Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison has beaten TeamVodafone’s Craig Lowndes to pole position for Qualifying Race 1 at Phillip Island today.
Davison and Lowndes set 1:33.18s and 1:33.20s times respectively on their second flying laps of the session – times which even they could not better over the remaining 15 minutes.
Andrew Thompson (TeamVodafone) put in a 1:33.32s lap in the final 30 seconds of the session to be the first of the co-drivers in third, ahead of Michael Caruso (Fujitsu Racing) and John McIntyre (SP Tools Racing).
David Reynolds (Stratco Racing) recovered from a minor off-road excursion during his first run to be sixth, while Steve Owen (VIP Petfoods Racing) was seventh after languishing in 25th with just four minutes remaining.
Garth Tander (Toll Holden Racing Team), Todd Kelly (Jack Daniel’s Racing) and Fabian Coulthard (Bundaberg Racing) rounded out the top 10.
Those nominated as Driver B will take to the track for their own 20 minute qualifying session at 12:05, followed by a 60km race for the A Drivers at 14:35.
Listen below to Will Davison’s thoughts after the session
Will Davison Q1 PI 2011 by speedcafe
See below for the full result for Qualifying Race 1 Qualifying
| 1 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.1874 |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.2094 |
| 3 | TeamVodafone | Andrew Thompson | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.3291 |
| 4 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.3331 |
| 5 | SP Tools Racing | John McIntyre | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.3885 |
| 6 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.5065 |
| 7 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.5553 |
| 8 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.6242 |
| 9 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.6953 |
| 10 | Bundaberg Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.7359 |
| 11 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Cameron McConville | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.7393 |
| 12 | Team Boc | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.7713 |
| 13 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.7715 |
| 14 | Mother Energy Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.8020 |
| 15 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.8031 |
| 16 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.8428 |
| 17 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Dean Canto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:33.9913 |
| 18 | Triple F Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.1322 |
| 19 | Pepsi Max Crew | Allan Simonsen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.1348 |
| 20 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.2327 |
| 21 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | Steven Richards | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.2517 |
| 22 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Owen Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.2969 |
| 23 | Jana Living Racing | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.3102 |
| 24 | Wilson Security Racing | Taz Douglas | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.3209 |
| 25 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.3963 |
| 26 | Irwin Racing | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:34.3994 |
| 27 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Nathan Pretty | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.7311 |
| 28 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:35.1554 |
See below for Speedcafe.com’s Phillip Island Race Guide
