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CASTROL-OILED FORD DRIVER MARK WINTERBOTTOM WINS IN DARWINCastrol-backed Ford Pepsi Max Crew’s Mark Winterbottom has claimed the team’s fourth-straight Sunday race win after holding off a fast-finishing Shane van Gisbergen at the Darwin 400 - Round 6 of the V8 Supercars Championship.

Frosty started 10th on the grid but made the most of a bold strategy which saw him start and remain on soft tyres for the entire 69-lap race. The win and other results have increased his points lead to 161 and makes it back-to-back Sunday wins in Darwin.

“It was an incredible race with so many differing tyre strategies,” said Frosty. “I finally got a good start and early on it was nice to see our cars 1-2-3. We were much better on softs and the day was all about tyre management.

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“It obviously isn’t as big as Bathurst but I think it is my best win with this team. Bathurst was just a two-car dog fight, this race had a lot of strategy and I had to pass a lot of cars and really manage the tyres to make it all work.

“It was my first big strategy win with my engineer Grant (McPherson) so it feels great. On the last lap I was sliding sideways and Shane (van Gisbergen) stuck his nose in and I was a bit out of control. To come down to the last lap makes it pretty special.”

Other top results from Castrol crews saw FPR teammate Dave Reynolds come home in fourth while James Moffat and Rick Kelly produced top 10 results in their Castrol-oiled Nissan Altimas.

Moffat started down in 22nd position, but despite his cool suit failing early in the race and battling cabin temperatures of close to 60 degrees, he claimed a seventh place finish. Rick Kelly’s ninth place was aided by his team’s strategy yesterday to save a set of tyres for today’s 200km race. While he had a strong bank of rubber, he used it faultlessly, scoring his first top 10 since New Zealand.

2014 V8 Supercars Standings

POS DRIVER TOTAL

1 Mark Winterbottom 1451

2 Craig Lowndes 1290

3 Jamie Whincup 1265

4 Fabian Coulthard 1204

5 James Courtney 1120

6 Shane van Gisbergen 1111

7 Scott McLaughlin 1045

8 David Reynolds 952

9 Chaz Mostert 914

10 Jason Bright 881

11 Garth Tander 853

12 Lee Holdsworth 810

13 Michael Caruso 809

14 James Moffat 770

15 Will Davison 768

16 Tim Slade 750

17 Rick Kelly 748

18 Russell Ingall 746

19 Scott Pye 718

20 David Wall 634

21 Dale Wood 609

22 Jack Perkins 589

23 Nick Percat 577

24 Todd Kelly 516

25 Robert Dahlgren 355

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Castrol-backed Audi Motorsport has continued its string of victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours. by winning the 82nd running of the world’s most important endurance race. Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer and Lucas di Grassi/Marc Gené/Tom Kristensen made it a one-two Audi victory which marked the 13th Le Mans success for the brand with the four rings in only 16 runs – and may have been the most valuable one to date, as Audi Sport Team Joest prevailed against massive competition with Porsche and Toyota in returning to the fray.

No other automobile manufacturer has dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans like Audi since the turn of the

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new millennium and as a result, Audi has catapulted itself into second place on the all-time winners list within an enviably short time. Audi achieved

an impressive one-two victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours in front of 263,300 spectators. Quotes after the brand’s 13th Le Mans triumph.

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“This was no doubt one of the most thrilling and action-packed races at Le Mans. For us, it was also one of the most difficult ones and that’s why, in my personal ranking of emotions, it takes one of the top spots, said Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport)

“The whole week was a period of many highs and lows for us. And during the 24 hours every car was running in front at least once. In the first two thirds of the race, it was our rivals and in the final third we worked our way towards the front. This can only be achieved with a very special team performance. The combination of an efficient concept and a team of strong drivers, who extract the best from it – that was the key to success.”

In the hectic first hours, the fascinating Le Mans prototypes of Audi, Porsche and Toyota were fighting captivating duels on the Le Mans high-speed circuit that kept the spectators in awe.he fans experienced one of the most gripping races in Le Mans history until noon on Sunday. The decision in favour of Audi was only made in the penultimate hour.

