Supercars: All the action from the Darwin Triple Crown

Maybe the only man that can stop Scott McLaughlin from claiming a V8 three-peat, Jamie Whincup proved he was no fading force by beating the flying Ford in a fair fight at the Darwin Triple Crown.

Jamie Whincup proved too good in Darwin.

Jamie Whincup has declared himself “back in the fight” after winning a one-on-one war with Scott McLaughlin to revive his championship dream.

Matching the might of the Mustang to show the Commodore could still be king, Whincup gave every Holden fan hope when he delivered McLaughlin a rare defeat.

“That race felt like 2017 and 2018 when we were going massively head to head,” Whincup said.

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Jamie Whincup took the Darwin Triple Crown title and the Supercars title race is alive again.

“Unfortunately, we haven’t given them (DJR/Team Penske) much of a run in recent times but it was great to be able to take the fight to them. Hopefully we gave everyone at home what they wanted.”

Maybe the only man that can stop McLaughlin from claiming a V8 three-peat, Whincup proved he was no fading force by beating the flying Ford in a fair fight.

Whincup bounced back from a practice crash to win both the last race and the Triple Crown.

“I am completely rapt because we ground it out all weekend,” Whincup said.

“We had a quick carn and got the win. We are pretty proud to get the win.”

ONE LAP WONDER

McLaughlin claimed a Darwin pole three-peat to edge another step closer to Whincup’s all time qualifying record.

Continuing his stunning season of one lap speed, McLaughlin claimed his seventh qualifying win of the season when he went back-to-back to win both Sunday sessions after also winning on Saturday.

Taking his career tally to 68, the Ford flyer is now just 18 qualifying wins away from equalling Whincup’s all-time record of 86.

McLaughlin declared his pole three-peat part payment for finishing 20th in the first race.

“It’s awesome to get pole times three,” McLaughlin said.

“It’s the first half of the payback for the guys.

“I am still kicking myself after yesterday, I was pretty disappointed last night going to bed but knew I had time to repay the team.

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Scott McLaughlin found form on Sunday after a horrible result on Saturday.

RACE 14

McLaughlin bounced back even further from his Saturday shocker when he went on to win the second race of the Darwin Triple crown.

Slumping to 20th in race one after he was slapped down by a 15-second time penalty for a safety car restart infringement, the DJR Team Penske flyer responded with an emphatic two second victory over Whincup.

“Sorry for yesterday but great to bounce back,” McLaughlin said.

“We got a bit lucky to get in front but I am really proud of all the guys.”

Extending his championship lead with a flawless fling, McLaughlin survived a lap nine lunge from his teammate Fabian Coulthard before easily accounting for Whincup.

Coulthard blew a golden chance to get one back on his all-conquering teammate when he made a race winning mistake during a pit-stop re-join.

In an error he will be left ruing, Coulthard fast closed the gap on the race-re-joining McLaughlin but ended up in the dirt after missing his turn-one braking mark.

“It was a great start from Fabs,” McLaughlin said.

“It was like the best start I had done for a long time and he just absolutely smashed me.

“I did a big in-lap and the boys’ pitstop was amazing. We got in front and then I saw Fabs run wide so I got a bit lucky there.”

Whincup holds out McLaughlin to take the win.

RACE 15

The final instalment of the Triple Crown saw Whincup and McLaughlin go head-to-head in a top of the table fight.

Continuing the heavyweight rivalry between DJR Team Penske and Red Bull, McLaughlin blasted out of the blocks to land the first blow for Ford.

But Whincup hit back in his Holden when the seven-time champion undercut the flying Falcon to steal the lead.

Originally published as Supercars: All the action from the Darwin Triple Crown