2015 Ubet Perth Super Sprint

**2015 Ubet Perth Super Sprint**
Event Information
Round 3 of 14 in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	1–3 May 2015
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Barbagallo Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	25 laps
Pole position	Chaz Mostert; Prodrive Racing Australia
Winner	Mark Winterbottom; Prodrive Racing Australia
Distance
Race 2
Distance	25 laps
Pole position	Mark Winterbottom; Prodrive Racing Australia
Winner	Mark Winterbottom; Prodrive Racing Australia
Distance
Race 3
Distance	83 laps
Pole position	Chaz Mostert; Prodrive Racing Australia
Winner	Will Davison; Erebus Motorsport

The 2015 Ubet Perth Super Sprint was a motor race for V8 Supercars held from 1–3 May 2015. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, Western Australia, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles) and one endurance race over a distance of 200 kilometres (124 miles). It was the third round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.

On Saturday, Prodrive Racing Australia's Chaz Mostert scored his first V8 Supercar pole position for Race 7, while teammate Mark Winterbottom scored pole position for Race 8.^[1] Winterbottom took the lead from Mostert at the start of Race 7 and did not look back, taking the first championship win for the Ford FG X Falcon in V8 Supercars.^[2] Jamie Whincup could only manage to finish 15th after starting 21st on the grid.^[2] Winterbottom also won Race 8 from starting on pole, ahead of Whincup and Fabian Coulthard.^[3]

Mostert scored another pole position for Race 9 on Sunday, with Winterbottom starting alongside, completing a weekend front-row lockout for Prodrive Racing Australia.^[4] With Craig Lowndes looking towards his 100th career race win, it was looking certain after compulsory pit stops were completed. With 10 laps remaining, Erebus Motorsport's Will Davison was quick to catch up to Lowndes and managed to pass him with 5 laps remaining. Davison took the race win – his first since the 2013 Sucrogen Townsville 400 and his first in a Mercedes-Benz.^[5] Lowndes held on to second place, while Coulthard scored another podium finish.^[5]

Results edit

Race 7 edit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia	25	24:36.1409	2	75
2	6	Chaz Mostert	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia	25	+0.6 s	1	69
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	25	+2.9 s	3	64
4	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden VF Commodore	Tekno Autosports	25	+8.8 s	5	60
5	8	Jason Bright	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	25	+9.2 s	8	55
6	55	David Reynolds	Ford FG X Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	25	+10.1 s	7	51
7	9	Will Davison	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	25	+13.0 s	9	48
8	14	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	25	+16.3 s	14	45
9	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+18.0 s	11	42
10	22	James Courtney	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	25	+18.5 s	6	39
11	33	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	25	+18.9 s	13	36
12	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+24.3 s	12	34
13	99	James Moffat	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+25.0 s	17	33
14	18	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VF Commodore	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	25	+25.2 s	15	31
15	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	25	+25.6 s	21	30
16	300	Tim Slade	Holden VF Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	25	+26.6 s	10	28
17	4	Ashley Walsh	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	25	+27.5 s	16	27
18	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+27.9 s	20	25
19	222	Nick Percat	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	25	+28.2 s	24	24
20	3	Tim Blanchard	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	25	+29.1 s	23	22
21	111	Andre Heimgartner	Ford FG X Falcon	Super Black Racing	25	+29.6 s	18	21
22	17	Scott Pye	Ford FG X Falcon	DJR Team Penske	25	+30.5 s	22	19
23	34	David Wall	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	25	+31.2 s	25	18
24	21	Dale Wood	Holden VF Commodore	Britek Motorsport	25	+31.6 s	19	16
DNF	2	Garth Tander	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	7		4

