V8 Supercars 2014 - Symmons Plains - Race 2 - video Dailymotion

Touring Car Classics by Tony Thompson

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00:00:00You're stuck with me, you've drawn the short straw, you've got JC, car 22, but we're here in Simmers Plains this weekend, crazy little circuit, doesn't look that exciting on paper, but trust me, it's one hell of a circuit, so let's see how we do it.

00:00:18Radio up around, the lead up onto the main straight is not even straight, you're hanging, soaring at the wheel, this little section up over the hill here, it's like a rollercoaster, using a lot of curve here, trying to get the rear of the car settled, it's like wrestling a bear in here through there, up against the wall, try and run along the wall here, to just get as much straight line speed out of the thing as you can,

00:00:46jump onto the brakes, massive stop here, whoa, lock the rear's a little, slowest corner off the track, back to first, hard on the power, all the circuit out of there, up here, put a bit of a time to relax, maybe do a bar adjustment, some boys check their hair, bit of make-up on, up into the last corner, it's a big bad stop, up into here, back to third, the car's dancing around, up into the apex, hard onto the gas out of here,

00:01:16short shift to four, and just hang onto the thing, it's a wild little luck, and let's see how we go in the car 22 over the weekend guys, cheers.

00:01:25Yeah, well done James Courtney, taking us for a hot lap, of course he finished on the podium in race four, but the big news around here, Scaifey, is that Craig Lounce has been sent to the back of the grid for the start of race five, what happened was they put some tape over a small little aperture in the driver's side window, it's a safety hole in the window, so anybody can get to it quickly and rip the thing out, it's a polycarbonate window.

00:01:50So, he's been penalised for that, do you think it's a fair penalty, let us know, v8supercars.com.au slash boat or 7sport at 85%, leaning in Lowndes' favour saying that's not a fair penalty, regardless, he will start from the back of the grid for the next 100km race, but we just went for a wild quick ride around here, because it's all over in less than a minute, and this circle, this is what we want to break down, this place, I mean, that's what it looks like when you draw it on a bit of paper, you go round, you come back, and it looks really simple, doesn't it?

00:02:19But it isn't, it is complex and it's busy.

00:02:22Well, James Courtney just said it's a crazy little lap, and that's exactly what it is, just over 50 seconds, as you said, 2.4km, let's break it down, because we'll have a look at turn one and turn two first, because check the undulation out, it's that little rise, James called it a little roller coaster, so you go in and over the hill, you've got to stop the car, it's a very fast approach, Craig Lowndes having a rotate there at the front of the field, and this is what happens if it goes wrong.

00:02:46That was Scott Pye last year, very fast, 210km an hour, got to slow it back to about 90km, and it's one of the best driver sections of the year, Matt, you've got to really do a nice job with the brake modulation to get it turn for turn two.

00:03:00So it's a tough start to this lap, from the very get-go, it's tough.

00:03:03James Courtney just mentioned, through turn three, it's like wrestling a bear, I thought that was a great description.

00:03:09Then you arrive at turn four, down to 50km an hour, do you go high side, do you go low side?

00:03:13We know it is low, low speed.

00:03:16Yes, and it's a very fast approach, so this is the controversy a couple of years ago now with Will Davison and Craig Lowndes, it almost put him out, you can see the end of the grass on the outside, and then it's plucked the left-hand front wheel off.

00:03:29The reason that's the case is it's a very fast approach, 245km, this is Dave Reynolds with wall and wall, that was David Wall on the left and the wall on the right,

00:03:39and he actually said at the time there were some style points in that that did a huge amount of damage to his car.

00:03:45And this was also a pretty graphic little version of events with Garth Tander and Jason Bright, and they've bumped and they keep bumping,

00:03:54and there's a dodge-em car effect onto the straight.

00:03:57Have a look at this.

00:03:58Run him out of road, run him out of road, run him out of road, over to the side, they've made my contact.

00:04:03And it's a very important one because it gives you the next spot, we saw it just then with Craig Lowndes and Jamie Winkup, you've got to get yourself onto that straight and through the kink to be in position to pass at turn 6, and this is the fast kink.

00:04:15We call it a straight, it's 265km an hour around the right-hander, and there's no room there.

00:04:21We've got great vision over the years of really good passing manoeuvres.

00:04:24This is on board, look at the bump there with Jamie Winkup and Mark Winnabon, bang!

00:04:29And have a look, that little contact there, as I said, it's 265km an hour.

00:04:34This was another great one last year with McLaughlin and Winterbottom, and the dive down the inside, that was a really good manoeuvre from Scott.

00:04:43But it's such a fast approach, Matt, it's 270km, and you've got to get the car stopped, you've got to get it turned nicely, and if you don't do it properly, that's what happens.

00:04:52That's on board with Jamie Winkup last year.

00:04:54He trickled off, but it's so easy to do, that was obviously where they made the contact in the race we just saw.

00:05:01And this was Van Gisbergen last year also, locked the wheel straight off the road.

00:05:06Very similar to what happened to Rick Kelly in race four today.

00:05:08In fact, Rick said you'd be hard-pressed to find a better ride at Dreamworld.

00:05:13Have a look at this one.

00:05:14This is Will Davison.

00:05:16Now, we saw Winkup do it in the race just then.

00:05:19It was right out in the weeds.

00:05:21It's, you're doing about 180km, the car's sideways, because you're already sliding, you get to the grass, you get further into the grass, you either go in that wall or that wall.

00:05:30You're almost in the corporates up the top, by the way.

00:05:32Absolutely.

00:05:32It's a really wild way to finish the lap.

00:05:35So it's a very intense, very short, but also a real, I mean, it's a very demanding little track.

00:05:40Great on high-end speed, it's good on tyres, good on grip, but it's tough on the brakes and it's full of bumps.

00:05:45It's got the lot, this one.

00:05:47Larko, let's run through a bit more about Simmons Plains.

00:05:49Yeah, good analysis, boys.

00:05:52And so let's drill down just a little bit deeper on the whiteboard.

00:05:55So you heard Scafie say intensity.

00:05:57Let's have a look at this circuit.

00:05:58You can see it there mapped out.

00:05:59Now, first of all, you'll note it's nearly an oval.

00:06:01It's literally one direction, which is quite unusual on our circuit.

00:06:04So heavily loaded on the right-hand side of the car.

00:06:07So you can actually run an asymmetrical setup if you choose, which is quite weird.

00:06:11Now, the other thing is intensity.

00:06:13I've marked here in the green and the red you can see, so all the green areas where the car is either grip-limited by turning or accelerating up through the gears, and the red is the braking.

00:06:22So when you have an overview of the circuit, and I can tell you all the way down the straight you're actually turning.

00:06:27Here you're turning at the end of a lap.

00:06:29So really, it's only this little section here when you're not doing anything.

00:06:32So turn one and two.

00:06:33You heard Scafie talk about the little rise here.

00:06:35It's a real driver's skill thing as you go over the rise to brake the car as you're turning it.

00:06:41So it's all weighted to the left.

00:06:42The right front wants to lock up.

00:06:44You've got to get him back down on the ground hard to brake to turn left.

00:06:47Very hard to do on a driver's skill thing.

00:06:49I like those ones.

00:06:50Down into the hairpin.

00:06:51This is the most interesting corner almost on our circuit that we do.

00:06:54A couple of little tricks.

00:06:56Here is the normal racing line.

00:06:58We've shown you that before.

00:06:59Late apex.

00:07:00A really groovy little trick down there for an overtaking manoeuvre is if your brake marker is here,

00:07:06what you can do if you can sneak up the inside of someone,

00:07:09you can actually go a little bit past your ideal braking marker and do this.

00:07:14You can actually get in there and push this guy up right up high without breaking the rules,

00:07:20go right off the racing line and hustle around there.

00:07:23That's a great move.

00:07:24But what happens then, the guy that you've pushed out will often sneak down the inside.

00:07:29Now, if he just gets to there, here, on the exit of the corner, that means all the way down here,

00:07:34and we see it all the time, if he's on the inside, he's in a really good overtaking position for six.

00:07:40Now, six, you can see your trail brake into the corner.

00:07:43That means you leave your foot on the brake as you turn into the corner.

00:07:45Very easy to lock up the wheel, and there's another really driver skill or a driver skill mechanism that needs to be applied here,

00:07:52which is the release of the brake.

00:07:54You don't want to just smash the brakes and jump off them.

00:07:56You want to get in there, trail brake, and ease off the brake to carry momentum.

00:08:00Almost use the brakes to speed your car up.

00:08:02Because it's an open radius corner, another really good for overtaking.

00:08:05And what we see happen there is if I grab a third car here, when we go down into here,

00:08:10if you're going to put yourself on the outside, I talked about Chaz Mostert earlier going around the outside,

00:08:15what you've got to watch out for is one, two, three cars lining up there behind.

00:08:20And as they come around here, then you're on the outside of here on seven,

00:08:24and you're in real trouble when you get down into one.

00:08:26So, for me, you've got to be really clever before you put yourself out there.

00:08:29Have a look what's happening behind you to make sure you might need to tuck in and stay where you are.

00:08:34As you can see, just in that little bit of roadway, 2.4 kilometres, there is a hell of a lot going on.

00:08:39Yeah, well, it's called the Penrite proper racing line.

00:08:42It's probably the hardest place to find a proper racing line.

00:08:442.4 kilometres, as you say, Larko, but every inch counts.

00:08:48So, I want to get your thoughts on the question that we're posing to our viewers.

00:08:50Is the rear of the grid penalty fair for Craig Lowndes for taping over that hole in the driver's side window?

00:08:55Rules are the rules. I think it is fair.

00:08:57All right. Let us know what you think.

00:08:59Use our V8 supercar vote or the 7 Sport app,

00:09:02and we will hear from Craig Lowndes right after this here in Tasmania.

00:09:06Kids again. Kids again.

00:09:09Kids again.

00:09:29He's high above us again.

00:09:32Australia's top gun, Matt Hall.

00:09:33reaching top speeds of

00:09:36about 400km per hour at times

00:09:38it's like he can just reach out

00:09:40and touch him, he comes down so close

00:09:42to the ground

00:09:43just spectacular

00:09:46keep your voting coming for that

00:09:48penalty about Craig Lowndes

00:09:50we'll close it out soon so last chance

00:09:53to show your support or anger

00:09:54or however you want to vote

00:09:56as Matt Hall keeps it

00:09:58kicking, let's check in

00:09:59with Craig Lowndes right now

00:10:02Craig Lowndes, you're always smiling, you were not

00:10:06smiling after that race, you walked straight

00:10:08into the transporter, what's

00:10:10Roland said and how are you feeling right now?

00:10:12Oh look, Roland's disappointed by

00:10:14everyone's standards, it's one of those things that

00:10:16you know, we're racing pretty hard and fast

00:10:18and you know, if it wasn't Jamie

00:10:20you know, it was just a racing incident so

00:10:22it just happened to be Jamie, we happened to be teammates and of course

00:10:24it doesn't look good

00:10:26but look, Jamie and I have spoken, look

00:10:28it's water under the bridge, we get on with racing now

00:10:30How did the conversation go with Jamie?

00:10:32Look, he's upset as much as I am

00:10:35and you know, in the sense of

00:10:36you know, we were running strong, we had one

00:10:38two sort of almost in the bag

00:10:40you know, it was lucky that he managed to still get on

00:10:42there and win a race but look, that's

00:10:44motor racing, you know, you go with the highs and lows

00:10:46and when you've got two competitive drivers

00:10:48within a team

00:10:50eventually something's going to happen and of course

00:10:52it did.

00:10:53Mark Dutton's taken on the role

00:10:55as team principal this year, did he have

00:10:56a chat to you and Jamie?

