Two-part roof resurrects Coulthard Ford

Roof panels from an NZ V8 Touring Car and a road car needed to be combined in order to resurrect Fabian Coulthard’s Ford following its rollover in Race 23.

Coulthard will be back on track today after Shell V-Power Racing mechanics worked until 4:30am to repair damage to the roof and rear end of the #12 Falcon.

While the rear deformed as intended, with the rear-rail extensions folding back in the impact, the lack of a spare roof panel proved a significant hurdle.

but it was all about getting it out there today.

The road car roof had its leading edge removed to use on the race car

“It’s still got tape on it this morning, just to help the adhesive set, but that’ll come off just before it hits the track for qualifying.”

Supercars technical officials approved the repair this morning, with the car set to take to the track for qualifying at 12:25pm local time.

Coulthard dropped from second to third in the championship standings with yesterday’s crash, which came following a touch with David Reynolds at Turn 10.

Dropping 120 points to Jamie Whincup, Coulthard is now 137 from the pace with 450 still available across the final three races of the season.