V8 Supercars: Round 7 Queensland Raceway

[fpv_gtho]

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Queensland Raceway - Facts and figures
Release Date: 20/07/2005
The following is a detailed lap of Queensland Raceway to be used as the venue for the seventh round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series this weekend. Also find following thoughts, results and memorable moments relating to this venue from both Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall.

INTERESTING POINTS – ROUND 7, QUEENSLAND RACEWAY
• This was the venue for Stone Brothers Racing’s first 1-2 championship round finish in 2003
• This was the venue for Russell Ingall’s first championship round win for Ford and Caltex in 2003
• Marcos Ambrose is chasing his fifth consecutive pole at QR – He has never started from any other position than first.
• Just 0.02 of a second separated Ambrose and Ingall at the top of the time sheets after the first day of practice at QR last year
• SBR had a very successful test at QR last Friday in trying and windy conditions
• SBR will be pleased to be back at their home track after a difficult trip to Darwin for round six. With Ambrose finishing ninth and Ingall 17th, it was the worst result for the team since Pukekohe in 2003, when they finished 11th and 16th respectively - 21 rounds ago.

THOUGHTS ON QUEENSLAND RACEWAY…..

MARCOS AMBROSE – PIRTEK RACING
I could race this track with my eyes closed. This is obviously the testing track for Stone Brothers Racing and I have done more miles around here than any other track in the world. The track actually looks quite simple, but it is quite technical and is hard to extract a great time from. There is not a lot of grass on the surrounding mounds and if it is windy the track will be quite slippery.

MOST MEMOR ABLE MOMENT
Clipping Steve Ellery in the pit lane in 2004 is something that I remember, but probably something I would prefer to forget. I guess having pole there every year since joining the V8 Supercar series has been a bit of an achievement. It was great to finally get a win under my belt last year after the Ellery incident ruined my chances the year before.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (After round 6, 2005)
Current Points: 980 (1st)
Born: September 1, 1976
Car: Pirtek BA Falcon
Number: 1
V8 Supercar debut: 2001
2004 Championship: 1st
Round Starts: 58

Poles: 16 – Eastern Creek (Rd 13), Queensland 300, Eastern Creek (2004); Sandown, Oran Park, Queensland Raceway, Winton, Eastern Creek (2003); Phillip Island, Oran Park, Winton, Qld 500, Sandown (2002); Eastern Creek, Qld 500, Bathurst (2001)
Race wins: 24 (Last win – Race 1 – Eastern Creek, Round 3, 2005)

Round wins: 14 – Adelaide Clipsal 500 (2005), Eastern Creek (Rd 13), Sandown 500, Oran Park, Queensland 300, Adelaide Clipsal 500 (2004); Eastern Creek, Oran Park, Hidden Valley, Barbagallo, Winton, Eastern Creek (2003), Sandown (2002); Hidden Valley (2001)

V8 Championship Results: 1st (2004); 1st (2003); 3rd (2002); 7th (2001); Other Major
V8 Supercar Results: 1st Sandown 500 (2004); V8 Supercar Rookie of the Year (2001)

Career highlights: 1st European Formula Ford championship (2000); 2nd Australian Formula Ford Championship (1997); 1999 British Formula Ford Championship (3rd)

QUEENSLAND RACEWAY - RECORD
2004 – Qualified 1st; Overall: 1st
2003 – Qualified 1st; Overall: 2nd
2002 – Qualified 1st; Overall: 5th
2001 – Qualified 1st; Overall: DNF

THOUGHTS ON QUEENSLAND RACEWAY…..

RUSSELL INGALL – CALTEX RACING
I have had some pretty good results at QR over the years and that always helps when talking about whether you like or dislike a circuit. It is not the most excitingly designed circuit in the world, but it takes plenty of concentration to extract that final fraction of a second to give you the edge over the opposition.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT
Certainly winning my first round for Ford and Caltex at Queensland Raceway in 2003 will always be a pretty special moment for me. It was also pretty cool that we were able to give Ross and Jimmy Stone their first 1-2 finish in a round.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (After Round 6, 2005)
Current Points: 877 (3rd)
Born: February 2, 1964
Car: Caltex BA Falcon
Number: 9
V8 Supercar debut: 1996
2004 Championship: 2nd
Round Starts: 114

Poles: 1 Winton (2001)

Race wins: 25 (Last Win – Race 3, Barbagallo Raceway, WA, 2005)

Round wins: 11 – Symmons Plains (2004); Surfers Paradise (2003) Queensland Raceway (2003), Winton (2001); Qld 500 (1999); Lakeside, Mallala, Hidden Valley (1998); Phillip Island, Winton (1997); Calder (1996)