00:10:58Yeah, look, he's still in there, he's obviously bitterly disappointed

00:11:00because it looks like we've been pedalised too for race two

00:11:03and you know, we start at the back of the grid

00:11:05so Tassie Hoodoo continues

00:11:07You're smiling now but deep down

00:11:09it's not a good feeling

00:11:10Oh look, it never is but can't do much about it

00:11:12I can't change it

00:11:13so all I can do now is get on with it

00:11:14focus about the race

00:11:15we've got 42 laps now to try and make amends

00:11:17and see how far we can get up, get some points

00:11:19which is what we need to do for the championship

00:11:21and of course, tomorrow's a brand new day

00:11:22As you just mentioned, unfortunately

00:11:24to go with, you know, when it's bad

00:11:25it gets worse

00:11:26you've got a penalty for this afternoon's race

00:11:28how do you see that penalty?

00:11:30Well, it's a bit of tape

00:11:30so if a bit of tape makes a big difference

00:11:32on a race car

00:11:33it's, look, the rules are rules

00:11:35you know, we believe we're right

00:11:37they believe that they're right

00:11:39so they're the judge and jury

00:11:41and we've just got to get on with it now

00:11:42and as I said, we can't change the fact

00:11:44we disagree

00:11:45but look, that's just the rules

00:11:47Thanks Craig, good luck for this afternoon

00:11:49Cheers

00:11:49So 80% of you think that it's not a fair penalty

00:11:53remember the penalty we're talking about

00:11:55is for covering over the safety hole

00:11:58in the driver's side window throughout qualifying

00:12:00so it has nothing to do with the incident

00:12:02involving Jamie Winkup

00:12:04it's a penalty for the next race

00:12:06which will put Craig Lowndes at the back of the grid

00:12:09alongside Shane Van Gisbergen

00:12:12and of course, shuffles up the front

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00:12:42races 4 and 5

00:12:44if you've missed it

00:12:45or you want to catch it again

00:12:46it's certainly worth sitting up for

00:12:48as we get ready for our next race

00:12:51the final 100 kilometres

00:12:52of this Saturday afternoon

00:12:54V8 Supercar

00:12:55Super Sprint Format

00:12:57at the Tyre Power Tasmania 400

00:12:59live right around the country

00:13:10the Tyre Power Tasmania 400

00:13:12a possible shower

00:13:13on the radar

00:13:15and

00:13:16I'll tell you what

00:13:17a lucky escape for Mark Winterbottom

00:13:19who will start from the front row of the grid

00:13:21but

00:13:21pretty much

00:13:23the whole of the grid is set

00:13:24but him

00:13:25they were just doing some last minute work

00:13:28underneath car 5

00:13:29it didn't sound as though

00:13:30there was too much stress

00:13:31associated with that

00:13:32and Craig Lowndes

00:13:34lining up car 888

00:13:36at the back of the grid

00:13:37right down the back

00:13:39just around the corner

00:13:40and

00:13:41so Frosty's going to

00:13:42come around there

00:13:43and have to snake his way through

00:13:44all the way up to the front

00:13:46alongside Jamie Winker

00:13:47Jack Perkins

00:13:49it was a bit of a disappointing one

00:13:51for that race

00:13:52race 4

00:13:52you got that drive-through penalty

00:13:53but for this one

00:13:54starting from just outside the 10

00:13:56yeah it was a shame

00:13:57we had a pretty competitive car

00:13:58then we were stuck behind a few Nissans

00:14:00and

00:14:00I moved one unintentionally

00:14:02under the restart

00:14:03but that was a bit of a by-product

00:14:04of the new rule

00:14:05look really proud

00:14:06to qualify in 11th

00:14:07I think we've got top 10 speed here

00:14:09and

00:14:09really looking forward

00:14:10to hopefully getting a good result

00:14:11for Jaldwin

00:14:12and all our sponsors

00:14:13there was a bit of chat

00:14:14pre

00:14:15to this event

00:14:16that you know

00:14:16you were a bit disappointed

00:14:17with some of the speed of the car

00:14:18but obviously excited

00:14:19that it's happening now

00:14:20yeah absolutely

00:14:21I mean we really want to be in the top 10

00:14:24and in the top half of the field

00:14:25and unfortunately our results

00:14:27at the start of the year

00:14:28haven't been great

00:14:28but we're really starting to improve

00:14:30our Falcons

00:14:31the whole FPR squad's a bit more competitive

00:14:33with Mark obviously getting a podium then

00:14:35so we're really looking to build on that

00:14:36and get some good points here in this race

00:14:38thanks Jack

00:14:39good luck

00:14:40thank you

00:14:40Robert Dahlgren

00:14:41position 10

00:14:42my favourite Swedish driver in the field

00:14:44mate we know how hard these cars are to drive

00:14:46you've adapted very quickly mate

00:14:47well done

00:14:48thank you so much

00:14:49yeah it's been a tough challenge

00:14:51but

00:14:51I love to drive them

00:14:54and now

00:14:54I start to get

00:14:54get a little bit more of the hang of it

00:14:56but yeah

00:14:56still a few spots will go up

00:14:58good to see you mate

00:14:59keep up the good work

00:15:00alright thank you so much

00:15:01yeah so Rob Dahlgren

00:15:04qualified in 11th

00:15:05but because of Lowndes' penalty

00:15:07now finds himself

00:15:08inside the top 10

00:15:09obviously his best qualifier

00:15:11so both Volvos starting

00:15:13inside the 10

00:15:14Todd Kelly

00:15:16it's a tough one

00:15:17at that race

00:15:18race 4

00:15:18we're out of the car early

00:15:19with some issues

00:15:20yeah

00:15:21it's not the first

00:15:23D&F we've had this year

00:15:24unfortunately

00:15:25but

00:15:25they just pulled the studs

00:15:26off the upright

00:15:28on the steering

00:15:28clevis there

00:15:30and it wasn't much of a rub

00:15:31at all to do that

00:15:32so it was a bit disappointing

00:15:33but

00:15:33at least I've got another race

00:15:35to make up for it

00:15:36and we're starting in a really good spot here

00:15:38so hopefully we have a clean one

00:15:39the Nissans really are starting

00:15:41to find good consistent form

00:15:42good consistent speed

00:15:43yeah we thought we'd actually

00:15:45be a little bit better off

00:15:46this weekend

00:15:47the cars are good

00:15:48around the corners

00:15:49but we're still struggling

00:15:50a little bit up the straights

00:15:51which around here

00:15:52you just can't afford

00:15:53to lose any time

00:15:54anywhere really

00:15:55so it's a tough one

00:15:57but hopefully we'll

00:15:58improve on that

00:15:59through the year

00:16:00good luck Todd

00:16:01Garth Tander

00:16:02this is a new experience

00:16:03for both of us

00:16:04mate

00:16:04I've just looked

00:16:05you've got two Mercedes

00:16:06in front of you

00:16:06you've got a Nissan

00:16:07beside you

00:16:07you've got a Volvo

00:16:09behind you

00:16:09and a Falcon over

00:16:10in your left rear

00:16:10new experience pal

00:16:12yeah I'm trying not to look

00:16:13what's behind me

00:16:14I'm just looking at those

00:16:15Mercs in front

00:16:15there's another Volvo up there

00:16:16they're all pretty quick

00:16:19in a straight line

00:16:19so

00:16:20yeah look

00:16:21we moved forward

00:16:22pretty well in that last one

00:16:23we're 14 to 6

00:16:23so

00:16:24we'll try and move forward

00:16:25again in this one

00:16:26it's a hard one isn't it mate

00:16:27when you say

00:16:27they're quick in a straight line

00:16:29because you know down here

00:16:29at turn 6

00:16:30a premium overtaking opportunity

00:16:31if you can't get in the right spot

00:16:33you can't get by

00:16:33so what's the strategy

00:16:34yeah well we've changed the car

00:16:36from the last race

00:16:37to this one

00:16:37so we need to get off

00:16:38turn 2 better

00:16:39and we're pretty good

00:16:40on the brakes at 6

00:16:41so if we can just get off

00:16:422 better

00:16:43set them up off the hairpin

00:16:44then we might be half a sniff

00:16:46so we'll see how we go

00:16:47the car's pretty good on the brakes

00:16:48so if we can get close enough

00:16:49we'll have a go

00:16:49watch with interest

00:16:50good luck GT

00:16:51Lee Holdsworth

00:16:52it was such a great experience

00:16:54to be in the garage

00:16:55when both of the cars

00:16:56were in the top 10

00:16:57for this qualifying session

00:16:58the team cheered

00:16:59as if you guys

00:17:00had just won Bathurst

00:17:00yeah it was pretty cool

00:17:02it's been over a year now

00:17:05when we haven't had a result

00:17:06like that together

00:17:07as a team

00:17:08so look it's great

00:17:10we're pushing new boundaries

00:17:11we always want to get

00:17:12to the front

00:17:13but we're taking step by step

00:17:15and that's a pretty good start

00:17:17to the year

00:17:18I think we've found

00:17:18a lot more speed

00:17:19but look we really want

00:17:20to be up that way

00:17:21thanks Lee

00:17:23and I'm just going to

00:17:23quickly ask

00:17:24Betty Klemenko

00:17:25this car

00:17:26it's blank this weekend

00:17:27something we haven't

00:17:28seen before

00:17:29from you guys

00:17:29no you haven't

00:17:31I had this whole story

00:17:34planned out

00:17:35and I was going to

00:17:36say this whole big thing

00:17:37but you know what

00:17:38we don't have a major sponsor

00:17:39I don't know

00:17:40if it's a miscommunication

00:17:41or what it is

00:17:42or they think

00:17:42we don't need one

00:17:43but we don't have

00:17:44a major sponsor

00:17:46and we would really

00:17:47like a major sponsor

00:17:48with results like this

00:17:49I'm sure one will be

00:17:50on your doorstep

00:17:51very soon

00:17:51oh I hope so

00:17:52really hope so

00:17:53thank you

00:17:54thanks Betty

00:17:54Will Davison

00:17:55third row of the grid

00:17:56mate I actually

00:17:57didn't expect

00:17:57we were going to

00:17:58see this sort of

00:17:58performance from you

00:17:59guys until a bit

00:17:59later in the year

00:18:00you must be well

00:18:01pleased

00:18:01yeah we are

00:18:02we're talking to you

00:18:04so we're doing

00:18:05something alright

00:18:06but very encouraging

00:18:08obviously I have both

00:18:08cars here on the

00:18:09third row

00:18:10at a circuit

00:18:11where we know

00:18:11we're giving away

