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KOSTECKI “USED TOO MUCH TYRE” IN CHASE FOR SANDOWN GLORY THE 2023 Sandown 500 went down to the wire with Broc Feeney and Brodie Kostecki duelling in the dying stages, but the Erebus star conceded he “used too much of the tyre” too soon. Kostecki was hunting down Feeney, closing car #88’s advantage from 10 to six seconds before a late race Safety Car caused by Cameron Hill threw everything up in the air. On lap 144 racing resumed and after dealing with the lapped James Golding the championship leader stepped up his charge. By lap 147 Kostecki was all over the back of Feeney and came close at Dandenong Road when the leader went slightly wide and had a lunge when they next arrived at turn four. However, Feeney was able to resist and hold on by a single second.
Reflecting on the duel, Kostecki admitted “I did not get my cards right” prior to the Safety Car which left him with not enough rubber to have a full-blooded attack on Feeney. “The Coke Camaro had plenty of pace, but just did not play my cards right in that last stint,” he said. “Before the Safety Car came out Broc was 10 seconds ahead so I should have saved my tyres a bit more. “Unfortunately I had James Golding start in front of me (at the restart) so I had to make up an extra seven or eight tenths, but I just used too much of the tyre trying to get to the back of him and the tyre pressures blow out after you follow someone for two to three laps.” Despite admitting to not managing the tyres as well as possible, Kostecki was full of credit to Feeney, stating the Triple
Eight driver raced so hard he put the championship leader in a “risky”position to snatch the lead. “Broc raced really smart and placed the car in the right spots,” Kostecki reflected. “I would have had to take a pretty big risk to overtake him and did not want to have any wheel to wheel contact because I like the steering rack I have at the moment. “He was really smart and put me in a situation I was not really going to come out of.” Kostecki and co-driver David Russell spent the first half of the race playing catchup having lost the best part of 13 seconds and more importantly seven positions after being forced to double stack in the first round of stops during the Garth Tander Safety Car period. But by lap 119 Kostecki was back at the
front and passed teammate Will Brown for second. With nearest championship rival Shane van Gisbergen finishing third, Kostecki still increased his points lead from 137 to 155 points ahead of Bathurst and has plenty of confidence prior to Mount Panorama. “It is always good to be on the podium,” he said. “It was a good race but having to double stack was not ideal. David did an awesome job to come from 11th and get it up into fourth in his stint. “It would have been cool to win this race but there is a bigger one coming up so we just have to put our heads down. “The car has had awesome speed over the last few rounds and David did a great job, so we just need to minimise mistakes when we get to Bathurst.” Thomas Miles
HEIMGARTNER/WOOD MAKE BIG GAINS DESPITE “DIFFERENT RACE” ONE OF the big movers both in the championship and at the 2023 Sandown 500 was the #8 Camaro of Andre Heimgartner and Dale Wood. With the setup not favouring the warm track conditions of the Brad Jones Racing Camaros, Heimgartner was the team’s top qualifier down in 15th. However, this proved to be no hurdle for Heimgartner and Wood, who charged into the top five by the time the chequered flag waved with a late move on Matt Payne. The result also vaults Heimgartner past both Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters into fifth in the championship standings ahead of the big one. The Kiwi said he was “surprised” by the speed of car #8 and believed they achieved a maximum result as the best of the rest behind the dominant Triple Eight and Erebus Camaros. “It was an interesting race,” he said. “I was pleasantly surprised with our pace and we were able to chip away and the team did some great pitstops
which was awesome as well. “We are really pleased overall and I think considering where we started we couldn’t have hoped for much more than that.” Wood made moves off the line by jumping two spots on the opening lap before settling into 12th by the time he
handed over driving duties to Heimgartner. The experienced co-driver was driving in his eighth Sandown 500, but conceded the balancing act of chasing speed and managing tyres made it one of the “most different ever”. “It was a pretty good day out really from starting 15th,” he said. “For me, it was one of the most different races I’ve ever done in the way you have to drive the car and preserve the tyres. “If you don’t get caught up in racing early, you knew you would reap the benefits later on, so it was very interesting for me. “I felt like we had a really good car and to finish the day up in fifth and behind those two teams was a pretty bloody good result, so definitely happy with that.” Heimgartner hopes to continue a personal best season by making another highlight at Mount Panorama on October 5-8.
