2012 Phillip Island 300

Race details
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
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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

Pos No Name Team Points
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
V8 Supercar
Previous race:
2012 Trading Post Perth Challenge
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