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Sitting on top of an enormous lead in the supercars championship, Shane van Gisbergen has declared he is all-in for a red-hot go at biggest race on the motor racing calendar.
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Series leader Shane van Gisbergen declared he can now launch a full-scale assault at the Bathurst 1000 without damaging his championship bid after opening up a huge gap on his rivals in the title fight.
The defending champion is charging towards a third Supercars crown after putting more distance on his title competition with back-to-back wins at Sandown on Sunday.
After setting up victory with an attacking pass on pole sitter Will Davison in opening laps, the Triple Eight star stormed to his second win of the weekend — and his 16th for the year — in Sunday’s second sprint race at the historic Melbourne circuit.
Van Gisbergen edged out Dick Johnson Racing rival Davison, who had ended the defending champion’s five-race winning streak on Saturday, and rookie teammate Broc Feeney, who claimed the second podium of his career.
The 33-year-old joined elite company by becoming just the fourth driver in Supercars history to record 70 career race wins behind his team boss Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife.
With just one more race — in New Zealand — before the biggest race of the year at Bathurst, van Gisbergen now holds a whopping 500-point lead in the championship over Ford’s Cam Waters, who had to settle for 10th after running off the track late in the second race.
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Van Gisbergen said it had been his goal to open up the biggest lead possible heading into Bathurst — where he won in 2020 — to allow him to take a big swing at a second Mount Panorama crown.
“It’s exactly been the goal for the last couple of rounds,” van Gisbergen said.
“I probably lost focus and was a bit too conservative at Winton and Darwin and didn’t race like I normally would have.
“But the past three rounds have been full-attack and now I can go to Bathurst and just have a crack and not even think about the championship.
“It’s a pretty cool place to be in.”
Van Gisbergen’s 16th win drew him level with Lowndes’ season haul set in 1996. Only triple Supercars champion-turned IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin’s record of 18 wins, set in 2019, is in van Gisbergen’s way of a new Supercars record.
Davison edged out van Gisbergen at the start of the second race, but the New Zealand ace was relentless in his attack early until he passed Davison on the second lap.
As van Gisbergen and Davison battled for the lead, Davison’s DJR teammate Anton De Pasquale ran into the back of his teammate, forcing him back to the pits for repairs and resulting in a 24th place finish — pushing him back to fourth in the standings.
Van Gisbergen said he knew he had to get Davison early in the race if he was to have any chance of winning the battle.
“It was pretty cool in those first few laps, what an awesome battle,” van Gisbergen said.
“I knew it was going to be tough and whoever led the first two laps probably had the best chance of winning the race.
“(Davison) has been really fast this weekend. I followed him (Saturday) and in that race I knew I had to get him at the start and put maximum pressure.”
Van Gisbergen had earlier charged to his 15th victory of the year when he converted from pole in a clinical drive to finish more than seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of Chaz Mostert in the first of the Sunday’s two 36-lap sprint races.
And there was a scary moment in qualifying for Davison when he was left “struggling to breathe” and was forced to escape a smoke-filled cabin following an electrical fire in his car.
Davison had to rush back to the pits after his cockpit filled with smoke during qualifying for Sunday’s first sprint race.
The Ford driver revealed later he had needed some oxygen before returning to the track for the second qualifying, in which he grabbed pole after the team repaired the car.
“It was getting pretty hard to breathe for the last minute or so, it was getting quite bad,” Davison said.
“I was with (Supercars doctor) Carl (Le) for a bit on the oxygen and that, I wasn’t feeling the best to be totally honest with you.
“But I still got the (second qualifying) lap in and then had an hour or so before that first race and just had a sit down and chill out and I was fine.”
SvG emerges on top after rival escapes qualifying fire
Shane van Gisbergen is charging towards another Supercars championship after putting more distance on his rivals in the title fight with back-to-back wins at Sandown.
After setting up victory with an attacking pass on pole sitter Will Davison in the opening laps, the Triple Eight star stormed to his second win of the weekend — and his 16th for the year — in Sunday’s second sprint race at the historic Melbourne circuit.