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WEBB ‘FEELING AT HOME’ AFTER SUPERCARS COMEBACK JONATHON WEBB was pumped to help push PremiAir Racing and Tim Slade to a strong ninth place result in his return to Supercars at Sandown. The #23 Camaro finished ninth after a solid and trouble-free journey through the 2023 Sandown 500. It was a welcome return to the top 10 for Slade, who was a regular member through the first half of the season, but only achieved the feat once in the last nine races. However, it was a bigger achievement for Webb, who at 39 was making a Supercars comeback from obscurity. Having not missed an enduro campaign between 2006 when he debuted with Marcus Marshall and 2021 when he shared a Team Sydney Commodore with Fabian Coulthard, Webb suddenly found himself unfamiliarly away from Mount Panorama last year. But he is back for 2023 and performed
for PremiAir where he “feels at home”. “Yeah, in my head I had the ability and desire to do it,” Webb told AUTO ACTION when asked if he was ready for the co-drive. “I am thankful for PremiAir and Peter (Xiberras) for giving me the opportunity to do it. “The key was getting in the car at the test and I was extremely happy with how Friday played out. “The result is a good confidence boost for not just me but the entire team. “I think I had 16 or 17 years at Bathurst straight and had a year off but now I am back again and it feels like I am home.” Slade and Webb rolled out of the truck with good pace being in the top 10 in both opening practice sessions. They narrowly missed out on the shootout by less than a tenth but did not let the setback hurt them in the race. By lap 26 they hit the top 10 and were around the mark until emerging ninth
once the final round of stops were completed. After utilising the four-stop strategy, Slade crossed the line safely in ninth, with no threat coming from Craig Lowndes and Zane Goddard behind. Webb said the result is a boost for the team ahead of Bathurst. “It was really good,”he said. “We were so close to getting in the Shootout which would have been amazing but we knew the car was going to be good because the team had been doing a really good job at getting the car speed, pit stops and flow right. “We were pretty confident the day was going to be a good one but you never really know. “We sort of pushed up a few early in the day and then Tim just kept pushing and kept it clean, so to come away with a top 10 has made everyone really, really happy.” Thomas Miles
WHILST LANDO Norris put McLaren on the podium, Australia’s Oscar Piastri gave the team more reasons to celebrate by charging from 17th to seventh with a sensational Singapore drive. After being caught out in Q1 by Lance Stroll’s big qualifying crash, Piastri was worried points were “unlikely” at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay. However, he put in a storming drive by initially climbing up to 14th on lap one, a position he would retain until his only visit to the pits on lap 20. The Aussie then completed the remainder of the 42 laps on the Hard tyres and seized on each on-track opportunity that was presented to him. By lap 39 Piastri hit the 10 and after staying out during the Virtual Safety Car, Piastri climbed to seventh. It was the position he would retain until the chequered flag despite Max Verstappen getting by before reclaiming it when George Russell crashed at the finish. It was an impressive effort considering Piastri was driving the older spec MCL60 whilst Norris enjoyed the sole upgrades package. Piastri was pumped to score points for the sixth time in his career, having not only survived the “hardest race” but also achieved the maximum. “I am very happy to get back into the points with good points as well, I definitely did not expect that after yesterday,” he said. “I felt like I definitely earned it because I am pretty tired. It was the hardest F1 race I have done being very hot and long, so I am happy to see the end. “But I enjoyed it because whenever you finish in the points it is always worth it. “Track position is so tough around here and at some points in the race maybe I was lacking a bit of pace, but realistically that was the most we could have done so I am not disappointed with that. I don’t think there was too much left on the table there. “It’s great to see Lando on the podium and for the team to be rewarded for all their hard work. “I’m looking forward to the upgrades next week and hopefully we can have some more fun.” The Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka lies ahead this weekend. Thomas Miles
