Red Bull Holden Racing driver Jamie Whincup secured the 106th victory of his Supercar career, the most of any driver in the history of the sport, when he took the win in race 18 at the Sydney Motorsport Park Circuit on Sunday afternoon.
The 6 time world champion won the 200km race after being allowed to pass teammate Shane van Gisbergen, who was unable to hold off the DJR Team Penske of Fabian Coulthard, who finished second. Van Gisbergen finished third with Scott McLaughlin fourth and Chaz Mostert fifth.
"It has been a bit lean this year, as we all know, but great to get my second win of the year,” Jamie said. “It all came down to pace, we had great pace all race. The guys and girls did an awesome job with the strategy, I think that was a big contributor. We are a big team at Red Bull Holden Racing, thanks to my teammate (Shane van Gisbergen) for being a team player today."
"No doubt what comes around goes around in situations like that. We got the win which is the main thing and now we move on to the long races of the year, the season of endurance. "
"The win numbers I don't look at too much, it's not something I really celebrate, but every win is awesome and it's good to still be winning in one of the most competitive categories in the world. Craig (Lowndes) will probably still be around in 25 years' time. He's an awesome competitor and teammate, so we're still in the heat of the battle."
Whincup is now just 12 points behind McLaughlin in the drivers' championship as we head into the endurance rounds, starting with the Sandown 500 in 4 weeks' time.