Van Gisbergen edged out Dick Johnson Racing rival Davison, who had ended the defending champion’s five-race winning streak on Saturday, and rookie teammate Broc Feeney, who claimed just the second podium of his career.
With just one more race – in New Zealand – before the biggest race of the year at Bathurst, van Gisbergen now holds a whopping 500-point lead in the championship over Ford’s Cam Waters, who had to settle for 10th after running off the track late in the race.
Earlier, van Gisbergen charged to his 15th victory of the year when he converted from pole in a clinical drive to finish more than seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of Chaz Mostert in the first of the Sunday’s two 36-lap sprint races.
Davison edged out van Gisbergen at the start of the second race, but the New Zealand ace was relentless in his attack early until he passed Davison on the second lap.
As van Gisbergen and Davison battled for the lead, Davison’s DJR teammate Anton De Pasquale ran into the back of his teammate, forcing him back to the pits for repairs and finishing at the back of the field.
Van Gisbergen said he knew he had to get Davison early in the race if he was to have any chance of winning the battle.
“It was pretty cool in those first few laps, what an awesome battle,” van Gisbergen said.
“It was a shame Anton got damaged and we couldn’t all fight it out.
“I’m so stoked for the team as well, a double podium congrats to Broc … what an awesome weekend.
“(Davison) has been really fast this weekend. I followed him yesterday and in that race I knew I had to get him at the start and put maximum pressure.
“At the end I could see him coming and I was just trying to go as hard as I could and I didn’t look in the mirror, I just tried to keep pushing.”
Van Gisbergen became just the fourth driver in Supercars history to record 70 race wins behind team boss Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife.
Earlier, there was a scary moment in qualifying for Davison when he was left “struggling to breathe” and was forced to escape a smoke-filled cabin following an electrical fire in his Mustang.
Davison had to rush back to the pits after his cockpit filled with smoke during qualifying for Sunday’s first sprint race.
As van Gisbergen claimed pole, Davison hurried to get out of the car when he returned to the DJR team garage as he gasped for air.
While Davison had been on a hot pace, the issue bumped him back to 11th on the grid.
But DJR quickly repaired the issue and he was able to return to the track for the second qualifying session to claim his second pole position of the weekend.
“It was like a bad cigar, not that I smoke,” Davison said.
“It was a pretty stressful first session. I just wanted to get it (the car) back because I did not want to cause a red (flag), but I was struggling to breathe for about half a lap there.
“We got it in and it (the pole) was a good way to repay the boys. I knew we had a good time in us, so that just filled the motivation to really dig in and rag it.
“It was a little gremlin there, which was pretty nasty. But just thankful they could quickly fix it and get us back out and show how fast that Mustang is.”
Defending champion Shane van Gisbergen has continued his championship charge to extend his series lead yet again with a clinical win in Sunday’s first sprint race at Sandown.
After his five-race winning streak ended on Saturday when he finished second to Ford rival Will Davison, van Gisbergen put his Holden back on top after converting from pole.
The victory gave van Gisbergen his 15th victory of the season — 12 more than his closest rivals Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters, each with three.
In another typically dominant display, van Gisbergen finished more than seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of Bathurst 1000 champion Mostert, whose second-place came after his Walkinshaw Andretti United crew was forced to make a rapid engine-change following qualifying due to high water pressure.
Erebus Motorsport’s Will Brown finished third to claim his first podium since Sydney last November.
Holding a 393-point lead before this round, van Gisbergen’s buffer in the championship standings now stands at 446 points over Dick Johnson Racing’s Anton De Pasquale.
“The car was really good. So much better than yesterday,” van Gisbergen said.
“But the real test will come this afternoon when Will is up the front as well, he was very fast yesterday.
“Thanks to my guys, it’s always really cool to get a win.
“It was the best one (start) I got. I got through turn one, I can’t remember the first time I’ve got through in the lead and thought ‘Shit, what do I do now?’. Normally I have to think about battling someone, so I was a bit lost the first few laps.”
Van Gisbergen will start from second position on the grid for the final sprint race of the round later in the afternoon with Davison on pole.