Le Mans 24 Hours result

Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time/Gap

1 P1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi 24h01m59.830s

2 P1 Di Grassi/Gene/Kristensen Audi -3 laps

3 P1 Davidson/Lapierre/Buemi Toyota -5 laps

4 P1 Prost/Heidfeld/Beche Rebellion-Toyota -19 laps

5 P2 Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey Jota Zytek-Nissan -23 laps

6 P2 Thiriet/Badey/Gommendy TDS Ligier-Nissan -24 laps

7 P2 Chatin/Panciatici/Webb Signatech ORECA-Nissan -24 laps

8 P2 Rast/Charouz/Capillaire Loeb ORECA-Nissan -25 laps

9 P2 Brundle/Mardenborough/S’sk OAK Ligier-Nissan -25 laps

10 P2 Klien/Hirsch/Brandela Morand Morgan-Judd -27 laps

11 P2 Cheng/Tung/Fong OAK Ligier-HPD -32 laps

12 P2 Frey/Mailleux/Lancaster Race Perf ORECA-Judd -37 laps

13 GTEP Bruni/Vilander/Fisichella AF Ferrari -40 laps

14 GTEP Magnussen/Garcia/Taylor Corvette -41 laps

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Castrol Team Hahn Racing enjoyed a great weekend in the third round of the FIA European Truck Racing Championship in front of a 36,000-strong crowd in Nogaro. After a slightly disappointing round in Navarra, Jochen Hahn and Castrol Team Hahn Racing showed why they are reigning champions by rallying to clinch three podium finishes – including a victory – in the action-packed event at the French circuit.

It was a hot, muggy weekend, with temperatures around 26°C, but that didn’t deter the drivers. Hahn began the event by taking third place in qualifying and superpole on Saturday, finishing just behind Kiss and Albacete. Race one proved to be another three-way battle between the truck-racing heavyweights, with Antonio Albacete grabbing the win ahead of Norbert Kiss and Castrol Team Racing’s Jochen Hahn.

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Drivers-Championship

1. A. Albacete (129P)

2. N. Kiss (129P)

3. J. Hahn (116P)

With the top-eight finishers from race one starting in reverse order for race two, Jochen Hahn had to start from 6th place. But despite the narrow track, Jochen quickly battled his way through the pack to finish 2nd behind Adam LAcko, but crucially, ahead of his two main rivals Kiss and Albacete. At Sunday morning’s qualifying and superpole, Jochen managed to put in a blisteringly fast lap to take pole position, And after an imperious performance he scored an impressive win in race three.

With the reverse grid for race four, Jochen had to start in 8th place, and overtaking proved a bit more difficult this time around. After making up three positions, Jochen eventually had to settle for 5th in the final race. It was a great weekend for Castrol Team Hahn, with Jochen Hahn scoring more points than any other driver over the weekend,

meaning he edges a little closer to Kiss and Albacete in the drivers’ standings.

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Castrol-oiled Phoenix Audi celebrated victory in the gruelling Nurburgring 24 Hours after completing a record distance in the famous event.

The German Audi R8 quartet of Christopher Haase, Christian Mamerow, Rene Rast and Markus Winkelhock racked up 159 laps around the daunting Nordschleife circuit.

Last year’s champions Black Falcon Mercedes of Jeroen Bleekemolen, Andreas Simonsen, Christian Menzel and Lance David Arnold finished second just three minutes behind the victors.

The Rowe Racing Mercedes SLS came third piloted by former V8 Supercars driver Maro Engel, Michael Zehe, Christian Hohenadel and Nico Bastian.

Queenslander Liam Talbot helped his Aston Martin Test Centre squad to second place in the SP8 class as they finished 43rd overall.

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Fellow countryman Richard Gartner also recorded a second place finish in the SP6 class driving for Prosport Performance.

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Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor ‘Give it some jandal’ has taken round honours after the sixth V8 Supercars Championship event at the Darwin 400 scoring themselves a $100 BP fuel card. The Give it some jandal team’s massive 190 points haul came with a prediction accuracy of 61% after they took full advantage of the new-to-2014 bonus points system and collected and additional 120 bonus points.

In the overall league standings team Arne’s Mob has taken top spot and raced away to a 50 point lead over SCATTERS. Team Murph slips back to third overall after leading the standings heading into the round. The overall drivers’ points winner for the weekend went to Red Bull Racing Australia’s Jamie Whincup after his double race win on Saturday.

Ford Pepsi Max Crew driver Mark Winterbottom was second after winning

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Greg Rust was second on 22 points while Speedcafe.com only managed 15 points however does hold onto the lead in the overall standings amongst the Experts. Signing up for the V8 Predictor is easy and players have the chance

Sunday’s race and extends his lead of the V8 Supercars Championship to 161 series points. In the Experts’ league Andy Priaulx took out round honours with 30 points for the Hidden Valley-based round.