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WAU LOOKING TO REBOUND FROM “KICK IN THE GUTS” WALKINSHAW ANDRETTI United (WAU) received a “kick in the guts” at the Sandown 500 after recording its worst finish at the event since 1995. Neither WAU Mustang finished in the top 20 with Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth leading the way in 22nd, one spot ahead of Nick Percat and Warren Luff. It is the team’s worst Sandown 500 since 1995 when neither Holden Racing Team car finished the race. The previous lowest leading classified finisher from the Clayton based operation was in 2006 when the #22 of Jim Richards and Ryan Briscoe crossed the line in 21st. Mostert and Holdsworth arrived at Sandown hoping to maintain their unbeaten record as co-drivers, while Nick Percat and Fabian Coulthard
looked to build from a season-best weekend at The Bend. However, it proved to be a weekend to forget as the WAU Mustangs failed to fire. The struggling signs were evident as early as practice as Percat signalled his frustrations after getting out of car #2 in the first session where both he and Mostert were later disqualified for using the wrong drop gear. Pace improved later in the day as Mostert and Holdsworth stayed in the top 10 in the following two sessions. But this proved to be a false dawn as neither WAU Mustang could reach the shootout with the #25 starting 16th and the #2 on 26th having battled clutch dramas. Coulthard started strong, moving up
five positions early on, but the pace disappeared as the race went on and Percat eventually crossed the line a lap down in 23rd. This was one spot behind Mostert and Holdsworth, who had a bit of a wild ride on Sunday. Holdsworth suffered significant rear end damage amid the early race jostling for position. He climbed up to 16th, but had to make numerous visits to the pits during the early Safety Car to cut away the dragging rear bar. The team managed to keep the #25 on the lead lap only just, albeit down in 26th position. Mostert and Holdsworth managed to reclaim some ground across the next 130
laps to eventually beat their teammate, but down in 22nd. WAU team principal Bruce Stewart said the Sandown struggle is a wake up call ahead of the big one at Mount Panorama. “What the weekend has done is doubleddown on the focus for Bathurst,” he said. “It’s a kick in the guts that ensures we will do everything we can for the big one. “Clearly we struggled with car set-up all weekend. We threw a lot at it, but the difficulty with the Gen3 car is that the driver doesn’t have the ability to manipulate the set-up through the race with the anti-roll bars. “So when you start with a difficult car then you cannot tune it up through the race.” Thomas Miles
VAN GISBERGEN AND STANWAY ON “ENJOYABLE” RESCUE MISSION FEW WORKED harder for position in the Sandown 500 than Shane van Gisbergen and Richie Stanaway, who went from the back half of the field to the podium. After a tough qualifying the reigning champion started down in 19th, but not for the first time at Sandown, car #97 made a charge through the field. Van Gisbergen and Stanaway put in a fighting drive and by the late race restart found themselves in race-winning contention fourth in the queue. The all Kiwi combo ended up salvaging an impressive podium finish having jumped Will Brown when the Erebus driver bowled a wide at the Esses. Van Gisbergen was pleased to walk away from Sandown with a podium. “I enjoyed it. We probably could have
had the car setup a little bit better but it was pretty good and Richie did a great job. “You could see his pace in the race with how patient he was before he started passing people easily. “We probably missed the Safety Car call a little bit and then we had to do all the good work Richie did all over again so that hurt us a bit as we got stuck. “I came out in a pretty good spot and every time (engineer) Andrew (Edwards) put the right amount of fuel in and got me in clear air to allow me to do my thing, but we did not have quite enough at the end.” It was a big weekend for Stanaway, who made just his second Supercars start in the best part of four years, having recently been signed up by Grove Racing for a full
