Jamie Whincup has accused Supercars of “playing dirty” during his dismissed appeal against his Bathurst 1000 penalty.
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Whincup took to his own website to speak out against the 15-second penalty, which was handed down thanks to his role in a crash with Scott McLaughlin and Garth Tander during the late stages of the race.
The Red Bull Racing driver also called out comments by Supercars CEO James Warburton that the decision to protest was “un-Australian”.
“Basically you can only appeal a decision by the stewards if there has been a hearing, while there was an “enquiry” during the race between who I guess was Bargs [Driving standards observer Jason Bargwanna] and the stewards, there was no ‘hearing’,” Whincup wrote.
“Therefore, when T8 [Triple 8 Racing] went to the stewards after the race to express that we weren’t happy with our penalty and wanted to appeal it, we should have been told we couldn’t do anything about it, end of story.”
Meanwhile, street race star Shane van Gisbergen extended his lead in the Supercars championship with a stunning recovery drive in the first leg of the Gold Coast 600 on Saturday.
Van Gisbergen had to overcome a 10-second pit-stop penalty incurred by his French co-driver Alex Premat early in the 102-lap, 300-kilometre race on the brutal Surfers Paradise street circuit to overhaul his championship rival and Triple Eight Holden teammate Whincup.