2012 Phillip Island 300
Race details | |||
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Round 5 of 15 in the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship on the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit at Phillip Island, Victoria. | |||
Date | 18–20 May 2012 | ||
Location | Phillip Island, Victoria | ||
Course | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 4.446 km | ||
Distance | 77 (1 x 32, 1 x 45) laps, 340 km | ||
Weather | Fine | ||
colspan="4" style="background-color:"#E2F0E8;" | Pole | |||
Driver | R1: Mark Winterbottom R2: Craig Lowndes |
R1: Ford Performance Racing R2: Triple Eight Race Engineering | |
Time | R1: 1:32:1320 R2: 1:32:3167 | ||
Race 1 | |||
First | Mark Winterbottom | 55:50:2117 | Ford Performance Racing |
Second | Shane Van Gisbergen | 55:56:6011 | Stone Brothers Racing |
Third | Tim Slade | 55:58:7826 | James Rosenberg Racing |
Race 2 | |||
First | Will Davison | 1:19:46:1086 | Ford Performance Racing |
Second | Craig Lowndes | 1:19:46:6638 | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Third | Jason Bright | 1:19:51:3097 | Brad Jones Racing |
Final standings | |||
First | Shane Van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 258 pts |
Second | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 252 pts |
Third | Jason Bright | Brad Jones Racing | 219 pts |
The 2012 Phillip Island 300 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the fifth event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 18–20 May at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, in Phillip Island, Victoria.
The event was the second in a row in which Ford Performance Racing dominated with Mark Winterbottom winning the Saturday race and Will Davison winning the Sunday race. Although the FPR duo won both races, Shane Van Gisbergen was the best performed driver over the whole weekend.
Standings
- After 11 of 30 races.
Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | 6 | Will Davison | Ford Performance Racing | 1216 |
2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1206 |
3 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 1187 |
4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 977 |
5 | 9 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 953 |
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2012 V8 Supercar Championship Series | Next race: 2012 Skycity Triple Crown |
Previous year: 2011 L&H 500 |
Phillip Island 400 | Next year: 2013 Phillip Island 300 |