The 2015 Ubet Perth Super Sprint was a motor race for V8 Supercars held from 1–3 May 2015. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, Western Australia, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of and one endurance race over a distance of . It was the third round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.

On Saturday, Prodrive Racing Australia's Chaz Mostert scored his first V8 Supercar pole position for Race 7, while teammate Mark Winterbottom scored pole position for Race 8. Winterbottom took the lead from Mostert at the start of Race 7 and did not look back, taking the first championship win for the Ford FG X Falcon in V8 Supercars. Jamie Whincup could only manage to finish 15th after starting 21st on the grid. Winterbottom also won Race 8 from starting on pole, ahead of Whincup and Fabian Coulthard.

Mostert scored another pole position for Race 9 on Sunday, with Winterbottom starting alongside, completing a weekend front-row lockout for Prodrive Racing Australia. With Craig Lowndes looking towards his 100th career race win, it was looking certain after compulsory pit stops were completed. With 10 laps remaining, Erebus Motorsport's Will Davison was quick to catch up to Lowndes and managed to pass him with 5 laps remaining. Davison took the race win – his first since the 2013 Sucrogen Townsville 400 and his first in a Mercedes-Benz. Lowndes held on to second place, while Coulthard scored another podium finish.

Results

Race 7 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Points 1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 24:36.1409 2 75 2 6 Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 +0.6 s 1 69 3 888 Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 +2.9 s 3 64 4 97 Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 25 +8.8 s 5 60 5 8 Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 +9.2 s 8 55 6 55 David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 25 +10.1 s 7 51 7 9 Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 +13.0 s 9 48 8 14 Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 +16.3 s 14 45 9 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +18.0 s 11 42 10 22 James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 +18.5 s 6 39 11 33 Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 25 +18.9 s 13 36 12 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +24.3 s 12 34 13 99 James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +25.0 s 17 33 14 18 Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 25 +25.2 s 15 31 15 1 Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 +25.6 s 21 30 16 300 Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 25 +26.6 s 10 28 17 4 Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 +27.5 s 16 27 18 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +27.9 s 20 25 19 222 Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 +28.2 s 24 24 20 3 Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 +29.1 s 23 22 21 111 Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 25 +29.6 s 18 21 22 17 Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 25 +30.5 s 22 19 23 34 David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 25 +31.2 s 25 18 24 21 Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 25 +31.6 s 19 16 DNF 2 Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 7 4

Race 8 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Points 1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 24:34.8717 1 75 2 1 Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 +2.9 s 2 69 3 14 Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 +3.3 s 3 64 4 6 Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 +3.7 s 5 60 5 888 Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 +4.7 s 4 55 6 22 James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 +4.9 s 6 51 7 55 David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 25 +7.3 s 7 48 8 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +11.4 s 9 45 9 9 Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 +11.7 s 8 42 10 300 Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 25 +12.4 s 10 39 11 2 Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 +12.7 s 11 36 12 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +15.2 s 13 34 13 8 Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 +15.9 s 14 33 14 18 Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 25 +17.2 s 16 31 15 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +17.6 s 17 30 16 111 Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 25 +17.9 s 15 28 17 222 Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 +21.5 s 20 27 18 4 Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 +25.2 s 25 25 19 21 Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 25 +27.3 s 21 24 20 99 James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 +29.2 s 22 22 21 17 Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 25 +31.8 s 19 21 22 34 David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 25 +32.1 s 23 19 23 3 Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 +45.8 s 24 18 24 97 Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 25 +59.6 s 18 16 DNF 33 Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 11 12

Race 9 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Points 1 9 Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 83 1:25:26.7266 7 150 2 888 Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 83 +5.6 s 6 138 3 14 Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 83 +7.4 s 24 129 4 6 Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 83 +12.1 s 1 120 5 22 James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 83 +14.8 s 11 111 6 2 Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 83 +16.7 s 3 102 7 99 James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 83 +20.2 s 10 96 8 222 Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 83 +24.5 s 14 90 9 55 David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 83 +24.8 s 5 84 10 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 83 +25.1 s 20 78 11 21 Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 83 +28.6 s 22 72 12 3 Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 83 +30.3 s 21 69 13 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 83 +31.1 s 18 66 14 97 Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 83 +34.9 s 9 63 15 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 83 +35.5 s 2 60 16 8 Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 83 +35.9 s 19 57 17 18 Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 83 +36.3 s 25 54 18 33 Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 83 +40.9 s 13 51 19 1 Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 82 +1 lap 4 48 20 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 82 +1 lap 12 45 21 34 David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 82 +1 lap 23 42 22 4 Ashley Walsh Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 77 +6 laps 16 39 23 300 Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 69 +14 laps 8 36 DNF 111 Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 78 15 DNF 17 Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 78 17

Championship standings After Race 9 of 36

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Craig Lowndes 717 2 James Courtney 665 3 Mark Winterbottom 643 4 Fabian Coulthard 641 5 Jamie Whincup 630

Teams' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1347 2 Holden Racing Team 1260 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 1188 4 Brad Jones Racing 1070 5 Nissan Motorsport (7/15) 825

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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