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Scott McLaughlin beats Peter Brock victory record, dominates Darwin opener

by Matthew Hansen
August 22, 2020
in Australia, Supercars
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Scott McLaughlin’s run of record-breaking performances has continued in Darwin. The Kiwi has won the opening race of the Coregas Darwin SuperSprint comfortably over Jamie Whincup.

It’s McLaughlin’s 49th career win, which puts him ahead of Peter Brock for total career race wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship and Supercars Championship, and fifth overall. Cameron Waters completed the podium in third; his first top-three finish since round one of the season.

.@smclaughlin93 rolls into @PirtekAUS Victory Lane, and now sits 5th in all time race wins! 💪 #VASC pic.twitter.com/NgR5poZqmB

— Supercars (@supercars) August 22, 2020

After a nail-biting first run to turn one (emphasised by the field having to avoid the stalled car of Scott Pye), McLaughlin was able to steal the lead from pole-sitter Jamie Whincup. The latter was investigated for start procedure thanks to a pre-start hesitation, but no further action was taken. McLaughlin dominated the early phase. He quickly built a handy lead on Whincup, who in turn had an even bigger lead on third.

James Courtney and Cameron Waters were third and fourth early, only to be two of the earliest pitters. McLaughlin reacted on lap eight, making his stop and comfortably emerging in front of the Tickford pair. Whincup then echoed the move on the following lap; briefly emerging out of pit-lane in front of McLaughlin, only to be blasted in the braking zone.

Chaz v Frosty, side by side through Turns 2-4. What a battle! #VASC pic.twitter.com/oxzTMSFRBD

— Supercars (@supercars) August 22, 2020

Anton de Pasquale, Mark Winterbottom, and Nick Percat were among those to stay out for a much longer opening stint (all of them vying for positions on the edge of the top five). Shane van Gisbergen did too, noting over the radio that his tyres had been damaged while cold early in the race and deciding to take on four replacement tyres instead of just two.

Once the stops had all been purified, Percat and De Pasquale were the main pairing to watch — their fresh tyres giving them the chance to monster those around them. Apart from a long-running Pye, the field was cleaned by 12 laps to go; McLaughlin leading Whincup by over two seconds, with Waters and Courtney behind.

Percat had resumed in seventh on corrected, but quickly got by both Fabian Coulthard and Lee Holdsworth. De Pasquale had resumed behind Percat, and also made short work of the two Mustang runners. Following them was Chaz Mostert and van Gisbergen.

Was that cheeky lil wave from SVG? 😅 #VASC pic.twitter.com/hcdMMFlUzy

— Supercars (@supercars) August 22, 2020

After a disappointing run in qualifying, Mostert looked to have a much improved car underneath him — carving up Winterbottom in a fabulous exchange spanning turns one to five, before getting by Coulthard with six laps to go. A lap later, van Gisbergen pulled an excellent fake-right dive-left move into the final corner on Coulthard.

At the front McLaughlin’s grasp on first couldn’t be stopped, with the stationary car of Chris Pither on the run to turn three not enough to cause a safety car shake-up in the dying laps. His gap over Whincup slowly grew to almost three seconds by the chequred flag, where he’d claim his sixth race win of the season.

Waters complated the podium with a quiet race, over Courtney, Percat, and de Pasquale. With van Gisbergen nabbing Mostert, he spent the final lap trying to steal seventh from Holdsworth. But, didn’t quite have the time to get the move done. Coulthard completed the top 10.

PosDriverGap
1Scott McLaughlin38 laps
2Jamie Whincup2.494
3Cameron Waters15.359
4James Courtney16.265
5Nick Percat17.995
6Anton de Pasquale18.773
7Lee Holdsworth24.563
8Shane van Gisbergen24.979
9Chaz Mostert25.883
10Fabian Coulthard26.583
11Mark Winterbottom28.225
12David Reynolds28.691
13Scott Pye28.932
14Rick Kelly34.944
15Andre Heimgartner35.281
16Todd Hazelwood40.014
17Macauley Jones42.987
18Alex Davison49.821
19Bryce Fullwood51.317
20Jack Smith51.436
21Zane Goddard1:02.435
22Garry Jacobson1:06.843
DNFChris Pither
DNFJack Le Brocq

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