Shane van Gisbergen is a Supercars champion as soon as once more, the New Zealander capping off a record-breaking 2022 with back-to-back titles and a twentieth season win on the Gold Coast.
Key factors:
- Shane van Gisbergen has received 20 of the 31 Supercars races this season
- Van Gisbergen claimed his third Supercars title and second in succession with victory
- Saturday’s was the primary of two 250km races to happen on the Surfers Paradise avenue circuit
The New Zealander boasted a 567-point championship margin heading into the weekend and wanted simply 33 factors to safe his third profession title.
And he did so emphatically with a fifth profession win at Surfers Paradise within the Gold Coast’s first internet hosting of the occasion since 2019.
“What a 12 months, it has been plenty of enjoyable,” van Gisbergen informed Fox Sports activities after the race.
“It is actually fairly particular [to win the title] … I am stoked, it is onerous to place it into phrases.”
In securing the championship, van Gisbergen turned the eleventh driver in Supercars historical past to win consecutive titles.
He achieved it as he has executed all 12 months — in ruthless trend.
Beginning in second on the first of two 250-kilometre races at Surfers Paradise, van Gisbergen handed pole-sitter David Reynolds on lap 16 and by no means appeared again, claiming victory by over 16 seconds as his rivals fought for the scraps behind him.
“It was an awesome battle at the beginning,” van Gisbergen mentioned.
“Dave [Reynolds] was driving superior, I loved racing him, it has been some time.
“Clearly the automotive’s wonderful.
“Principally we needed to beat one automotive, I feel, to safe it [the championship] and we killed everybody and that was wonderful.”
His victory within the Gold Coast sunshine is his twentieth win from 31 races this 12 months and his eleventh within the final 13 outings, together with a second profession Bathurst triumph earlier this month.
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