V8 Championship Results: 2nd (2004); 7th (2003); 2nd (2001); 9th (2000); 2nd (1999); 2nd (1998); 3rd; (1997); 6th (1996); Other Major V8 Supercar Results: 1st Bathurst 1000 (1995, 1997); 1st Sandown 500 (1998); 1st Queensland 500 (1999); 2nd Bathurst 1000 (2002); 2nd Sandown 500 (1997, 2004)

Career Highlights: 1st Australian Formula Ford championship (1990); 2nd British Formula Ford 1600 Championship (1991)

QUEENSLAND RACEWAY - RECORD
2004 – Qualified 6th; Overall: 4th
2003 – Qualified 4th; Overall: 1st
2002 – Qualified 8th; Overall: 2nd
2001 – Qualified 4th; Overall: 2nd
2000 – Qualified 3rd; Race 1: 4th; Race 2: 3rd; Race 3: 3rd; Overall: 5th (Sprint)
2000 – Qualified 2nd; Overall: 4th (Queensland 500)
1999 – Qualified 2nd; Race 1: 1st; Race 2: 2nd; Race 3: DNF; Overall: 8th (Sprint)
1999 – Qualified 6th; Overall: 1st (Queensland 500)

ROUND 7, 2005
Venue: Queensland Raceway, Willowbank, Qld
2005 Race format: Qualifying and Shootout - Saturday; 90-lap Race (compulsory tyre and fuel stops) - Sunday
Circuit Length: 3.121km
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Maximum Speed: 260 km/h (Back Straight)
Qualifying Record: John Bowe (1999) 1:09.2594
Lap Record: Garth Tander (1999) 1:11.0033

[nota]

On that circuit map I see a lagoon, and two lakes. Perfect for Skaiffe to jump into

Judged on personality alone I hope Ingall does well

[2ndclasscitizen]

well only one of them is gonna be able to jump in, once one does all the water will be evaporated into steam. though skaife hasn't been so bad, because he's been going quite well lately.

C'mon todd, 3 in a row!

[F6 TORNADO]

Originally Posted by nota

On that circuit map I see a lagoon, and two lakes. Perfect for Skaiffe to jump into

lol!!!

[fpv_gtho]

Top 10 shootout results:

1 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:10.2173
2 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:10.3290 0:00.1117
3 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:10.5096 0:00.2923
4 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 1 1 1:10.5831 0:00.3658
5 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 1 1 1:10.5991 0:00.3818
6 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 1 1 1:10.6147 0:00.3974
7 88 Team Betta Electrical Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:10.6799 0:00.4626
8 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 1 1 1:10.8525 0:00.6352
9 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 1 1 1:11.1100 0:00.8927
10 45 WOW Sight & Sound Max Wilson Holden Commodore VZ 1 1 1:11.4790 0:01.2617
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Thats a nice little gap Ambrose gave himself over Lowndes, but every other time those 2 have been on the front row together, its turned deadly, so i dare say Ingall will be sweating in his seat for the start tomorrow. SBR powerplants getting 1-2-3 though, should be interesting who had the qualy pace and whos got race pace. Ambrose will now start QR from pole 5 years in a row

[fpv_gtho]

And the rest of the grid:

11 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 11 3 1:10.8406 0:00.4849
12 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 11 10 1:10.8627 0:00.5070
13 17 Westpoint Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 10 7 1:10.8675 0:00.5118
14 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 12 9 1:10.8952 0:00.5395
15 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 14 9 1:10.9095 0:00.5538
16 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 11 3 1:10.9142 0:00.5585
17 67 Sirromet-Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 12 12 1:10.9665 0:00.6108
18 48 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 14 14 1:10.9924 0:00.6367
19 18 Westpoint Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 13 7 1:11.0108 0:00.6551
20 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills Holden Commodore VZ 12 8 1:11.0617 0:00.7060
21 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter Ford Falcon BA 13 3 1:11.0667 0:00.7110
22 3 Dodo Racing Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 14 9 1:11.0842 0:00.7285
23 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Holden Commodore VZ 13 13 1:11.1154 0:00.7597
24 23 Dodo Racing Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VZ 15 14 1:11.1369 0:00.7812
25 24 Team Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 16 15 1:11.1629 0:00.8072
26 52 Fujitsu Racing Matthew White Ford Falcon BA 14 9 1:11.2558 0:00.9001
27 8 WPS Racing Craig Baird Ford Falcon BA 11 10 1:11.3110 0:00.9553
28 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 16 15 1:11.3344 0:00.9787
29 21 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 16 13 1:11.3858 0:01.0301
30 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 15 14 1:11.3924 0:01.0367
31 25 Fujitsu Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BA 14 10 1:11.4016 0:01.0459
32 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 16 14 1:11.4056 0:01.0499
33 7 Autobarn Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore VZ 15 13 1:11.4459 0:01.0902
34 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 13 5 1:11.8628 0:01.5071

