Fabian Coulthard and his Shell V-Power Bike racing team-mate Scott McLaughlin drove to a straightforward win an incident stuffed finale to the Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint.
The Spend Fords were gifted this front-running when, for the second day in sequence, Chaz Mostert made an unforced blunder that saw your ex slide out of the cause. Starting third, Mostert improved to the front if short-filled at the first circular of stops after an impressive middle stint continued in the contribute when the second petrol loads were consumed. He fell strong of a slippery Switch 6 on panel 58, however, allowing for Coulthard to hand the Spend team its to begin with championship race secure since Roger Penske’s takeover from the squad. It was an ideal response from Coulthard after being dealt some sort of 35-point penalty just time before the start of the competition following an investigation towards yesterday’s carnage.
A series of Safety Cars ensured the actual race reached the time is right cut-off eight laps lacking its scheduled Eighty-four, with just three laps from the final resume to the chequered flag. Jamie Whincup trailed the particular Shell Fords home in third ahead of Simon Lowndes, David Reynolds, Cameron Waters, Chaz Mostert, Phil Slade and Shane suv Gisbergen.
Van Gisbergen had to recover from the 15 second precious time penalty served in his second pitstop right after an early clash utilizing Todd Kelly. The penalty saw the Kiwi lower to the tail of your lead lap, making the remainder of the day your salvage mission regarding championship points. Both rounds of pitstops was held under Safety Motor vehicle
