Shane van Gisbergen defeated Jamie Whincup in the entertaining late-race battle in the Winton SuperSprint as Red Bull turned the furniture on rivals Layer V-Power Racing. Van Gisbergen tips from a late mistake from Whincup to score his maiden win with Winton and record the primary win for a Crimson Bull-backed Holden at the Victorian venue. The sort of the Shell V-Power Fords designed Red Bull we had not won since Contest 3 of the season for Symmons Plains.
“It’s been tricky but we’re on our way back plus feeling really good,Half inch said Van Gisbergen post-race.
Whincup’s oversight, which came after a restart with just Thirteen of the 67 laps remaining, left any six-time champion marginally in need of his first earn for the season.
“I’m rapt for your team but I does everything I could to be able to win that ethnic background and it didn’t happen,” he said.
“I think there was a bit of debris down from many back markers, however , I’m a bit pissed off with myself.”
Fabian Coulthard held on to his championship contribute with a solid rush to third while team-mate Scott McLaughlin turned out unable to repeat the Saturday heroics in fifth. Whincup had showed the manner in which off the start, pouncing from the outside of the front-row to get over pole-sitter McLaughlin to the first spot. McLaughlin was soon beneath fire from all those behind, dropping guiding Van Gisbergen, Cameron Waters and Coulthard on the second clapboard.
The Shell team replied by pulling McLaughlin looking for the first of his particular two stops on lap three C a move Red Bull reacted to by unsightly pitting Whincup shortly afterwards that will retain track location.
Van Gisbergen, Waters and Coulthard jogged longer first stints, together with the trio subsequently pitting and rejoining behind Whincup and McLaughlin. Unable to stay with Whincup, McLaughlin manufactured the unusual proceed of signalling Van Gisbergen as a result of on lap 26, conceding second place. McLaughlin rough for the second precious time on lap Thirty-two and again noticed Whincup immediately cover, ugly pitting one lap afterwards and retaining a comfortable advantage.
Van Gisbergen was in the very next lap and rejoined partially ahead of Whincup, but with cold tyres, was can not defend from his particular team-mate on the run to turn some. With 21 temps to go a struggling McLaughlin conceded third in order to team-mate Coulthard, who was the last to pit during together cycles and therefore had fresher tyres during the closing stages.
The be the flag was initially interrupted by a the later part of Safety Car, known as to recover Michael Caruso’s Nissan after a clash together with wildcard runner Shae Davies at the very last corner. Restarting with 13 laps to be, Whincup was immediately being forced, running wide with Turn 12 to give Van Gisbergen the lead.
Coulthard also briefly snuck through however was again demoted to third when an attempt with the lead three four corners later allowed Whincup again through. Waters got McLaughlin for fourth as soon as the restart, while Winterbottom appeared to be baulked by a lapped Alex Rullo and slipped from sixth to help 11th.
Those to benefit were Garth Tander, David Reynolds, Chaz Mostert, Will Davison together with Lee Holdsworth, who brimming sixth through 10. Winterbottom fell a further two places in the cost the flag, by using Brad Jones Racing team-mates Tim Slade and Reality tv Percat pouncing to leave the 2017 winner 13th.
Craig Lowndes made surface from his 26th place grid video slot to finish on the tail of 14th installed Rick Kelly, who was the lead Nissan with a tough day with the Altimas.
