Thompson recovers for Fujitsu round win

Andrew Thompson has recovered from a difficult second race to take the Fujitsu V8 Supercars round victory at Queensland Raceway.

The Monster Commodore driver struggled in Race 2’s wet conditions, but showed his class in the final – winning the race from fourth on the grid.

Thompson passed long-time race leader David Russell on the penultimate lap before escaping to win by 1.1s.

Paul Morris held on for third, ahead of Cameron McConville, Scott McLaughlin, Tim Blanchard, Jack Perkins, Nick Percat, David Wall and Andrew Jones.

The results saw Morris and McLaughlin record second and third in the round results respectively.

Morris had taken the lead of Race 3 prior to the first appearance of the Safety Car, but failed to hold off Russell on the restart.

Race 3 was punctuated by two Safety Car periods, the first of which was caused by an error from Daniel Jilesen that saw the Greg Murphy Racing Commodore spear into Aaron McGill, stranding the latter’s Falcon on the circuit.

West Australian Brett Stewart quickly found himself stuck in the Turn 2 gravel trap after the restart, requiring another Safety Car intervention.

A spectacular engine failure for Rodney Jane provided some late race excitement, with Thompson almost coming to grief on the oil left at Turn 5.

It was another tough encounter for the Miles Racing squad, with Chaz Mostert spinning wildly on the front straight following contact with Race 2 winner Andrew Jones.

Mostert recovered to finish 17th, while team-mate Ashley Walsh was 21st after slipping off on Jane’s oil.

Geoff Emery joined his team-mate Jilesen on the retirements list following heavy contact with Taz Douglas at Turn 3 on Lap 2.

Thompson continues to lead the standings after four rounds, now 154 points in front of Russell. McLaughlin, Perkins and Blanchard round out the top five.

See below for the Race 3 result