Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Early race whole field crash leaves Rossi last at Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve

Wednesday 29 April 2020

Early race whole field crash leaves Rossi last at Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve

Alexander Rossi picked up his 1^st last-place finish of his career when his #27 NAPA Auto Parts Holden was involved in what appeared to be a whole field crash that, eventually ended his race after 3 of the race’s 10 laps. The finish came in Rossi’s 2^nd start.

After winning race 1, Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden started the race in the rear, but Joey Logano in the #56 Ford Performance Ford spun his tires and was collected by several, the chain reaction involved most of the field, including Nick Percat in the #8 - Holden who wound up on his side. Alexander Rossi in the #27 NAPA Auto Parts Holden was too damaged after several early-race finishes and retired.

Rounding out the Bottom 5 was Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden, Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden after a late-race crash, Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden and Scott McLaughlin in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford after mid-race trouble, potentially internet.

The Bottom Five

Alexander Rossi	3 Laps	Crash
Jack Smith	8 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	9 Laps	Running
Shame Van Gisbergen	9 Laps	Running
Scott McLaughlin	9 Laps	Running

eLASTCAR Championship: Drivers

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jack Smith	4	3	7	10
Jake Kostecki	33	2	4	4
Macauley Jones	3	2	2	3
Rick Kelly	15	2	2	3
Mark Winterbottom	18	1	2	2
Fabian Coulthard	12	1	1	2
Alexander Rossi	27	1	1	1
Chris Pither	22	0	3	6
Scott Pye	20	0	2	4
Alex Davison	3	0	2	4
Jamie Whincup	88	0	2	3
Lee Holdsworth	5	0	1	2
Anton De Pasquale	99	0	1	2
Simona De Silvestro	78	0	1	2
Shame Van Gisbergen	97	0	1	2
Bryce Fullwood	2	0	1	1
Will Davison	23	0	1	1
Todd Hazelwood	35	0	1	1
Joey Logano	56	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	55	0	0	1
David Reynolds	9	0	0	1
Zane Goddard	33	0	0	1
Chaz Mostert	25	0	0	1
Nick Percat	8	0	0	1
Scott McLaughlin	17	0	0	1

eLASTCAR Championship: Teams

Team	# Entries	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Brad Jones Racing	4	5/4	8/4	14/4
Rick Kelly Racing	3	2/3	3/3	5/3
Matt Stone Racing	3	2/3	3/3	5/3
Irwin Tools Racing	2	1/2	4/2	6/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	3	1/3	2/3	3/3
DJR Team Penske	4	1/4	2/4	4/4
Team Sydney	2	0	5/2	9/2
Red Bull Holden Racing Team	4	0	3/3	5/3
Tickford Racing	5	0	2/5	3/5
Erebus Motorsports	3	0	1/3	3/3

eLASTCAR Championship: Manufacturer

Manufacturer	# Entries	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	23	9/21	28/21	47/21
Ford	12	3/12	8/12	13/12

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How Juniorgeneric defines a Last-Place finisher

Australian V8 LASTCAR'S Official Definition of a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF)

For the purposes of the Australian V8 LASTCAR championship rankings and statistics, a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF) is a driver(s) who, after qualifying for a V8 Supercars Championship Points-Paying race, the result must be confirmed from official sources, or unofficial sources failing that. Only one driver (or two in a endurance race) can be classified as the LPF for that race.

Meeting those requirements, the LPF can be any driver classified as such for any reason, including, but not limited to.
1) A "did not start" although it should be noted that there is a difference between my definition of "did not start" and Brock Beard's definition of "Did not Start".
For example, in Bathurst 2015 Chazz Mostert and Cameron Waters' #6 Pepsi Max Ford had a huge accident during practice that injured Mostert and all but wrote off the car. Car #6 was withdrawn, and therefore I don't count Mostert and Waters as finishing last. Under Brock Beard's definition, however, Mostert and Waters would have finished last instead of David Wall and Chris Pither.
2) An entrant who encounters an event once the race has started which prevents the driver(s) from finishing ahead of any other qualified entrants, including both DNFs and drivers who finish under power but laps down*

*Only when all the cars in the race are running ahead of the LPF

3) A decision to “start and park” the driver’s entry (Extremely rare in V8 Supercars)
(4) a disqualification handed down by V8 Supercars and/or track officials that subsequently classifies the driver(s) in the final position behind the unofficial LPF.

Australian V8 LASTCAR shall not consider the LPF as anything else, including but not limited too
1) Any DNQ's
2) Any driver's who's car withdrew before the race start.
3)The lowest-ranked driver who finishes the race under power (unless all cars finished under power, actually quite common in V8 Supercars)
4) A driver(s) who finished last initially, however post-race disqualifications usurped the spot.
5) A driver(s) who may be catagorised as finishing last for exhibition events (I may bring these back at some point in the near future, I need more accurate numbers for the events before I start them up again)
6) Anything in non-V8 Supercar Main game (again, insufficent historical data)
7) A driver who was running last when the checkered flag fell, however because they greeted the checkered flag but a drive who was in front of them at the end of the race, however was not running at the end of the race. In that instance the driver who doesn't finish the race will fall behind the driver whom is still running at the end of the race.

In the rare event where official results or a preponderance of unofficial results are later updated with more accurate information about who was the LPF for that event, Australian V8 LASTCAR rankings and statistics shall be updated to reflect that change.