2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400

Victoria (Australia) 2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400
Event Information
Round 13 of 14 in the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date 14–16 November 2014
Location Phillip Island, Victoria
Venue Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Weather Fine
Results
Race 1
Distance 23 laps, 100 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
Garry Rogers Motorsport
1:31.3935
Winner Scott McLaughlin
Garry Rogers Motorsport
36:00.0974
Race 2
Distance 23 laps, 100 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:31.0578
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
35:54.1514
Race 3
Distance 45 laps, 200 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:31.1812
Winner Scott McLaughlin
Garry Rogers Motorsport
1:13:59.6920

The 2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400 was a motor race meeting for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the thirteenth and penultimate event of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 14–16 November at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, at Phillip Island, Victoria.

It was a horrible start to the weekend for Kiwis Shane Van Gisbergen and Fabian Coulthard as they came together after turn 1 at the start Race 33 Qualifying. Fellow Kiwi Scott McLaughlin claimed pole for Race 33 and converted it to a win. Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mates Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup finished second and third respectively.

Whincup managed to claim pole and win for Race 34. The win for Whincup also meant that he secured the 2014 Championship, and his sixth V8 Supercar Championship title. Closest championship rivals Lowndes finished the race in second place and Mark Winterbottom in third place.

Whincup and McLaughlin started on the front row for Race 35, but it was McLaughlin who took the lead from Whincup at turn 2 on the first lap. At a quarter race distance, the Safety Car was called out after David Wall ran wide at the final turn. This meant that all cars were called in to do mandatory pit stops, as well as Garth Tander taking the lead from McLaughlin in the process. Tander and McLaughlin remained together for the rest of the race until the final lap. After the final corner on the last lap, Tander's car ran out of fuel. This allowed McLaughlin to snatch the lead only metres before the finish line and take the race win, with Tander coasting to second place. Winterbottom narrowly beat pole sitter Whincup to the line to finish third.

References

    V8 Supercar
    Previous race:
    2014 Castrol Edge Gold Coast 600
    2014 V8 Supercar Championship Series Next race:
    2014 Sydney NRMA 500
    Previous year:
    2013 Sargent Security Phillip Island 360
    Phillip Island 400 Next year:
    2015 WD-40 Phillip Island Super Sprint


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