Mark Winterbottom led Chaz Mostert to another one-two finish in Friday evening’s second race for the V8 Supercars at Albert Park.

In a repeat of the opening heat, Winterbottom controlled the rolling start and an early Safety Car restart to secure the win.

Mostert appeared to have a faster car for much of the going but never looked like launching an attack on his team-mate.

“It’s a strange day with three hours between races because the temperature dropped and the conditions were quite different,” said Winterbottom post-race.

“The team has worked really hard and they deserve these results.

“The car is doing what we want it to do which is the most important thing. Even if you’re finishing fifth and it’s making sense, that’s what you want. Winning is a bonus.

“Adelaide didn’t make sense to me in terms of the car, but minor changes are making a difference here and that’s when you really start making progress.”

The Safety Car was required on the opening lap to retrieve Dale Wood’s Holden, which spun backwards into the Turn 7 tyre wall after contact with Scott McLaughlin’s Volvo.

The resulting delay ensured that the race ran to its time cut-off, three laps short of its scheduled 12 lap distance.

Shane van Gisbergen proved best of the rest in third ahead of James Courtney and Jamie Whincup.

Rick Kelly scored sixth while Tim Slade took advantage of a late mistake from Fabian Coulthard to nab seventh.

The Holdens of Garth Tander and Craig Lowndes completed the top 10.

All 25 cars took the start after pre-race repairs to the Tim Blanchard Holden, Marcos Ambrose Ford and Ash Walsh Mercedes.

Walsh’s troubled day continued however with a black flag for loose bodywork ending any chance of a result.

The third V8 Supercars race of the weekend will get underway at 1520 tomorrow.

Result: V8 Supercars Race 2, Albert Park

1

Pepsi Max Crew

Mark Winterbottom

Ford Falcon FG/X

21:53.99

01:58.09

2

Pepsi Max Crew

Chaz Mostert

Ford Falcon FG/X

21:54.47

01:58.16

3

Team Darrell Lea STIX

Shane Van Gisbergen

Holden Commodore VF

21:55.65

01:58.21

4

Holden Racing Team

James Courtney

Holden Commodore VF

21:56.71

01:58.20

5

Red Bull Racing Australia

Jamie Whincup

Holden Commodore VF

21:57.55

01:58.44

6

Nissan Motorsport

Rick Kelly

Nissan Altima

21:58.99

01:58.56

7

Supercheap Auto Racing

Tim Slade

Holden Commodore VF

22:02.03

01:58.92

8

Freightliner Racing

Fabian Coulthard

Holden Commodore VF

22:02.74

01:58.81

9

Holden Racing Team

Garth Tander

Holden Commodore VF

22:03.22

01:58.96

10

Red Bull Racing Australia

Craig Lowndes

Holden Commodore VF

22:04.17

01:58.96

11

Nissan Mororsport

James Moffat

Nissan Altima

22:05.37

01:58.89

12

Team BOC

Jason Bright

Holden Commodore VF

22:05.94

01:58.93

13

Nissan Motorsport

Todd Kelly

Nissan Altima

22:06.16

01:58.97

14

Repair Management Aust Racing

Nick Percat

Holden Commodore VF

22:06.86

01:59.07

15

Erebus Motorsport V8

Will Davison

Mercedes E63 AMG

22:07.33

01:59.07

16

The Bottle-O Racing Team

David Reynolds

Ford Falcon FG/X

22:07.59

01:58.99

17

Walkinshaw Racing

Lee Holdsworth

Holden Commodore VF

22:07.82

01:58.95

18

DJR Team Penske

Marcos Ambrose

Ford Falcon FG/X

22:09.88

01:59.33

19

Super Black Racing

Andre Heimgartner

Ford Falcon FG

22:11.22

01:59.35

20

Nissan Motorsport

Michael Caruso

Nissan Altima

22:11.51

01:58.91

21

Wilson Security Racing GRM

Scott McLaughlin

Volvo S60

22:11.88

01:59.12

22

Wilson Security Racing GRM

Chris Pither

Volvo S60

22:13.70

01:59.60

23

Team Cooldrive

Tim Blanchard

Holden Commodore VF

22:15.19

01:59.80

24

Erebus Motorsport V8

Ashley Walsh

Mercedes E63 AMG

23:15.19

01:59.93

DNF

GB Galvanizing Racing

Dale Wood

Holden Commodore VF