Reynolds, Brown take aim at rivals after Melbourne chaos
David Reynolds, Will Brown take aim at rivals after Melbourne chaos
Several penalties, incidents headline wild weekend at Albert Park
Sunday's race headlined by damaging first corner, first lap incident
David Reynolds and Will Brown have both taken aim at driving standards throughout the Supercars field after an incident-packed, penalty-laden start to 2026.
The four Albert Park sprints were jam-packed with contact, clashes and penalties, with Brown himself penalised for a second time in 2026 over on-track content on Friday.
Aaron Cameron was involved in a number of incidents, including with Brown on Saturday, with Ryan Wood also sending Thomas Randle into the barriers.
Even reigning champion Chaz Mostert got in on the action, sending Brown across the Turn 9/10 grass on Saturday before a three-wide crunch took Cooper Murray out.
Few drivers were spared by the stewards, just as it was in Sydney. James Golding was hit with a 30-second post-race penalty over his clash with Matt Payne, with Cameron Hill also pinged for a Turn 1 hit with Zach Bates on Saturday.
Team 18 driver Reynolds picked up damage in the melee, and speaking on Supercars' Cool Down Lap presented by Equip Super podcast, was far from complimentary.
"Like there was a lot of dickheads that crashed. These young kids these days. Holy shit man. They are stupid,” Reynolds said.
“Like, if you just roll around and stay out of trouble, you'll make spots just through other people's stupidity.”
Brown has been close to the action since the very first race of the year in Sydney, when he collided with Payne. Two days later, he spun Anton De Pasquale off, and was penalised.
The 2024 Supercars champion suggested that frustration is taking over for some of his rivals.
“Feels like, to be honest, everyone's just out there using their doors and their bumpers,” said Brown, who rebounded to finish second on Sunday.
“That's pretty much what the racing has come to, it's that if you can't get by them easily then just run into them, and that's what everyone's doing.”
Many opinions have also been shared on the Sunday carnage, with Feeney defending his decision to keep his foot in the throttle and spin around.
Reynolds could see drama unfolding from a mile away, given the unique nature of the first sequence of corners at Albert Park.
On the Turn 1 incident, Reynolds said: “A bit of a hard one, Turn 1, because it's just really wide into this narrow window that you fit two cars through, and they always try and fit four in for some reason. And when I was in school, four doesn't really fit into two that well.
"I saw like a big cloud of smoke in front of me, so I'm like, 'oh, this is a bad, bad movie I've been in. I've seen this movie before. I'm gonna slow down and try and avoid it and see what's gonna happen’.
"But then someone drilled me and made me involved in the movie and I was somewhat the main character. I don't really know what happened, but then someone smashed into me twice and then my car was all destroyed and I got back going again."
The 2026 Repco Supercars Championship resumes across the Tasman, with the ITM NZ Doubleheader kicking off in Taupō on April 10-12. Tickets are on sale now.
