Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship

Sunday, 25 March 2018

Multi-car contact leaves Hazelwood last at Albert Park

Original by Supercars and DarcyF1, Edited by me.

Todd Hazelwood picked up his 1^st last-place finish of his career when his #35 Big Mate Ford was involved in a 3-car crash that ended his race after 3 of the race’s 13 laps. The finish came in Todd’s 9^th start.

Todd Hazelwood is one of five rookies in this year's field. He ran in 21st in Practice 1, before improving to 20th in Practice 2. Todd qualified 22nd for Race 4.

Craig Lowndes in the #888 Autobahn Holden started the race in the rear after being impeded by James Golding in the #34 Wilson Security Holden in qualifying. At the end of lap 1 Richie Stanaway in the #56 MEGA Bulk Fuels Ford went to the pit-lane with a rain light issue, dropping him to last.

The inoperative rain light continued, however, and Stanaway went to the garage on lap 3, trying to solve it. They didn't fix it in time, and though Stanaway returned to the track on lap 6, 4 laps down, he was out of classification. However, he stayed out long enough to lift off last.

On lap 4, Todd Hazelwood in the #35 Big Mate Ford came into contention after he was caught in a crash involving Simona De Silvestro in the #78 Harvey Norman/LG Super UHD TV Nissan and Garth Tander in the #33 Wilson Security Holden, terminally damaging Todd’s car, not helped by a crash at turn 5 on the same lap.

Rounding out the bottom five was Craig Lowndes in the #888 Autobahn Holden after contact with Andre Heimgartner in the #7 Plus Fitness Nissan at turn 15 on lap 9 terminally damaged Craig’s car, sending him to the garage on lap 11, Simona De Silvestro in the #78 Harvey Norman/LG Super UHD TV Nissan and Tim Blanchard in the #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden.

The Bottom Five

Todd Hazelwood	3 Laps	Crash
Richie Stanaway	9 Laps	Electrical
Craig Lowndes	9 Laps	Steering
Simona De Silvestro	13 Laps	Running
Tim Blanchard	13 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver’s Name	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Todd Hazelwood	1	1	3
2	Simona De Silvestro	1	1	2
3T	James Golding	1	1	1
3T	Jamie Whincup	1	1	1
4	Richie Stanaway	0	3	3
5	Tim Blanchard	0	1	4
6T	Andre Heimgartner	0	1	1
6T	Lee Holdsworth	0	1	1
6T	Will Davison	0	1	1
6T	Craig Lowndes	0	1	1
7T	Rick Kelly	0	0	1
7T	Jack LeBrocq	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team Name	# Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1T	Matt Stone Racing	1	1	1	3
2T	Gary Rodgers Motorsport	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
2T	Red Bull Holden Racing	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
3	Nissan Motorsports	4	1/4	2/4	4/4
4T	Preston Hire Racing	1	0	1	1
4T	23Red Racing	1	0	1	1
4T	Craig Lowndes Racing	1	0	1	1
5	Tickford Racing	4	0	3/4	3/4
6	Brad Jones Racing	3	0	1/3	4/3
7	Tekno Autosports	1	0	0	1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer	# Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Nissan	4	1/4	2/4	5/4
Holden	14	2/14	6/14	9/14
Ford	8	1/8	4/8	6/8

Simona De Silvestro last after collision with Jack LeBrocq at Albert Park.

Original by Supercars and DarcyF1, Edited by me

Simona De Silvestro picked up her 2nd last-place finish of her career when her #78 Harvey Norman/LG Super UHD TV Nissan was involved in a 2-car crash that ended her race after 3 of the race's 25 laps. The finish came in Simona's 31st start.

Simona De Silvestro is in her second full-time season in the main game. She was 24th in Practice 1 but improved to 21st in Practice 2. She matched her second practice position in Qualifying.

Todd Hazelwood in the #35 Bigmate Holden started the race in the rear after going off in Qualifying, however, by turn 1 James Golding in the #34 Wilson Security Holden fell to the rear. By turn 7 Tim Blanchard in the #21 Cooldrive Holden fell to the rear, taken back by Golding shortly afterwards. Just after the start of Lap 2, Hazelwood returned to the rear. Golding fell back to last on lap 3.

Jack LeBrocq in the #19 AUSPT Australian Post-Tensioning Holden was spun at the penultimate corner by Simona De Silvestro in the #78 - Nissan, resulting in a broken front bar for Simona, retiring on lap 4.

Richie Stanaway in the #56 MEGA Bulk Fuels Ford tried to leave without his left-rear wheel attached, necessitating a long pitstop to attempt to re-attach the wheel, although they did, Stanaway dropped well back.

Will Davison in the #230 Milwaukee Tools/OPS Gateway Holden pitted late in the race, dropping to 25th, Rounding out the bottom five is Tim Blanchard in the #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden and Todd Hazelwood in the #35 Big Mate Ford.

The Bottom Five

Simona De Silvestro	3 Laps	Crash
Will Davison	25 Laps	Running
Richie Stanaway	25 Laps	Running
Tim Blanchard	25 Laps	Running
Todd Hazelwood	25 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver’s Name	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1T	James Golding	1	1	1
1T	Jamie Whincup	1	1	1
1T	Simona De Silvestro	1	1	1
2	Richie Stanaway	0	2	2
3	Tim Blanchard	0	1	3
4T	Andre Heimgartner	0	1	1
4T	Lee Holdsworth	0	1	1
4T	Will Davison	0	1	1
5	Todd Hazelwood	0	0	2
6T	Rick Kelly	0	0	1
6T	Jack LeBrocq	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team Name	# Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1T	Gary Rodgers Motorsport	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
1T	Red Bull Holden Racing	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
2	Nissan Motorsports	4	1/4	2/4	3/4
3T	Preston Hire Racing	1	0	1	1
3T	23Red Racing	1	0	1	1
4	Tickford Racing	4	0	2/4	2/4
5	Brad Jones Racing	3	0	1/3	1
6	Matt Stone Racing	1	0	0	2
7	Tekno Autosports	1	0	0	1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer	# Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Nissan	4	1/4	2/4	3/4
Holden	14	2/14	5/14	8/14
Ford	8	0	2/8	4/8

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.