Winton: Coulthard cruises to Race 14 win
20 May 2018
Fabian Coulthard has rejoined the Supercars series winners’ list with a smooth and consistent performance at Winton Raceway on Sunday afternoon.
It’s his first win for the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship and comes after a largely productive weekend for the #12 Shell V-Power Ford at the country circuit this weekend.
The Kiwi led an all-New Zealand podium, with Red Bull Holden Racing Team driver Shane Van Gisbergen and teammate Scott McLaughlin taking the lower step.
While Coulthard took the top step of the podium on Sunday, his teammate Scott McLaughlin had to recover a bogged-start from...
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Winton: Shell V-Power front row
19 May 2018
Shell V-Power Racing has stitched up the front row of the grid for Saturday’s Race 13 at the Winton Supersprint, with Scott McLaughlin claiming pole ahead of teammate Fabian Coulthard.
The top five was unchanged from the morning’s practice session, with the Nissans of Michael Caruso and Rick Kelly qualifying on the second row, and the Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Holden of Scott Pye and Freightliner Racing’s Tim Slade in sixth.
Mark Winterbottom (Bottle-O Racing) and Will Davison (Milwaukee Racing) will start seventh and eighth ahead of the Holdens of Anton de Pasquale (Erebus...
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Winton: Kelly snaps drought in Race 13
19 May 2018
Rick Kelly has won his first race in almost seven years – and first in a Nissan – at Winton on Saturday afternoon.
Pouncing on a poor safety car restart from polesitter Scott McLaughlin, Kelly claimed the lead and held on despite pressure from Mobil 1 Boost Mobile’s Scott Pye on greener tyres.
Remarkably, Kelly – the 2006 series champion – snapped a 210-race drought with his win in Race 13 of the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Series, and spoke of the emotion of securing his first win in an Altima after the race.
“I’m...
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Winton: Nissans top the sheets
18 May 2018
NISSAN MOTORSPORT’S Michael Caruso and Rick Kelly have led the timesheets in a dry second practice session at Winton Raceway this afternoon.
It came on the back of a wet morning session that saw Kiwi Fabian Coulthard set the pace in his Shell V-Power Falcon.
The Winton Supersprint is the sixth round of this year’s Virgin Australia Supercars Championship and sees Coulthard’s teammate Scott McLachlan carry a 158-point lead over Shane Van Gisbergen into the weekend.
One tenth of a second separated the top five, with Nissan’s pace the talking point of...
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