Jamie Whincup has survived a red-flag interrupted qualifying session to claim pole position for today’s 60/60 Supersprint race at Barbagallo Raceway.
The Red Bull Racing Australia driver’s final flying lap – posted in the dying seconds of the twenty-minute session – proved good enough for top spot, edging former Barbagallo racewinner Jason Bright into second place on the starting grid.
It’s another Brad Jones Racing / Triple 8 affair on the second row, with Fabian Coulthard third-quickest ahead of Whincup’s teammate Craig Lowndes.
Ironically, it was the third BRJ entry of David Wall which triggered all of the qualifying chaos. Wall slid into the Turn 7 gravel with just two-and-a-half minutes on the clock, triggering the red flags and a mad scramble for a final flying lap when the session resumed.
Alex Davison had taken his Jeld-wen FPR entry into provisional pole position before the stoppage, only to ultimately be beaten by the four Holdens – despite the disappointment of losing pole, it was the V8 returnee’s best qualifying performance to-date in 2013. He lines up ahead of Alexandre Prémat, Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom, who completed the top-eight.
Undoubtedly the two surprise performers of qualifying were Maro Engel and V8 debutante Chaz Mostert, who both claimed sensational top-ten qualifying results.
The first leg of the 60/60 Supersprint race gets underway at 13:45 local time.
2013 V8 Supercars Chill Perth 360 – Race 1 Qualifying Results:
| Driver | Entry / Team | Result | ||
| 1. | Jamie Whincup |  |
Red Bull Racing AU / Triple 8 Engineering | 55.3985 |
| 2. | Jason Bright | |
Team BOC / Brad Jones Racing | + 0.0819 |
| 3. | Fabian Coulthard | |
Lockwood Racing / Brad Jones Racing | + 0.1130 |
| 4. | Craig Lowndes | |
Red Bull Racing AU / Triple 8 Engineering | + 0.1182 |
| 5. | Alex Davison |  |
Jeld-Wen Racing / Ford Performance Racing | + 0.1388 |
| 6. | Alexandre Prémat | |
Fujitsu Racing / Garry Rogers Motorsport | + 0.1432 |
| 7. | Mark Winterbottom | |
Pepsi Max Crew / Ford Performance Racing | + 0.3313 |
| 8. | Will Davison | |
Pepsi Max Crew / Ford Performance Racing | + 0.4059 |
| 9. | Maro Engel |  |
SP Tools Racing / Erebus Motorsport | + 0.4587 |
| 10. | Chaz Mostert | |
Wilson Security Racing / Dick Johnson Racing | + 0.4788 |
| 11. | Shane van Gisbergen | |
VIP Petfoods / Tekno Autosports | + 0.4975 |
| 12. | Scott McLaughlin | |
Fujitsu Racing / Garry Rogers Motorsport | + 0.5262 |
| 13. | James Moffat |  |
Norton 360 Racing / Nissan Motorsport | + 0.5268 |
| 24. | Lee Holdsworth | |
IRWIN Racing / Erebus Motorsport | + 0.5302 |
| 15. | David Reynolds | |
Bottle-O Racing / Ford Performance Racing | + 0.5375 |
| 16. | James Courtney | |
Holden Racing Team / TWR | + 0.5386 |
| 17. | Tony D’Alberto | |
Team HIFLEX / Tony D’Alberto Racing | + 0.5865 |
| 18. | Jonathon Webb | |
Tekno Autosports | + 0.5877 |
| 19. | Garth Tander | |
Holden Racing Team / TWR | + 0.6495 |
| 20. | Tim Slade | |
Heavy Haulage Racing / Erebus Motorsport | + 0.7169 |
| 21. | Dean Fiore | |
Dodo Insurance / Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | + 0.7264 |
| 22. | Russell Ingall | |
SuperCheap Auto Racing / TWR | + 0.7332 |
| 23. | Scott Pye | |
EKOL Racing / Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | + 0.8135 |
| 24. | Michael Caruso | |
Norton 360 Racing / Nissan Motorsport | + 0.8260 |
| 25. | Tim Blanchard | |
Wilson Security Racing / Dick Johnson Racing | + 0.8812 |
| 26. | Rick Kelly | |
Jack Daniel’s Racing / Nissan Motorsport | + 0.8891 |
| 27. | Todd Kelly | |
Jack Daniel’s Racing / Nissan Motorsport | + 0.8946 |
| 28. | David Wall | |
Wilson Security Racing / Brad Jones Racing | + 0.9166 |
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