Mostert said it had been a massive effort from his team to get the engine change completed in time before the race.
“It’s been a big 24 hours for the team. The team worked extremely hard to turn this car into a faster car today,” Mostert said.
“Then to get through qualifying with a third and a fifth and then found that we needed to change the engine, so a big credit to the team, they worked extremely hard all the way up to the last minute to get this car out, so just super-pumped to reward them with a podium.”
Van Gisbergen’s rookie teammate Broc Feeney, starting from fourth, had looked on track for a potential podium after a strong start before a costly stall at his pit stop.
Starting from 11th for the first Sunday race after a qualifying drama when his cabin filled with smoke in qualifying, Davison finished 15th after copping a pit lane penalty for a pit lane infringement.
Scary moment as V8 star escapes electrical fire
Ford’s Will Davison was “struggling to breathe” as he was forced to escape a smoke-filled cabin before he rebounded to claim pole for Sunday’s second sprint race in a dramatic qualifying session at Sandown.
After claiming his second win of the year at Sandown on Saturday, Davison had to rush back to the pits after his cockpit filled with smoke following an electrical fire in his Mustang during qualifying for Sunday’s first race.
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As series leader Shane van Gisbergen claimed pole in a qualifying lap record time, Davison was rushing to get out of the car when he returned to the Dick Johnson Racing team garage as he gasped for air.
While Davison had been on a hot pace, the issue bumped him back to 11th on the grid.
But DJR quickly repaired the issue and he was able to return to the track for the second qualifying session to claim his second pole position of the weekend.
Davison topped the session in another qualifying lap record time ahead of Triple Eight rival van Gisbergen and his DJR teammate Anton De Pasquale.
The Supercars veteran said he had struggled to breathe as smoke filled his car.
“I haven’t come up for air yet,” Davison said.
“It was like a bad cigar, not that I smoke.
“It was a pretty stressful first session. I just wanted to get it (the car) back because I did not want to cause a red (flag), but I was struggling to breathe for about half a lap there.
“We got it in and it (the pole) was a good way to repay the boys. I knew we had a good time in us, so that just filled the motivation to really dig in and rag it.
“It was a little gremlin there, which was pretty nasty. But just thankful they could quickly fix it and get us back out and show how fast that Mustang is.”
Van Gisbergen topped the qualifying for Sunday’s first sprint race ahead of Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters and Chaz Mostert, but his bid for back-to-back poles was thwarted after he ran into traffic late in the second session.
There are two 36-laps at Sandown on Sunday afternoon.
Davison repays new deal with flawless drive
Supercars veteran Will Davison vowed he won’t be “making up the numbers” after putting the brakes on championship leader Shane van Gisbergen’s five-race winning streak when he converted from pole to claim his second victory this year.
Backing up his re-signing with Dick Johnson Racing for 2023, the 39-year-old Ford driver said talk of the end of his career had been “pushed down his throat too much” after he produced a faultless drive from the front of the grid to put a rare dent in van Gisbergen’s season of dominance in the opening race of the Sandown SuperSprint.
Before this round, Davison had claimed just one win from six poles this year but improved his conversion rate to two from seven after finishing more than eight seconds clear of his Triple Eight rival after capitalising on a brilliant launch off the start line.
It was a strong day for DJR with Davison’s teammate Anton De Pasquale finishing third in the 36-lap race behind van Gisbergen.
Davison, who this week announced a new deal to race on with DJR next year, said he had been confident of securing another deal with the Ford squad and remained as hungry as ever on track.
“I wasn’t too worried with the chats I was having, but I have been around this game a long time,” Davison, who turns 40 at the end of the month, said.
“(I knew if I was) just doing my job on the track then everything was going to take care of itself … all I want to be racing for now is to be competitive, not just to make up the numbers.
“You would love to go on your own terms, for sure. But I’m not even thinking about it. It’s something that has been pushed down my throat too much, it’s a bit annoying really.
“You look at the form of (IndyCar) racers (Scott) Dixon and (Will) Power and (F1’s Fernando) Alonso. It’s a want thing and I am still working hard and still as hungry as ever.
