10 Feb 2011 - 12 Feb 2011

Abu Dhabi

Battling Jason Bright was the "best race" of his V8 life according to defending champion James Courtney who just beat the Team BOC driver to the line in Abu Dhabi.

Battling Jason Bright was the "best race" of his V8 life according to defending champion James Courtney who just beat the Team BOC driver to the line in Abu Dhabi.

The chaotic race, which was interrupted twice by the safety car, eventually came down to a thrilling battle between the pair over the closing laps. Brighty snatched the lead several times but had no tyre life after a string of sensational passes on the way up from 7th on the grid.

Team-mate Jason Bargwanna got turned around for the third time this weekend but showed the car's potential by setting the fastest lap of the race and eventually finishing 12th.

To see video of Brighty's battle click here (Youtube link).

Team BOC will be back in action at the Clipsal 500 from March 17-20.

Jason Bright - Team BOC #08
"In today's race the car was magic and I'm sure we can go after a championship this year.

You definitely use your tyres passing cars and firing it down the inside of people under brakes! I thought we'd be able to pull away from Courtney once we were past but we never got the chance to take our own racing line because we were side-by-side the whole time. It was something I really enjoyed. The racing was awesome, I don't think we touched once."

Jason Bargwanna - Team BOC #14
"The thing this race proved to us is that, even though things didn't go our way, we've definitely got the race pace and we can turn that into results sooner rather than later.

I got turned around three times this weekend. Take that out of the equation and we could definitely be in the top ten in the points.

I'm very excited to be with this team. It's great to get a result like that in the first round and, with a bit of luck, we should be able to spray some champagne ourselves."

Yas V8 400 - 2011 V8 Supercar Championship - Race 1 & 2
YAS MARINA CIRCUIT, UAE

Qualifying Race 2

01 Jamie Whincup, 888, 1:56.4290
02 Craig Lowndes, 888, +0.2890
03 Mark WInterbottom, FPR, +0.3420
04 Steven Johnson, DJR, +0.5370
05 James Courtney, HRT, +0.5590
06 Lee Holdsworth, GRM, +0.6200
07 Jason Bright, Team BOC, +0.6210
08 Alex Davison, SBR, +0.6230
09 Michael Caruso, GRM, +0.6670
10 Tim Slade, JRR, +0.6870
25 Jason Bargwanna, Team BOC, +1.7460

Race 2

01 James Courtney, HRT
02 Jason Bright, Team BOC
03 Jamie Whincup, 888
04 David Reynolds, Perkins Engineering
05 Michael Caruso, GRM
06 Jonathon Webb, SJW
07 Alex Davison, SBR
08 Shane Van Gisbergen, SBR
09 Greg Murphy, Perkins Engineering
10 Paul Dumbrell, RNR
11 Karl Reindler, Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing
12 Jason Bargwanna, Team BOC