# 2010 ITM Hamilton 400

The 2010 ITM Hamilton 400 was the fourth event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the third running of the Hamilton 400. It was held on the weekend of 16–18 April on the inner city streets of Hamilton, in New Zealand.

## Report
### Race 7

An even start saw pole sitter Jamie Whincup take the lead from Garth Tander at the first corner ahead of Michael Caruso, Craig Lowndes, Tony D'Alberto as Holdens dominated the start. Steven Johnson was the first Ford ahead of Rick Kelly, Fabian Coulthard, James Courtney and Mark Winterbottom. Yellows were waved on the opening lap after Shane van Gisbergen hit the wall over the back section of the circuit with both Russell Ingall and Dean Fiore striking glancing blows on the now limping Ford with Todd Kelly and Jason Bargwanna ending up spun backwards to the field in the ensuing chaos.
Tander forced his way into the lead in the early running, but once in front could not get away from Whincup. Light rain began in the opening laps, becoming more noticeable by about lap ten. A mechanical flag was waved at D'Alberto, ruining his best ever early race start, with flapping bodywork in the rear diffuser. Russell Ingall pitted on lap 12 with a misfire, diagnosed as a broken rocker. Cars began stopping for tyres on lap 16. Courtney the first of the leaders to pit along with Lee Holdsworth with Lowndes and Rick Kelly following on lap 17.
The round of pitstops completed saw Tander drop to third behind Whincup and Courtney. Daniel Gaunt hit the wall on lap 26 with Steven Richards pitting the following lap with mechanical issues. Both continued. After the second round of stops Tander settled back into second ahead of Courtney. Safety car was called for when Tim Slade stopped with his Ford unable to restart.
At the restart on lap 49 Whincup led from Tander, Courtney, Lowndes, Caruso, Steven Johnson, Mark Winterbottom, Rick Kelly and Paul Dumbrell. Fabian Coulthard turned Todd Kelly into a spin and Jonathon Webb also punting Greg Murphy into a spin. Alex Davison came to a halt with his portion of track blocked. All continued. Coulthard received a drive-through penalty. Top four pulled steadily away. Will Davison retired with an engine misfire after having climbed to the edge of the top ten after his qualifying accident left him buried in the grid.
Whincup pulled clear to claim his fifth race win of the year ahead of Tander, Courtney in the first Ford, Lowndes, Caruso, Johnson, Winterbottom, Rick Kelly, Dumbrell and Lee Holdsworth.

### Race 8

Qualifying was marred by a heavy collision with a wall by Andrew Thompson, his second consecutive street circuit crash after damaging his car sufficiently at the 2010 Clipsal 500 to miss the entire meeting. The Walkinshaw Racing team assessed the damage as to extensive to repair for the race. Garth Tander secured pole position after a last minute effort by Race 7 polesitter Jamie Whincup fell afoul traffic. Behind Whincup was Michael Caruso in a strong performance in the Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore with Rick Kelly and Craig Lowndes completing a clean sweep of the top five for Holden. First Fords were the Dick Johnson Racing pair of James Courtney and Steven Johnson in sixth and seventh with Will Davison, Rick Kelly and Mark Winterbottom completing the top ten positions. In a disappointing session for the strong New Zealand contingent Shane van Gisbergen represented their best in twelfth.

## Results

Results as follows:

