V8 Supercars Phillip Island 400 2014: Saturday qualifying, Race 33 and 34 blog, photo, video Jamie Whincup sealed his place as a V8 immortal by becoming the greatest ever championship driver when he claimed a record breaking sixth title with an emphatic win at Phillip Island. Jamie Whincup has clinched his sixth V8 Supercars championship. JAMIE Whincup has clinched a record-breaking sixth V8 Supercars championship with a dominant race victory at the Phillip Island 400. Here was the schedule for today (All times AEDT): 11:50am - Qualifying for Race 33 (10 min) 12:10pm - Qualifying for Race 34 (10 min) 2:30pm - Race 33 (23 laps) 4:35pm - Race 34 (23 laps) RACE 34 TO all aspiring race car drivers out there, grab a pad and pen, rewatch Race 34 and take plenty of notes. That is how you drive to win a championship. Jamie Whincup did exactly as he promised after the Gold Coast, steamrolling the V8 Supercars field in a display of total domination to win the second race of the Phillip Island 400 weekend and clinch a record-breaking sixth V8 Supercars Championship. After passing a fast-starting Mark Winterbottom on Lap 5, Whincup put his head down and reeled off a set of demoralising laps that carried him away from the chasing pack. At the end of 23 "qualifying laps," as Winterbottom would later describe the race, Whincup had set the fastest lap of the race, the second fastest, the third fastest, and a few more besides. He crossed the line 3.5 seconds ahead of Red Bull Racing teammate Craig Lowndes, with Winterbottom rounding out the podium in third. "She's all a bit emotional down here," Whincup told 7 after the race. Just proud of the collective group. There's probably 95 percent of the group here that's been involved in the whole six championships. At just 31 years of age, Jamie Whincup is on the verge of becoming the most successful driver in V8 Supercars history, but he is trying his best not to think about it. They gave me another rocket today, bit of a fairytale really to win the race to win the championship. The championship will be officially confirmed after the final race of the season at the Sydney NRMA 500 - given the admittedly slim chance of Whincup earning a points penalty that would allow Winterbottom back within points range. Not that Whincup intends on backing off in the slightest. "There's plenty of pride on the line from here to the end," he said. We'll keep our head down and make sure we finish off the year as well as we possibly can. But that trophy's going to be pretty sweet come the end of the year. Garth Tander completed a solid day with another fourth place, ahead of a resurgent Todd Kelly who scored his best race finish since 2011 with a fifth place. Scott McLaughlin did his best to try and deprive the Nissan driver but couldn't quite find a way past the Altima and had to settle for sixth, ahead of Nissan teammates Michael Caruso and Rick Kelly, with Chaz Mostert and Nick Percat rounding out the top 10. The V8s are next on track at 1:05pm AEDT on Sunday for a 20-minute qualifying session ahead of the 45-lap Race 35 of the V8 Supercars Championship. RESULTS - V8 Supercars Race 34, Phillip Island 400 (23 laps) 1. (1) Jamie Whincup (Holden) 23 laps 2. (888) Craig Lowndes (Holden) 3.5940s 3. (5) Mark Winterbottom (Ford) 6.3745s 4. (2) Garth Tander (Holden) 7.3985s 5. (7) Todd Kelly (Nissan) 13.1304s 6. (33) Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) 13.5720s 7. (36) Michael Caruso (Nissan) 13.9109s 8. (15) Rick Kelly (Nissan) 14.6205s 9. (6) Chaz Mostert (Ford) 15.2465s 10. (222) Nick Percat (Holden) 18.5576s 11. (360) James Moffat (Nissan) 19.0879s 12. (55) David Reynolds (Ford) 21.8878s 13. (22) James Courtney (Holden) 22.8468s 14. (9) Will Davison (Erebus) 24.7744s 15. (16) Scott Pye (Ford) 27.0310s 16. (14) Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 27.4185s 17. (8) Jason Bright (Holden) 31.7783s 18. (97) Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) 33.8109s 19. (23) Russell Ingall (Holden) 34.0734s 20. (17) David Wall (Ford) 34.4770s 21. (4) Lee Holdsworth (Erebus) 35.9751s 22. (21) Dale Wood (Holden) 40.5397s 23. (34) Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) 43.1471s 24. (18) Jack Perkins (Ford) 46.2438s 25. (47) Tim Slade (Holden) 18 laps Jamie Whincup has one hand on a record sixth V8 Supercars Championship after finishing third in the opening race at Phillip Island to extend his lead to 450 points. RACE 33 SCOTT McLaughlin has taken his fourth win of the season in Race 33 at the Phillip Island 400, as Jamie Whincup continued his march towards a record sixth V8 Supercars championship. McLaughlin led from lights to flag but had to withstand sustained pressure from Craig Lowndes, the Volvo driver crossing the line just 0.3763 of a second ahead of the V8 veteran. Whincup finished right on their tails in third, while the 23-lap affair was a disaster for the two men still in mathematical contention for the championship. Mark Winterbottom slipped off the track in the early laps while trying to pass Whincup. Although he only fell to seventh, the excursion filled his radiator intake with grass which caused the engine's water temperature to rise, forcing the Pepsi Max FPR crew to bring him into the pits to clear it out. He would finish a distant 24th. Finishing behind him in 25th and last place was Shane van Gisbergen, after an eventful race with an ill-handling car. He charged forward in the early laps from 24th on the grid, but fell back as repeated sideways moments took their toll on his tyres. After getting away with a bump that spun James Moffat around mid-race at Siberia, a second incident in the same spot with Dale Wood saw van Gisbergen cop a drivethrough penalty. The results see Winterbottom trailing Whincup by 450 points heading into Race 34, with van Gisbergen now out of contention at 527 points in arrears. If Whincup can simply finish ahead of Winterbottom in the final race of the day, he will clinch a record sixth V8 Supercars championship. More to follow. RESULTS - V8 Supercars Race 33, Phillip Island 400 (23 laps) 1. (33) Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) 23 laps 2. (888) Craig Lowndes (Holden) +0.3763s 3. (1) Jamie Whincup (Holden) +0.9243s 4. (2) Garth Tander (Holden) +1.4138s 5. (36) Michael Caruso (Nissan) +5.0895s 6. (8) Jason Bright (Holden) +11.9147s 7. (55) David Reynolds (Ford) +12.3529s 8. (7) Todd Kelly (Nissan) +14.2887s 9. (16) Scott Pye (Ford) +14.5027s 10. (15) Rick Kelly (Nissan) +15.1380s 11. (222) Nick Percat (Holden) +18.7339s 12. (9) Will Davison (Erebus) +19.1465s 13. (47) Tim Slade (Holden) +20.0331s 14. (22) James Courtney (Holden) +22.3085s 15. (6) Chaz Mostert (Ford) +22.6531s 16. (14) Fabian Coulthard (Holden) +29.5685s 17. (18) Jack Perkins (Ford) +31.2085s 18. (17) David Wall (Ford) +31.3790s 19. (360) James Moffat (Nissan) +31.4953s 20. (4) Lee Holdsworth (Erebus) +33.4189s 21. (23) Russell Ingall (Holden) +35.0125s 22. (34) Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) +49.5207s 23. (21) Dale Wood (Holden) +52.4514s 24. (5) Mark Winterbottom (Ford) +54.2818s 25. (97) Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) +1m28.3672s Originally published as Whincup clinches record sixth V8 title