Unlock all articles by subscribing to this international offer

All-Access + BusinessDesk Weekly

Herald Premium, Viva Premium, The Listener & BusinessDesk
Pay just
$10
$2
per week
See all offers
Already a subscriber? Sign in here
Or
NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • Deloitte Fast 50
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Motorsport

Motorsport: Wet weather means 'crazy' day looms

NZPA
15 Apr, 2011 07:14 AM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Racing. Photo / Supplied
Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Racing. Photo / Supplied

Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Racing. Photo / Supplied

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Defending Hamilton 400 titleholder Jamie Whincup is expecting a "pretty crazy" day tomorrow if the expected rain arrives for race one of the New Zealand round of the V8 Supercars Championship.

Whincup, who has been unbeatable on the 3.4km street circuit over the past two years, winning all four races
in that time, was second fastest in practice today.

The conditions for the four sessions were mostly dry, apart from a brief, light shower in the late afternoon.

However, the forecast for tomorrow is for rain, possibly heavy.

"I think it's going to be pretty crazy out there if it does rain," Whincup said.

"Hopefully we have a race like Adelaide. That was a bit of a cracker, where there were 10 cars all dicing, all similar pace.

"Of course, the walls are a bit closer here at Hamilton, so it's going to be tough."

Last month, Whincup won the Sunday race of the Clipsal 500 after a classic battle in the rain to extend his lead at the top of the points table.

His Team Vodafone Holden team-mate Craig Lowndes finished the Hamilton practice sessions with the fastest time.

Lowndes clocked one minute 22.8070 seconds to be 0.1534sec quicker than Whincup.

With a new soft tyre makings its debut in Hamilton, both drivers eclipsed the previous practice record for the track of 1min 23.0349sec set last year by Garth Tander.

Lowndes noted that there had not been a wet weather race since the New Zealand round moved from Pukekohe to Hamilton three years, "so it's going to be interesting".

"It will be up to the drivers to be sensible and to have common sense at the start of the race and during the race," he said.

"It's a long race."

New Zealander Shane Van Gisbergen, in a Stone Brothers Racing Ford, was third quickest in practice with a lap of 1min 23.0899sec, 0.2829sec behind Lowndes.

Van Gisbergen said he had had a different build-up this year, with team management letting him off many of the off-track commitments this week so he could concentrate on the racing.

"The last few years, it has been full on and you're almost worn out when you get to the race," he said.

"This year, it has worked out really well and I'm ready to go."

Of the other New Zealanders, Fabian Coulthard's best lap put him 22nd, while Greg Murphy was 25th.

Coulthard, who is the highest placed New Zealander on the points table, sitting in fifth spot, remained confident heading into the weekend.

He said he used only one set of tyres and opted not to take his Bundaberg Racing Holden back out when the track dried up near the end of session four.

"We made a big improvement on the car from the first session to the second," he said.

"On paper, it looks pretty average, but I'm quietly confident that the car will be alright."

The Hamilton 400 comprises two 59-laps races, the second on Sunday afternoon.

- NZPA

Discover more

Sport|motorsport

Motorsport: NZ Rally confirmed for 2012

14 Apr 11:19 PM
Sport|motorsport

Motorsport: Kelly sets fastest time at Hamilton V8s

14 Apr 11:25 PM
Sport|motorsport

Motorsport: V8 drivers launch website for Richards

15 Apr 03:00 AM
Sport|motorsport

Motorsport: Champs down to three

15 Apr 05:30 PM
Unlock all articles by subscribing to this international offer

All-Access + BusinessDesk Weekly

Herald Premium, Viva Premium, The Listener & BusinessDesk
Pay just
$10
$2
per week
See all offers
Already a subscriber? Sign in here
Or
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Save
    Share this article

Latest from Motorsport

Motorsport

Van Gisbergen gets redemption win at Watkins Glen

Motorsport

'It seemed like the world was ending': How world motocross champion is tackling health setbacks

Formula 1

'Head and shoulders above': McLaren's rise to F1 dominance


Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Recommended for you

'Not straightforward': NZ considering recognition of Palestinian state, sets out timeline
Politics

'Not straightforward': NZ considering recognition of Palestinian state, sets out timeline

Afternoon quiz: In what year did humans first land on the moon?
New Zealand

Afternoon quiz: In what year did humans first land on the moon?

Father comes face-to-face with man who killed his three children in Sydney crash
World

Father comes face-to-face with man who killed his three children in Sydney crash

Hamilton Musical Theatre's In The Heights 'dynamic, supportive and fun'
Reviews

Hamilton Musical Theatre's In The Heights 'dynamic, supportive and fun'

Lucky punter claims life-changing $20m Powerball prize
New Zealand

Lucky punter claims life-changing $20m Powerball prize

'Children are the future': New group aims to unite farming families
The Country

'Children are the future': New group aims to unite farming families



Latest from Motorsport

Van Gisbergen gets redemption win at Watkins Glen
Motorsport

Van Gisbergen gets redemption win at Watkins Glen

The Kiwi driver has notched his fourth Nascar victory this season.

10 Aug 08:23 PM
'It seemed like the world was ending': How world motocross champion is tackling health setbacks
Motorsport

'It seemed like the world was ending': How world motocross champion is tackling health setbacks

08 Aug 05:31 PM
'Head and shoulders above': McLaren's rise to F1 dominance
Formula 1

'Head and shoulders above': McLaren's rise to F1 dominance

04 Aug 11:16 PM


Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet
Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

10 Aug 09:12 PM

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
Unlock all articles by subscribing to this international offer

All-Access + BusinessDesk Weekly

Herald Premium, Viva Premium, The Listener & BusinessDesk
Pay just
$10
$2
per week
See all offers
Already a subscriber? Sign in here
Or
TOP
search by queryly Advanced Search