Top 10 crashes of 2017 – Part 1

10) McLaughlin/van Gisbergen, Sydney

Facing an uncertain future as he neared the end of his Garry Rogers Motorsport contract, James Moffat was having one of the races of his career at Bathurst before it came unstuck.

Running third as the race entered its final 20 laps, Moffat spun at McPhillamy Park, making rear-on contact with the tyre wall before rejoining with, remarkably, only superficial damage.

The dicey conditions caught him out again just laps later, however, this time sliding wide past the grate at Sulman Park and making heavy side-on contact with the concrete.

It was Moffat’s second big hit of the weekend following a crash in The Esses during qualifying and meant the battered chassis spent two events on the sidelines.