bright for several laps and is told his brakes need air #V8SC

– Lap 76 Winterbottom takes fifth from Bright at Griffin’s Bend #V8SC

– Gaps at the front: Dumbrell 3.7s Reynolds 1.3s Caruso 3.1s Courtney 8.9s Winterbottom #V8SC

– Lap 77 Lowndes pits from seventh. Coulthard pits from 10th. Luff and Besnard get in #V8SC

– Lap 80 order: Dumbrell, Reynolds, Caruso, Courtney, Winterbottom, Bright, Murphy, D’Alberto, T.Kelly, Klien #V8SC