Shane van Gisbergen wins as Jamie Whincup makes costly mistake
Shane van Gisbergen won the final Supercars race at Winton Motor Raceway, taking advantage of a rare mistake from team-mate Jamie Whincup in the final stages of the race.
The Triple Eight Race Engineering driver started third behind Whincup and DJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin.
The fight for the lead was hard between the trio, also including DJR Team Penske driver Fabian Coulthard.
A late safety car session played part of the lead fight as well, brought out due to an incident between Michael Caruso and Shae Davies on lap 50.
The restart saw Whincup in the lead, with van Gisbergen and Coulthard right behind. Whincup made a mistake just ten laps from the finish, running wide, allowing van Gisbergen and Coulthard past.
Van Gisbergen broke away to win by just over one second while Whincup was able to fight his way back past Coulthard to make it a Triple Eight Race Engineering 1-2.
Coulthard crossed the line in third as the top Ford driver, with Prodrive Racing Australia’s Cameron Waters fourth and pole-man McLaughlin in fifth.
Garth Tander and David Reynolds claimed positions six and seven for Garry Rogers Motorsport and Erebus Motorsport, both fighting their way up through the field from tenth and 13th position on the grid respectively. Chaz Mostert rounded off the top eight for Prodrive Racing Australia.
Coulthard heads the standings on 1060 points, Whincup is second on 1056, McLaughlin third on 1032 and van Gisbergen fourth on 1023 points.
