2012 Phillip Island 300

2012 Phillip Island 300

Event Information
Round 5 of 15 in the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	18–20 May 2012
Location	Phillip Island, Victoria
Venue	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1
Distance	32 laps, 140 km
Pole position	Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing	1:32:1320
Winner	Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing	55:50:2117
Race 2
Distance	45 laps, 200 km
Pole position	Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:32:3167
Winner	Will Davison Ford Performance Racing	1:19:46:1086

The 2012 Phillip Island 300 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the fifth event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 18–20 May at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, in Phillip Island, Victoria.

The event was the second in a row in which Ford Performance Racing dominated with Mark Winterbottom winning the Saturday race and Will Davison winning the Sunday race. Although the FPR duo won both races, Shane Van Gisbergen was the best performed driver over the whole weekend.

Standings

• After 11 of 30 races.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	1216
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1206
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	1187
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	977
5	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	953