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Not the greatest race in the history of motorsport or even touring cars.
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I don't think there's a rule that states that each race should be 'better' than the last.
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21 Apr 2018, 11:20 (Ref:3816781) | #28 | |
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Whincup penalised for pit lane infringement, so was classified 14th
Whincup stripped of second by post-race penalty Rick gets 2nd and SVG 3rd. Lowndes gave up the podium He will be even dirtier |
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21 Apr 2018, 11:32 (Ref:3816783) | #30 | |
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Perhaps that was what Monsoir Lacroix was whispering into Mr McLaughlin's ear, post race?
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Thought it was an interesting race. McLaughlin a well-deserved win, Kelly a much needed podium. I thought it seemed obvious Whincup was running less DF leading to higher straight speed but less corner stability as compared to the 17.
Also thought DJR should have long pitted McLaughlin by 5 or 10 liters as the opening stint showed McLaughlin had a slight pace advantage and could have closed down Whincup prior to stop 2. Oh well, Scotty Mac covered it for them. Looking forward to race 2. |
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21 Apr 2018, 13:01 (Ref:3816791) | #33 | |
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That's exactly what they should have done. Put an extra two seconds of fuel in then jumped him in the second stop. Matching rbrs fuel load made no sense.
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Mark Dutton on speedcafe.com.au about the ruling against Jamie Whincup:
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22 Apr 2018, 00:21 (Ref:3816849) | #36 | |
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He and Story should start their own "but it made no difference!" club.
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22 Apr 2018, 00:29 (Ref:3816850) | #37 | |
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It was obvious there was no gain. He left the pits in 1st, and finished the race in 2nd. Which unfortunately for him, became 14th.
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22 Apr 2018, 00:37 (Ref:3816851) | #38 | |
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The "gain" people will be referring to was the intermittent one by releasing the limiter earlier, which helps explain why his gap to MCL after they both left the pits was a lot larger than expected given how close they were in the lane.
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22 Apr 2018, 01:07 (Ref:3816856) | #41 | |
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Those are some sexy qualifying results. Kelly with genuine pace and some rookies beginning to find their feet.
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It is the standard pit lane infringement penalty..... harsh yes, probably overly so, but it has been the same for a while and many have fallen foul of it for minor infractions. RBR had no problem with the penalty, basically that it was not intentional but admitting 'guilty as charged'.
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22 Apr 2018, 02:19 (Ref:3816860) | #44 | ||
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the real question is why wasnt it picked up during the race, the data suggest he was 7 km over the speed limit |
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Proximity of car 17 probably blocked the laser to an extent, or there's no pit exit speed loop at the island - I'd suggest either or both of those things mean it wasn't picked up. Same with the flashing rear light, when there's a car right behind it can't be seen either way.
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22 Apr 2018, 04:04 (Ref:3816865) | #46 | ||
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22 Apr 2018, 04:46 (Ref:3816867) | #47 | |
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Betty needs a race face.
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22 Apr 2018, 04:54 (Ref:3816869) | #48 | |
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They're just too good around here. T8 detuned their things completely.
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22 Apr 2018, 05:59 (Ref:3816872) | #49 | ||
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Not sure if it was officially sanctioned, but R10 on Foxtel was live streamed over a FZb page this afternoon.
I still maintain there aren’t enough pit reporters on the ground... the PHR car had issues and we never quite understood why, certainly not from anyone in the team, even if they were working under the front of it. Can’t be hard to have at least 1 if not 2 roving units, and a talking head to speak to the pics Congratulations to Mr McLaughlin... and well done to Nissan for anotger podium... |
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22 Apr 2018, 06:11 (Ref:3816873) | #50 | |
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#18 was struck down with splitter mount issues, as per what was mentioned in the telecast.
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