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Davidson consistant at Queensland

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Jim Beam Racing’s Will Davison has put in yet another consistent performance at Round Seven of the V8 Supercar Championship while team mate Steve Johnson again suffered a luckless weekend after qualifying inside the top ten.
The ever consistent Davison finished inside the top six in all three races at Queensland Raceway.

Giving him fifth spot overall for the round in a performance that has come to be expected of the young gun since his breakthrough win at Eastern Creek earlier this season.

Davison continues to impress, taking home another big haul of points as he solidifies his position in the top ten of the Championship with top five performances becoming the norm.

Coming into the round in eighth position on the V8 Supercar Championship points table, Davison closed the points gap on Craig Lowndes and still occupies eighth place as he looks ahead to another solid round at Winton in two weeks time.

“Obviously a podium would have been nice at our home track, but I have again scored a good amount of points and we continue to learn more about the new control tyre,” said Davison.

“We set out to make sure we qualified well and to finish top five for the weekend is a very solid performance and a credit to the team as we still have some issues with improving tyre life,” said Davison.

Having qualified in the top ten, Johnson was turned around by Paul Morris in the opening race of the weekend, costing him five positions and leaving him to play catch up for the remainder of the weekend.

Johnson fought on to finish 15th in the final race, a solid performance having struggled with brake issues and rear grip.

“It’s disappointing to qualify top ten and then not go on with it, but some things are out of your control, it’s a case of what might have been with a bit more luck on my side,” said Johnson.

“The car was the best it’s been all weekend in that final race, but then we had an issue with the brakes; there were some corners where the car really struggled so I was happy to be able hold on,” he said.