00:18:13a decent deficit

00:18:13in the straight

00:18:14so chassis wise

00:18:16it's mint

00:18:16it's really good

00:18:17and we know

00:18:17we've got a lot

00:18:18more to come

00:18:18gee whiz

00:18:19that's going to be

00:18:19encouraging

00:18:20when you get to

00:18:20Winton mate

00:18:20so good luck

00:18:21now I want to

00:18:22just roll up the grid

00:18:23here a little bit

00:18:23we'll go up to

00:18:24the second row

00:18:24of the grid

00:18:24and have a very

00:18:25quick chat

00:18:26to Fabian Coulter

00:18:27that's interesting

00:18:28that red

00:18:28you don't notice

00:18:28on TV

00:18:29that's flat

00:18:29it's a really

00:18:30flat type of colour

00:18:31hey Fabian

00:18:32sorry to jump in

00:18:33mate

00:18:33just very quickly

00:18:34have a quick chat

00:18:35second row of the grid

00:18:36mate

00:18:36cars fast

00:18:37I actually think

00:18:38you're a championship

00:18:38contender this year

00:18:39but it's not showing

00:18:40you the points

00:18:40at the moment

00:18:41no look

00:18:41it's a long way

00:18:42to go

00:18:42and we worry

00:18:43about that

00:18:43when it comes

00:18:43to the end

00:18:44of the year

00:18:44but the important

00:18:45part is to keep

00:18:46ticking those points

00:18:47over

00:18:47keep getting a handful

00:18:48here and there

00:18:49and when we're

00:18:50there for a win

00:18:50we'll take it

00:18:51and New Zealand

00:18:52not too far away

00:18:53mate

00:18:53we must be looking

00:18:53forward to that one

00:18:54eh

00:18:54yeah

00:18:54pretty excited

00:18:55you know

00:18:56I don't get to

00:18:56race at home

00:18:57enough

00:18:57so to get back

00:18:59there and race

00:18:59in front of a

00:19:00home crowd

00:19:00is pretty awesome

00:19:01and pretty excited

00:19:02to get back

00:19:02to Pukekohe

00:19:03good job mate

00:19:03I'm just conscious

00:19:04let's get this

00:19:04net done back up

00:19:05pal

00:19:05and you might want

00:19:08to hustle too

00:19:09Larko

00:19:09you're the only

00:19:09bloke out

00:19:10there's 25 cars

00:19:11and you

00:19:12run

00:19:12the ITM 500

00:19:14coming our way

00:19:15over the

00:19:15Anzac weekend

00:19:17at Pukekohe

00:19:18Park Raceway

00:19:19go to Ticketek.co.nz

00:19:21a special Anzac

00:19:23Day race

00:19:23as Super Sprint

00:19:24format continues

00:19:26so this is going

00:19:27to be one of

00:19:28the key questions

00:19:29about this race

00:19:31can Craig Lowndes

00:19:32move through

00:19:33the field

00:19:34Shane Van Gisbergen

00:19:36is in position

00:19:3724

00:19:38so both of

00:19:39those guys

00:19:39similar driving

00:19:40styles in fact

00:19:41like

00:19:43picking off

00:19:45car after

00:19:46car after

00:19:46car

00:19:47Pusso

00:19:51starting grid

00:19:51for race

00:19:52number 5

00:19:52Jamie Wincup

00:19:53has got the

00:19:54pole position

00:19:54it's been a

00:19:55great start

00:19:55to the

00:19:55championship

00:19:56Mark

00:19:56Winterbottom

00:19:57will run

00:19:57with him

00:19:57off the

00:19:57front row

00:19:58then it

00:19:58is

00:19:58for

00:19:59Glachlan

00:19:59and

00:19:59Coulthard

00:20:00they reckon

00:20:00they made

00:20:01a 20%

00:20:01improvement

00:20:02on the

00:20:02power steering

00:20:03of the

00:20:03Volvo

00:20:04but they

00:20:04still haven't

00:20:05fixed the

00:20:05problem

00:20:05for

00:20:06Scotty

00:20:06McLachlan

00:20:07in 33

00:20:07looking

00:20:08further

00:20:08afield

00:20:08Todd

00:20:09Kelly

00:20:09in position

00:20:107

00:20:11car

00:20:117

00:20:11and

00:20:12it

00:20:12resolved

00:20:12his

00:20:12problems

00:20:13Garth

00:20:13Tander

00:20:13will start

00:20:14alongside

00:20:14him

00:20:14then it's

00:20:15David

00:20:15Reynolds

00:20:16car

00:20:16number 9

00:20:16the back

00:20:16of the

00:20:17car

00:20:17was sliding

00:20:17too much

00:20:18for him

00:20:18and a

00:20:18great

00:20:18qualifying

00:20:19performance

00:20:19as Larko

00:20:20pointed out

00:20:20before

00:20:20Robert

00:20:21Dahlgren

00:20:21Jack Perkins

00:20:22best of the

00:20:23season so far

00:20:23from position

00:20:24number 11

00:20:25and with him

00:20:25will be

00:20:26Scotty Pye

00:20:26Rick Kelly

00:20:27had a DNF

00:20:28in the

00:20:28earlier race

00:20:29down there

00:20:29at turn

00:20:306

00:20:30James

00:20:30Courtney

00:20:31isn't it

00:20:31so interesting

00:20:32this

00:20:33super sprint

00:20:34format

00:20:34one minute

00:20:35he's on the

00:20:35podium

00:20:35the next

00:20:36minute

00:20:36he's starting

00:20:37midfield

00:20:38Russell

00:20:38Ingle

00:20:38same

00:20:39he started

00:20:39from position

00:20:403

00:20:40earlier in

00:20:41the day

00:20:41now he's

00:20:41down in

00:20:4217th

00:20:43Chas

00:20:43Mostad

00:20:43and Michael

00:20:44Caruso

00:20:44then Nick

00:20:45Perkat

00:20:46and Tim

00:20:46Slade

00:20:47super cheap

00:20:48auto racing

00:20:49car 47

00:20:49in position

00:20:5022

00:20:51Van Gisbergen

00:20:52in 24th

00:20:53he actually

00:20:53came in

00:20:54contact

00:20:54with Scott

00:20:55Pye

00:20:55in the

00:20:56qualifying

00:20:56session

00:20:57and a

00:20:57rear of

00:20:57the grid

00:20:58penalty

00:20:59for Craig

00:20:59Lowndes

00:21:00that is

00:21:00why

00:21:01he is

00:21:02not on

00:21:02the front

00:21:03row

00:21:03taping

00:21:04over a

00:21:05safety hole

00:21:05in the

00:21:05driver's

00:21:06side

00:21:06window

00:21:06he's

00:21:07being

00:21:08pinged

00:21:08and sent

00:21:08to the

00:21:09back

00:21:09of the

00:21:09class

00:21:10on board

00:21:15there with

00:21:16Scotty Pye

00:21:16let's check

00:21:17in with

00:21:18Rihanna

00:21:18Crane

00:21:18she's up

00:21:19there

00:21:19at turn

00:21:192

00:21:19Rihanna

00:21:20yeah

00:21:20run as

00:21:21fast as

00:21:21I can

00:21:21because

00:21:22this track

00:21:22this is

00:21:23what makes

00:21:23it so

00:21:24special

00:21:24it's the

00:21:2542nd year

00:21:26V8 supercars

00:21:27the Australian

00:21:27Touring Car

00:21:28Championship

00:21:28have come

00:21:29to this

00:21:29track but

00:21:30it's here

00:21:30it's on

00:21:31the hill

00:21:31you can

00:21:32look back

00:21:32see almost

00:21:33every single

00:21:34point of

00:21:35this little

00:21:36Simmons

00:21:36playing circuit

00:21:37the fans

00:21:37absolutely love

00:21:39it

00:21:39I love it

00:21:39too

00:21:39I can't

00:21:40wait to

00:21:40see the

00:21:41start of

00:21:41this race

00:21:42from right

00:21:42here in

00:21:43the middle

00:21:43of it

00:21:44if we

00:21:45wind back

00:21:4512 months

00:21:46Rihanna

00:21:46you would

00:21:47have seen

00:21:47Scott Pye

00:21:48coming at

00:21:48you

00:21:48in a hurry

00:21:50he ended

00:21:50up

00:21:51the fence

00:21:51up towards

00:21:52that area

00:21:53and it was

00:21:54quite scary

00:21:55interesting though

00:21:57he says

00:21:57he doesn't

00:21:58look back

00:21:58at that

00:21:59he doesn't

00:21:59worry about

00:22:00it when

00:22:00he comes

00:22:00back here

00:22:01he's

00:22:01just said

00:22:02it could

00:22:02have happened

00:22:02anywhere

00:22:02anytime

00:22:03it's not

00:22:03specific to

00:22:04this circuit

00:22:04but it

00:22:05was a big

00:22:06one

00:22:06Mark

00:22:07Winterbottom

00:22:07the real

00:22:08beneficiary of

00:22:09this penalty

00:22:09to Lownds

00:22:10to the back

00:22:10of the field

00:22:11so Winterbottom

00:22:11to the front

00:22:12I just spoke

00:22:13to him a little

00:22:13while ago

00:22:13he's very happy

00:22:14with his car

00:22:15it needs to be

00:22:16better at turn

00:22:16two

00:22:17is the comment

00:22:18from Mark

00:22:18Winterbottom

00:22:19found out what

00:22:20the problem was

00:22:21with Rick Kelly

00:22:22as well

00:22:22it was a

00:22:23leaky brake

00:22:23master

00:22:24so Winterbottom

00:22:27finds himself

00:22:28on the front

00:22:28row of the grid

00:22:29against Jamie

00:22:30Winkup

00:22:31who's swept

00:22:32all before him

00:22:32already this

00:22:33weekend

00:22:34they drag it

00:22:37up through

00:22:38to turn

00:22:38two

00:22:39Winkup

00:22:40holds

00:22:40his lead

00:22:41couple of

00:22:42Kiwis

00:22:42behind him

00:22:43in Coulthard

00:22:43and McLaughlin

00:22:44and they

00:22:45rub

00:22:45panels

00:22:46Winkup

00:22:48was so

00:22:48close

00:22:48to that

00:22:49outside

00:22:49wall

00:22:49so McLaughlin

00:22:51got done

00:22:53by Coulthard

00:22:54who

00:22:55gets up

00:22:56to turn

00:22:56three

00:22:56now big

00:22:57lock up

00:22:58and Will Davison

00:22:59goes straight

00:23:00through at four

00:23:01and that's

00:23:03just

00:23:03oh here we go

00:23:04a lot of contact

00:23:05he's one of them

00:23:06and it's

00:23:06Robert Dahlgren

00:23:07is the other

00:23:07car

00:23:07so the good

00:23:13news for Davison

00:23:14is he didn't

00:23:15end up in the

00:23:15gravel down

00:23:16there

00:23:16but drama

00:23:17between Dahlgren

00:23:18and Courtney

00:23:19turn four

00:23:20and they're right

00:23:21now at the

00:23:22back of the pack

00:23:22oh he's ended up

00:23:24beaching it after

00:23:25he's tried to

00:23:25rotate it

00:23:26because he was

00:23:27actually stopped

00:23:27short of it

00:23:28when we looked at

00:23:29him on that

00:23:29last shot

00:23:30he's trying to

00:23:31turn it around

00:23:31and he's ended up

00:23:32now stranded

00:23:32so this will be

00:23:33safety car

00:23:34because they

00:23:35won't be able

00:23:35to do anything

00:23:35with that car

00:23:36based on how

00:23:37heavily

00:23:38bogged

00:23:40it is

00:23:41he was actually

00:23:49stopped

00:23:49and then he's

00:23:50tried in that

00:23:51spot

00:23:52and we watched

00:23:52him wander up

00:23:53there

00:23:53and I actually

00:23:54made the remark

00:23:55the good thing

00:23:55is he didn't

00:23:55end up in the

00:23:56gravel

00:23:56because that's

00:23:57what everyone

00:23:57tries to avoid

00:23:58doing

00:23:58that's what

00:23:58the extra

00:23:59bit of apron

00:23:59is

00:24:00here's the

00:24:00replay of the

00:24:01start

00:24:01it's a

00:24:01ripper run

00:24:02from the