“I’m not even thinking about it, I’ll just keep pressing on and as long as I’m going good and putting in the effort, who knows how long I’ll keep going?”
Van Gisbergen delivered one of his most memorable performances at Sandown last year when he swept to victory in all three races two weeks after he suffered a broken collarbone and broken ribs in a mountain-biking accident.
But the defending Supercars champion, who has 14 race wins for the year, had to settle for second after conceding he could not match Davison’s pace.
Van Gisbergen held a 393-point lead in the championship and was still able to extend his points lead at the top of the standings to 401 points with his second-place.
“I tried hard but Will was very fast and I just couldn’t quite hang with him,” van Gisbergen said.
“But after the (pit) stop he was gone. I gave it everything, but we were not quite good enough today.
“I hope (there is more pace on Sunday) because he is too quick. We will work at it, mainly rear traction, he was very good and maybe I went a bit hard on that first stint, as well.
“It was a boring race, but still a good one and a tight one and hopefully we can put on a better show for everyone tomorrow.”
De Pasquale jumped ahead of fifth-placed Tickford Racing driver Cameron Waters, who had started from 12th on the grid after failing to make the top-10 shootout, to second place in the standings after his podium finish.
Davison remains fourth in the championship standings, 451 points behind van Gisbergen.
Earlier, there was qualifying drama when Davison escaped with a fine after an investigation into a pit exit breach on his lap to claim pole position.
Davison had earlier smashed the qualifying lap record, lowering triple Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin’s 2019 benchmark with his 1:07.4813 Q2 effort before knocking series leader Shane van Gisbergen off pole with his last-lap flyer in the top-10 shootout.
But Davison’s pole lap was in doubt after race stewards investigated whether the Ford driver had made a breach by crossing over the chevron markings at the pit lane exit.
The Supercars veteran’s pole lap was allowed to stand after he accepted the penalty of a $500 fine for the breach.
Davison’s seventh pole drew him level with Waters for the most pole positions this year.
There are two more sprint races at Sandown on Sunday.
Davison $500 out of pocket after qualifying lap blinder
Will Davison escaped with a fine after an investigation into a pit exit breach on his lap to claim pole position for Saturday’s opening sprint race at Sandown, having earlier smashed the qualifying lap record.
Fresh from this week re-signing with Dick Johnson Racing for 2023, Davison lowered triple Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin’s 2019 qualifying benchmark with his 1min07.4813sec effort in Q2 before knocking championship leader Shane van Gisbergen off pole with his last-lap flyer in the top-10 shootout.
But Davison’s pole lap was in doubt after race stewards investigated whether the Ford driver had made a breach by crossing over the chevron markings at the exit to pit lane.
The Supercars veteran’s pole lap was allowed to stand after he accepted the penalty of a $500 fine for the breach.
Watching from the United States, IndyCar star McLaughlin had backed Davison to hold onto his pole lap, tweeting “Fine him, move on, shouldn’t lose a pole over that”.
It was Davison’s seventh pole of 2022, drawing him level with Tickford Racing star Cameron Waters for the most pole positions this year.
Watching from the United States, McLaughlin had backed Davison to hold onto his pole lap, tweeting “Fine him, move on, shouldn’t lose a pole over that”.
Davison topped qualifying ahead of van Gisbergen, Erebus Motorsport’s Will Brown, DJR teammate Anton De Pasquale and Tickford Racing’s Thomas Randle.
The 39-year-old was thrilled with the DJR Ford’s qualifying speed.
“To nail a shootout lap under the pump … a huge shout out to the whole team,” Davison said.
“It’s been a huge week for the team. A track we probably weren’t the best at last year, but we have worked even harder to bring a quick car here.
“It’s been a great couple of days, a really fun couple of laps. Quite tricky then going lap one in the shootout, we knew all along it was going to be a bit of a challenge in these conditions.
“Big thanks to everyone who hooked the car up beautifully for me.”
But the race hopes of the closest championship challenger Waters and Bathurst 1000 winner Chaz Mostert took a major hit after the former teammates qualified outside the top-10 on the grid for Saturday’s race.
