2012 V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge

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Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 2012 V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge
Event Information
Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.svg
Date25–28 March 2012
Location Melbourne, Victoria
Venue Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 12 laps 64 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
Winner Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
24:34.7788
Race 2
Distance 7 laps 37 km
Winner Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
42:52.4637
Race 3
Distance 15 laps 80 km
Winner Shane van Gisbergen
Stone Brothers Racing
30:36.8057
Round Results
First 274 pts
Second 272 pts
Third 264 pts

The 2012 V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was a stand-alone event not part of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship but it was attended by all of the International Championship's teams. The event was held as the principal support event of the 2012 Australian Grand Prix.

The event was won by Ford Performance Racing's lead-driver Mark Winterbottom after winning the qualifying race and the second and third races of the event. Fifth place in the final race was enough to claim a two-point win over Shane van Gisbergen of Stone Brothers Racing despite Van Gisbergen winning the fourth race. Winterbottom won $100,000 as the big prize of the non-championship event. Garth Tander was third driving for the Holden Racing Team. [1]

The event was marred by a multi-car pile-up in the third race in the opening lap when Jamie Whincup spun in the middle of the pack after contact from James Courtney as the field negotiated turn 3. Karl Reindler, Taz Douglas and Russell Ingall subsequently became involved. There was a long delay as there was a fuel leak from Reindler's Holden Commodore which needed to be cleaned up. [2] The race was restarted but drastically shortened so as to not delay qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

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References

  1. "Van Giz takes final race, Winterbottom wins round". Speedcafe. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "Huge pile-up to open V8 Supercars race at Albert Park", Herald Sun, 17 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.


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