{"id":156628,"date":"2021-11-07T18:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T19:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156628"},"modified":"2021-11-07T20:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:59:28","slug":"whincup-wins-wet-and-wild-v8-race-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156628","title":{"rendered":"Whincup wins wet and wild V8 race in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie Whincup won Sunday night's Supercars race in slippery conditions in what proved to be a tough outing for series leader Shane van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n

A soaking wet Eastern Creek provided challenges for the field, but it was Whincup who handled it best.<\/p>\n

It was first win in 18 races, and the 124th for his career.<\/p>\n

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Anton De Pasquale finished second ahead of third-placed Chaz Mostert.<\/p>\n

The win sees Whincup make huge inroads towards his Red Bull teammate van Gisbergen's series lead, with the latter finishing 23rd.<\/p>\n

Van Gisbergen struggled in the conditions, going off after an early restart before being penalised for a pit stop breach.<\/p>\n

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The series returns to Eastern Creek again next weekend.<\/p>\n

"Car lit up off the start, which was the main thing, and I had clean air," Whincup told Supercars.com afterwards.\n<\/p>\n

"It's a bit of a weird one to celebrate, wins don't come very often in this day and age.\n<\/p>\n

\n"I'm not sure what it was, but my thing just hooked up… because it was dry when we rocked up to the grid, there were a few dry spots.\n<\/p>\n

\n"So I hit the dry spots, and I took off."<\/p>\n

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