Tickford Racing star Waters, who sits second in the championship standings behind van Gisbergen, will start from 12th on the grid and Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Mostert behind him in 13th position after they failed to progress to the top-10 shootout.
Van Gisbergen holds a 393-point lead in the championship ahead of the opening sprint race at Sandown.
Supercars great slams ‘incredibly unfair’ scheduling
Supercars stars have called for the return of the traditional 500km endurance race before the Bathurst 1000 as the calendar was labelled “incredibly unfair” for co-drivers leading into the biggest event of the year at Mount Panorama.
The co-drivers hit the track for their first and only official practice session ahead of October’s Great Race on Friday at Sandown, which traditionally hosted the Bathurst endurance lead-in but is now a sprint event.
The Supercars endurance season formerly comprised three races – the Sandown 500, the Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 – but since Covid struck Bathurst has been the only endurance race held.
As Triple Eight sent a warning to its rivals that its Bathurst pairings would be tough to beat after the team’s 2022 co-drivers Jamie Whincup and Garth Tander topped Friday’s co-driver practice session, the sport’s biggest names said it was time for the 500 km Bathurst dress rehearsal to return.
The session marked seven-time series champion turned Triple Eight team boss Whincup’s return behind the wheel after his retirement at the end of last year.
Dick Johnson Racing’s Will Davison topped the earlier practice session for the main drivers ahead of Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert and Anton De Pasquale (DJR).
Whincup, who will team with Triple Eight rookie Broc Feeney at Bathurst, said it was time to bring the 500km back.
“From a team owner’s perspective, I am certainly all for it,” Whincup said.
“We had to wind back the category, we cut a lot of streets tracks and also the three enduros back to one for the Covid period but we are certainly coming out of that period very strong, Adelaide on the calendar, Gold Coast back and Newcastle next year.
“If somebody asked me the question should we do the 500 again, I would say absolutely.
“It would be great to have it back.”
Four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Tander, who will partner series leader Shane van Gisbergen for a fourth straight year, said it was unfair on the less experienced co-drivers not to have a race before Mount Panorama.
“I feel sorry for the other co-drivers that don’t have the experience of the three that are sitting up here (Tander, Whincup and Fabian Coulthard),” Tander said.
“Having a 500k race prior to Bathurst is important. We all three sat up here and spoke about how we contributed to developing the race car today.
“We didn’t spend any time getting comfortable in the race car, we just got on with the job of trying to make their race cars faster for this weekend.
“That is a massive advantage that we have over the inexperienced co-drivers and I think giving those co-drivers that are racing the Dunlop series, the Cam Hills or your Declan Frasers or your Tyler Everinghams a chance to do a 500km by Bathurst, it was always the curtain raiser and I really think it should come back.
“Because I think it is incredibly unfair, I think we have a massive advantage going to Bathurst given our experience.”
Mostert, who won the Bathurst 1000 last year, also considered the schedule unfair on the co-drivers.
“The last couple of years where we have just had the one enduro …. it’s not my favourite time of year, I like the three enduro rounds that we used to do,” said Mostert, who will team with Coulthard this year.
“The 500 always led into Bathurst, which was super exciting.
“It’s a little bit unfair on the poor co-drivers that they don’t get to race these cars as often …. So, this weekend is a little weird.”
After Sandown, there is one more race before Bathurst in New Zealand.
SUPERCARS ACE SLAMS ‘SOFT’ RIVALS
Ford star Cameron Waters has labelled some of his fellow Supercars drivers “soft” for not racing Shane van Gisbergen hard enough, declaring the series leader is not “invincible”.
As Waters gets set to resume his championship chase at Sandown this weekend, the Tickford Racing ace said the title was “still up for grabs” despite his Triple Eight rival van Gisbergen’s big lead in the standings.
After a clean sweep of three races in the last round at Tailem Bend, defending champion van Gisbergen extended his lead in the standings to 393 points clear of Waters, who edged in front of Dick Johnson Racing pilot Anton De Pasquale to move to second in the championship for the first time this year.
