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McLaughlin wins Race 29, Whincup gives van Gisbergen second place

Daniel Herrero
Daniel Herrero
4 Nov 2018
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4 Nov 2018
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McLaughlin wins Race 29, Whincup gives van Gisbergen second place

Scott McLaughlin

Scott McLaughlin has won Race 29 of the Supercars Championship at Pukekohe as Jamie Whincup handed over second position to team-mate Shane van Gisbergen on the final lap.

McLaughlin and Whincup ran virtually nose-to-tail for the final four laps until Triple Eight called off the chase as they ran down the back straight on Lap 70, effectively giving van Gisbergen another nine points towards his tally.

The outcome reverses out the effect of the results of 24 hours earlier, meaning that McLaughlin will take a 14-point lead to Newcastle in just under three weeks from now.

McLaughlin had taken the lead from Whincup in the second pit stop cycle while an earlier pit stop mistake from van Gisbergen’s crew left him a few positions behind, before the 2016 champion drove back up to a position in which he could inherit the runner-up spot.

“I’ve got to choose my words wisely because I’m going to swear probably; I’ll pull it in,” said an exhilarated McLaughlin, who also won the Jason Richards Trophy, shortly after stepped out of his car.

“Unreal; immense pressure from Jamie, well done to him.

“All these fans, to win in front of my home crowd … I haven’t won here since 2013. Thank you, means so much. Any win at home in New Zealand is a great win (and) this one is the best.

“(I’m) So proud of the team, the guys, they stood behind me no matter what.

“Mum and Dad are here, Nanna is here; she’ll be pumped with that, she hasn’t seen me win here in a while.

“I’ve got to go see these boys,” he added, referring to his waiting crew, before quipping, “but I’ve left Shane enough room to park…”

Van Gisbergen lamented not only the mistake in the pits, but a set-up change to his car.

“We just tweaked it the wrong way,” he admitted.

“That was a shame and just didn’t get it right myself. The JR Trophy, that’s a huge privilege so congrats to Scotty and his team… can’t think of a better guy to win it.

“Tough day for us, I enjoyed my weekend, and I’ll come back in a couple of weeks and have another go.

“This weekend has been amazing for our sport, two Kiwis and I’m proud to be a part of it.”

Whincup had walked away well from Armor All Pole Position as McLaughlin wasted no time in moving across from the outside of the front row to cover van Gisbergen, who started third.

The #1 Red Bull HRT ZB Commodore led by just under a second by the time Whincup pitted at the end of Lap 5, leaving McLaughlin’s #17 Shell V-Power FGX Falcon in the lead of the motor race and van Gisbergen around two seconds behind.

McLaughlin soon closed in on those who had already pitted and lost almost a second’s margin in the space of a four-lap period before he was called into the lane on Lap 13.

Van Gisbergen waited another two laps and his pit stop was costly, as Car #97 was dropped with a jack stand still underneath it after a tweak to the rear end of the ZB Commodore.

He got back into the fast lane just ahead of the other DJR Team Penske Ford of Fabian Coulthard (#12 FGX Falcon), who pitted at the same time, and was eighth once the first pit cycle had been completed after Lap 19.

The Saturday race winner, who took on around 63 litres of the 120-litre fuel mandate, then made light work of James Courtney (#25 Boost Mobile ZB Commodore) and Mark Winterbottom (#5 The Bottle-O FGX Falcon) in the next few laps.

Whincup, meanwhile, was around 4.4s clear of McLaughlin at the head of the field, but had reportedly taken on around 37 litres of fuel versus #17’s 46 litres in their respective first pit stops.

The Kiwi managed to get that deficit to about 3.8s before it crept back up to a neat four when Whincup took his second pit stop at the end of 34.

Importantly, McLaughlin swept around the outside of Car #1 as Whincup re-entered the circuit, in 12th position but the first of those who were fuelled to the end.

McLaughlin pitted at the end of Lap 38 and got out just ahead of Whincup but faced a huge task to stay there.

He barely hung on through the Turn 2/Turn 3/Turn 4 complex on cold tyres, then ran wide at Turn 5 when he pinched a brake, but mid-tracked Car #17 into the Hairpin to finally stave Whincup off.

Van Gisbergen pitted from the lead with 23 of 70 laps remaining and rejoined in fifth, nominally and effectively, 12 seconds from the lead which was by then held by McLaughlin.

Craig Lowndes (#888 National Storage ZB Commodore) was fourth at that stage and granted his team-mate easy passage down the inside at the Hairpin on Lap 56.

Van Gisbergen wasted no time hunting down third-placed David Reynolds (#9 Penrite ZB Commodore) and made a committed pass at the same corner on Lap 60, despite some resistance from the Erebus driver.

While all that was going on, McLaughlin got around 1.5s clear before Whincup started to reel him back in, slightly older tyres notwithstanding.

McLaughlin appeared to try and respond but they were nearly nose-to-tail on Lap 67, at which time Whincup had half a look at the Hairpin.

He tried again two laps later but wasn’t close enough to get a nose down the inside, and once McLaughlin got off Turn 4 on the final lap, that was that.

Van Gisbergen had been over 10 seconds behind the top two but duly strolled past, while Lowndes made for a Triple Eight two-three-four, ahead of Reynolds.

