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Jamie Whincup kept the momentum of his Bathurst win going, qualifying on pole for Saturday’s ArmorAll Gold Coast 600 race today.
The last endurance weekend of the series saw Whincup, who is partnering with Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais clock in a fastest lap time of one minute and 11.8730 seconds.
The pair are joined on the front row by the Will Davison / Mika Salo duo for FPR.
Mark Winterbottom found himself frustratingly qualifying in sixth place, next to Jonathon Webb and the German Marc Lieb who was quick in the practice runs earlier.
Reynolds, Tander and Lowndes are among the names that missed the top ten shootout and find themselves starting a little lower on the list. The full results are below.
2012 V8 Supercars ArmorAll Gold Coast 600 – Race 1 Qualifying Result:
| Driver | Entry / Team | Top-10 Result | ||
| 1. | Jamie Whincup / Sébastien Bourdais |  |
Triple 8 Racing | 1:11.6478 |
| 2. | Will Davison / Mika Salo |  |
Ford Performance Racing | + 0.2252 |
| 3. | Rick Kelly / Graham Rahal | |
Kelly Racing | + 0.2363 |
| 4. | Michael Caruso / James Hinchcliffe | |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | + 0.3103 |
| 5. | Jonathon Webb / Marc Lieb | |
Tekno Autosports | + 0.3104 |
| 6. | Mark Winterbottom / Will Power | |
Ford Performance Racing | + 0.3345 |
| 7. | Fabian Coulthard / Nicolas Minassian | |
Brad Jones Racing | + 0.5422 |
| 8. | Tony D’Alberto / Vitantonio Liuzzi | |
Tony D’Alberto Racing | + 0.5775 |
| 9. | James Courtney / Darren Turner | |
Holden Racing Team | + 0.7883 |
| 10. | Shane van Gisbergen / Jeroen Bleekemolen | |
Stone Brothers Racing | + 15.4123 |
| Driver | Entry / Team | Q1 Result | ||
| 11. | Tim Slade / David Brabham | |
Stone Brothers Racing | 1:11.8249 |
| 12. | David Reynolds / Nick Heidfeld | |
Ford Performance Racing | 1:11.8434 |
| 13. | Craig Lowndes / Richard Lyons | |
Triple 8 Racing | 1:11.8748 |
| 14. | Steve Owen / Boris Said | |
Dick Johnson Racing | 1:11.8761 |
| 15. | Russell Ingall / Peter Dumbreck | |
Walkinshaw Racing | 1:11.9226 |
| 16. | Lee Holdsworth / Simon Pagenaud | |
Stone Brothers Racing | 1:12.0095 |
| 17. | James Moffat / Peter Tox | |
Dick Johnson Racing | 1:12.0436 |
| 18. | Steven Johnson / Max Papis | |
Dick Johnson Racing | 1:12.0519 |
| 19. | Michael Patrizi / Lucas di Grassi | |
Tekno Autosports | 1:12.0682 |
| 20. | Greg Ritter / Ricky Taylor | |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:12.1432 |
| 21. | Jason Bright / Stephane Sarrazin | |
Brad Jones Racing | 1:12.1475 |
| 22. | Greg Murphy / Justin Wilson | |
Kelly Racing | 1:12.2718 |
| 23. | Karl Reindler / Franck Montagny | |
Kelly Racing | 1:12.2786 |
| 24. | Garth Tander / Ryan Briscoe | |
Holden Racing Team | 1:12.3608 |
| 25. | Tim Blanchard / Marco Andretti | |
Kelly Racing | 1:12.4528 |
| 26. | Taz Douglas / Mike Conway | |
Dumbrell Motorsport | 1:12.7148 |
| 27. | Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli | |
Dick Johnson Racing | 1:12.7304 |
| 28. | David Wall / Jamie Campbell-Walter | |
Brad Jones Racing | 1:12.8859 |
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