Shane van Gisbergen wins Bathurst 1000 for third time at Mount Panorama
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Shane van Gisbergen will leave Supercars three times as the Bathurst 1000 champion after being the first driver to win consecutively in Mount Panorama in 15 years. Bathurst results 1. Shane van GisbergenRichie Stanaway 6 hours, 7 minutes, 7.496 seconds 2. Brodie KosteckiDavid Russell 19.932 seconds 3. Anton de PasqualeTony d'Alberto +33.056 seconds The last Supercars champion supported the Bathurst victory with Garth Tander last year and merged with Richie Stanaway in 1999'was also the first completely New Zealand couple to win this big race since Greg Murphy and Steven Richards. Starting from sixth place in ranking on Sunday, van Gisbergen and Stanaway riveted victory with a difference of almost 20 seconds against favorite favorite, leaving Brodie Kostecki behind. Championship leader Kostecki started from pole position after his record-breaking penalty shootout win, but Van Gisbergen's experience and quality prevailed in the 161-round marathon witnessed by third largest crowd in Bathurst history. This victory was the first victory Bathurst since Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes were crowned for the third time in a row 2008. "Gorgeous," said Van Gisbergen after the race. "We weren't the fastest vehicle all week, but we worked on the racing vehicle." Shane van Gisbergen during Bathurst 1000. The co-pilot Stanaway, who left Supercars this season and returned to co-pilot van Gisbergen and rejoined the track full time next season, said it was an incredible feeling. "I knew I had a good chance, but you never know here," he said. Ford's fears that Chevrolet would have more domination were confirmed by Triple Eight's young weapon Broc Feeney appearing to join van Gisbergen and Kostecki for the Camaro podium. However, when Feeney was in second place in the 137th round, the 20-year-old driver and Whincup took second place, his heart broke and burst into tears after experiencing gearbox problems. The track was coming towards us, we were very fast there." "This may be the best, but it can also be the worst." Anton De Pasquale from Shell V-Power became the first Ford driver to cross the line in third place. Jamie Whincup leapt to leadership early in Mount Panorama, but disaster occurred later in the race. Van Gisbergen's 80th his career and fifth victory of season keep him in race for third time a row to win Supercars championship. This was domination period of van Gisbergen, who won three of the last four Bathurst 1000s after his first victory in 2020 season affected by COVID. The 34-year-old player will travel to United States to drive full-time at NASCAR at the end of season after winning a spectacular win his first game in Chicago July. "I will really miss this," said Van Gisbergen on the victory lane after the race. 3 in the post-commodore period. Van Gisbergen's victory in the first Bathurst of the Generation won Camaro 21 of 24 wins this season and no Ford cars greeted in many races. Van Gisbergen's victory salt the wounds of Ford teams, who remained