Supercars stars baffled by 'unusual' backflip

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Supercars volition instrumentality nary further enactment implicit a arguable restart successful last night's race astatine Sydney Motorsport Park, that saw a punishment applied and past withdrawn.

Championship person Shane van Gisbergen was assessed a pit lane punishment for overtaking Anton de Pasquale earlier the start/finish line, arsenic the tract resumed racing aft a information car period.

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Under the rules, nary passing is permitted earlier the drivers scope the line.

The Holden ace claimed helium lone passed de Pasquale due to the fact that the Dick Johnson Racing operator lifted disconnected the throttle arsenic helium approached the line, which successful itself would usually beryllium against the rules.

As van Gisbergen swept by, helium instantly speared disconnected the way astatine Turn One, dropping to the backmost of the tract successful the treacherous conditions.

When informed by his pit unit of the penalty, the New Zealand operator instantly complained that de Pasquale had lifted. Race power subsequently rescinded the penalty.

"That's wherever the rules are truly hard to administer," erstwhile champion Mark Skaife said connected Fox Sports.

"The punishment has got to acceptable the crime.

"At the constituent wherever Shane goes by Anton, Anton has travel retired of the throttle, we bash cognize that the throttle percent went backmost to 40 oregon 45 per cent for 1.2 seconds.

"That permitted Shane to spell by, and astatine that point, helium has breached the rules."

Skaife admitted that having a punishment overturned is astir unheard of, noting that astatine slightest 1 operator broke the rules.

"To rescind that punishment is precise unusual, and past for them not to penalise Anton for reducing velocity is besides unusual," helium said.

"There's going to beryllium much playing retired this week, and there's going to beryllium plentifulness of caput scratching due to the fact that everyone successful the manufacture volition privation to get to the bottommost of it."

Complicating matters was the hard conditions, with lasting h2o connected the track.

Speaking instantly aft the race, de Pasquale denied helium intentionally lifted to unit van Gisbergen to interruption the rules.

"I missed the start, I didn't spot the greenish emblem and they each took disconnected and I was benignant of near napping," helium explained.

"He got adjacent to maine and past consecutive disconnected astatine Turn 1, I don't cognize wherever helium ended up but helium went successful beauteous deep. He was a batch much ambitious than I was into there."

Despite yet being classified 23rd, van Gisbergen retains a comfy 337 constituent pb successful the championship.

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