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Watch: Shane van Gisbergen claims first win of 2020 in Townsville, T8 makes history

by Matthew Hansen
September 6, 2020
in Australia, Supercars
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Shane van Gisbergen has bounced back from his torrid Saturday to win the opening race of the Robson Civil Townsville SuperSprint, leading home fellow rival Scott McLaughlin and teammate Jamie Whincup.

It’s van Gisbergen’s first win of 2020, and his 37th. The victory also marks Triple Eight Race Engineering’s 200th victory in Supercars — making it the first team to accomplish the milestone.

Did anyone else grab the edge of their seat watching that unfold at Turn 2? 😲 #VASC pic.twitter.com/Fft4huwjGu

— Supercars (@supercars) September 6, 2020

From pole Nick Percat led from the go, with an opportunistic Shane van Gisbergen arcing wide around McLaughlin’s outside to steal away second. Van Gisbergen shadowed the Brad Jones driver until the end of lap seven, when van Gisbergen successfully struck under brakes at the final corner to take the lead. The Kiwi then set sail, building a healthy buffer.

McLaughlin and Jamie Whincup were the first leaders to stop, doing so on lap 16. Van Gisbergen peeled off on lap 18, and Percat on lap 22. The longer run meant Percat dropped down the order to seventh on corrected order. But, he had three decent tyres underneath him. Van Gisbergen retained the top spot over McLaughlin. The series leader did briefly duel with Whinup following a tardy pit stop, but was able to get clear when Todd Hazelwood emerged in between them after his two-tyre pit-stop.

By the time the order had cleaned on lap 24, Percat was already up to fourth having passed a string of drivers. Waters was fifth and Hazelwood was sixth, although the latter had a 15-second penalty for a spinning wheels in pit-lane overshadowing his performance.

Triple Eight Race Engineering make history with 200 race wins and SVG lights it up on his way into @PirtekAUS Victory Lane! 👏 #VASC pic.twitter.com/wtunmMeSaj

— Supercars (@supercars) September 6, 2020

Van Gisbergen’s lead swelled to over six seconds, and ultimately McLaughlin wouldn’t be able to catch him. The 2016 series champ ended up claiming the victory by eight seconds. It’s his first race win since the last race of 2019. McLaughlin took second over Whincup, the former heading the latter by a few seconds. Percat’s superior tyre condition didn’t favour him. In the end he would finish a just over a second ahead of Waters.

Scott Pye, Jack Le Brocq, Lee Holdsworth, Mark Winterbottom, and Chaz Mostert completed the top 10.

PosDriverGap
1Shane van Gisbergen39 laps
2Scott McLaughlin8.395
3Jamie Whincup10.239
4Nick Percat13.567
5Cameron Waters14.807
6Scott Pye16.127
7Jack Le Brocq33.856
8Lee Holdsworth36.308
9Mark Winterbottom38.404
10Chaz Mostert42.978
11Rick Kelly43.192
12Bryce Fullwood43.421
13James Courtney44.404
14Todd Hazelwood48.110
15David Reynolds48.303
16Anton De Pasquale49.481
17Garry Jacobson52.138
18Macauley Jones52.505
19Alex Davison52.637
20Fabian Coulthard52.751
21Chris Pither56.057
22Jack Smith58.301
23Jake Kostecki58.784
24Andre Heimgartner1:03.752

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