[F6 TORNADO]

Lowdnes won pretty comfortably, Ambrose came second. Pit stop strategy was the key to Lowdnes' victory, as he only changed 2 tyres and Ambrose changed 4. Tander was third and Ingall was right behind him in fourth. Unfortunate for Ingall that he was stuck behind Ambrose in the pit-lane. That always seems to be the SBR policy....

Jason Richards had a crash on the Turn 3 Exit which was rather spectacular......

[fpv_gtho]

Originally Posted by F6 TORNADO

Unfortunate for Ingall that he was stuck behind Ambrose in the pit-lane. That always seems to be the SBR policy....

And its a policy that works. Did you happen to see the Canadian F1 GP? Thats what happens when you keep one driver out and bring one in during the safety car.

[2ndclasscitizen]

yeah but apparently thats better than leaving him out. I thought the one minute stop for Morris was really harsh, cause the porsche guy got away with it.

[fpv_gtho]

Morris is always in trouble for his driving though, i think its just his style coming out of super tourers

[2ndclasscitizen]

what happened is at one corner there is a kerb on the outside exit that is used in the short circuit. this guy was ahead, got a tap on the back left, spun, clipped the kerb and rolled and flipped violently. One of the front wheels was ripped off, bring some of the suspension with it, and one of the rear brakes caught fire as well. The previous day, a GT3 cup did the exact same, doing 7.5 rolls.

go to www.tasmanmotorsports.com for a big pic, and www.v8supercars.com.au for shit about the series

[fpv_gtho]

Yeah i know what happened, but what im saying is just like the BTCC drivers that come over for the enduros (john cleland is the biggest culprit of this) morris gives a bit of biff and barge though a couple of the corners at times. Many people claim he couldve easily backed off and given room, but rather kept (or put) the boot in and pushed him out wide

[motorsportnerd]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

Morris is always in trouble for his driving though, i think its just his style coming out of super tourers

I think its just Morris' driving style, not fact he came from Super Tourers. After all, Murphy, Brad Jones, Steven Richards, Craig Baird and Cameron McConville all have plenty of experience in Super Tourers during the 1990s and none of them are as aggressive or always in trouble. Even Radisich, who of all the drivers in V8 Supercar spent the most time in Super Tourers in the UK and has been known to be a little aggressive, doesn't just blatantly turn his rivals around in anger (yes, he's done it - but no where near as often as Morris). Super Tourers breed aggressive driving - but so does V8 Supercar. Look at Ingall, Lowndes, Ambrose and Skaife - all of whom are known to drive aggressively if needed.
Simple fact is none of todays drivers race as cleanly as the drivers of the previous era, such as Brock or Dick Johnson (both of whom have said they NEVER touched or swapped paint during their many wheel to wheel batttles). I think the closeness of todays competition breeds a greater degree of agressiveness in the drivers since making up positions is so difficult. And there's nothing wrong with some aggression. However, Morris tends to go further and more deliberately than most of the other drivers. The other drivers to have done similar in the past - Rick Kelly and Ingall spring to mind - have calmed down somewhat. Morris doesn't seem to have changed in the last 14 years since he first debuted.
Morris could have and should have feathered the throttle to avoid contact. He claimed lack of racing room, but feathering the throttle would've avoided the incident. The penalty was justified. And I think the least Morris can do now is offer his spare car to Tasman Motorsport for Oran Park.

Point of interest - the latest Motorsport News said in an article about Paul Radisich and Team Kiwi: "without meaning any disrespect to Paul Morris, it is only now that we ae really starting to see just what these [Paul Morris Motorsport Commodore's] are capable of". I don't think that MN writer thinks much of Paul Morris' talents either. I honestly hope Morris and Radisich don't share a car a Bathurst - Morris will probably destroy any chances of them winning.

[fpv_gtho]

Do you think Peter Wallerman took previous infringemets into concideration with the 60 second penalty?

[motorsportnerd]

Possibly.
Also, can't work out why Rodney Jane wasn't penalised for the Porsche Cup incident. That looked even more deliberate than the Morris/Richards incident.