1 Jun 2009

Whincup bounces back to winning form

11:48 am on 1 June 2009

Ford star Jamie Whincup has bounced back to form to win Sunday's gruelling V8 Supercar race at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.

Whincup, who won the first four races of the year, extended his lead at the top of the points table when he beat home Will Davison's Holden by 0.4 of a second.

Just two tenths of a second back in third after 84 laps was New Zealander Fabian Coulthard. Coulthard scored the first podium of his career in his Falcon.

Holden's Garth Tander, who took out Saturday's 42-lap opening race, finished 13th while another New Zealander, Greg Murphy, who started from third on the grid behind Whincup and Holden's Todd Kelly, was caught up in racing incidents and limped home 23rd.