time berth next year. Since winning at Sandown six years ago at Tickford, 2023 marked his biggest chance of success sharing car #97 with the man who has won the last two championship titles. Well aware of the opportunity, Stanaway admitted he was relieved to pick up a trophy on Triple Eight debut. “It is good to be racing here and Bathurst rather than watching on TV like I have been used to over recent years,” the Kiwi said. “I came here with a very different role knowing I am going to be here next year driving at the end of the race. “It has been incredible to be a part of this team (Triple Eight). You could not ask for a better garage to be in and I have
loved every minute of it. “You only get two goes at it with this team and it would be a shame to waste it by not getting on the podium so I am really pleased we could come through. “It was not at an easy race but we got there in the end.” Van Gisbergen and Stanaway now prepare to secure a third Bathurst 1000 win in four attempts on October 5-8. Thomas Miles
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SUPER SAINZ THRILLED TO SEIZE ON THE “ONE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN” CARLOS SAINZ rose to the occasion in Singapore, making the most of the “one opportunity to win a race this year” by fending off Lando Norris and the Mercedes under lights. Sainz delivered Ferrari its maiden win of the Frederic Vasseur era by controlling a tense Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Lewis Hamilton, while George Russell cracked under pressure and crashed on the final lap. In addition to being Sainz’ second and Ferrari’s first win in 26 races since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, the Scuderia brought an end to Red Bull’s record breaking run of victories. Although Sainz led all 62 laps, it was far from easy with the Spaniard forced to get creative to keep his rivals at bay. Not only did car #55 take the breakthrough win, it also secured pole position in a near complete weekend by the Ferrari team, which carried on the momentum from a strong home Grand Prix in Italy. Sainz was thrilled to deliver such a strong performance when Red Bull left the door open for once. “We have to be extremely proud of the weekend that we’ve put together,” he said. “We’ve had one opportunity this year to win the race, which was here in Singapore, and we nailed it. “We didn’t put a foot wrong all weekend and there were a lot of moments out there where we were a bit under pressure. “But we kept it calm, stuck to our plan and strategy. We also had to play with tyre degradation, pit-stop gaps and DRS, whilst managing to keep everything under
control and bring home a win that was never easy. “That definitely feels incredible.” A major part of the win was Sainz’ clever thinking to deliberately manage the gap to ensure Norris would stay within DRS range and have an extra trick up his sleeve to keep the charging Mercedes out of the danger zone. Whilst Norris’ McLaren was second, it was the Medium shod Mercedes of Russell and Hamilton the biggest threats to Sainz. However, the Spaniard’s DRS trick worked a treat as Norris stayed ahead of Russell, who cracked and crashed on corner entry to the old “Singapore Sling” on the final lap. Vasseur revealed it was Sainz himself who came up with the plan. “It was the idea of Carlos,” the team principal confirmed. “I don’t want to say it’s obvious, but he knew he was more at risk with Mercedes than with Norris. “With Norris we had the same tyres, and almost the same pace from lap one. We were not really at risk with Norris except if we lost the tyres, so it was a clever move from Carlos to keep Norris into the DRS.” Sainz revealed he had to “trust” his instincts and make the bold call work to take the win. “This is a sort of strategy that you always keep in the back of your head in tracks like Singapore,” he said. “It’s easy to have in mind, but it’s a lot more difficult to execute it because it does put you under some extra pressure and it comes with its risks.
