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Motorsport: Puncture stalls Whincup

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Kiwi Fabian Coulthard has an early lead in the championship after claiming race two honours at the Clipsal 500 yesterday.

Kiwi Fabian Coulthard has an early lead in the championship after claiming race two honours at the Clipsal 500 yesterday.

Jamie Whincup's bid to dominate the V8 Supercars championship from the opening round is in tatters after a punctured tyre ruined his perfect day at the Clipsal 500 yesterday.

After Whincup took race one with a minimum of fuss - moving to equal second in the sport's biggest race winners' list in the process - the six-time champion looked to be sailing to a second victory in as many races.

But the Red Bull Racing driver came unstuck in the final stages of race two, when the puncture ended his hopes of a Clipsal clean sweep.

A lengthy safety car delay from Michael Caruso's crash caught Whincup unawares. As a result of the puncture he finished in 21st place.

Unaware of the busted tyre, Whincup chose to drive on and nearly paid the price.

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"I thought I'd give it another go, but the boss ain't too happy about risking his $500,000 race car," he said. "It was a massive ride down into turn eight. I was sure I was going to eat the fence.

"Somehow we got round and the car is still straight. The car was quick today which was the main thing, it's a good platform for tomorrow."

Team boss Roland Dane took a pop at officials who "should have known better" and swept the crash site more thoroughly.

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Instead, Kiwi Fabian Coulthard took the race two win ahead of James Courtney and Craig Lowndes. Coulthard's first win at Clipsal gave him an early championship lead, which he said was a good feeling.

"It's been a long time since I can say I've won a race," he said.

"It was unlucky for Jamie. Obviously he was pretty quick. It would have taken a fair bit to get past.

"Racing's all about being there to pick up the pieces."

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The late drama was in contrast to a straight-forward race one, which Whincup led from start to finish to defeat Chaz Mostert and Coulthard. Mostert overtook Coulthard from pit-lane and fell short from a final-lap assault on Whincup after a safety car restart.

The Ford tyro would finish his second race after just three laps, crashing out on the same turn that caught Caruso.

Volvo's Scott McLaughlin had the dirtiest day, qualifying on the front two rows but having his race ruined twice. In the warm-up lap to race one, McLaughlin was forced to run from his car after a faulty oil pump leaked under his car and caught fire.

Forced to watch Whincup's victory from the sidelines, the Kiwi speedster showed his over-enthusiasm in race two by jump-starting.

The Kiwi copped a 10-second pit-lane penalty to drop down to ninth before recovering to finish third.

However, McLaughlin was demoted back to ninth with a post-race 10-second penalty applied for not taking his pit-stop penalty correctly.

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Team boss Garry Rogers described the second fine as "petty bullshit" while McLaughlin vowed to recover stronger for today's 250km race.

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