New Holden Commodore unveiled while testing for 2018 season

Triple Eight Race Engineering has unveiled the new Holden ZB Commodore, set for debut in the 2018 Supercars Championship, while testing at Norwell.

“The overall look of the car is quite different from anything we’ve had before, so it’s been a big but exciting task, and we’re relishing the opportunity to get on track to see how we’ve done,” said team manager Roland Dane.

“The team’s had to work incredibly hard this year in order to compete on track with the current VF Commodore, but also work flat-out on the new car. By the time we get to the end of this year, the development process will have taken up about 20,000 hours.”

Six-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup drove the car and is excited over the progress that has been made so far.

“The team’s been burning the midnight oil behind the scenes for this moment when we finally get to bring the brand-new Commodore to the track and test it for the first time,” said Whincup.

“So far it feels fantastic. The work that they’ve done behind the scenes to this point, in my opinion we’re 99 per cent there. There’s just some fine-tuning that’s got to go on in the next few weeks and the next few months until we fully unleash the full version in 2018.”

The Supercars Championship organisation will homologate the aerodynamics of the car in the coming months, including straight line testing.