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Red Bull team boss Mark Dutton insists there will be ‘no blow-ups’ between all-time champ Jamie Whincup and rising star Shane van Gisbergen, despite both racing up the front and being caught in tricky teammate situations at the past two Supercars events.

On tonight’s episode of Inside Supercars, Dutton said Whincup – the driver he engineered to five championship wins – had a renewed focus in pursuit of the number one and that everyone was calm behind the scenes.

“As long as they don’t take each other off,” Dutton said on the panel.

“A little bit of rubbing’s racing, but … they won’t take each other out.

“We did that in ‘14, it wasn’t fun. That’s not happening again.”

and came through with Gizzy taking the win on strategy and better tyres, but car pace, Lowndesy had the fastest car all weekend.”

Supercars great Mark Skaife backed Whincup’s performance, saying his ‘QR’ performance was the signature of a champion.

“The days the car isn’t good enough, that’s where you win championships,” Skaife said.

“To hang in where he hung in, with blokes monstering him, he did a really good job.”