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2014 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor - Global Leaderboard

RANK TEAM NAME POINTS

1 Arne’s Mob 451

2 SCATTERS 401

3 Murph 399

4 bad betty 387

5 red bull 01 383

6 Tarmac 374

7 Low and Slow 373

8 boats n hoes 372

9 Give it some jandal 370

10 The NASCAR Offseason 369

11 Team Bolo 367

12 Team Morpheus 365

13 Bloopy Enterprises 365

14 Steel Pony 363

15 The Flying Bulls!!! 363

16 #1V8SCFAN 362

17 Arctic Racing 362

18 Acc-sell-or-ators 362

19 Datto510 359

20 woko 358

Championship Points

POS DRIVER POINTS

1 Mark Winterbottom 1451

2 Craig Lowndes 1290

3 Jamie Whincup 1265

4 Fabian Coulthard 1204

5 James Courtney 1120

6 Shane van Gisbergen 1111

7 Scott McLaughlin 1045

8 David Reynolds 952

9 Chaz Mostert 914

10 Jason Bright 881

11 Garth Tander 853

12 Lee Holdsworth 810

13 Michael Caruso 809

14 James Moffat 770

15 Will Davison 768

16 Tim Slade 750

17 Rick Kelly 748

18 Russell Ingall 746

19 Scott Pye 718

20 David Wall 634

21 Dale Wood 609

22 Jack Perkins 589

23 Nick Percat 577

24 Todd Kelly 516

25 Robert Dahlgren 355

Weekend Results - Darwin 400

1 WHINCUP, Jamie

2 WINTERBOTTOM, Mark

3 VAN GISBERGEN, Shane

4 TANDER, Garth

5 MCLAUGHLIN, Scott

6 REYNOLDS, David

7 LOWNDES, Craig

7 COURTNEY, James

8 COULTHARD, Fabian

9 CARUSO, Michael

10 MOFFAT, James

11 KELLY, Rick

12 BRIGHT, Jason

13 PYE, Scott

13 INGALL, Russell

14 MOSTERT, Chaz

15 SLADE, Tim

16 WOOD, Dale

17 WALL, David

18 DAVISON, Will

19 HOLDSWORTH, Lee

20 PERKINS, Jack

21 PERCAT, Nick

22 DAHLGREN, Robert

23 KELLY, Todd

2014 Expert Leaderboard

RANK TEAM NAME POINTS

1 Speedcafe 188

2 Andy Priaulx 147

3 Greg Rust 135

Additional Points

POLE POSITION

LOWNDES, Craig and WHINCUP, Jamie

FASTEST LAP

WHINCUP, Jamie and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott

RACE WINNER

WHINCUP, Jamie and WINTERBOT-TOM, Mark

of winning the ultimate. V8 Supercars holiday in 2015 including flights, accommodation, spending money and behind the scenes access to the V8 Supercars world.

There are also $100 BP Fuel vouchers up for grabs for each of the 14 championship rounds contested this year plus bonus prizes on top. Round 7 of the V8 Supercars Championship takes crews to North Queensland for the Castrol Townsville 500 - July 4-6.

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Less than two weeks remain as the countdown to the inaugural Castrol Townsville 500 kick starts in North Queensland on July 4. The event will turn to the Super Street V8 Supercars race format which sees two 125km races on Saturday followed by a monster 250km race on Sunday which is sure to buzz the Queensland crowd.

This year we see a change in tyre format with the event running exclusively on the hard compound dunlop tyre. Unlike last year (which saw a combination of soft and hard compound) this year will spice up some new strategies throughout the paddock. All the action will be live on the 7 network July 5 and 6. Check local guides for further details.

Reid Park Street Circuit

Location: Reid Park, Townsville, QLD Length: 2.86 kilometres Direction: Clockwise Average speed: 144km/h Maximum speed: 260km/hFastest Point: Front straight Slowest Point: Turn 11 Hairpin Corners: 13 (3 Left 10 Right)Most Race Wins: Jamie Whincup 5Most Pole Positions: Mark Winterbottom 3Qualifying Lap Record: 1m12.4700s (Garth Tander Holden Commodore VF 2009)Race Lap Record: 1m13.4066s (Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 2012)

V8 Supercars Sessions

Friday10:10 Practice 111:40 Practice 212:50 Practice 3Saturday10:15 Practice 411:40 Qualifying - Race 2012:00 Qualifying - Race 2114:15 Race 2016:50 Race 21Sunday11:00 Qualifying - Race 2212:05 Top 10 Shootout15:55 Race 22(All times in AEST) Circuit Description: The Townsville Street Circuit is a mix of existing streets and a purpose built road through the Reid Park precinct. Located just south of the Townsville CBD, the circuit winds its way through Reid Park where specially constructed roads from approximately 70 of the circuit. Set in a parkland style reminiscent of the Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne, the Townsville circuit proved to be a challenge in its inaugural year in 2009 and quickly became a favourite of the drivers. 2013 Highlight: Last year Townsville saw the Holden Racing Team end their winless drought, which stretched back to Bathurst 2011, when Garth Tander headed a 1-2 finish. Coincidently Ford Performance Racing completed a 1-2 in Saturday’s race. It was the first time in V8 Supercars history that Ford and Holden claimed 1-2 finishes at the same meeting.

FANS GEAR UP FOR THE INAUGURAL CASTROL TOWNSVILLE 500

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Previous Race Winners:

2013 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG

Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF

2012 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII

Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII

2011 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII

Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VEII

2010 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG

Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE

2009 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG

Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG

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