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V8 Supercars 2016
SportV8 Supercars Championship season begins this weekend with the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide.
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Mar 5-6 Adelaide, SA (Live on FOX/TEN)
Mar 5-6 Adelaide, SA (Live on FOX/TEN)
Apr 2-3 Symmons Plains, TAS (FOX)
Apr 16-17 Phillip Island, VIC (FOX)
May 7-8 Barbagallo, WA (FOX)
Apr 16-17 Phillip Island, VIC (FOX)
May 7-8 Barbagallo, WA (FOX)
May 21-22 Winton, VIC (FOX)
Jun 18-19 Hidden Valley, NT (FOX)
Jun 18-19 Hidden Valley, NT (FOX)
Jul 9-10 Townsville, QLD (FOX/TEN)
Jul 23-24 Ipswich, QLD (FOX)
Aug 13-14 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (FOX)
Aug 27-28 Eastern Creek, NSW (FOX)
Sep 18 Sandown 500, VIC (FOX/TEN)
Oct 9 Bathurst 1000, NSW (FOX/TEN)
Oct 22-23 Gold Coast, QLD (FOX/TEN)
Jul 23-24 Ipswich, QLD (FOX)
Aug 13-14 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (FOX)
Aug 27-28 Eastern Creek, NSW (FOX)
Sep 18 Sandown 500, VIC (FOX/TEN)
Oct 9 Bathurst 1000, NSW (FOX/TEN)
Oct 22-23 Gold Coast, QLD (FOX/TEN)
Nov 5-6 Pukekohe, New Zealand (FOX)
Nov 26-27 Homebush, NSW (FOX/TEN)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/2016-v8-supercars-championship-points/
DRIVERS
#1 Mark Winterbottom (Ford)
#2 Garth Tander (Holden)
#3 Andre Heimgartner (Holden)
#4 Aaren Russell (Holden)
#6 Cameron Waters (Ford)
#7 Todd Kelly (Nissan)
#8 Jason Bright (Holden)
#9 David Reynolds (Holden)
#12 Fabian Coulthard (Ford)
#14 Tim Slade (Holden)
#15 Rick Kelly (Nissan)
#17 Scott Pye (Ford)
#18 Lee Holdsworth (Holden)
#19 Will Davison (Holden)
#21 Tim Blanchard (Holden)
#22 James Courtney (Holden)
#23 Michael Caruso (Nissan)
#33 Scott McLaughlin (Volvo)
#34 James Moffat (Volvo)
#55 Chaz Mostert (Ford)
#88 Jamie Whincup (Holden)
#96 Dale Wood (Nissan)
#97 Shane van Gisbergen (Holden)
#111 Chris Pither (Ford)
#222 Nick Percat (Holden)
#888 Craig Lowndes (Holden)
Nov 26-27 Homebush, NSW (FOX/TEN)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/2016-v8-supercars-championship-points/
DRIVERS
#1 Mark Winterbottom (Ford)
#2 Garth Tander (Holden)
#3 Andre Heimgartner (Holden)
#4 Aaren Russell (Holden)
#6 Cameron Waters (Ford)
#7 Todd Kelly (Nissan)
#8 Jason Bright (Holden)
#9 David Reynolds (Holden)
#12 Fabian Coulthard (Ford)
#14 Tim Slade (Holden)
#15 Rick Kelly (Nissan)
#17 Scott Pye (Ford)
#18 Lee Holdsworth (Holden)
#19 Will Davison (Holden)
#21 Tim Blanchard (Holden)
#22 James Courtney (Holden)
#23 Michael Caruso (Nissan)
#33 Scott McLaughlin (Volvo)
#34 James Moffat (Volvo)
#55 Chaz Mostert (Ford)
#88 Jamie Whincup (Holden)
#96 Dale Wood (Nissan)
#97 Shane van Gisbergen (Holden)
#111 Chris Pither (Ford)
#222 Nick Percat (Holden)
#888 Craig Lowndes (Holden)
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WINNERS THIS SEASON
Adelaide R1: Whincup (Triple Eight Holden)
Adelaide R2: Courtney (HRT Holden)
Adelaide R3: Percat (LDM Holden)
Symmons Plains R1: van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Holden)
Symmons Plains R2: W.Davison (Tekno Holden)
Phillip Island R1: McLaughlin (GRM Volvo)
Phillip Island R2: McLaughlin (GRM Volvo)
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/videos/championship/woodstock-highlights-race-7-wd-40-phillip-island-supersprint/
Wanneroo R1: Lowndes (Team Vortex Holden)
Wanneroo R2: Winterbottom (PRA Falcon)
Winton R1: Slade (Brad Jones Racing Holden)
Winton R2: Slade (Brad Jones Racing Holden)
Hidden Valley R1: Caruso (Nissan Motorsport)
Hidden Valley R2: van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Holden)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (after 13 races)
1 Whincup 1275
2 Lowndes 1245
3 McLaughlin 1230
4 Winterbottom 1212
5 van Gisbergen 1204
6 Davison 1152
7 Caruso 1035
8 Slade 1023
9 R.Kelly 921
10 Courtney 909
11 Tander 907
In latest news, it has been confirmed that Scott McLaughlin will leave Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive for Dick Johnson Racing Team Penske in 2017.
http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/mclaughlin-joins-djr-team-penske/
9 Bathurst wins ('72, '75, '78-'80, '82-'84, '87)
9 Sandown wins ('73, '75-'81, '84)
3 ATCC wins ('74, '78, '80)
212 ATCC/V8 event starts (8th all-time)
48 ATCC/V8 race wins (5th all-time)
57 ATCC/V8 pole positions (2nd all-time)
Townsville R1: Whincup (Triple Eight Holden)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1 van Gisbergen 2248 (5 wins)
Link to incident
https://twitter.com/supercars/status/785001017456807936
Just to clarify my last post, Whincup received his 15-second time penalty for his contact with McLaughlin, not for what transpired afterwards.
I can see why RBRA would want to protest the result, as from what I read on the Supercars and other motorsport websites, that RBRA seem to think that the stewards may have applied the wrong penalty for the infringement committed by Whincup.
The infringement committed by Whincup can be classified as a Level 1 infringement (i.e. pushing another driver off the circuit without causing them damage or causing them to spin) and can apparently only be penalised, according to info provided in the drivers' briefings, by either a redress or if it is not possible to redress the situation (i.e. last lap of the race), then there's a 10-point deduction in the drivers' championship.
I don't know the rules or how they could or should be implemented, but according to RBRA there is no scope for the stewards to issue out time penalties for such an infringement and I can't remember one time this season when a driver has ever received a time penalty for one (except when a driver has not redressed the situation, i.e. like Rick Kelly early on in the race, who had no radio communication and didn't redress the situation and then had to serve his 10-second penalty at his next pit stop).
If the protest is successful, it would be the second time (the first being in 1987, when Brock won his ninth and final Bathurst win) that a win has come after the race from a protest. I wonder if they will cover this in the second part of the Brock movie tonight.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (600 points remaining)
1 van Gisbergen 2812 (6 wins)
2 Whincup -148 (4 wins)
3 Lowndes -385 (2 wins)
4 McLaughlin -461 (2 wins)
5 Davison -577 (2 wins)