“I felt like that was my only real chance of winning the race and I wanted to win, especially when I heard that 1.3s/1.4s gap up to Lando after he defended into (turn) 16, to take the decision to slow down in turns one and Three. “I was like ‘well, I hope this works’ because if not it could look really, really bad on me, but it worked. “Some days you need to trust your instincts, trust your feeling. I’ve been trusting that these last two weekends and it’s working well.” Sainz is in the middle of a purple patch, having also taken pole position and a maiden podium at the last race at Monza. The improved performances have arrived since the summer break where the Spaniard had a crucial meeting with engineers which has helped him understand how to extract speed from the SF-23. “I think before the summer break there was already a decent feeling with everything and then I just sat down with my engineers in the summer break and we said ‘okay, what can we do to start putting the whole weekend together?,” Sainz said. “Because clearly we have a lot of pace, we were doing some good things but we were never putting the whole thing together. “And since then Zandvoort was a very good weekend, Monza was almost perfect and here I feel like it was the perfect one.” Ferrari and Sainz hope to let the good times roll at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. Thomas Miles
BIG CROWDS SOAK UP WORLD TIME ATTACK
THE 2023 World Time Attack Challenge has been deemed as a success by CEO Ian Baker after big crowds flocked to Sydney Motorsport Park. Over 35,000 fans attended the event on the first weekend of September where class records were smashed left, right and centre. The biggest was the outright lap record of the well known Sydney circuit, which had stood for 16 years since Nico Hulkenberg went faster than ever in an A1GP race in 2007. Barton Mawer rewrote the record books with a 1:17.860 in his Porsche RP968, while Supercars driver Tim Slade was on fire in the Xtreme GTR to top the Superlap Shootout in Open Class. After the sun went down and the lights turned on attention turned to “Drift Hill” where the International Drifting Cup returned and Luke Veersma prevailed. Reflecting on the special weekend,Baker was thrilled to report the big crowds who watched the action both in person and online, suggesting bigger things are on the way in 2024. “This was a year records were broken across the board, but the biggest thing I really noticed was the smiles on the dials!” Said Baker. “The happiness this event brings to so many is unquestionable and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. We welcomed the world back, and the world is loving it! “I am stoked to report that we had over 35,000 people through the gates over the event, and over four million people around the world online tuned in to find out all about this event in Sydney. “We also reported our largest ever trader alley which was completely sold out with the highest quality automotive brands and produce with everything from turbochargers to stroker kits, stickers to car loans, and everything in between. “All I can say is we cant wait for 2024! We are just getting started.” Thomas Miles
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BRT WILDCARDS REFLECT ON DEBUT THE BLANCHARD Racing Team wildcard of Aaron Love and Jake Kostecki ticked off the latest objective by finishing their maiden race at the Sandown 500. Love and the second BRT Racer Industries Mustang made their respective debuts at the ninth round of the Supercars season and finished 24th, two laps off the leader. But car #7’s campaign was more about gaining miles and experience under the belt rather than chasing any special results. Kostecki admitted it was a “weird feeling” on Sunday night but said the team did everything expected of them given it was a weekend of so many firsts. “Overall we have a weird feeling, but we are happy to finish and can’t expect too much more,” Kostecki told AUTO ACTION. “Obviously it was the first time the team had two cars and the team did a pretty good job. “We had a good strategy but just not enough pace. “We were progressively moving forward throughout the weekend and in the race we were not too far off a few of the Fords in front of us. “Hopefully we can learn from this weekend and keep the tyre on and take it all to Bathurst.” Love and Kostecki gradually built speed across the weekend having started 1.4s off the pace on Friday before trimming the deficit down to 0.9s come qualifying. Rookie Love started in the car when lights went out in the Sandown 500 and impressed from the get-go, making up three places to 27th on the opening lap. After surviving a close call with the spinning Zak Best, Love handed over driving duties to Kostecki during the early Lap 19 Safety Car. The former Matt Stone Racing and Tickford full-timer immediately went to work and was not afraid to race hard against his fellow codrivers and even full timers. Kostecki pushed the #7 Mustang all the way up to a solid 15th position - 12 places ahead of their starting spot - which he
