» V8s Yas 400: Whincup secures pole for Race 2

Highlights from the Yas 400 Race 2 Qualifying

Team Vodafone has once again continued its hot streak at Abu Dhabi for the season-opening round of the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship season, with Race 1 winner Jamie Whincup claiming pole position to the event’s second race, sharing the front row with team-mate Craig Lowndes.

The result puts Whincup in the perfect poswition to continue his utter domination at the Yas Marina circuit, were he remains the sole V8 driver to win at the series’ overseas events for the last 18 months.

The second row of the grid is an all-Ford affair, with Mark Winterbottom starting from third and Steven Johnson lining up fourth, in a very strong qualifying performance from the latter.

Defending champion James Courtney enjoyed a much more productive qualifying session in his first outing for the TOLL Holden Team, and he will start from fifth on the grid, no doubt eager to recover the points he was stripped of following his contretemps with Jason Bargwanna in the opening race.

Lee Holdsworth, Jason Bright, Alex Davison, Michael Caruso and Tim Slade complete the top-ten for the second 43-lap race of the weekend.

V8 Supercars Yas 400 Qualifying Results (Race 2):

	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	1:56.429	7
2.	Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	+ 0.289	7
3.	Mark Winterbottom	Orrcon Steel FPR	+ 0.342	7
4.	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	+ 0.537	8
5.	James Courtney	TOLL Holden Racing Team	+ 0.559	7
6.	Lee Holdsworth	Fujitsu Racing GRM	+ 0.620	8
7.	Jason Bright	Team BOC	+ 0.621	6
8.	Alex Davison	Irwin Racing	+ 0.641	8
9.	Michael Caruso	Fujitsu Racing GRM	+ 0.667	7
10.	Tim Slade	Lucky 7 Racing	+ 0.687	6
11.	Paul Dumbrell	The Bottle-O Racing Team	+ 0.974	7
12.	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	+ 0.977	7
13.	Will Davison	Trading Post FPR	+ 0.990	7
14.	Garth Tander	TOLL Holden Racing Team	+ 1.014	7
15.	Russell Ingall	Supercheap Auto Racing	+ 1.103	8
16.	Tony D’Alberto	Wilson Security Racing	+ 1.121	7
17.	Jonathon Webb	Mother Energy Racing Team	+ 1.142	6
18.	Shane van Gisbergen	SP Tool Racing FPR	+ 1.199	7
19.	Fabian Coulthard	Huzzah Racing	+ 1.244	7
20.	Steve Owen	VIP Petfoods	+ 1.313	6
21.	David Reynolds	Stratco Racing	+ 1.341	7
22.	James Moffatt	Dick Johnson Racing	+ 1.440	7
23.	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	+ 1.736	7
24.	Greg Murphy	Pepsi Max Crew	+ 1.746	7
25.	Jason Bargwanna	Team BOC	+ 1.746	7
26.	Warren Luff	Gulf Western Oil Racing	+ 1.777	7
27.	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	+ 1.962	7
28.	Karl Reindler	Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing	+ 2.222	7