By Matthew Agius.

St🅷one Brothers Racing has engaged itself in an intensive and critical test session ahead of the sixth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Champ♚ionship Series at Queensland Raceway.

The Bigpond 400 is the home event for the reigning champions, however a poor start to the championship - one that has seen both Stone Brothers Racing Falcons struggle🀅 to crack the top ten in qualifying - has seemingly increased the Yatala squad's chances of winning this weekend.

Both d🃏efending champion Russell Ingall and his new teammate James Courtney completed over one-hundred laps of testing at the Willowbank circuit, with the team's endurance drivers also contributing to the team's workday. Team leader Russell Ingall was pleased with how well the session went, especially with the information shared between teammate Courtney and him.

"Yesterday was a very successful day. We tested for about 10 hours and 🐽got through a lot between the two cars," said Ingall.

ꦰ"Both cars tried some different set ups and we had gains on both so combining this we should have a really strong package for Queensland Racew🌱ay.

"James did a great job yesterday. It's great to have a team mate that likes a similar feel to the ꦬcar as me. The feedback from him is then relative and it works really well for both of us. We are confident that we have come out of the test with a really good package."

Courtney ech♋oed his associates thoughts and is looking to driving on a circuit he has e✤xperience on.

"W🍃e had a great days running yesterday. We gathered a lot of interesting information, backing up the changes that we made. It was definitely a big step forward," said Courtney.

"Russell and I ran different programs and both found time. It's a real benefit having a team mate that has a similar driving style. It mean💖s that you can effectively do double the testing.

"I'm really looking forward to the next round, being our home race.ꦯ We are sitting in a really strong position."