Jamie Whincup is on course to clean-sweep the V8 Supercars Championship event in Abu Dhabi after taking another commanding victory in Race 2 of the weekend.
The TeamVodafone Holden driver out-dragged pole-sitter Will Davison off the line before steadily pulling away to a 2.8 s victory.
Davison and Shane van Gisbergen completed the podium in a repeat of the opening race result.
CLICK HERE for the Race 24 report and result from earlier today
Mark Winterbottom did his best to minimise the points loss with fourth, taking the flag just 0.5s behind a fading van Gisbergen.
Garth Tander, Tim Slade, David Reynolds, Lee Holdsworth, Jonathon Webb and Fabian Coulthard completed the top 10.
Holdsworth ran fourth in the early stages before losing position to Winterbottom and Tander. A subsequent spin then dropped the IRWIN Ford behind Slade and Reynolds, who enjoyed a tight battle over the 12 lap journey.
Further down the order it was another tough race for Alex Premat, who finished just 25th after an early race spin thanks to contact from Steve Owen at Turn 17.
Steven Johnson took the chequered flag three places further up the road in 22nd having endured a spin of his own in amongst the mid-pack shuffle at Turn 1.
Whincup now leads the standings by 270 points with five races remaining.
“So far so good,” he said of his weekend so far.
“Obviously to win around here you’ve got to have a very, very good car and I had that today.
“I’m sure that the other boys will make some tweaks and changes to their suspension for tomorrow so we’ll have to step up our game.”
The third and final 12 lap race of the weekend will take place on Sunday at 1330 local time (1930 AEST).
The grid for Race 26 was set during yesterday’s qualifying session and will see Davison start from pole ahead of Whincup and van Gisbergen.
CLICK HERE for Speedcafe.com’s qualifying report and results
See below for the full Race 25 result
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 26:48.8530 |
| 2 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 26:51.6540 |
| 3 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 26:57.5610 |
| 4 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 26:58.0630 |
| 5 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:03.5730 |
| 6 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:06.8240 |
| 7 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:08.4520 |
| 8 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:13.5490 |
| 9 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:18.2120 |
| 10 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:18.9470 |
| 11 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:18.9910 |
| 12 | Kelly Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:21.1290 |
| 13 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:22.6750 |
| 14 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:23.3210 |
| 15 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:23.5500 |
| 16 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:27.2110 |
| 17 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:28.7160 |
| 18 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:29.4030 |
| 19 | Team Hiflex | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:30.3020 |
| 20 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:31.4750 |
| 21 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:31.7420 |
| 22 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:32.4510 |
| 23 | Dick Johnson Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 12 | 27:39.0320 |
| 24 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:39.5100 |
| 25 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:43.5850 |
| 26 | Kelly Racing | Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:45.9910 |
| 27 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 27:47.7470 |
| 28 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 12 | 28:01.8570 |
See below for the updated championship standings
| 1 | Jamie Whincup | 3260 |
| 2 | Mark Winterbottom | 2990 |
| 3 | Craig Lowndes | 2923 |
| 4 | Will Davison | 2687 |
| 5 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 2354 |
| 6 | Tim Slade | 2233 |
| 7 | Garth Tander | 2168 |
| 8 | David Reynolds | 1854 |
| 9 | Lee Holdsworth | 1853 |
| 10 | Fabian Coulthard | 1791 |
| 11 | James Courtney | 1767 |
| 12 | Russell Ingall | 1700 |
| 13 | Jonathon Webb | 1623 |
| 14 | Michael Caruso | 1595 |
| 15 | Rick Kelly | 1550 |
| 16 | Jason Bright | 1506 |
| 17 | Steven Johnson | 1425 |
| 18 | Todd Kelly | 1263 |
| 19 | Dean Fiore | 1207 |
| 20 | Michael Patrizi | 1152 |
| 21 | Steve Owen | 1127 |
| 22 | James Moffat | 992 |
| 23 | Tony D’Alberto | 991 |
| 24 | David Wall | 989 |
| 25 | Taz Douglas | 892 |
| 26 | Karl Reindler | 886 |
| 27 | Alexandre Premat | 832 |
| 28 | Greg Murphy | 649 |
See below for Speedcafe.com’s Abu Dhabi Race Guide
