IT'S business as usual to get reigning V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup despite maneuvering to Tasmania this weekend in his worst placement for five years.
The high criteria of the competition's benchmark car owner are demonstrated by his / her championship finishes since 2005 of second, first, initial, second, first, first in addition to first.
And although he will arrive at Symmons Plains in the unaccustomed range of seventh place, Whincup has the consolation of knowing that not just is Red Bull Racing stablemate Craig Lowndes (runner up in both of his last three titles) keeping his seat heat at the head of the package, but also that 13 with the 14 rounds remain.
It is my worst position in five years, but it's also early days,'' Whincup shared with The Examiner.
But we'll however approach things exactly the same way that is certainly to just go hard Canada Goose Kensington Parka and also go home.''
There is little chance of the 31 year old Queenslander choosing the latter option as he seeks for you to reverse a roller coaster start to the season in Adelaide.
After completing first and third inside opening races, Whincup's Commodore was reach with a drive through penalty for just a pit stop infringement and take care of 15th in the third Three hundred kilometre race won through fellow Holden driver James Courtney.
After Adelaide we asked ourselves a couple critical questions. Firstly, had been we quick enough? Perfectly yes, we were leading by simply 10 seconds before the drive through penalty.
Secondly, did we do a reasonable job? And the answer to that's no. So that's what all of our focus is on _ maintaining pace, but with a lesser amount of mistakes.''
Whincup, who has won 8-10 races in the last seven several years at the challenging, twisty'' Symmons Plains outlet with its crazy banked hairpin'', approached the championship's additional manufacturers that have challenged the Holden Ford duopoly.
I'm one for making the competition while strong as can be,'' he said.
This surprise package has been the Volvo guys, they've come out of the box running, Nissan and Bmw have also improved and it's as much as us to match their tempo.
The hardcore Ford plus Holden fans were a little bit frustrated about it initially and conveyed vocally that they did not want the category to change, but 18 months on it's the strongest it's ever been.
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