2013 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365

Race details
Round 2 of 14 in the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship on the Symmons Plains Raceway at Launceston, Tasmania.
Date 5–7 April 2013
Location Launceston, Tasmania
Course Symmons Plains Raceway
2.41 km
Distance 134 (1 x 50, 2 x 42) laps, 323 km
Weather
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Driver R3: Jamie Whincup

R4 Jason Bright

R5: Mark Winterbottom
R3: Triple Eight Race Engineering
R4: Brad Jones Racing
R5: Ford Performance Racing
Time R3: 0:51.1057
R4: 0:51.1940
R5: 0:51.2052
Race 1
First Fabian Coulthard 01:17:41.5215 Brad Jones Racing
Second Jamie Whincup 01:17:42.6596 Triple Eight Race Engineering
Third Mark Winterbottom 01:17:42.8240 Ford Performance Racing
Race 2
First Jason Bright 40:33.8545 Brad Jones Racing
Second Garth Tander 40:37.5120 Holden Racing Team
Third Fabian Coulthard 40:38.6910 Brad Jones Racing
Race 3
First Fabian Coulthard 42:20.8286 Brad Jones Racing
Second Mark Winterbottom 42:23.1961 Ford Performance Racing
Third James Courtney 42:23.6060 Holden Racing Team
Final standings
First Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing 286 pts
Second Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 260 pts
Third Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 246 pts

The 2013 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 was a motor race meeting for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the second event of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 5–7 April at the Symmons Plains Raceway, near Launceston, Tasmania.

The race meeting was the first to feature the new for 2013 format of a half-time concept in a motor race. The first of the meeting's three races was halted after 25 of 50 laps for a break of approximately 20 minutes before regridding and restarting.

Report

Race 3

Race

Pos. No. Name Car Team Grid Time Points
1 14 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 2 1:17:41.5215 100
2 1 Australia Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 +1.1381 92
3 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 3 +1.3025 86
4 8 Australia Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 5 +1.9895 80
5 2 Australia Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 4 +2.2455 74
6 6 Australia Will Davison Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 6 +2.5532 68
7 97 New Zealand Shane Van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 7 +4.2805 64
8 33 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Holden VF Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 9 +4.7575 60
9 22 Australia James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 13 +4.9605 56
10 19 Australia Jonathon Webb Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 12 +6.5115 52
11 21 Australia David Wall Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 14 +6.8605 48
12 3 Australia Tony D'Alberto Holden VF Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing 16 +7.4219 46
13 18 Australia Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 10 +8.4570 44
14 55 Australia David Reynolds Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 11 +8.6985 42
15 66 Australia Russell Ingall Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 17 +10.3005 40
16 36 Australia Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 24 +10.8398 38
17 17 Australia Tim Blanchard Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 26 +11.6811 36
18 80 Australia Scott Pye Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 18 +12.4258 34
19 360 Australia James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 22 +13.2959 32
20 15 Australia Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +13.5361 30
21 34 France Alexandre Prémat Holden VF Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 15 +14.0762 28
22 47 Australia Tim Slade Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG James Rosenberg Racing 23 +14.1915 26
23 4 Australia Lee Holdsworth Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 21 +14.4315 24
24 12 New Zealand Jonny Reid Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 27 +15.6785 22
25 88 Australia Dean Fiore Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 19 +19.6355 20
26 888 Australia Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 8 +1 lap 18
Ret 9 Germany Maro Engel Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 28 Retired
Ret 7 Australia Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 20 Retired
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 1 Jamie Whincup 513
1 2 Will Davison 450
2 3 James Courtney 398
3 4 Craig Lowndes 397
1 5 Scott McLaughlin 366

Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 910
2 Ford Performance Racing 807
2 3 Holden Racing Team 727
1 4 Tekno Autosports 648
9 5 Brad Jones Racing 633

References

  1. "Coulthard takes first Championship victory in Tasmania". v8supercars.com (AAP). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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