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A clean sweep of the opening round for the Supercars Championship has seen Shane van Gisbergen leave the weekend with 300 points in the bank, the Triple Eight man backing up his race win on Saturday with pole and a win on Sunday. Coming in to the round off the back of winning last year’s … More »
Shane van Gisbergen has carried on from where he left off at the end of last year’s Supercars Championship season by taking out the first race of the 2021 year, the Triple Eight driver dominating the opening 250km hit-out to take 150 points home. Backing up the win he had in the 2020 Bathurst 1000, … More »
Motorsport: Shane van Gisbergen completes opening Supercars double
28 Feb, 2021 07:30 AM
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Shane van Gisbergen won today s Supercars race by just over six seconds. Photo / Photosport
NZ Herald
Shane van Gisbergen completed a dominant sweep of the Mount Panorama 500, with the Kiwi cruising to victory in Race 2 today.
Van Gisbergen felt at home on the mountain when it mattered on the weekend, claiming two wins and a pole to assert himself as the 2021 championship favourite, in the absence of defending champion Scott McLaughlin, now in the United States racing IndyCars.
Today, the Red Bull Ampol Racing driver crossed the line with a 6.1s margin over Cameron Waters, who led the opening stint.
Who s who: Introducing the 2021 broadcast team Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey
The 2021 Repco Supercars Championship will feature some fresh faces and returning stars in TV land.
This year marks the return of Foxtel, with the Seven Network to cover the championship for the first time since 2014.
Jess Yates returning to skipper the coverage.
Yates has headlined the broadcast since 2015, with
Mark Skaife and Neil Crompton returning to call live coverage.
Skaife joined Crompton in the commentary box in 2009 following his full-time retirement, with the five-time series champion a regular feature since 2016.
Crompton, regarded as the voice of the sport, is part of the fabric of the sport, and was inducted into the Supercars Hall of Fame in 2017.