00:24:02front row

00:24:03for both

00:24:03these guys

00:24:04that they

00:24:04had a

00:24:04big gap

00:24:05to row

00:24:05two

00:24:05by the

00:24:06time they

00:24:06got to

00:24:06turn number

00:24:07three

00:24:07they were

00:24:07two really

00:24:08high quality

00:24:08starts

00:24:09weren't they

00:24:09those two

00:24:10guys

00:24:10wing cup

00:24:10and winner

00:24:11bottom

00:24:11got very

00:24:12good starts

00:24:12and then there

00:24:13was a bit

00:24:13of bumping

00:24:13between

00:24:14McLaughlin

00:24:14and Fabian

00:24:15same thing

00:24:16for the

00:24:17teammates

00:24:17with

00:24:18and then

00:24:19this is

00:24:20down the

00:24:20outside

00:24:21can't get

00:24:21stopped

00:24:22Davison

00:24:22down there

00:24:23so he's

00:24:23parked

00:24:24that's what

00:24:24Neil said

00:24:24that's where

00:24:25he was

00:24:25and then

00:24:26he may have

00:24:27got the

00:24:27wrong gear

00:24:28then he

00:24:28might have

00:24:28tried to

00:24:29get reversed

00:24:29but it's

00:24:29got first

00:24:30here it is

00:24:31again from

00:24:32external

00:24:32so the

00:24:34front wheels

00:24:34drop off

00:24:35the ledge

00:24:35but it's

00:24:36not enough

00:24:37to bog it

00:24:37but when we

00:24:38came back

00:24:38and had a

00:24:39subsequent

00:24:39look

00:24:39he's knee

00:24:40deep at

00:24:40the beach

00:24:41so safety

00:24:43car straight

00:24:44out there

00:24:44gives us

00:24:45an opportunity

00:24:45to grab a

00:24:46break

00:24:46bring it

00:24:47back

00:24:47when the

00:24:47racing

00:24:48starts

00:24:48again

00:24:48that's the

00:24:55thing about

00:24:56Simmons

00:24:56Plains

00:24:57Raceway

00:24:57one tiny

00:24:59error

00:25:00to have

00:25:01such a

00:25:01knock-on

00:25:02effect

00:25:02James

00:25:03Courtney

00:25:04Robert

00:25:04Dahlgren

00:25:04Michael

00:25:05Caruso

00:25:05Will

00:25:06Davison

00:25:06all finding

00:25:08trouble in

00:25:08one way

00:25:09shape

00:25:09one way

00:25:11or another

00:25:11here

00:25:11so just

00:25:13trying to

00:25:13keep my

00:25:14eye on

00:25:14Will to

00:25:14see

00:25:14he still

00:25:16can't see

00:25:16that

00:25:17and that's

00:25:18there's

00:25:20the

00:25:20explanation

00:25:20for the

00:25:21Russell

00:25:21Ingle

00:25:21damage

00:25:21because he

00:25:22was involved

00:25:22in the

00:25:23kerfuffle

00:25:23that involved

00:25:24James

00:25:24Courtney

00:25:25and Robert

00:25:25Dahlgren

00:25:26there

00:25:26so he's

00:25:26a bit

00:25:27of a

00:25:27victim

00:25:27in that

00:25:27because he

00:25:27cops

00:25:28one from

00:25:29Michael

00:25:30Caruso

00:25:30and there

00:25:31was a heap

00:25:31of them

00:25:32with nose

00:25:32to tail

00:25:32damage

00:25:33so Will

00:25:40Davison

00:25:40has just

00:25:40reported

00:25:41that he

00:25:41got his

00:25:42foot caught

00:25:42between

00:25:43the throttle

00:25:43and the

00:25:43brake

00:25:44there

00:25:45but that

00:25:46was the

00:25:46explanation

00:25:47of what

00:25:48happened

00:25:49up at

00:25:49the

00:25:49hairpin

00:25:50and he

00:25:52just tried

00:25:52to flick

00:25:52spin it

00:25:53and buried

00:25:53it

00:25:53drove it

00:25:55off into

00:25:56the gravel

00:25:56but the

00:25:57reason

00:25:57the first

00:25:57reason

00:25:58was that

00:25:58that drama

00:26:00which sounds

00:26:01strange

00:26:01at home

00:26:02you think

00:26:02how could

00:26:02it do

00:26:02that

00:26:03but

00:26:03it's

00:26:03quite easy

00:26:04to do

00:26:04you've only

00:26:05got to

00:26:06misposition

00:26:06your foot

00:26:07slightly

00:26:07on the

00:26:08brake pedal

00:26:08and you

00:26:09try to

00:26:09use half

00:26:10the brake

00:26:10pedal

00:26:10and at the

00:26:11same time

00:26:11use the

00:26:11throttle

00:26:12to blip

00:26:12synchronise

00:26:14the engine

00:26:14speed on

00:26:15those

00:26:15down

00:26:15shifts

00:26:16and

00:26:16when you

00:26:20exit

00:26:20470

00:26:21kilometres

00:26:21an hour

00:26:21when you

00:26:22exit

00:26:22470

00:26:23kilometres

00:26:23an hour

00:26:24there

00:26:25was a shot

00:26:26inside the

00:26:26Erebus garage

00:26:27there a moment

00:26:27ago

00:26:27two of

00:26:28Green Creek

00:26:28Tasmanian

00:26:30former V8

00:26:31supercar driver

00:26:32still does a bit

00:26:32of racing

00:26:33today

00:26:33he's been

00:26:33unwell

00:26:34just in the

00:26:34recent past

00:26:35caught up

00:26:35with him

00:26:36down here

00:26:36several days

00:26:36ago

00:26:37and he's

00:26:38making a good

00:26:38recovery

00:26:39and wishing

00:26:41him well

00:26:41in that recovery

00:26:43so safety

00:26:47car

00:26:47restart

00:26:48the

00:26:49pedal

00:26:49safety

00:26:49car

00:26:49will

00:26:50leave

00:26:50the

00:26:50field

00:26:51just down

00:26:53the back

00:26:53straight

00:26:53here

00:26:54and it'll

00:26:54hand over

00:26:55control of

00:26:56the field

00:26:56to Jamie

00:26:57Winkup

00:26:57they'll remain

00:26:59line astern

00:27:00until they get

00:27:01to the final

00:27:01turn where

00:27:02the acceleration

00:27:03zone board

00:27:04is the first

00:27:05one

00:27:05they'll have

00:27:06to maintain

00:27:06a speed

00:27:07between 60

00:27:08and 80

00:27:08kilometres

00:27:09until they

00:27:09get there

00:27:10and then it's

00:27:11up to Winkup

00:27:11when he goes

00:27:12yeah we saw

00:27:14Marco Caruso

00:27:15just come into

00:27:16pit lane

00:27:16he's actually

00:27:16come into

00:27:17pit lane

00:27:17twice

00:27:18the first time

00:27:19they just put

00:27:19some race tape

00:27:20on the front

00:27:20of the car

00:27:21and then he

00:27:21had to come

00:27:22back in again

00:27:23so that they

00:27:23could as you

00:27:24can see on the

00:27:24screen they

00:27:25are getting to

00:27:25it as hard

00:27:26as they can

00:27:27sledgehammers

00:27:27bodies

00:27:28fists

00:27:28everything they

00:27:29possibly can

00:27:29to flatten

00:27:30that bonnet

00:27:30out and get

00:27:31him back

00:27:31into this

00:27:32race

00:27:32a bit of

00:27:32Mark Larkham

00:27:33body work

00:27:34the ultimate

00:27:35fighting challenge

00:27:35exactly

00:27:36so here's the

00:27:36restart

00:27:37this is the

00:27:37A to Z

00:27:38acceleration

00:27:38zone

00:27:39back there near

00:27:40the United

00:27:41sign

00:27:41is where they

00:27:42position their

00:27:43cars and get

00:27:44themselves straight

00:27:44and as Matt

00:27:45said before

00:27:46this is a

00:27:46very critical

00:27:47method

00:27:49of him

00:27:50controlling the

00:27:51pace

00:27:51gone

00:27:52good job

00:27:54Craig Lowndes did

00:27:55it well in the

00:27:55previous race

00:27:56win cut this

00:27:57time

00:27:57very good job

00:27:58three abreast

00:27:58oh there's got

00:28:02to be contacted

00:28:02there is big

00:28:03contact this

00:28:04time it's Lee

00:28:05Holdsworth and

00:28:06David Reynolds

00:28:07the victims

00:28:07and Todd Kelly

00:28:10absolutely overtook

00:28:12somebody before the

00:28:12control line so

00:28:13they'll have a look

00:28:14at that

00:28:14I think it was

00:28:16tanned down the

00:28:16inside in car

00:28:17two when they

00:28:19all basically

00:28:20clouted each

00:28:21other heavily

00:28:22looked like he

00:28:25was actually

00:28:25going to drill

00:28:25them pretty hard

00:28:26because he

00:28:26couldn't stop it

00:28:27down there

00:28:27that was a big

00:28:31one

00:28:32that was a big

00:28:32one

00:28:33so he was

00:28:33three wide

00:28:34he was around

00:28:35the outside

00:28:35he couldn't

00:28:36slow it down

00:28:36enough

00:28:36he's on the

00:28:37dirty line

00:28:38see now

00:28:39bright

00:28:40and Perkins

00:28:41battling at

00:28:42turn six

00:28:43young jack

00:28:43gets down

00:28:44the inside

00:28:44good job

00:28:45a lot of

00:28:47damage on the

00:28:47front of

00:28:48Ingle's car

00:28:48we saw that

00:28:49before

00:28:49there's a lot

00:28:50of front

00:28:50and rear

00:28:50damage

00:28:51from the

00:28:52congestion

00:28:52at turn

00:28:53four

00:28:53and then as

00:28:54we saw

00:28:55at this spot

00:28:56tanneder was

00:28:57around the

00:28:57outside

00:28:58three abreast

00:28:59see there

00:28:59the contact

00:29:00actually pulled

00:29:00the back

00:29:00wheels up

00:29:01the road

00:29:01there for

00:29:01most

00:29:02into the

00:29:03back

00:29:03of

00:29:04James

00:29:06Moffat

00:29:06David

00:29:09Reynolds

00:29:09was a real

00:29:10victim in

00:29:10that

00:29:11just knocked

00:29:11him back

00:29:12down the

00:29:12field

00:29:12he's back

00:29:13down to

00:29:1317th

00:29:14and he's

00:29:14under assault

00:29:14from Craig

00:29:15Lowndes

00:29:15at the

00:29:15moment

00:29:16up at

00:29:16the

00:29:16hairpin

00:29:17turn

00:29:17four

00:29:17for Lowndes

00:29:19fans

00:29:19he's now

00:29:20gained

00:29:20seven

00:29:20positions

00:29:21from

00:29:21starting

00:29:22at the

00:29:22back

00:29:23a more

00:29:29fine

00:29:29contract

00:29:29position

00:29:30here

00:29:30Ingle

00:29:31around

00:29:31the

00:29:31outside

00:29:32he's

00:29:35got enough

00:29:35damage

00:29:35around

00:29:36look at

00:29:36this

00:29:36Perkat

00:29:37on the

00:29:38dirty

00:29:38line

00:29:38having

00:29:38real

00:29:39trouble

00:29:39stopping

00:29:39up

00:29:39the

00:29:40inside

00:29:40of

00:29:40Ingle

00:29:40gives

00:29:41him

00:29:41a

00:29:41whack

00:29:41through

00:29:42goes

00:29:42Lowndes

00:29:43Ingle

00:29:44gets

00:29:44carted

00:29:44to the

00:29:45grass

00:29:45and

00:29:45Perkat

00:29:46gives

00:29:46it

00:29:46away

00:29:47look at

00:29:48the front

00:29:48of that

00:29:48thing

00:29:49it's

00:29:49about to

00:29:50say

00:29:50that's

00:29:50going to

00:29:51really

00:29:51affect

00:29:51the

00:29:51behaviour

00:29:52of that

00:29:52car

00:29:52it's

00:29:54even

00:29:54worse

00:29:55now

00:29:55just

00:29:55going to

00:29:56put

00:29:56it

00:29:56away

00:29:56now

00:29:56proper

00:29:57it's

00:30:03been

00:30:03weird

00:30:03hasn't

00:30:03it

00:30:03just

00:30:04the

00:30:04totally

