Van Gisbergen's blunt response to penalty
25 Nov 2018
Shane van Gisbergen says he won't be praying for misfortune for title rival Scott McLaughlin in Sunday afternoon's Supercars finale, after losing points with a Saturday penalty.
Van Gisbergen passed an out-of-fuel McLaughlin on the final lap of Saturday's race to win and close from 14 points behind to just two in their fight.
McLaughlin shaded his fellow Kiwi in ARMOR ALL Qualifying on Sunday morning by 0.1217 seconds, ensuring the title contenders will be the last runners in the Shootout.
Van Gisbergen was second, having completed his final run immediately after the restart while McLaughlin waited a little longer.
“Got to get that one lap [right],” said van Gisbergen of the Shootout.
“We’ve got a set of tyres, it was a bit of a worry, we went early on that last run just in case we needed to do two runs, but thankfully we got in.
“So we’ve got a new set for the Shootout, which is good.”
