dimanche 2 décembre 2012
AUSTRALIE V8 CHAMPIONSHIP:WHINCUP CELEBRATES TITLE NUMBER FOUR
Source: BigPon rt
JAMIE Whincup now sits in the same rarified air as six of the legends of Australian touring car racing history after claiming his fourth V8 Supercars Championship at the Sydney Telstra 500 yesterday.
He joins Ian Geoghegan, Dick Johnson, Mark Skaife, Allan Moffat, Jim Richards and Bob Jane as the seventh member of the exclusive club to have won four or more Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercars Championships.
After winning the title in 2008, 2009, 2011 and now 2012, Whincup says his most recent success feels like the best.
“Everyone keeps asking the question which championship was better,” he said.
“This one certainly feels like its the best but I don't want to disrespect the other three. They were very, very special as well.
“It's an unbelievable feeling, standing on the podium there, looking down on everyone that's contributed to the sport somewhere or another. It's been a phenomenal year for us and it's been an intense battle.
“On the track it's been a lot of fun, we've had some good battles which we'll all look back on. Some were painful at the time but I think we'll look back on them and really enjoy it for what it was.
“There's been a lot of burning the midnight oil back at the workshop trying to repeat what we did last year. I remember thinking about doing another 1-2 championship finish in January, thinking ‘how are we going to manage to do that a second time?’ but we've been able to score more points so I couldn't be happier.
“I was happy with one championship and somehow I'm now sitting here with four. I'm not a greedy person but we'll come out next year and roll on and have a bit more fun.
“Right at the moment I'm quite relieved, and I'm sure all the other drivers are as well, that we're finally done. It's been good but we're certainly well and truly burnt out and looking forward to a holiday.
“I'm sure this next month will be enjoyable and we'll reflect on what a tough, hard battle it was and how all that hard work paid off.”
Whincup ended up claiming a total of 12 race wins, seven pole positions and 24 podium finishes from the 30 races held in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship.
He will collect his championship trophy this evening at the 14th Annual V8 Supercar Gala Awards in Sydney.
AUSTRALIE V8 CHAMPIONSHIP: FINAL SYDNEY RACE
Source: BigPond Sport
WILL Davison has completed the current era of V8 Supercars with a dominant win in today's final race of the 2012 season at the Sydney Telstra 500.
A bold move on the second lap of the race on early leader Garth Tander got Davison in front early - and there he stayed.
He won the 30th race of the year by just over two-seconds and competed the current era of V8 Supercars with a win for Ford - in a year dominated by Holden.
"This is magic, particularly here at Homebush. I've led the last four years here and had disastrous results," said Davison.
"To win here now, it's such a gruelling event and its great to go into the off season with our eighth win of the year."
"It's great for all the Ford fans to go into the off season with a great win. Everyone at the team deserves this."
Only two Safety Car periods interupted today's 74-lap race, the final 65 laps run caution-free in a clean display of racing.
Craig Lowndes wrangled second place in the championship by finishing second and James Courtney ended his challenging season on a high with third.
"What a way to finish the championship!" said Lowndes.
"We had a great battle with Will and James, and to get second in the championship we had to put our best foot forward.
"All in all I'm happy the season's over, I'm sad to say goodbye to Vodafone and I'm looking forward to next year."
Tim Slade ended the year as 'best of the rest' - the first non-TeamVodafone or Ford Performance Racing entered car home in the championship - with fourth today and fifth in the championship.
Jamie Whincup ended his championship season in fifth.
Jonathon Webb, David Reynolds, Steve Owen, Jason Bright and Steven Richards completed the Top-10.
Pole-sitter Garth Tander finished 16th and a lap down after being forced to pit with a tyre puncture while running in the top three.
Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom recovered from an opening lap incident with James Moffat to drive back through the field, only to suffer a similar puncture, blamed on a bolt in the turn 7 tyre wall. He eventually finished 18th.
It was a disappointing end to Shane van Gisbergen's final race in V8 Supercars for the foreseeable future; the #9 SP Tools Falcon suffering from clutch problems early in the race and posting a DNF.
22 cars finished today's race.
Teams and drivers will now take a well-earned break before the 2013 season, and the debut of the Car of the Future, commences at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide in February.
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