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THE BULLS SCORE A 1-2 AND SECURE THE TEAMS’ CHAMPS AT THE SYD SUPERNIGHT
MEDIA RELEASE/Red Bull Ampol Racing Team – Photos: Velocity Magazine
Jamie Whincup – Car #88
Practice 2 – Seventh (1:30.1999)
Qualifying, Race 29 – Second (1:30.6648)
Race 29 – Second
Championship standings – Second (2341 points)
Shane van Gisbergen – Car #97
Practice 2 – Third (1:30.0386)
Qualifying, Race 29 – Fourth (1:31.2739)
Race 29 – First
Championship standings – First (2678 points)
Shane van Gisbergen has led team-mate Jamie Whincup to a Red Bull Ampol Racing one-two in an extremely surprising Race 29 of the Repco Supercars Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Jamie Whincup – Car #88
“I was surprised by how little teams elected to use the super-soft tyres to start the race. We felt like a couple of lone rangers up the front, but we managed to bolt away early in the race. We weren’t sure if the safety car was going to help us or hurt us at that stage, but the longevity and tyre life of the super-soft tyre halfway through the second stint made it pretty obvious that the safety car didn’t help us and we were in a bit of trouble. Thankfully, the heavens fell out of the sky with ten laps to go and got us back in the race. I’m not sure what we would’ve finished if the rain didn’t come, but it certainly wouldn’t have been a one-two. Overall, credit to the entire crew at Red Bull Ampol Racing for their tireless work over the past four weeks in Sydney, and to secure the teams’ championship tonight is just fantastic.”
Shane van Gisbergen – Car #97
“Firstly, it’s awesome to win the teams’ championship. We’ve been having close battles with the guy’s next door for the last couple of years, but this year our team has absolutely killed it. Our cars have been absolutely flawless and at most rounds this season we’ve been so fast, so it’s a credit to everyone in the team, they truly deserve it. The race itself was pretty cool too. I was protecting my soft tyres early at the start and it paid off because we had to put them back on later in the race. My car was awesome on the hard tyres, but I had to double stack in the pit stop which put us a long way back in the pack. I was in a bit of trouble, but I managed to come through with a heap of speed, and in the end I’m not sure where we would have ended up, but the rain came, and it really hurt the hard tyres more than the soft tyres. The battle was epic out there today, and to get a team one-two was awesome.”
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