TeamVodafone team-mates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes have topped the time sheets in a red flag punctuated third practice session at the Phillip Island 300.
Whincup displaced Lowndes for the top spot moments before Taz Douglas’ iSelect Commodore stopped with a suspected blown engine at the Southern Loop following a high-speed off at Turn 1.
The resulting red flag period lasted in excess of 10 minutes, leaving less than four minutes between the green and chequered flags.
Jason Bright, David Reynolds, Greg Murphy, Garth Tander, Michael Caruso, Russell Ingall, Todd Kelly and Shane van Gisbergen completed the top 10 for the session having all set their times prior to the stoppage.
Rick Kelly did not venture onto the circuit during the 20 minutes while his Jack Daniel’s Racing crew changed the engine in the #15 Holden. The car had earlier dropped a cylinder with David Russell at the wheel in the day’s second session.
A fourth and final practice session for the V8 Supercars will take place at 1455 local time.
See below for the full session result
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.2866 | |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.3172 | 0:00.0306 |
| 3 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.8526 | 0:00.5660 |
| 4 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.0512 | 0:00.7646 |
| 5 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.1477 | 0:00.8611 |
| 6 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.1804 | 0:00.8938 |
| 7 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.2933 | 0:01.0067 |
| 8 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.3325 | 0:01.0459 |
| 9 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.4115 | 0:01.1249 |
| 10 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.6026 | 0:01.3160 |
| 11 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.6667 | 0:01.3801 |
| 12 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.6993 | 0:01.4127 |
| 13 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.7775 | 0:01.4909 |
| 14 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.7903 | 0:01.5037 |
| 15 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.8459 | 0:01.5593 |
| 16 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.9258 | 0:01.6392 |
| 17 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.1208 | 0:01.8342 |
| 18 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 1:35.1934 | 0:01.9068 |
| 19 | Tony D’Alberto Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:35.2071 | 0:01.9205 |
| 20 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.2719 | 0:01.9853 |
| 21 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.2785 | 0:01.9919 |
| 22 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:35.5070 | 0:02.2204 |
| 23 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.5382 | 0:02.2516 |
| 24 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:35.5698 | 0:02.2832 |
| 25 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.7185 | 0:02.4319 |
| 26 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:35.8284 | 0:02.5418 |
| 27 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:37.0192 | 0:03.7326 |
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