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Ride day behind 'soft' van Gisbergen celebration

23 Jul 2018
Red Bull HRT driver explains restrained burnout
2 mins by James Pavey
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Shane van Gisbergen says his relatively-subdued celebration on Sunday was prompted by a request to look after his Red Bull Holden Racing Team Commodore for a ride day.

Van Gisbergen's victory burnouts have become something of a trademark, particularly after Sunday races.

He still performed a rolling burnout down Queensland Raceway's back straight, but it did not hit the heights of his Townsville antics a fortnight earlier.

The 2016 Supercars Champion says that was due to the team asking to keep his ZB in decent shape for a ride day at the circuit on Tuesday.

"It was soft," van Gisbergen joked on a Supercars Facebook Live session.

"We have a ride day with all of our sponsors and friends on Tuesday, so I had to look after the car.

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"We'll put on a good show on Tuesday, play up with everyone.

"Just did a pretty good one down the back straight, but got told not to blow the guards this time."

'how are you feeling, the coolsuit failed halfway through'.

"That's when you realise you're hot and you feel the coolsuit on your body and it's just at body temp. Normally you apress it and it's five degrees.

"I was pretty tired afterwards, but when you're in the moment, focused every lap, if you're not thinking about that stuff you don't worry about it. But it was hot out there."

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