WHINCUP TO KEEP UP TITLE BATTLE
JAMIE Whincup has vowed to keep fighting teammate Shane van Gisbergen for this year’s Supercars title until it is “mathematically out of reach” in his final quest to add to his record seven V8 crowns.
As Supercars roars back to life at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend after a three-month hiatus, Whincup declared he would do everything he
could to keep runaway title leader van Gisbergen “honest” in the run home.
Van Gisbergen holds a 276-point lead over second-placed Whincup after dominating with 11 race wins before the Covid-enforced break.
Third-placed Tickford Racing rival Cameron Waters (412 points behind), Chaz Mostert (420) and Will Davison (421) are the only other drivers within any sort of range of the Triple Eight star, who is prime
position to claim a second crown.
Van Gisbergen can have the championship sewn up after the four rounds at Sydney leading into the season finale at Bathurst if he is more than 300 points in front.
But Whincup, who will retire from full-time driving at the end of the year to step into the role as Triple Eight team boss, said he had not conceded defeat yet and would keep hunting his teammate for the
title as long as he still had a chance.
“I will keep pushing for the title until it is mathematically out of reach,” he said.
“While it’s still mathematically possible, for sure, I will keep my head down.
“The least I can do is keep the other side of the garage honest.
“We’ll do what we always do, work together and grind it out until the last lap of the last race.”