2013 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365

The 2013 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 was a motor race meeting for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the second event of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 5–7 April at the Symmons Plains Raceway, near Launceston, Tasmania.

2013 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365

Event Information
Round 2 of 14 in the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	5–7 April 2013
Location	Launceston, Tasmania
Venue	Symmons Plains Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 50 laps 120 km Pole position Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 51.1057 Winner Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing 1:17:41.5215
Race 2 Distance 42 laps 100 km Pole position Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 51.1940 Winner Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 40:33.8545
Race 3 Distance 42 laps 100 km Pole position Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 51.2052 Winner Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing 42:20.8286

The race meeting was the first to feature the new for 2013 format of a half-time concept in a motor race. The first of the meeting's three races was halted after 25 of 50 laps for a break of approximately 20 minutes before regridding and restarting.

Report

Race 3

Race

Pos.	No.	Name	Car	Team	Grid	Time	Points
1	14	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	2	1:17:41.5215	100
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	+1.1381	92
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	3	+1.3025	86
4	8	Jason Bright	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	5	+1.9895	80
5	2	Garth Tander	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	4	+2.2455	74
6	6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	6	+2.5532	68
7	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden VF Commodore	Tekno Autosports	7	+4.2805	64
8	33	Scott McLaughlin	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	9	+4.7575	60
9	22	James Courtney	Holden VF Commodore	Holden Racing Team	13	+4.9605	56
10	19	Jonathon Webb	Holden VF Commodore	Tekno Autosports	12	+6.5115	52
11	21	David Wall	Holden VF Commodore	Britek Motorsport	14	+6.8605	48
12	3	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VF Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing	16	+7.4219	46
13	18	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	10	+8.4570	44
14	55	David Reynolds	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	11	+8.6985	42
15	66	Russell Ingall	Holden VF Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	17	+10.3005	40
16	36	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	24	+10.8398	38
17	17	Tim Blanchard	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	26	+11.6811	36
18	80	Scott Pye	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	18	+12.4258	34
19	360	James Moffat	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	22	+13.2959	32
20	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	25	+13.5361	30
21	34	Alexandre Prémat	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	15	+14.0762	28
22	47	Tim Slade	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	James Rosenberg Racing	23	+14.1915	26
23	4	Lee Holdsworth	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	21	+14.4315	24
24	12	Jonny Reid	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	27	+15.6785	22
25	88	Dean Fiore	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	19	+19.6355	20
26	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	8	+1 lap	18
Ret	9	Maro Engel	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	28	Retired
Ret	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	20	Retired
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the race

• After 5 of 36 races.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Jamie Whincup 513 1 2 Will Davison 450 2 3 James Courtney 398 3 4 Craig Lowndes 397 1 5 Scott McLaughlin 366

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 910 2 Ford Performance Racing 807 2 3 Holden Racing Team 727 1 4 Tekno Autosports 648 9 5 Brad Jones Racing 633

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

References

1. "Coulthard takes first Championship victory in Tasmania". v8supercars.com. AAP. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

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