### Qualifying Race 7

Qualifying timesheets:
| Pos | No | Name | Car | Team | Shootout | Qualifying |
| Pole | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:23.2690 | 1:23.3946 |
| 2 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:23.4213 | 1:23.0653 |
| 3 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:23.5445 | 1:23.4214 |
| 5 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 1:23.6354 | 1:23.5259 |
| 6 | 24 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 1:23.6586 | 1:23.4416 |
| 7 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 1:23.6760 | 1:23.5070 |
| 8 | 3 | Tony D'Alberto | Holden VE Commodore | Tony D'Alberto Racing | 1:23.8081 | 1:23.3940 |
| 9 | 18 | James Courtney | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 1:23.9163 | 1:23.2135 |
| 10 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:23.9946 | 1:23.4899 |
| 10 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:23.5799 | 1:23.5443 |
| 11 | 19 | Jonathon Webb | Ford FG Falcon | Tekno Autosports | | 1:23.6329 |
| 12 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell | Ford FG Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | | 1:23.6862 |
| 13 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | | 1:23.7699 |
| 14 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | | 1:23.8011 |
| 15 | 8 | Jason Richards | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | | 1:23.8467 |
| 16 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | | 1:23.9119 |
| 17 | 10 | Andrew Thompson | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | | 1:23.9538 |
| 18 | 14 | Jason Bright | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | | 1:23.9739 |
| 19 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | | 1:24.0221 |
| 20 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | | 1:24.0288 |
| 21 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | | 1:24.0839 |
| 22 | 11 | Jason Bargwanna | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | | 1:24.0892 |
| 23 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Ford FG Falcon | Triple F Racing | | 1:24.1773 |
| 24 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | | 1:24.1897 |
| 25 | 47 | Tim Slade | Ford FG Falcon | James Rosenberg Racing | | 1:24.2932 |
| 26 | 4 | Alex Davison | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | | 1:24.3191 |
| 27 | 30 | Daniel Gaunt | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | | 1:24.9678 |
| 28 | 21 | Karl Reindler | Holden VE Commodore | Britek Motorsport | | 1:25.1224 |
| 29 | 16 | Tony Ricciardello | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | | 1:25.8922 |

### Race 7

Race timesheets:
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 59 | 1:30:34.7140 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 59 | +2.4s | 2 | 138 |
| 3 | 18 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 59 | +3.9s | 9 | 129 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 59 | +5.7s | 4 | 120 |
| 5 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 59 | +10.2s | 3 | 111 |
| 6 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 59 | +12.4s | 5 | 102 |
| 7 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 59 | +14.8s | 10 | 96 |
| 8 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Kelly Racing | 59 | +16.0s | 7 | 90 |
| 9 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell | Rod Nash Racing | 59 | +16.6s | 12 | 84 |
| 10 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 59 | +16.9s | 14 | 78 |
| 11 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 59 | +21.8s | 15 | 72 |
| 12 | 3 | Tony D'Alberto | Tony D'Alberto Racing | 59 | +22.8s | 8 | 69 |
| 13 | 19 | Jonathon Webb | Tekno Autosports | 59 | +23.4s | 11 | 66 |
| 14 | 10 | Andrew Thompson | Walkinshaw Racing | 59 | +24.8s | 17 | 63 |
| 15 | 11 | Jason Bargwanna | Kelly Racing | 59 | +28.3s | 22 | 60 |
| 16 | 21 | Karl Reindler | Britek Motorsport | 59 | +32.2s | 28 | 57 |
| 17 | 4 | Alex Davison | Stone Brothers Racing | 59 | +34.8s | 26 | 54 |
| 18 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Paul Morris Motorsport | 59 | +35.0s | 13 | 51 |
| 19 | 30 | Daniel Gaunt | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 59 | +44.0s | 27 | 48 |
| 20 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Kelly Racing | 59 | +44.5s | 19 | 45 |
| 21 | 14 | Jason Bright | Brad Jones Racing | 59 | +56.8s | 18 | 42 |
| 22 | 24 | Fabian Coulthard | Walkinshaw Racing | 59 | +59.0s | 6 | 39 |
| 23 | 16 | Tony Ricciardello | Kelly Racing | 58 | + 1 lap | 29 | 36 |
| 24 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 55 | + 4 laps | 16 | 33 |
| Ret | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 54 | Engine | 24 | |
| Ret | 47 | Tim Slade | James Rosenberg Racing | 42 | | 25 | |
| Ret | 12 | Dean Fiore | Triple F Racing | 13 | | 23 | |
| Ret | 39 | Russell Ingall | Paul Morris Motorsport | 11 | Engine | 20 | |
| Ret | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 0 | Accident | 21 | |