“Full congratulations to Car 17, Scotty drove awesome, and teamwork as well… they were lightning in the stops,” said Whincup.

“I thought we had him, four seconds up the road and we had one second less of fuel, but they jumped us in the second stops.

“Happy to have a double podium today.”

Chaz Mostert (#55 Supercheap Auto FGX Falcon) finished sixth, from Coulthard, Andre Heimgartner (#7 Plus Fitness Nissan Altima), Winterbottom, and Nick Percat.

The latter had the save of the day when Cameron Waters (#6 Monster Energy FGX Falcon) got stuck into the rear corner of the #8 Coregas ZB Commodore going through the Turn 11 sweep on Lap 42.

Percat caught a huge slide for the loss of only two positions, as Waters and Garth Tander (#33 Wilson Security GRM ZB Commodore) got by, the latter of whom he re-passed within half a lap.

Heimgartner, meanwhile, faces a post-race investigation for contact which saw Anton De Pasquale (#99 Erebus ZB Commodore) spin at the Hairpin on Lap 1.

The 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship will be decided at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500 on November 23-25.

Results: Race 29, ITM Auckland SuperSprint

PosNumTeam/SponsorDriverCarLapsRace time
117Shell V-Power Racing TeamScott McLaughlinFord Falcon FG/X701:17:05.3846
297Red Bull Holden Racing TeamShane van GisbergenHolden Commodore ZB701:17:17.4500
31Red Bull Holden Racing TeamJamie WhincupHolden Commodore ZB701:17:17.8400
4888Autobarn Lowndes RacingCraig LowndesHolden Commodore ZB701:17:18.8814
59Erebus Penrite RacingDavid ReynoldsHolden Commodore ZB701:17:21.7034
655Supercheap Auto RacingChaz MostertFord Falcon FG/X701:17:25.3393
712Shell V-Power Racing TeamFabian CoulthardFord Falcon FG/X701:17:25.8450
87Plus Fitness RacingAndre HeimgartnerNissan Altima701:17:38.6722
95The Bottle-O Racing TeamMark WinterbottomFord Falcon FG/X701:17:39.3091
108COREGAS NZ RACINGNick PercatHolden Commodore ZB701:17:41.9435
1114COREGAS NZ RACINGTim SladeHolden Commodore ZB701:17:44.6621
126Monster Energy RacingCameron WatersFord Falcon FG/X701:17:53.5464
1333Wilson Security Racing GRMGarth TanderHolden Commodore ZB701:17:54.3469
1418Preston Hire RacingLee HoldsworthHolden Commodore ZB701:17:54.8175
152Mobil 1 Boost Mobile RacingScott PyeHolden Commodore ZB701:17:56.3975
1625Mobil 1 Boost Mobile RacingJames CourtneyHolden Commodore ZB701:17:58.0991
1723Drive RacingMichael CarusoNissan Altima701:17:58.6567
1878Team Harvey NormanSimona de SilvestroNissan Altima701:18:02.0390
19230Milwaukee RacingWill DavisonFord Falcon FG/X701:18:02.6742
2056RABBLE.club RacingRichie StanawayFord Falcon FG/X701:18:05.2620
2134Wilson Security Racing GRMJames GoldingHolden Commodore ZB701:18:05.6657
2215Castrol RacingRick KellyNissan Altima691:17:12.7040
2319Tekno AutosportsJack Le BrocqHolden Commodore ZB691:17:13.1077
2499Erebus Thermosphere RacingAnton De PasqualeHolden Commodore ZB691:17:13.6776
2535Bigmate RacingTodd HazelwoodHolden Commodore VF2691:17:32.1102
2621Team CoolDriveTim BlanchardHolden Commodore ZB601:17:14.9618

Drivers’ championship

PosDriverPts
1Scott McLaughlin3656
2Shane van Gisbergen3642
3Jamie Whincup3175
4Craig Lowndes3117
5David Reynolds2918
6Chaz Mostert2669
7Fabian Coulthard2450
8Scott Pye2410
9Rick Kelly2377
10Nick Percat2221
11Tim Slade2138
12Mark Winterbottom2024
13Garth Tander2010
14James Courtney1866
15Will Davison1825
16Cameron Waters1747
17Michael Caruso1657
18Andre Heimgartner1583
19Jack Le Brocq1574
20Anton De Pasquale1395
21James Golding1343
22Lee Holdsworth1290
23Tim Blanchard1238
24Simona de Silvestro1212
25Richie Stanaway1124
26Todd Hazelwood1093
27Steven Richards696
28Alexandre Premat609
29Earl Bamber576
30James Moffat546
31Warren Luff546
32Paul Dumbrell519
33Macauley Jones495
34Luke Youlden474
35Chris Pither456
36Tony D’Alberto432
37Garry Jacobson363
38Dean Canto342
39Richard Muscat315
40Alex Davison309
41David Russell294
42Aaren Russell288
43Ashley Walsh270
44Jonathon Webb255
45Dale Wood252
46Jack Perkins243
47Bryce Fullwood219
48Jason Bright216
49William Brown204
50Alex Rullo177
51Steve Owen168
52Dean Fiore96
53Kurt Kostecki90

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