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V8 Supercars
V8: Frosty Wins Round 1 At Perth
It was an easy run for Winterbottom in the mixed tire compound race.
With his Ford Performance Racing teammate taken out on Lap 1, Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom easily won the first round of the Tradingpost Perth Challenge event. (Photo: Mark Horsburgh/V8 Supercars)
Mark Winterbottom laid part blame on Holden rival Garth Tander for his team-mate Will Davison losing the V8 Supercar Championship lead at the Tradingpost Perth Challenge today.
Tander was involved in a last corner, first lap stoush in today’s first race of the weekend which subsequently took Davison out of the race following a tap from behind from Shane Van Gisbergen as the field slowed to avoid more carnage.
It followed Winterbottom and Tander smacking each other down the final straight before the Commodore driver was spun around.
“I saw Garth in my door for the majority of the straight. I don’t know what he was doing but when I saw him backwards I wasn’t surprised. He was at me all the way down the straight and I wasn’t going anywhere,” Winterbottom said.
“Then there was contact on the straight and contact on the corner … and around he went, no surprise there.”
As a result of the twin incidents Davison suffered severe damage, ultimately finishing 25th, and giving TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup (second today) back the Championship lead. Craig Lowndes was third in the race.
It was an easy run for Winterbottom in the mixed tyre compound race, starting on the slower hard tyre but still keeping up with the pack before pulling away on softs.
“It was interesting because we didn’t get any dry running until today and 12 months ago we really struggled here,” Winterbottom said.
“We can roll the car out now with a base setup and go anywhere. I actually asked Campbell (Team Engineer Campbell Little) if I was on softs because I was able to stay with them.
“Jamie got away a little bit but the pace was very strong. I maintained a buffer and then when the softs went on it made it a lot easier.”
Winterbottom had his first clash with Tander before the race event started. They came together as the grid was being formed. One of Winterbottom’s mechanics opened the passenger door of the FPR Falcon just as Tander was passing to take his pole position.
Tander drove into the door buckling it almost in half. The FPR Team had to do a lightning quick replacement on the grid as the countdown to the start continued.
At race start for some reason Tander went backwards after a sound start dropping from first to fourth when again Winterbottom and he clashed. As they rounded the last corner on the first lap Winterbottom tagged Tander, sending him spinning backwards.
“It seems like all the FPR cars wanted to run into me today,” Tander said.
“Whincup ran me wide at turn six and got me out of position – it was an average move but it is racing and you take that. Then Reynolds just dive-bombed me and turned me around in front of the whole field. The only other FPR that hadn’t hit me was Will and he did… the front of my car is stuffed. Qualifying was good, race not so good. We’ll try again tomorrow.”
There are two races tomorrow, for which there are two separate qualifying sessions – one on soft compound tyres and the other on hard compound tyres.
Tander was involved in a last corner, first lap stoush in today’s first race of the weekend which subsequently took Davison out of the race following a tap from behind from Shane Van Gisbergen as the field slowed to avoid more carnage.
It followed Winterbottom and Tander smacking each other down the final straight before the Commodore driver was spun around.
“I saw Garth in my door for the majority of the straight. I don’t know what he was doing but when I saw him backwards I wasn’t surprised. He was at me all the way down the straight and I wasn’t going anywhere,” Winterbottom said.
“Then there was contact on the straight and contact on the corner … and around he went, no surprise there.”
As a result of the twin incidents Davison suffered severe damage, ultimately finishing 25th, and giving TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup (second today) back the Championship lead. Craig Lowndes was third in the race.
It was an easy run for Winterbottom in the mixed tyre compound race, starting on the slower hard tyre but still keeping up with the pack before pulling away on softs.
“It was interesting because we didn’t get any dry running until today and 12 months ago we really struggled here,” Winterbottom said.
“We can roll the car out now with a base setup and go anywhere. I actually asked Campbell (Team Engineer Campbell Little) if I was on softs because I was able to stay with them.
“Jamie got away a little bit but the pace was very strong. I maintained a buffer and then when the softs went on it made it a lot easier.”
Winterbottom had his first clash with Tander before the race event started. They came together as the grid was being formed. One of Winterbottom’s mechanics opened the passenger door of the FPR Falcon just as Tander was passing to take his pole position.
Tander drove into the door buckling it almost in half. The FPR Team had to do a lightning quick replacement on the grid as the countdown to the start continued.
At race start for some reason Tander went backwards after a sound start dropping from first to fourth when again Winterbottom and he clashed. As they rounded the last corner on the first lap Winterbottom tagged Tander, sending him spinning backwards.
“It seems like all the FPR cars wanted to run into me today,” Tander said.
“Whincup ran me wide at turn six and got me out of position – it was an average move but it is racing and you take that. Then Reynolds just dive-bombed me and turned me around in front of the whole field. The only other FPR that hadn’t hit me was Will and he did… the front of my car is stuffed. Qualifying was good, race not so good. We’ll try again tomorrow.”
There are two races tomorrow, for which there are two separate qualifying sessions – one on soft compound tyres and the other on hard compound tyres.
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