00:30:04different

00:30:05rhythm

00:30:05to the

00:30:05previous

00:30:06so

00:30:06Perkins

00:30:07up the

00:30:07inside

00:30:08now

00:30:08of

00:30:08Scott

00:30:08Pye

00:30:09this

00:30:09is a

00:30:09good

00:30:09move

00:30:09and he

00:30:10makes

00:30:10it

00:30:10stink

00:30:10he's

00:30:11moved

00:30:11to

00:30:12seven

00:30:12and

00:30:12another

00:30:12problem

00:30:13back

00:30:13in

00:30:13the

00:30:13pack

00:30:13this

00:30:14time

00:30:14it's

00:30:14Moss

00:30:14that

00:30:14gets

00:30:15together

00:30:15with

00:30:15David

00:30:15Wall

00:30:16Wall's

00:30:16the

00:30:16spinner

00:30:17he's

00:30:17backing

00:30:18down

00:30:18the

00:30:18road

00:30:18meanwhile

00:30:26in the

00:30:26front

00:30:26Winnebott

00:30:27who's

00:30:28got

00:30:28good

00:30:28pace

00:30:29is

00:30:29right

00:30:29behind

00:30:30Winkup

00:30:30and

00:30:31Jamie's

00:30:31car's

00:30:32sliding

00:30:32a lot

00:30:32more

00:30:33in the

00:30:33couple

00:30:33of

00:30:33shots

00:30:33that

00:30:33I've

00:30:34seen

00:30:34the

00:30:34back

00:30:34of

00:30:34the

00:30:34car

00:30:35looks

00:30:35a

00:30:35little

00:30:35unstable

00:30:36Winkup

00:30:37did

00:30:38a 52

00:30:394

00:30:39as

00:30:40his

00:30:40fastest

00:30:41slap

00:30:41Winnebott

00:30:42by

00:30:42the

00:30:42last

00:30:43slap

00:30:43there

00:30:43is

00:30:43on

00:30:43the

00:30:43fastest

00:30:44lap

00:30:44of

00:30:44the

00:30:44race

00:30:44that's

00:30:45why

00:30:45you

00:30:45see

00:30:45him

00:30:45come

00:30:45forward

00:30:46so

00:30:47he did

00:30:47a 52

00:30:483

00:30:48as I

00:30:49said

00:30:49the

00:30:49fastest

00:30:49lap

00:30:49of

00:30:49the

00:30:50race

00:30:50so

00:30:50far

00:30:50so

00:30:50he's

00:30:51got

00:30:51good

00:30:51pace

00:30:51see

00:30:53Jamie

00:30:53hugging

00:30:54the

00:30:54left

00:30:54side

00:30:55of

00:30:55the

00:30:55road

00:30:55they're

00:30:55gradually

00:30:56easing

00:30:56it

00:30:56up

00:30:56a bit

00:30:57higher

00:30:57just

00:30:57making

00:30:58sure

00:30:58that

00:30:58he

00:30:58carries

00:30:58enough

00:30:59speed

00:31:00and

00:31:01width

00:31:01to

00:31:02protect

00:31:02into

00:31:02turn

00:31:034

00:31:03so

00:31:04we've

00:31:05got

00:31:05some

00:31:05news

00:31:05on

00:31:07car

00:31:077

00:31:08Todd

00:31:08Kelly

00:31:08and

00:31:0923

00:31:09Russell

00:31:10Ingle

00:31:10have

00:31:11breached

00:31:11the rules

00:31:13here at

00:31:14the start

00:31:14now keep

00:31:14your eye

00:31:15on

00:31:15car

00:31:16number

00:31:167

00:31:16Todd

00:31:18Kelly

00:31:19he rounded

00:31:19up

00:31:20one of

00:31:21the cars

00:31:21in between

00:31:23that acceleration

00:31:23zone

00:31:24and

00:31:24the control

00:31:26line

00:31:26now you're not

00:31:27allowed to

00:31:27overlap

00:31:28before the

00:31:29control

00:31:29line

00:31:30so

00:31:32a black

00:31:32flag

00:31:32pit lane

00:31:33penalty

00:31:33for Kelly

00:31:34and Ingle

00:31:35slow-mo

00:31:38replay

00:31:38down at

00:31:39turn 2

00:31:39and Garth

00:31:40on the

00:31:40dirty

00:31:40launches

00:31:41the

00:31:41AMG

00:31:43car

00:31:43up onto

00:31:43two

00:31:43wheels

00:31:44with

00:31:44a massive

00:31:45shunt

00:31:45and on

00:31:46the outside

00:31:46of that

00:31:46is the

00:31:47green car

00:31:47David

00:31:48Reynolds

00:31:48and just

00:31:49fires him

00:31:50off the

00:31:51road as

00:31:51well

00:31:51both

00:31:54cars

00:31:55started

00:31:55inside

00:31:56the top

00:31:5610

00:31:56remember

00:31:56so

00:31:57at the

00:31:58first

00:31:58acceleration

00:31:59zone

00:31:59board

00:31:59right there

00:32:00wing cup

00:32:01goes

00:32:01now on

00:32:02the left

00:32:02hand side

00:32:02of our

00:32:03screen

00:32:03Todd Kelly

00:32:04comes around

00:32:05the outside

00:32:05and gets the

00:32:06position ahead

00:32:07of Lee

00:32:07Holdsworth

00:32:08you can't do

00:32:08it before

00:32:10the control

00:32:10line

00:32:10that's why

00:32:11they pinged

00:32:12him

00:32:12and look at

00:32:14that

00:32:14look at that

00:32:15for contact

00:32:16those forces

00:32:18when the wheels

00:32:18make contact

00:32:19like that

00:32:19are very high

00:32:20and you can

00:32:20see the

00:32:20Mercedes

00:32:21right up

00:32:22on two

00:32:22wheels

00:32:22as a

00:32:23consequence

00:32:23of that

00:32:24contact

00:32:24with Garth

00:32:25Tander

00:32:25so that

00:32:25takes

00:32:26Kelly

00:32:26out

00:32:26of the

00:32:26top

00:32:2710

00:32:27that's

00:32:27a real

00:32:28pity

00:32:28because

00:32:28he was

00:32:29running

00:32:30well

00:32:30at the

00:32:31restart

00:32:31but Jamie

00:32:32Winkup

00:32:33has a

00:32:33real

00:32:33handful

00:32:34and it's

00:32:35in the

00:32:35form of

00:32:36Mark

00:32:36Winterbottom

00:32:36back after

00:32:38this

00:32:38welcome back

00:32:45while the

00:32:45action

00:32:46is all

00:32:47circling

00:32:48around

00:32:48Craig

00:32:49Lowndes

00:32:49we're on

00:32:49Lowndes

00:32:50watch at

00:32:50the moment

00:32:50he is

00:32:51pushing

00:32:51through the

00:32:52field

00:32:52doing a

00:32:53remarkable

00:32:54job

00:32:54starting in

00:32:5525th

00:32:56he's now

00:32:56up to

00:32:579th

00:32:58fortunately

00:33:01the way

00:33:01it's all

00:33:01panned out

00:33:02with the

00:33:02amount of

00:33:03crash and

00:33:03bash and

00:33:04the mistakes

00:33:04that have

00:33:04been made

00:33:05along the

00:33:05way

00:33:05it's opened

00:33:06up nicely

00:33:07so he's

00:33:07been able

00:33:08to make

00:33:08a big

00:33:09gain

00:33:09through

00:33:09the

00:33:09field

00:33:09he's

00:33:10still

00:33:10doing

00:33:10very

00:33:10quick

00:33:11sector

00:33:11splits

00:33:11he's

00:33:11run

00:33:12into

00:33:12the

00:33:12hairpin

00:33:12that

00:33:12time

00:33:13at

00:33:13turn

00:33:13four

00:33:13was

00:33:14the

00:33:14best

00:33:14we've

00:33:14seen

00:33:15in

00:33:15the

00:33:15race

00:33:15we're

00:33:15watching

00:33:16from

00:33:16Rick Kelly's

00:33:16car

00:33:17here's

00:33:18somebody

00:33:18else

00:33:18with

00:33:18some

00:33:18damage

00:33:19off

00:33:19to

00:33:19the

00:33:19left

00:33:19it's

00:33:19Nick

00:33:20Perkatt

00:33:20that was

00:33:20coasting

00:33:21on the

00:33:21outside

00:33:22of the

00:33:22sweeper

00:33:22and we'll

00:33:23see

00:33:23whether

00:33:23Lowndes

00:33:24continues

00:33:24this

00:33:24pace

00:33:25to the

00:33:25second

00:33:25timing

00:33:37keep

00:33:38out

00:33:38of

00:33:38the

00:33:38way

00:33:38he's

00:33:38gone

00:33:39back

00:33:39out

00:33:39a

00:33:39couple

00:33:39of

00:33:39laps

00:33:39down

00:33:40broke

00:33:40a

00:33:40steering

00:33:41arm

00:33:41in

00:33:41contact

00:33:42in

00:33:42all

00:33:42that

00:33:42first

00:33:42lap

00:33:43debacle

00:33:43but just

00:33:44keep an

00:33:44eye

00:33:44on Nick

00:33:45I mean

00:33:45he's

00:33:45a

00:33:45very

00:33:46quick

00:33:46young

00:33:46fella

00:33:47I think

00:33:47he's

00:33:48matured

00:33:48nicely

00:33:49and I

00:33:49reckon

00:33:49he's

00:33:49going to

00:33:49pop

00:33:50out of

00:33:50nowhere

00:33:50over

00:33:51the

00:33:51next

00:33:51few

00:33:51rounds

00:33:51we're

00:33:52going to

00:33:52sort

00:33:52of

00:33:52say

00:33:52where'd

00:33:53he

00:33:53come

00:33:53from

00:33:53also

00:33:55just

00:33:55picking

00:33:55up

00:33:55his

00:33:56pace

00:33:56now

00:33:56as

00:33:56things

00:33:57have

00:33:57settled

00:33:57a

00:33:57bit

00:33:58Wincup's

00:33:58got

00:33:59some

00:33:59margin

00:34:00back

00:34:00again

00:34:00now

00:34:01he's

00:34:01taken

00:34:01it

00:34:01back

00:34:01out

00:34:02to

00:34:02half

00:34:02a

00:34:02second

00:34:02over

00:34:03Mark

00:34:03Winterbottom

00:34:04and he

00:34:04was

00:34:04all over

00:34:05the

00:34:05back

00:34:05of him

00:34:05just

00:34:05a

00:34:06couple

00:34:06of

00:34:06moments

00:34:06ago

00:34:06and he

00:34:07splits

00:34:07to

00:34:08both

00:34:08the

00:34:08first

00:34:08and

00:34:08second

00:34:09timing

00:34:09and

00:34:09the

00:34:09media

00:34:09look

00:34:10good

00:34:10as

00:34:10well

00:34:10now

00:34:10it's

00:34:10only

00:34:11a

00:34:11car

00:34:11length

00:34:11as

00:34:11you

00:34:11can

00:34:12see

00:34:12but

00:34:12it's

00:34:13eased

00:34:13the

00:34:14gap

00:34:14ever

00:34:14so

00:34:14slightly

00:34:15and

00:34:16it's

00:34:16his

00:34:16pace

00:34:16that's

00:34:17doing

00:34:18it

00:34:18so

00:34:18he's

00:34:18been

00:34:18very

00:34:19quick

00:34:19on

00:34:19this

00:34:19lap

00:34:19so

00:34:2352

00:34:242

00:34:246

00:34:24for

00:34:24Wincup

00:34:2552

00:34:253

00:34:261

00:34:26from

00:34:27Winterbottom

00:34:27the only

00:34:28other guy

00:34:29that's

00:34:29doing

00:34:29that

00:34:31level

00:34:31of

00:34:32lap

00:34:33time

00:34:34is

00:34:34Craig

00:34:35Lounge

00:34:35with

00:34:35a

00:34:3552

00:34:364

00:34:363

00:34:36so

00:34:37essentially

00:34:38Wincup

00:34:39now

00:34:40fastest

00:34:40first

00:34:40sector

00:34:41again

00:34:41in

00:34:41this

00:34:41lap

00:34:41so

00:34:42he's

00:34:42really

00:34:42turning

00:34:42it

00:34:42on

00:34:43in

00:34:43this

00:34:43mid

00:34:44stage

00:34:44of

00:34:44the

00:34:44race

00:34:45and

00:34:45he

00:34:45only

00:34:46just

00:34:46got

00:34:46back

00:34:47from

00:34:47Brazil

00:34:47from

00:34:48a run

00:34:48in

00:34:48the

00:34:48Brazilian

00:34:49Stock

00:34:49Car

00:34:49Championship

00:34:50last

00:34:50weekend

00:34:51in

00:34:51Delargos

00:34:52in

00:34:52Sao

00:34:52Paulo

00:34:52where

00:34:53he

00:34:53finished

00:34:53fourth

00:34:54but a penalty

00:34:54for another

00:34:55competitor

00:34:55meant that he

00:34:56ultimately got to

00:34:57third driver

00:34:57Peugeot

00:34:58408

00:34:58with Sergio

00:34:59Jimenez

00:35:00so

00:35:01he stumbled

00:35:02back into

00:35:02Melbourne

00:35:03late on

00:35:03Wednesday

00:35:04night

00:35:05then had a

00:35:05correction

00:35:06Tuesday

00:35:06night

00:35:07then had a