Race 8 edit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia	25	24:34.8717	1	75
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	25	+2.9 s	2	69
3	14	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	25	+3.3 s	3	64
4	6	Chaz Mostert	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia	25	+3.7 s	5	60
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	25	+4.7 s	4	55
6	22	James Courtney	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	25	+4.9 s	6	51
7	55	David Reynolds	Ford FG X Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	25	+7.3 s	7	48
8	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+11.4 s	9	45
9	9	Will Davison	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	25	+11.7 s	8	42
10	300	Tim Slade	Holden VF Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	25	+12.4 s	10	39
11	2	Garth Tander	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	25	+12.7 s	11	36
12	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+15.2 s	13	34
13	8	Jason Bright	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	25	+15.9 s	14	33
14	18	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VF Commodore	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	25	+17.2 s	16	31
15	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+17.6 s	17	30
16	111	Andre Heimgartner	Ford FG X Falcon	Super Black Racing	25	+17.9 s	15	28
17	222	Nick Percat	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	25	+21.5 s	20	27
18	4	Ashley Walsh	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	25	+25.2 s	25	25
19	21	Dale Wood	Holden VF Commodore	Britek Motorsport	25	+27.3 s	21	24
20	99	James Moffat	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+29.2 s	22	22
21	17	Scott Pye	Ford FG X Falcon	DJR Team Penske	25	+31.8 s	19	21
22	34	David Wall	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	25	+32.1 s	23	19
23	3	Tim Blanchard	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	25	+45.8 s	24	18
24	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden VF Commodore	Tekno Autosports	25	+59.6 s	18	16
DNF	33	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	11		12

Race 9 edit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Will Davison	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	83	1:25:26.7266	7	150
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	83	+5.6 s	6	138
3	14	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	83	+7.4 s	24	129
4	6	Chaz Mostert	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia	83	+12.1 s	1	120
5	22	James Courtney	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	83	+14.8 s	11	111
6	2	Garth Tander	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	83	+16.7 s	3	102
7	99	James Moffat	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	83	+20.2 s	10	96
8	222	Nick Percat	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	83	+24.5 s	14	90
9	55	David Reynolds	Ford FG X Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	83	+24.8 s	5	84
10	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	83	+25.1 s	20	78
11	21	Dale Wood	Holden VF Commodore	Britek Motorsport	83	+28.6 s	22	72
12	3	Tim Blanchard	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	83	+30.3 s	21	69
13	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	83	+31.1 s	18	66
14	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden VF Commodore	Tekno Autosports	83	+34.9 s	9	63
15	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia	83	+35.5 s	2	60
16	8	Jason Bright	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	83	+35.9 s	19	57
17	18	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VF Commodore	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	83	+36.3 s	25	54
18	33	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	83	+40.9 s	13	51
19	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	82	+1 lap	4	48
20	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	82	+1 lap	12	45
21	34	David Wall	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport	82	+1 lap	23	42
22	4	Ashley Walsh	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	77	+6 laps	16	39
23	300	Tim Slade	Holden VF Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	69	+14 laps	8	36
DNF	111	Andre Heimgartner	Ford FG X Falcon	Super Black Racing	78		15
DNF	17	Scott Pye	Ford FG X Falcon	DJR Team Penske	78		17

Championship standings edit

After Race 9 of 36

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Craig Lowndes	717
2	James Courtney	665
3	Mark Winterbottom	643
4	Fabian Coulthard	641
5	Jamie Whincup	630

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1347
2	Holden Racing Team	1260
3	Prodrive Racing Australia	1188
4	Brad Jones Racing	1070
5	Nissan Motorsport (7/15)	825

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

^ "Barbagallo Raceway: Mostert, Winterbottom on pole for races 1 and 2". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Winterbottom leads V8 Prodrive 1-2 at Perth". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Barbagallo Raceway: Ford's Winterbottom romps to double at Perth". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Barbagallo Raceway: Ford's Mostert gets second pole at Perth". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Bartholomaeus, Stefan (3 May 2015). "Davison denies Lowndes in Barbagallo finale". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

Supercars Championship
Previous race: 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint	2015 Supercars Championship	Next race: 2015 NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint
Previous year: 2014 Perth 400	Perth Super Sprint	Next year: 2016 Perth SuperSprint

[1] "Barbagallo Raceway: Mostert, Winterbottom on pole for races 1 and 2". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[Opener-2] "Winterbottom leads V8 Prodrive 1-2 at Perth". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[3] "Barbagallo Raceway: Ford's Winterbottom romps to double at Perth". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[4] "Barbagallo Raceway: Ford's Mostert gets second pole at Perth". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[Davison-5] Bartholomaeus, Stefan (3 May 2015). "Davison denies Lowndes in Barbagallo finale". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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