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Jamie Whincup and Scott McLaughlin have repeated their Saturday qualifying performances by locking out the front-row of the grid for Race 23.
Whincup reset the qualifying lap record to 1:09.07s with just 90 seconds remaining in the 15 minute hit-out.
The time put the Red Bull Holden 0.24s clear of previous fast-man McLaughlin, who subsequently aborted a potentially quicker final lap due to a minor oil leak.
The pole is Whincup’s 10th of the season, matching his class-leading benchmark from 2012.
James Courtney and outstanding rookie Chaz Mostert will share the second row, while Fabian Coulthard, who had sat atop the order ahead of the final minutes, starts fifth.
Among those to struggle was Craig Lowndes, whose 13th place effort becomes a 15th grid slot due to a penalty handed out for his contact with Mark Winterbottom in Race 22.
Coincidentally, Winterbottom benefits from Lowndes’ penalty after qualifying just 14th.
See below for the Race 23 qualifying result
1 | Red Bull Racing Australia | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.07 | |
2 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Scott McLaughlin | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.32 | 00:00.24 |
3 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.34 | 00:00.26 |
4 | Wilson Security Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG | 01:09.35 | 00:00.27 |
5 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.38 | 00:00.31 |
6 | The Bottle-O FPR Ford | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 01:09.42 | 00:00.34 |
7 | Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 01:09.42 | 00:00.34 |
8 | Jeld-wen FPR Ford | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 01:09.45 | 00:00.37 |
9 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.46 | 00:00.38 |
10 | Heavy Haulage Australia Racing | Tim Slade | Mercedes E63 AMG | 01:09.49 | 00:00.41 |
11 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.49 | 00:00.42 |
12 | TEKNO Team VIP | Shane Van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.49 | 00:00.42 |
13 | Red Bull Racing Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.52 | 00:00.45 |
14 | Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 01:09.60 | 00:00.53 |
15 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.69 | 00:00.61 |
16 | SP Tools Racing | Maro Engel | Mercedes E63 AMG | 01:09.72 | 00:00.64 |
17 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Mercedes E63 AMG | 01:09.73 | 00:00.66 |
18 | Team HIFLEX | Tony D’Alberto | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.76 | 00:00.69 |
19 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.83 | 00:00.76 |
20 | Dodo Insurance Racing | Dean Fiore | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.84 | 00:00.76 |
21 | ekol Racing | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.84 | 00:00.77 |
22 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima | 01:09.87 | 00:00.79 |
23 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.92 | 00:00.85 |
24 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VF | 01:09.93 | 00:00.86 |
25 | Wilson Security Racing | Tim Blanchard | Ford Falcon FG | 01:09.95 | 00:00.87 |
26 | Norton 360 Racing | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima | 01:09.95 | 00:00.88 |
27 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima | 01:10.03 | 00:00.96 |
28 | Norton 360 Racing | James Moffat | Nissan Altima | 01:10.09 | 00:01.01 |