REYNOLDS SPEAKS OF HIS CRAMPS

“I’m gutted. You work your whole career for a fast car at Bathurst.

“I struggled to concentrate. It was all tunnel vision. [The team] did a tear-off at the last stop – I thought the screen was dirty – but my vision didn’t get any clearer. I put my foot on the clutch during the stop, I put the car in the gear, and my foot was cramping so much.

I was telling myself to keep the clutch in, but the wheels must have been spinning. To be honest I had no idea.

“Before that happened I should have said, ‘I’m out, put Luke [Youlden] in’, and we could have got a good result.

But I was here to win.

“I’ve never failed physically like that – I’ve never had anything like that happen in my life. I’ve never had a cramp running, cycling, racing… it just came out of nowhere.

“I’ve had a massive lead-up to the race, which probably contributed to it. I’ve spoken to every man and his dog about the race. I started with media commitments last Sunday and I was flat-out all week. I was probably 70% fit in qualifying, and I woke up 50% on Sunday. And the race took it all out of me. The warning signs were there.

“I need to go to the doctor and figure out what actually happened. I think I know what happened – I just dehydrated myself. I sweated out everything I had. I’m notoriously bad at drinking while

I’m in the car. I never do it, because I’ve never needed to. I’ve never felt those signs of dehydration. I’ll go see someone and be better prepared. That’s all I can do. Knowing the signs is the first thing.”