held for 10 laps. But Kostecki started to fade as he had to “hang on” driving with “shot” tyres until Lap 84 when Love jumped in for the run home from 25th and moved up one place after Cameron Hill ended up in the beach. The wildest moment of the day arrived towards the end of Kostecki’s stint when he found himself flying through the turn three short cut. Despite the Mustang landing head first into the grass, it carried on without any damage from the wild ride. Reflecting on his first Supercars drive since Adelaide last year, Kostecki said he felt comfortable racing on the big stage again. “I felt pretty fast against the other co drivers and I don’t think I could do much more,” he said. “I had a bit of a battle in my first stint and raced pretty hard with Fabs (Fabian Coulthard) and some others. “In my first stint I felt quite strong against all the co-drivers and then my balance changed a bit on my second stint and dropped a little
of pace, but not too bad. “I only had a couple laps left in the stint and made some good progress getting to 15th, so I thought we have just got to hang on even though the tyre was quite shot.” Kostecki believed the biggest lesson from the drive was trying to find the best way to make the tyres live. “All these main game guys have been driving the cars all year and know all the tricks of how to keep the tyre under it,” he said. “Also just doing little things like brake bias. If you are a bit slow moving the bias you can spin the tyres easily and you can lose lap time that does not comeback.” One of the biggest parts of the wildcard program was not only giving the team a taste of life as a two-car team ahead of 2024, but also providing an opportunity for BRT youngster Love, who has been speculated to receive a full-time rookie season next year. The 19-year-old had a big weekend, dovetailing his Supercars debut with also a full weekend of Super2.
In the Dunlop Series Love came heartbreakingly close to a maiden win, leading the majority of race two, only to end up in the wall after getting caught out in a battle for the lead with Ryan Wood and Brad Vaughan that ended in tears at turn five. The big 500km race also proved to be a massive learning experience as Love struggled to match the speed of his rivals like Kostecki. Kostecki said the experience will “open Aaron’s eyes up a bit”. “I have known Aaron for a long time since we were very young and he had a big weekend,” he said. “Maybe this will open his eyes up a bit and make him realise it is not as easy. “There is a lot of competition and it takes a lot of work, not just overnight to get up front. “You need resources and people to help you but that still takes time to gel with the people as well.” Love and Kostecki will now ready themselves to take on Bathurst on October 5-8. Thomas Miles
THE BEND DRAGWAY READY FOR FIRST EVENT THE BRAND new Bend Dragway is just days away from its first event with the finishing touches taking place. The South Australian venue will host a seven-bike motorcycle demonstration event this Friday night ahead of the Grand Opening Spring Nationals featuring the Australian Top Fuel Championship coming on October 21-22. Friday’s running at The Bend forms part of the Harley-Davidson HogFest, which celebrates 120 years of the famous make. It runs across three days with The Bend a big part, as are surrounding regions. The demonstration will feature seven nitro bikes with over 90 entrants registered to participate at this stage. Although the ribbon cutting has been preserved for the landmark October 21-22 National Drag Racing Championship meeting, this Friday certainly serves as
a moment in history for riders, fans and for Harley-Davidson as The Dragway is opened to the public after more than 18 months of construction. Dragway at The Bend general manager Steve Bettes said this Friday will be a special moment. “This weekend is a moment that our team here at The Bend, the South Australian Drag Racing community and the wider Australian motorsport public have been waiting a long time for,” he said. “We have pulled out all stops to ensure the surface is prepped to the highest standard in the country and Darren Aldridge and his team have worked around the clock to ensure that is the case and we thank them tremendously for that.” The Bend Motorsport Park CEO Alistair MacDonald said fans will be welcome to experience the new drag strip themselves.
“Friday proves a fantastic opportunity to welcome the public in and get a feel for how people move around what is a brand new venue ahead of the Spring Nationals
in October,” he said. “We are proud to be the chosen destination for the Harley-Davidson 120year celebrations here at The Bend.”
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