Waters, championship runner-up in 2020, said he had to put pressure on van Gisbergen by continuing to race him hard, which he felt other drivers weren’t doing, to keep up the title fight.
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“There are always things you can do, you have just got to be able to put pressure on him,” Waters said.
“I don’t think he is invincible like other drivers treat him. They all just wave him through.
“We will just focus on having a fast car and then if you can do that, you can race him and if you race him, then you can put pressure on him. That’s what we need to do.
“I wouldn’t say they (other drivers) are intimidated by him, they just let him through. They just don’t race him very hard, some of them are a bit soft.
“I don’t know if they are just racing their race and they don’t think they can race him as hard or what. I know they race me harder than they race him.”
Waters claimed back-to-back poles at Tailem Bend — for a return of one podium — and leads the field for pole positions with seven this year.
Despite van Gisbergen sitting more than a round’s worth of points clear in the championship, Waters said there was still time to chase down his Holden rival with five rounds still to race.
“It is a big points gap but there are still a lot of points up for grabs and he doesn’t need to have much bad luck for that to narrow quite a lot,” Waters said.
“It’s still up for grabs. But the way I am thinking is I have just got to go out and win races and be consistent and just see what happens and see where we are at post-Bathurst.
“The pace has been in the car over one lap, that has not been an issue at all. Our race pace has still been good, we have probably been the second fastest car for a while now but we just need to find that next bit of the puzzle to match Shane really.
“That’s what we are working towards at the moment …. fix the balance and that will fix the race pace and it will fix why we are second fastest and not the fastest.”
Waters, who has three race wins this year, said he was already starting to turn his attention to the Bathurst 1000 where he has finished second the past two years.
“I am already thinking about it and thinking about what we need. We have been pretty close there the last couple of years and haven’t been able to win it,” Waters said.
“It hurt in 2020 when I was a second off the win and last year we probably weren’t quite quick enough.
“To come second two years (in a row) sucked. It was good, but it sucked at the same time. So, we are going there to win it or bin it.
“We just need to find a bit more car speed and just keep doing what we are doing the last few years and we should be OK to have a crack at it.
“We’ve got all the ingredients for Bathurst, we just need to do a better job of it.
“Bathurst you need a lot of things to go your way, but things you can focus on are not making mistakes and having a fast car. The last few years (the car has) been fast but probably not quite fast enough.
“That’s probably the focus right now is making sure that we are faster than we were last year and if we can do that, that’s a massive help.”
Double deal: DJR locks in gun Supercars pairing
Dick Johnson Racing has announced a double deal with both Anton De Pasquale and Will Davison signed to new contracts.
Ending months of speculation about their two high profile seats, DJR confirmed it will head into next season with an unchanged line-up.
“We are delighted to announce that Will and Anton will continue driving with the Shell V-Power Racing Team in 2023,” team boss Dick Johnson said.
“Both drivers have been invaluable additions to our team and they have been the perfect fit with not only all our staff, but also with our partners, and are loved by all our loyal and passionate supporters.
“Their on-track results have proved that and they are a fantastic pairing for our team.”
Signed on as Scott McLaughlin’s high profile replacement after the champion headed to the US, De Pasquale was under pressure after failing to replicate the feats of the now-Indy car star.
The new deal will ensure his future at the famous team until at least the end of the year.
“The family culture that Dick and Ryan have created at the team is like no other and I am excited to remain with the Shell V-Power Racing Team,” De Pasquale said.
“It is a great team to work with and for and to have continuity and stability with the team going into next year is excellent and to have a great teammate in Will.
“We both want to get more wins and continue to be up the front not only for the team but for our partners and the fans.”
With many predicting he would be replaced despite out performing his teammate on several occasions, Davison earned the new deal he deserved.
“I’m very excited to continue driving for the Shell V-Power Racing Team,” Davison said.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to race in the iconic Shell V-Power colours, the legendary No. 17 and for such an iconic race team in DJR.
“I can’t wait to build on the excellent results we’ve had to date and continue fighting for race wins. I love working with the entire race team, they’re a great group of people and feel like family.”
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