Fab-ulous return to form by Coulthard

SCOTT McLaughlin suffered a start-line shocker as Ford’s forgotten man Fabian Coulthard emerged from the shadows to break a 274-day victory drought in yesterday’s Supercars race at Winton Raceway.

Overshadowed by his championship-challenging DJR Team Penske teammate McLaughlin so far in 2018, Coulthard got his season back on track with a blistering beginning at the Victorian circuit.

Despite starting from pole, McLaughlin plummeted from first to seventh to severely hamper his hopes of a race win.

Although he recovered to finish third, McLaughlin’s pain was Coulthard’s gain as he got the better of his teammate and then held off Holden’s Shane van Gisbergen to claim his first Supercars race win since August.

“I can’t thank the guys enough,’’ Coulthard said after recording his 10th career win.

“The Shell V-Power car was really on rails today and it was a big effort by everyone.’’

A day after Nissan claimed an upset win in the first race, Coulthard put Ford back on top as McLaughlin faltered. last

“What happened start to Scotty was Coulthard said.

“It would have been nice to have two Shell cars going through the first couple of corners together but it wasn’t to be but to get one and three is a pretty cool moment.’’

McLaughlin leads van Gisbergen by 131 points in the championship race. at the unfortunate,’’