Supercars Albert Park: Brown wins Race 2 as Triple Eight's streak continues

The Red Bull Chevrolet driver made the most of starting on the outside, racing line to take the lead and went on to take his second win of the season by 0.96sec.

“I had a super fast car, I was able to manage it from the front and manage the tyres,” said the 25-year-old after his second win of the season. “Hopefully I will be able to keep it going over the weekend.”

The race was won in the opening 10 seconds of the 17-lap journey. Cam Waters looked to have the slightly better jump at the green but Brown beat the Tickford Ford Mustang to the first corner, taking a lead he was never to lose. The Ford had speed but on a warm track Waters never got the chance to put a move on Brown – especially when he found Broc Feeney on his inside on Lap 8.

Waters fought back but in the process fell to sixth, while Feeney seized second a lap later from Mark Winterbottom, who later jumped to second in the confusion after making up seven positions in Thursday’s race. The veteran pressed Feeney for the rest of the race hard but could not find a way past in his Team18 Chevrolet – until lap 17, when Feeney dropped two places when he locked the rear brakes and ran wide.

“That was hectic, no pitstops makes it an unbelievable race,” said Winterbottom.

“You think 19 laps [sic] is not very long, but it was flat-out. Our race pace is good and we are definitely heading in the right direction.”

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Photo by: Edge Photographics)

Behind the pair of Chevrolet Camaros, Grove Racing’s Matt Payne took third place in the best of the Fords ahead of Feeney, Will Davison (Dick Johnson Racing Ford), Nick Percat (Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet) and Waters.

Payne, who finished the race with a broken front wheel rim after a clash with Anton de Pasquale on the opening lap of the race, did not know he had the problem.

“I have no idea, that happened at the start," he said. "I lost the steering wheel out of my hands. Another third place is pretty good, I can’t complain!”

One driver who did not feature was Chaz Mostert. Coming into the race third in the points, the WAU Ford driver experienced a blistered tyre and dropped well down the pack, finishing 17th.

Even after the mishap for Feeney he remains second in the points, while Brown’s position is aided by five bonus points for the fastest lap. He leads on 437 from Feeney’s 419, with Mostert third on 354 from Payne (302) and Percat (302).

Saturday will see two more Qualifying sessions which will set the grid for one race each on Saturday and Sunday.

Race results:

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Cla	Driver		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	Retirement	Points
1	W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17				150
2	M. Winterbottom DEWALT Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	0.9693			138
3	M. Payne Penrite Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	1.5309			129
4	B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	1.8399			120
5	W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	2.4644			111
6	N. Percat Bendix Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	2.7510			102
7	C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	3.3498			96
8	J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	3.6724			90
9	T. Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Penrite		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	8.6315			84
10	T. Slade PremiAir Nulon Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	8.7491			78
11	D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	10.7848			72
12	R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	11.1947			69
13	R. Stanaway Penrite Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	15.4263			66
14	A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	15.6516			63
15	B. Fullwood Middy's Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	18.0433			60
16	J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	18.2058			57
17	C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	26.7701			54
18	J. Evans SCT Motorsport		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	27.3987			51
19	A. Love Brad Jones Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	27.4936			48
20	C. Hill Tyrepower Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	27.6327			45
21	M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	17	28.5135			42
22	J. Courtney Snowy River Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	29.6330			39
23	T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang GT	17	39.8823			36
	A. De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing		Ford Mustang GT	0				33
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