This is the third exclusive pre-event Supercars.com column by championship-winning Race Engineer Scott Sinclair. Sinclair will preview and debrief each round of the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship from his own perspective, continuing with this weekend’s ITM Taupō Super 440.

The plot thickens this weekend in New Zealand as drivers and teams descend on Taupo for Races 8, 9 and 10 of this year's championship.

Just as the teams are starting to come to terms with the new specification tyre, this weekend's debut of the new Super 440 format throws in yet more variables.

Front of mind for the teams over the weekend will be three crucial T’s: tyres, track and timetable.

Tyres