00:35:07function in

00:35:07Hobart

00:35:08Wednesday

00:35:08night

00:35:08his eyes

00:35:09were spinning

00:35:09and settled

00:35:11back into the

00:35:11groove here

00:35:12and he's

00:35:12only half a

00:35:13second away

00:35:13you're riding

00:35:14with James

00:35:15Courtney

00:35:15who's in

00:35:16position

00:35:1616

00:35:17remember he

00:35:17got turned

00:35:18around at

00:35:18turn 4

00:35:20so he's

00:35:20fighting his

00:35:20way back

00:35:21through as

00:35:21well

00:35:21Lowndes

00:35:22has got

00:35:22another spot

00:35:23by the way

00:35:23guys

00:35:23he's up

00:35:24to 8th

00:35:24he's picked

00:35:25off

00:35:25Scott

00:35:25Pye

00:35:2652

00:35:29won

00:35:29that lap

00:35:30for

00:35:30Wincup

00:35:31so the

00:35:31last two

00:35:31laps

00:35:32for

00:35:32Jamie

00:35:32have been

00:35:33telling

00:35:33because he's

00:35:34had terrific

00:35:35speed

00:35:35and he's

00:35:36been able to

00:35:36stabilise and

00:35:37even increase

00:35:38the margin

00:35:38to Winterbottom

00:35:39and nothing

00:35:44in it

00:35:45now

00:35:4552

00:35:461

00:35:460

00:35:4752

00:35:471

00:35:475

00:35:48Wincup

00:35:49versus

00:35:49Winterbottom

00:35:50it's a great

00:35:52battle at the

00:35:53front

00:35:53the two

00:35:54rivals

00:35:54are going to

00:35:55duke it out

00:35:56this second

00:35:58Saturday afternoon

00:35:59race

00:36:00but we know

00:36:00that Craig

00:36:01Lowndes

00:36:02is on the

00:36:02charge

00:36:03those battles

00:36:09galore going

00:36:10on here

00:36:10at this

00:36:11short

00:36:112.4

00:36:12kilometre

00:36:12circuit

00:36:13blink

00:36:14and you

00:36:14miss it

00:36:14but nobody

00:36:15can miss

00:36:16the charge

00:36:17of Craig

00:36:17Lowndes

00:36:18at the

00:36:18moment

00:36:18he is

00:36:19now up

00:36:19to 7th

00:36:20he's done

00:36:20the job

00:36:21on Jack

00:36:21Perkins

00:36:21he's just

00:36:23laid down

00:36:23the fastest

00:36:24lap of the

00:36:25race

00:36:25at 52.0

00:36:26that was

00:36:29Nick

00:36:29Perkat

00:36:29so this

00:36:31will just

00:36:31give you

00:36:31an indication

00:36:32of what's

00:36:33been happening

00:36:33in Craig's

00:36:34world

00:36:34over the

00:36:35last 10

00:36:36or so

00:36:36laps

00:36:37he goes

00:36:38past

00:36:39Lee

00:36:39Holdsworth

00:36:39we just

00:36:41saw him

00:36:41get the

00:36:42free kick

00:36:42when Nick

00:36:42Perkat

00:36:43and then

00:36:43he comes

00:36:44alongside

00:36:44Rick Kelly

00:36:45says thank

00:36:46you very

00:36:46much

00:36:47next in

00:36:47the queue

00:36:47would be

00:36:48Scott

00:36:48Pye

00:36:48Scott

00:36:50he didn't

00:36:51see it

00:36:51coming

00:36:51and then

00:36:52Jack

00:36:52Perkins

00:36:53so from

00:36:5425th up

00:36:55to 7th

00:36:56back in

00:36:562008

00:36:57Todd Kelly

00:36:58won

00:36:58after starting

00:36:5910th

00:37:00we thought

00:37:01that was

00:37:01pretty good

00:37:02on lap

00:37:0322 of

00:37:0442

00:37:04there's

00:37:05enough

00:37:05time

00:37:06and enough

00:37:06pace

00:37:06and there

00:37:07could be

00:37:07big trouble

00:37:08that's

00:37:09that's a

00:37:09wild

00:37:09bit of

00:37:10road

00:37:10down

00:37:10there

00:37:10the

00:37:11minimum

00:37:11speed

00:37:12in

00:37:12the

00:37:12corner

00:37:12is

00:37:12165

00:37:13kilometres

00:37:14an hour

00:37:14but they

00:37:14quickly

00:37:15exceed

00:37:15that

00:37:16they

00:37:16slide

00:37:16all the

00:37:17way up

00:37:17to the

00:37:17edge

00:37:17of the

00:37:18road

00:37:18when you're

00:37:19on the

00:37:19signaling

00:37:20wall

00:37:20down there

00:37:20as a crew

00:37:21member

00:37:21you just

00:37:23cringe

00:37:23it's a

00:37:24tonne

00:37:24and a

00:37:24half

00:37:24coming

00:37:25at you

00:37:25completely

00:37:25sideways

00:37:26I'm going

00:37:27to cringe

00:37:27in a minute

00:37:27because Shane

00:37:28Ben Gisberger

00:37:28is going

00:37:29to do

00:37:29this move

00:37:29where he

00:37:30just fires

00:37:30down the

00:37:30inside

00:37:31you saw

00:37:32him

00:37:32in the

00:37:33previous

00:37:34race

00:37:34those blokes

00:37:36don't need

00:37:36any more

00:37:36vigour

00:37:37I bet you

00:37:38lounge

00:37:38on the

00:37:38drive

00:37:39through

00:37:39he's

00:37:39going

00:37:39these

00:37:40boys

00:37:40play

00:37:41for keeps

00:37:41down

00:37:41here

00:37:42Craig is

00:37:45now 10

00:37:45seconds

00:37:46away

00:37:46from the

00:37:46lead

00:37:46here we

00:37:47go

00:37:47again

00:37:47we're

00:37:48riding

00:37:48with

00:37:48David

00:37:48Reynolds

00:37:49this

00:37:49is the

00:37:49run

00:37:49to turn

00:37:506

00:37:50he'll

00:37:52tuck it

00:37:52right in

00:37:53there

00:37:53and

00:37:53Van

00:37:54Gisberger

00:37:54was up

00:37:55the

00:37:55inside

00:37:55of

00:37:56Reynolds

00:37:56there

00:37:57was no

00:37:58road

00:37:58there

00:37:59he did

00:37:59a great

00:37:59job

00:38:00not to

00:38:00make

00:38:00contact

00:38:01so

00:38:02the

00:38:02giz

00:38:02started

00:38:0324

00:38:03he's

00:38:04made

00:38:04up

00:38:0410

00:38:04spots

00:38:05this

00:38:06has

00:38:06got

00:38:06an

00:38:06air

00:38:07of

00:38:07tick

00:38:08boom

00:38:08about

00:38:09it

00:38:09hasn't

00:38:09it

00:38:10lounge

00:38:10has

00:38:10got

00:38:11another

00:38:11spot

00:38:12he's

00:38:12up

00:38:12to

00:38:126

00:38:13he's

00:38:13got

00:38:13past

00:38:14guard

00:38:14tender

00:38:14now

00:38:15sometimes

00:38:20what Craig

00:38:21tends to

00:38:21do

00:38:21when he's

00:38:22had one

00:38:22of these

00:38:22bad days

00:38:23and he's

00:38:23been having

00:38:24a fairly

00:38:24bad day

00:38:25at the

00:38:25office

00:38:25one

00:38:25might

00:38:25think

00:38:26that

00:38:27explodes

00:38:28and there's

00:38:29all the

00:38:29oversteer

00:38:30and the

00:38:30locking

00:38:30and the

00:38:31yeah

00:38:31on the

00:38:32radio

00:38:32but this

00:38:32has been

00:38:32a really

00:38:33disciplined

00:38:33drive

00:38:34by him

00:38:34so far

00:38:35he's

00:38:35got a

00:38:36quick

00:38:36car

00:38:36he's

00:38:36had

00:38:36the

00:38:37fastest

00:38:37lap

00:38:37of the

00:38:37race

00:38:37at

00:38:38one

00:38:38stage

00:38:38in fact

00:38:39he's

00:38:39still

00:38:39got

00:38:39it

00:38:4052

00:38:4008

00:38:41and

00:38:41he's

00:38:42just

00:38:42chipping

00:38:42away

00:38:42with a

00:38:43very

00:38:43determined

00:38:43drive

00:38:44here

00:38:44to recover

00:38:44from a

00:38:45rotten

00:38:45situation

00:38:46from having

00:38:47to go

00:38:47all the

00:38:47way to

00:38:47the back

00:38:48of the

00:38:48field

00:38:48because of

00:38:48that

00:38:49infringement

00:38:49with the

00:38:49window

00:38:50having

00:38:51dealt

00:38:51with the

00:38:52bruise

00:38:53mentally

00:38:53of getting

00:38:54in

00:38:55Davey

00:38:55seriously

00:38:56you're interrupting

00:38:58our train of

00:38:59thought

00:38:59just scaring

00:39:03us

00:39:03women and

00:39:05children

00:39:05first

00:39:06unbelievable

00:39:08how they get

00:39:08away with that

00:39:09move

00:39:09dropping the

00:39:09right rear on

00:39:10the grass

00:39:10there

00:39:10and a few

00:39:11of the

00:39:11boys have

00:39:12been getting

00:39:12away with it

00:39:12over and

00:39:13over all

00:39:13weekend

00:39:13this battle

00:39:14here is

00:39:15the focus

00:39:15it's

00:39:16Jason

00:39:16Bright

00:39:16team

00:39:17BOC

00:39:17with a

00:39:18freshly

00:39:18minted

00:39:20car

00:39:20off the

00:39:20back of

00:39:21the

00:39:21disaster

00:39:21at

00:39:21Adelaide

00:39:22where they

00:39:22had to

00:39:22turn around

00:39:23very quickly

00:39:23and get

00:39:24a belt

00:39:24and

00:39:25lounges

00:39:25on him

00:39:26fifth and

00:39:26sixth

00:39:27and has

00:39:30he got

00:39:30him

00:39:30shades of

00:39:32what happened

00:39:33in the

00:39:33previous one

00:39:34between

00:39:34the

00:39:34teammates

00:39:34and

00:39:36Jason

00:39:36hangs

00:39:37on by

00:39:38a

00:39:38whisker

00:39:38through

00:39:38that

00:39:39final

00:39:39turn

00:39:39just

00:39:40the

00:39:40tiniest

00:39:41margin

00:39:41we can't

00:39:42leave this

00:39:43it's an

00:39:43extraordinary

00:39:44exchange

00:39:44between

00:39:45Bright and

00:39:45Lowndes

00:39:46two of the

00:39:46most

00:39:46experienced

00:39:47thought about

00:39:51it

00:39:51Bright was on

00:39:53top of that

00:39:53one but it was

00:39:54risky from

00:39:55both

00:39:55Bright had to

00:39:56hang it out

00:39:57wide on the

00:39:58approach to

00:39:59turn seven

00:40:00he's got to

00:40:02set him up

00:40:02now

00:40:03he's got to

00:40:04come off

00:40:04here well

00:40:05with nice

00:40:05drive

00:40:06he's done a

00:40:06good job

00:40:06he's actually

00:40:07closer

00:40:07this lap

00:40:08Bright made

00:40:09a little

00:40:09mistake

00:40:10right at

00:40:10the end

00:40:11of the

00:40:11curve

00:40:11on the

00:40:11outside

00:40:12a little

00:40:13bit too

00:40:13much

00:40:13wheel

00:40:14speed

00:40:14a little

00:40:14bit of

00:40:14dirt

00:40:15and this

00:40:16is now

00:40:16the run

00:40:16for

00:40:17Lowndes

00:40:17265

00:40:20kilometres

00:40:20an hour

00:40:20and can

00:40:21he get

00:40:21down

00:40:22there

00:40:22he's in

00:40:24there

00:40:24he's done

00:40:25it

00:40:25good move

00:40:26very very

00:40:26good move

00:40:27brilliant

00:40:27we were

00:40:30desperate to

00:40:30pay some

00:40:31bills there

00:40:31but we

00:40:31decided just

00:40:32hang on

00:40:32for a sec

00:40:33but we

00:40:33will pay

00:40:34some bills

00:40:34now

00:40:35so it

00:40:36was worth

00:40:36the extra

00:40:3660 seconds

00:40:37wasn't it

00:40:37that was a

00:40:38great exchange

00:40:38between those

00:40:39two they

00:40:39gave each

00:40:40other racing

00:40:40room

00:40:40how's that

00:40:42Lowndes

00:40:42is on the

00:40:42march now

00:40:43to position

00:40:44number five

00:40:44thank you

00:40:45very much

00:40:45stay with us

00:40:46there'll be

00:40:47more

00:40:47welcome back