### Qualifying Race 8

Qualifying timesheets:
| Pos | No | Name | Car | Team | Qualifying |
| Pole | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:23.0349 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:23.1043 |
| 3 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:23.1966 |
| 4 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 1:23.2514 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:23.3056 |
| 5 | 18 | James Courtney | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 1:23.3100 |
| 6 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 1:23.3937 |
| 7 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:23.4094 |
| 8 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 1:23.4097 |
| 9 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:23.4398 |
| 10 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:23.4871 |
| 11 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 1:23.5292 |
| 12 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell | Ford FG Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 1:23.5871 |
| 13 | 14 | Jason Bright | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 1:23.5887 |
| 15 | 19 | Jonathon Webb | Ford FG Falcon | Tekno Autosports | 1:23.6231 |
| 16 | 10 | Andrew Thompson | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 1:23.7785 |
| 17 | 3 | Tony D'Alberto | Holden VE Commodore | Tony D'Alberto Racing | 1:23.8399 |
| 18 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | 1:23.8624 |
| 19 | 24 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 1:23.8995 |
| 20 | 4 | Alex Davison | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 1:23.9106 |
| 21 | 47 | Tim Slade | Ford FG Falcon | James Rosenberg Racing | 1:23.9755 |
| 22 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | 1:24.0136 |
| 23 | 11 | Jason Bargwanna | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 1:24.1023 |
| 24 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Ford FG Falcon | Triple F Racing | 1:24.1339 |
| 25 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:24.2578 |
| 26 | 8 | Jason Richards | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 1:24.2783 |
| 27 | 16 | Tony Ricciardello | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 1:24.7054 |
| 28 | 21 | Karl Reindler | Holden VE Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 1:24.7431 |
| 27 | 30 | Daniel Gaunt | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 1:25.0753 |

### Race 8

Race timesheets:
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 59 | 1:27:53.1931 | 2 | 150 |
| 2 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 59 | +6.2s | 1 | 138 |
| 3 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 59 | +19.6s | 3 | 129 |
| 4 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 59 | +22.9s | 11 | 120 |
| 5 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 59 | +32.1s | 8 | 111 |
| 6 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Kelly Racing | 59 | +40.0s | 4 | 102 |
| 7 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 59 | +47.3s | 12 | 96 |
| 8 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Kelly Racing | 59 | +48.0s | 9 | 90 |
| 9 | 11 | Jason Bargwanna | Kelly Racing | 59 | +49.7s | 23 | 84 |
| 10 | 19 | Jonathon Webb | Tekno Autosports | 59 | +50.0s | 15 | 78 |
| 11 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 59 | +52.9s | 26 | 72 |
| 12 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Paul Morris Motorsport | 59 | +54.7s | 22 | 69 |
| 13 | 14 | Jason Bright | Brad Jones Racing | 59 | +1:11.1s | 14 | 66 |
| 14 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Triple F Racing | 59 | +1:12.4s | 24 | 63 |
| 15 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Paul Morris Motorsport | 59 | +1:14.8s | 18 | 60 |
| 16 | 47 | Tim Slade | James Rosenberg Racing | 58 | + 1 lap | 21 | 57 |
| 17 | 30 | Daniel Gaunt | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 58 | + 1 lap | 28 | 54 |
| 18 | 21 | Karl Reindler | Britek Motorsport | 57 | + 2 laps | 27 | 51 |
| 19 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 55 | + 4 laps | 5 | 48 |
| 20 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell | Rod Nash Racing | 52 | + 7 laps | 13 | 45 |
| 21 | 18 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 48 | + 11 laps | 6 | 42 |
| Ret | 24 | Fabian Coulthard | Walkinshaw Racing | 39 | | 19 | |
| Ret | 4 | Alex Davison | Stone Brothers Racing | 10 | | 20 | |
| Ret | 3 | Tony D'Alberto | Tony D'Alberto Racing | 9 | | 17 | |
| Ret | 16 | Tony Ricciardello | Kelly Racing | 1 | | 26 | |
| EXC | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | | Disqualified | 7 | |
| EXC | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | | Disqualified | 10 | |
| EXC | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | | Disqualified | 25 | |
| DNS | 10 | Andrew Thompson | Walkinshaw Racing | | Qualifying accident | | |

## Standings

After race 8 of 26
| Pos | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1071 |
| 2 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 867 |
| 3 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 810 |
| 4 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 771 |
| 5 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 726 |
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