Frosty fires to second season win

Mark Winterbottom has taken an emphatic win in New Zealand, while the Red Bulls collided in an explosive 100km dash.

Jamie Whincup was hit with a pit lane penalty after knocking his teammate off the track, forcing Shane van Gisbergen to charge back through the field to take third in the third race of the ITM Auckland SuperSprint.  

The teammates spoke straight after the race, both calm about the incident.

“It’s happened, I hear he’s apologised, so that’s ok. P3 is ok,” Van Gisbergen said.

Whincup’s side: “I feel bad – everyone wanted that to happen, we were trying to make sure it didn’t happen. It was completely my fault, locked the rears, had a heaps quicker car than Shane, he let me through and I made a meal of it.”

last night and he said he wanted a trophy for kinder, I thought, P3, I’d get him one … those blokes have been dominating, we put them under pressure and got a win.”

His start was critical and after last year’s pressure against teammate Chaz Mostert off the line, he showed he still has the goods.

“I might be old but I can still get them off the line!”

Craig Lowndes came home fourth, with Pye’s DJR Team Penske teammate Fabian Coulthard in fifth.

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One 100km race remains at the ITM Auckland SuperSprint with the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy to be decided.