00:40:54we're live

00:40:55at Simmons

00:40:55Plains

00:40:55commercial free

00:40:56to the end

00:40:57of this

00:40:57race

00:40:58what do

00:40:59you think

00:40:59can Lounsey

00:40:59do it

00:41:00from here

00:41:00he's in

00:41:01fifth

00:41:01he's 12.8

00:41:03seconds behind

00:41:04the leader

00:41:04there's 13

00:41:06laps to go

00:41:07he's driving

00:41:09like a man

00:41:10possessed

00:41:11and in so

00:41:12many ways

00:41:13he is

00:41:14possessed

00:41:14with absolute

00:41:15brilliance

00:41:16pure entertainment

00:41:17and A-class

00:41:19skills

00:41:20go to

00:41:21v8supercars.com.au

00:41:23slash vote

00:41:24or use our

00:41:247sport app

00:41:25so he's got

00:41:26Scott McLaughlin

00:41:27Fabian

00:41:27Coulthard

00:41:28Mark

00:41:28Winterbottom

00:41:28and Jamie

00:41:29Winkup

00:41:29ahead of him

00:41:30Rick Kelly

00:41:30is in position

00:41:3210

00:41:32these days

00:41:34Matt

00:41:34they can

00:41:34work out

00:41:35fantastically

00:41:36for you

00:41:37after the

00:41:37unfortunate

00:41:38stuff that's

00:41:38gone on

00:41:39or they can

00:41:40work out

00:41:40terribly

00:41:41and your point

00:41:41before

00:41:42if you go

00:41:43a bit mad

00:41:44you get caught

00:41:44up in all

00:41:45that drama

00:41:46at the start

00:41:46of the race

00:41:47he was very

00:41:48good in terms

00:41:49of his approach

00:41:50he didn't get

00:41:50caught in that

00:41:51stuff

00:41:51he stayed

00:41:52back from it

00:41:52he then

00:41:53has gone

00:41:54and plucked

00:41:54them off

00:41:54he's been a

00:41:55little bit

00:41:55lucky on a

00:41:56couple of

00:41:56occasions

00:41:56when he

00:41:57got a

00:41:57couple of

00:41:57spots

00:41:58for free

00:41:58but the

00:41:59reality is

00:42:0020 positions

00:42:01at this

00:42:02level

00:42:02is an

00:42:03extraordinary

00:42:03drive

00:42:04that is a

00:42:04very very

00:42:05good performance

00:42:06heart rate

00:42:06numbers for

00:42:07Rick Kelly

00:42:07pretty extraordinary

00:42:08here too

00:42:09coming off

00:42:09turn 4

00:42:10in the

00:42:10Jack Daniels

00:42:10Nissan

00:42:11Rick's in

00:42:1110th at

00:42:12the moment

00:42:12remember he

00:42:13came into

00:42:13this round

00:42:14of the

00:42:15championship

00:42:154th

00:42:16had the

00:42:17problem with

00:42:17the brake

00:42:18master cylinder

00:42:18in that

00:42:19previous event

00:42:20that speared

00:42:20him into

00:42:20the gravel

00:42:21right here

00:42:21so he

00:42:21shot straight

00:42:22off the

00:42:22road

00:42:23into the

00:42:23gravel

00:42:23so this

00:42:24is a

00:42:24nice

00:42:25little run

00:42:25to recovery

00:42:26for him

00:42:26Jack

00:42:27Perkins

00:42:27on screen

00:42:28that's

00:42:29Garth Tander

00:42:29in the

00:42:29foreground

00:42:30and behind

00:42:30in car

00:42:31number 16

00:42:31is Scotty

00:42:32Pye

00:42:32Larco

00:42:32yeah just

00:42:34went over

00:42:34to chat

00:42:34with Jerry

00:42:34and you can

00:42:35see he's

00:42:35talking to

00:42:35Craig

00:42:36right now

00:42:37good observation

00:42:39hey Jerry

00:42:40Craig Lowndes

00:42:42is race

00:42:43engineer

00:42:43as such

00:42:43you're his

00:42:44driver coach

00:42:45you're his

00:42:46manager of

00:42:46his race

00:42:47when he's

00:42:48fired up

00:42:49like he is

00:42:49now

00:42:49what little

00:42:50strategies

00:42:50do you use

00:42:51how do you

00:42:51control that

00:42:52situation

00:42:52to yield

00:42:52the best

00:42:53result

00:42:53I think

00:42:54when he's

00:42:54in this

00:42:54mood

00:42:55he's his

00:42:55own

00:42:56tool

00:42:57he does

00:42:58it all

00:42:58himself

00:42:58he's got

00:42:58to make

00:42:59sure

00:42:59he doesn't

00:43:00overstep

00:43:00the mark

00:43:00but quite often

00:43:01when he's

00:43:01in this

00:43:01mood

00:43:01he doesn't

00:43:02he just

00:43:02keeps things

00:43:03on the razor's

00:43:03edge

00:43:04when he's

00:43:04got a carrot

00:43:05like McLaughlin

00:43:05in sight

00:43:06I think

00:43:06he's just

00:43:07got to

00:43:07focus on

00:43:08and he's

00:43:08down there

00:43:08beautifully put

00:43:09we often

00:43:10said

00:43:10Krompo

00:43:10just said

00:43:11and he's

00:43:11right

00:43:11we see

00:43:11Craig

00:43:11in these

00:43:12ones

00:43:12where he

00:43:12sometimes

00:43:13overdrives

00:43:13the car

00:43:14gets a bit

00:43:14sideways

00:43:15overdoes it

00:43:15but that

00:43:16does look

00:43:16very nice

00:43:17very disciplined

00:43:18out there

00:43:18at the minute

00:43:18yeah absolutely

00:43:19he's got a

00:43:20target

00:43:20drive through

00:43:21he knows

00:43:21there's

00:43:2210 laps

00:43:22to go

00:43:22he's got

00:43:22the pace

00:43:23on

00:43:23he's got

00:43:24to keep

00:43:24chipping away

00:43:24and wind

00:43:25up the podium

00:43:26from dead last

00:43:26and just quickly

00:43:27I don't want you

00:43:27to disclose too much

00:43:28but I see you

00:43:29having a quick

00:43:29chat to him

00:43:29every lap

00:43:30what for people

00:43:30at home

00:43:31what are you

00:43:31saying to him

00:43:31as he goes by

00:43:32basically telling

00:43:33him the gap

00:43:33to the car

00:43:34in front

00:43:34and telling him

00:43:35make sure

00:43:35that he's

00:43:36at the current

00:43:36speed

00:43:36he'll catch

00:43:37the cars

00:43:37there's no point

00:43:38burning the tyres

00:43:39up

00:43:39you're not going

00:43:39to catch them

00:43:40so basically

00:43:40give him the gap

00:43:41to the car

00:43:41in front

00:43:42and his lap

00:43:42times

00:43:43nice work

00:43:43Gerry

00:43:55the lead

00:43:55of the race

00:43:56you have to

00:43:56drink a lot

00:43:56of happy

00:43:57aid

00:43:57to think

00:43:57that he

00:43:57could win

00:43:58it

00:43:58but he is

00:43:59making good

00:44:00speed

00:44:00nonetheless

00:44:00you know

00:44:01he's half a

00:44:02second a lap

00:44:02quicker than

00:44:03Scott McLaughlin

00:44:04where did that

00:44:06brand just come

00:44:06from

00:44:07where did that

00:44:09brand just come

00:44:10from

00:44:10just invented it

00:44:11so further to

00:44:15your point

00:44:16now

00:44:16while he's

00:44:1813 seconds

00:44:19away from the

00:44:19lead

00:44:20which means

00:44:20that Jamie

00:44:21Winkup's doing

00:44:21a faster and

00:44:22faster lap

00:44:23out in front

00:44:23the gap

00:44:24between

00:44:25him

00:44:26Lowndes

00:44:26that is

00:44:27and McLaughlin

00:44:27is shrinking

00:44:29it's now

00:44:29two and a half

00:44:30seconds

00:44:30and importantly

00:44:31what Jeremy

00:44:32Moore said

00:44:33there

00:44:33he can now

00:44:33get visual

00:44:34as Chas

00:44:35Mostard

00:44:35gets dirty

00:44:37so he can

00:44:38now get visual

00:44:39on the back

00:44:39of car

00:44:4033

00:44:40Lowndes

00:44:41and that's

00:44:42going to help

00:44:42every bit

00:44:43because he's

00:44:43so good

00:44:44when he's

00:44:44in a fight

00:44:45when he's

00:44:45out there

00:44:46on his own

00:44:46he's got air

00:44:47gaps all around

00:44:47him

00:44:48it turns into

00:44:48qualifying laps

00:44:49he loves

00:44:50the scrap

00:44:50he's making

00:44:52good ground

00:44:52so on the

00:44:53current numbers

00:44:54he will get

00:44:54to the back

00:44:55of Scott

00:44:55McLachlan

00:44:56but look at

00:44:56this

00:44:56this is

00:44:57Chas

00:44:57Mostard

00:44:58we've

00:44:58taken a

00:44:59breath

00:44:59here and

00:44:59there

00:45:00watching this

00:45:00battle

00:45:00in the last

00:45:01couple of

00:45:01laps

00:45:01and oh

00:45:02he's got

00:45:03him

00:45:03Mostard's

00:45:04giving him

00:45:04a whack

00:45:05I'd suggest

00:45:05I might

00:45:06incorrectly

00:45:08vilified

00:45:08or he

00:45:09might have

00:45:09just locked

00:45:10up and

00:45:10fired off

00:45:10on his

00:45:11own

00:45:11Rick

00:45:11we'll

00:45:11wait

00:45:11and

00:45:11have

00:45:11a

00:45:11look

00:45:12but

00:45:12that'll

00:45:13be a

00:45:14safety car

00:45:14now

00:45:18that 13

00:45:19seconds

00:45:19disappears

00:45:20get your

00:45:21happy eight

00:45:21out

00:45:21so now

00:45:24it's on that's heartbreak for rick kelly finds himself in the gravel for the second time

00:45:29in as many races at turn six did you touch him here we go he might have done it on his own

00:45:37nah or not so that's unfortunate because rick kelly come into this round as

00:45:45the best i mean the best for a long time for him he was fourth in the championship coming in here

00:45:50and he's been unloaded just listen

00:45:58it's a bit strange because there was a bit of a gap there at one point it all looked like it was

00:46:01going to work out swimmingly and then it was a big whack it lifted the back of the nissan right up

00:46:06so it'll take a moment or two to get this car clear now the field compresses now the drama starts

00:46:14because well there's only a handful of laps to go and by the time they get car 15 out it's going

00:46:19to be a mad dash to the finish wind cup was sailing along nicely had good speed over winter bottom

00:46:26he had everybody covered fabian coulthard in at third scott mclaughlin knew that lounge was coming but

00:46:33now he'll have him right in his rear view mirror and look a lot of times matt we really you know

00:46:39we've given chas most some real accolades for some great drives especially his first win last year

00:46:45yeah and and he shows great pace but that was a very immature move that one at that stage of the

00:46:51race you've got to make sure that if you're going to fire down the inside that you can actually make

00:46:56that maneuver stick it never looked like stopping and hit the back of the nissan altima hard enough

00:47:01for the rear wheels to come off the ground so one of the volvos is coming in robert dahlgren is down in

00:47:08position 19 we'll just try and grab a word here with timmy before we do if you just point the camera

00:47:14over there dave there's there's eddie big eddie that's uh chas's dad over here just looked at me

00:47:19he's uh probably a little bit disappointed as well hey uh tim we we do talk a lot about how fast chas

