Kinda flattered about the response so far wasn't expecting this much interest in the forum so thank you
Now my personal opinion.
Look this is a very difficult one for me having watched over the replay several times i'll do my best to not sound biased Frosty fan so really wasn't caring anymore after the brake disc explosion
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I was watching inside Supercars tonight listening to Mark Skaife and Russell Ingall break down the incident piece by piece and explaining their opinion on the matter. They basically stated they believed the Whincup move on Mclaughlin was legitimate becuase of the B pillar rule (meaning Whincup was up to the B pillar which is the line between the 2 doors) and because of Mclaughlin's attempted block forced him into an awkward position they believed the incident looked worse for Whincup than it actually was. And for Tander's sake they both agreed this was a move anyway would have made in the circumstances. Now my opinion
I'm 50/50 to be honest i agree that Mclaughlin made a dangerous reentry back onto the track however something that wasn't mentioned was the fact that because Whincup slowed down for the attempted redress Mclaughlin would have expected to come out behind both Whincup and Tander which for Whincup wasn't ideal. I also agree with Tanders move lets be honest anyway who would see a gap open like that would go for it 100% simple and just this time it didn't work.
The one thing i 100% disagree with was that fact Whincup,Skaife and Ingall all believed the move was "on" ok now the problem here is the reason the move is on is because Whincup was at Mclaughlin's B pillar it technically means it's a legit move but is it a legit move if your rear brakes are locked and your sliding into the corner NO is the simple answer if Mclaughlin WASN'T there Whincup slides of the road 95% percent of the time there. The next problem is the redress. With Tander behind Whincup knows he has to yield to Mclaughlin but has to try to keep Tander behind this i believe makes Whincup slow down on the part of the track where Tander cannot move around the outside onto the marbles when both Tander and Whincup shift into 3rd gear and go around the corner Tander now has room to move to the right of the track to get around the slowing Whincup and thats how the contact with Mclaughlin occurred.
I studied Motorsport at TAFE in 2014 and spoke to a student who i knew studied the course last year who was working for Red Bull on Whincup's car. The problem is that the 15 second rule doesn't exist in this circumstance so despite believing Whincup is in the wrong here mostly the penalty was pretty much made up by race control and because the "Actual" penalty is a 10 point deduction off the driver's points this is now why we are having this huge confusion.
I believe that Red Bull have a very small chance of getting the result overturned. However the official announcement will happen near the end of the month.
And yeah thats it nearly took half and hour to write that so hope you enjoyed reading it.
Also Jason Bargwanna should be sacked enough said consistency doesn't exist in this category anymore.
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