Teammates clash as rookie wins fiery thriller

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Red Bull teammates Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen got locked successful a fiery conflict but it was a 23-year-old rookie who stole the amusement successful the last sprint contention of the Supercars season.

Will Brown claimed his archetypal ever Supercars triumph successful his 38th vocation race, which was besides the archetypal contention triumph for squad Erebus since winning Darwin successful 2020.

"It was conscionable a bloody awesome race. It was great," an elated Brown said afterwards.

"It was conscionable awesome astatine the end."

The young operator had to clasp disconnected frightening contention from the much experienced Red Bull teammates, but they seemed much focused connected warring each different than chasing down the rookie.

Van Gisbergen accidentally touched Whincup and apologised implicit squad radio, saying, "sorry astir that".

Later successful the contention the brace collided again, this clip forcing van Gisbergen disconnected the way proper, and soon aft Whincup moved adjacent wider to unit his teammate retired further still.

"Why americium I being tally disconnected the road?" van Gisbergen asked implicit the radio.

Whincup was ordered to fto van Gisbergen walk arsenic helium had the amended accidental of chasing down Brown.

Whincup soon fired backmost the suggestion, "how astir helium works with maine to get up to Brown?".

The brace did absorption backmost connected chasing the 23-year-old and it made for a thrilling last fewer laps, but the Erebus operator held connected successful a thriller, and celebrated with burnouts.

The Red Bull brace were aboriginal asked astir their battle.

"We were bully for the win. SVG wanted to person a battle," Whincup said of van Gisbgergen.

"I've lone got a mates of races near truthful I'm not going to springiness thing away. There was plentifulness going on.

"We raced hard close to the end. It was a bully accidental to get a contention win… I've lone got a fewer near truthful canine devour dog."

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