00:47:25is he's a great talent of the future over the course of today i thought he might probably didn't position

00:47:30his car well in the first race a couple of times and we've seen a little bit of an error there

00:47:33it's a bit of a management issue now isn't it he just needs that little bit of something to make

00:47:38him capitalize on his raw speed yeah we just got to coach him you know that that's our job we've

00:47:42got to teach him you know he is new to the category you know you can't expect somebody to

00:47:46to have 10 years of experience um yeah i mean he was obviously getting a little bit frustrated he was a

00:47:51lot faster than rick and rick was blocking him every lap down into turn six and he just you know i think

00:47:57he's he's uh his impatience got the better of him i'd say yeah well he's still very young mate so it's

00:48:02ahead so uh keep your head down and keep at him he's got a big future yeah i mean the great thing

00:48:05is that he's fast we can teach him the other part of the job yeah you're dead right the other bit

00:48:10it's a bit hard isn't it all right thanks pal it's always easy to play wonetti than giddy up in this

00:48:15business but uh he's kind of a 34 robert dalbrin in a little bit of tire damage there so uh and he

00:48:23will get a penalty for that by the way chas molston it's pretty clear cut don't forget the highlights

00:48:28tonight at midnight right around the nation on seven to seven mate of both of the races today

00:48:33so a couple of things here take a look car 17 is out of sync but in the line david wall so too is

00:48:39russell ingall just at the top of your screen he's hard to miss damage to car 23 but remember when they

00:48:45get to the acceleration zone they're not allowed to overtake before the control line which was discussed

00:48:52that length in the driver's briefing and there's certainly been a couple of instances today where

00:48:56that's run amok it's hard to manage though when you're in the saddle so normally those guys would

00:49:01step aside and let the other guys go racing but that's right you can't do it now so that's pretty

00:49:06critical in the fact that we've only got we'll only end up having about four or five laps to the to the

00:49:11end and as larko pointed out earlier on in the day every inch of this 2.4 kilometer circuit counts

00:49:18so so they're all guiding now they're talking to mark winterbottom as we speak and they're saying don't

00:49:23pass him before the control line so you're going to limit the risk here so jamie picks that speed

00:49:32between 60 and 80 when he takes control of the speed field he then flattens off that number there's

00:49:39all of the various engineers that's dave patterson there he'll be talking to jack perkins his engineer

00:49:44they've got to stay within one car length that's a requirement in the rule so they tighten up the

00:49:49bunch fabian's right under the back of russell into the zone straight he'll go straight away off he

00:49:57goes so they've got to wait they've got to wait until they get the control line now they can start

00:50:02to fan out and look for positions so those cars that are out of sync help jamie winkup and help mark

00:50:10winterbottom they don't help cool tar mclaughlin

00:50:21car six drive through for that incident that we saw before so most it will come through the lane

00:50:25no surprise down the inside that's messy for van gespergen he climbed over was it reynolds or courtney

00:50:31whatever it was he was all four in the air at that stage and at that restart jason bryant has got craig

00:50:38lounge so lounges has dropped the spot back to sixth so wing cut 1.2 seconds and winner bottom

00:50:46then cool thought oh that was close craig just got him back got him back so that was close between

00:50:51david wall and scott mclaughlin but he gets through how's the margin that jamie's enjoyed after the first

00:50:57racing lap the restart 1.3 seconds the margin when they crossed the control line there that was messy

00:51:04back on the previous laps of the hairpin scoping yeah cars crunching hard into each other

00:51:13so russell engel did the right thing he stepped aside david wall's going to do the same this is the

00:51:18penalty chas mostard driving infringement and this was the stuff that neil's referring to look at that

00:51:26that's van gespergen right up in the air into the side of dave reynolds

00:51:33get some vision here bang they were all concertina straight into the side of jack

00:51:39perkins he's got no road on the outside that was on board i think with courtney we'll just have a look

00:51:45yeah yeah so courtney got into the back here of the van gespergen have a look at this this is

00:51:51a great performance wing cup since the restart very very good laps one and a half seconds

00:51:57it'll be a post-race investigation for jason bright and tim slade as a result of that restart

00:52:09now don't discount fabian caulthard having a run at mark winterbottom because we saw this

00:52:15last year young scott mclaughlin's done a good job at the restart we thought that lounge would get

00:52:20straight to him in fact he lost the spot to bright here to find his way back by jason and now lounge

00:52:27is blooming large in the mirror of young scott mclaughlin who's done an extraordinary job

00:52:32this year in the first year back for volvo say by the way that lounge went past bright back at turn

00:52:38six on that previous lap he's actually yielded the spot to him because i'll bet that they got on the

00:52:42radio and went mate you're going to have to regress that because i think what's happened there is bright

00:52:47somehow snip clowns before the control line on the restart right

00:52:53look at the margin he's bolded jamie winkup it's 1.6 seconds

00:52:58and it's a handy margin winterbottom to cool tar but this next little battle is unresolved

00:53:04that concrete free which has got a higher grip level than what the tar has got so the guys use

00:53:15every little bit on the exit of there this is lounge now so remember the fight that scott mclaughlin had

00:53:22with jamie winkup at adelaide now he's got craig lounge on him they're going to come side by side at the

00:53:27exit of six do they rub it seven yes they do that is high speed sliding around the corner

00:53:34and the volvo sticks it out great drive holds his ground the young kiwi great driving by both those

00:53:40guys and the cars are totally grip limited on the slide in the lowest speed is 165k they're doing about

00:53:48180 or 190k right out sideways right alongside each other great driving oh craig he nearly

00:53:57outbraked himself then and drilled straight into the back of mclaughlin that was spectacular at six

00:54:03wasn't it both cars sliding through the turn and great maturity for mclaughlin to just keep his focus

00:54:09there and not make a mistake here's the race leader with one to go it's got mclaughlin drawing on all

00:54:15that experience that he had in between events driving on the ice in sweden but jamie winkup does it

00:54:22again two out of two winna bottom is second fabian third but uh you're rocking out there scotty mclaughlin

00:54:31fourth and what a drive from craig lounge unbelievable talent incredible skill from 25th to fifth amazing

00:54:42red bull racing

00:54:45red bull racing australia so two pole positions and two wins to start the weekend

00:54:53the jamie winkup

00:54:58and a very good drive by young scott there matt i mean that that last lap with the pressure of a lounge

00:55:04coming at you and being able to get away with at the highest speed corner two abreast totally grip

00:55:12limited and not run into each other and not effectively have an accident with only a lap to go

00:55:19was a very mature drive we've seen some really good performances so far from him fabian called also a

00:55:24very good performance mark winterbottom had the pace of winkup in the early stages right through to the

00:55:29middle of the race winkup then put on about a 10 lap spurt which were like qualifying laps and just

00:55:36before the safety curry effectively had a one second lead he ended up winning this with a very smart

00:55:44restart and a very good batch of laps right at the end and that was a superb performance from jamie winkup

00:55:50to rebound from the drama of the previous race go back to that battle that he had with frosty where

00:55:56he just stepped it up he stepped it up a notch started posting first uh fastest first sector times

00:56:03just enough to say i know you can come with me but i'm just going to kick ahead here and that's

00:56:08what he does he's remarkable like that 78 career wins now and that's 10 victories at simmons plains

00:56:13for jamie winkup

00:56:21he's a master of his trade that was a wild race there was a lot of wild stuff that had just gone

00:56:26on there no kidding sherlock and we we knew it was going to end like that too i know

00:56:31a totally different tempo than a previous race

00:56:33so that's three race wins for 2014 for the combination of couchy and winkup

00:56:43red bull racing australia have that knack too of they got themselves into trouble they got a slap on

00:56:48the wrist from the boss and they quickly put it behind them good drive from mark winterbottom he's so

00:56:56consistent here he's got good car speed and fabian coulthard again on the podium at tasmania jamie

00:57:05winkup it has been a roller coaster day for you but 10 wins at this racetrack now two wins from today

00:57:12congratulations oh thank you thank you the car was uh excellent all day we we qualified well and um

00:57:18got a much better start in that last race and frosty pushes hard he's obviously got a very good car like

00:57:23uh it's a classic good old battle you know we've been doing it since 2008 so i really enjoyed that

00:57:27but um and i saw louncy come flying through as well where he put in a super effort so um yeah it's been

00:57:33a good day enjoy the champagne on the podium and mark winterbottom you've continued your amazing streak

00:57:37at this circuit 20 out of the 20 out of the last 22 races in the top five congratulations second on

00:57:43the podium yeah i'm wrapped with that um i may have to give jamie a uh an invoice might seem an invoice

00:57:48for a tow docker because i just towed in that whole race but those boys are quick but

00:57:52you just got to keep pushing and try and consolidate results when you can and i'm pretty

00:57:56pretty proud we had a few issues before we went at that race and all four teams or four cars come

00:58:01and help me get out of that into that race so it's a podium for everyone and we're fighting we're you

00:58:07know we're close and the boys are here to cheer you on on the podium congratulations fabian coulthard

00:58:11something about you and this track here at simmons plains your first ever podium your first ever

00:58:15race winning you're on the podium again today congratulations thank you yeah look it's pretty good you

00:58:19know we suffered a little bit in that first race today and you know you only got short turnaround

00:58:23to try and transform the car and make it something good but you know my guys at lockwood racing did

00:58:27that and you know i'm able to stand up here so it's a credit to them as well maybe it's the beard get

00:58:31out there and enjoy no worries cheers he's not feeling too flash he's got a bout of the flu fabian

00:58:36coulthard but it that'll put a smile on his face so that's your podium wing cup winterbottom and

00:58:40cool tart mclaughlin in the volvo in fourth craig lowndes from 25th up to fifth great job from scott

00:58:46pie and jack perkins in the gelled when ford and lee holdsworth the erebus rounds out the top 10

00:58:52all-star performance too from shane van gisberg and he started 24th so he made up 12 spots nick

00:58:58perkatt and rick kelly didn't make it to the finish some bruises some bumps and the ramifications

00:59:05championship wise are that jamie wing cup moves up to third in the championship but lowndes still leads

00:59:11craig lowndes outstanding drive mate good to see you back with a smile on your face i always had a

00:59:15smile we couldn't do anything about it we uh decision was made and of course it was sort of one of those

00:59:19things that's uh out of my sort of control and just really had to drive the ass off the car really and

00:59:24just have to really um just you know look after it jj made some great changes to the cuts we knew we're

00:59:28going to be in traffic uh and of course the car was really speedy down the back straight which is what

00:59:32we needed to pass cars beautifully put well said cheers all right let's go to the podium aaron noonan

00:59:37it's time for the podium for race five of the championship at the tire power tasmania 400

00:59:43our winner of race five from red bull racing australia jamie wing cup in second place for

00:59:48for ford pepsi max crew mark winterbottom in third place for lockwood racing fabian coultard

00:59:55and representing the winning team for red bull racing australia david couchie

01:00:01and presenting the winning trophies for race five for third place rob smith general marketing manager

01:00:06for naming rights sponsor tire power

01:00:11to present the second place trophy john fitzgerald chief executive officer of tourism tasmania

01:00:16presenting the trophy to the winning team peter murphy national director for our naming rights sponsor

01:00:24tire power

01:00:32and the first place trophy to our winner of race five the premier elect will hodgman mp

01:00:36ladies and gentlemen that's your podium in race five of the championship at the tire power tasmania 400

01:00:49so three race wins so far this season it moves wing cup up to third he came into this weekend in

01:00:54seventh lounges lead has been chipped away by fabian coulthard and mark winterbottom in fourth position so

01:01:01we do it all again tomorrow a 200 kilometer race this super sprint format is working a treat and jamie

01:01:08wing cup is loving it so the final race of the weekend make sure you join us it's live right around

01:01:13the country 2 30 on seven for new south wales and queensland viewers and the same time on seven mate

01:01:19for victoria south australia and our wa viewers so the tire power tasmania 400 continues can they stop

01:01:27jamie wing cup he is on a roll but there's plenty of pace and plenty of action at simmons plains raceway

01:01:34hope you've enjoyed the coverage today and hope you can join us all again tomorrow bye for now

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