SVG shredded by Supercars legend for odd act

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An 'angry' Shane van Gisbergen has drawn the ire of five-time Supercars champion Mark Skaife for however helium acted aft his arguable contention 2 triumph connected the streets of Newcastle.

But arsenic the frustrated New Zealander explained, determination was bully crushed for going to ground.

Following the Newcastle 500 closer, the three-time Supercars victor gave a frosty reception erstwhile asked astir an incidental with Walkinshaw Andretti United operator Chaz Mostertwho had been starring astatine the clip of the clash.

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The brace made nose-to-tail contact, which opened the doorway for the trailing van Gisbergen to spell done and instrumentality the pb – a determination aboriginal labelled "cheeky" by Mostert.

Although not investigated oregon penalised, van Gisbergen offered small successful the mode of remark erstwhile asked astir the heart-in-mouth infinitesimal pursuing his victory.

"All I person to accidental is convey you to Red Bull Ampol Racing, yesterday was pugnacious and evidently we'll combat it," said van Gisbergen, who bounced backmost aft being disqualified from contention 1 for a method infringement – a determination that is acceptable to beryllium appealed.

"The squad knuckled down and did a bully job. Thanks to everyone for coming retired again. Newcastle, it's large to beryllium present again. The remainder of it, I did each my talking connected track. Thank you."

In the post-race property conference, van Gisbergen repeated his earlier connection and appeared to motion that helium was done answering questions.

It was astatine that constituent helium was challenged by big Chad Neylon to reply further questions.

"No mate, it's a property conference. We've got to inquire you questions," said Neylon, earlier van Gisbergen repeated himself.

"Mate, travel on. Are you serious? It's a property conference, there's a country afloat of journalists. We don't get you astatine immoderate different constituent of the weekend," Neylon responded.

"You've travel up present to reply questions. It's not adjacent a hard question, it's a just question. Can you speech america done the determination astatine crook nine?"

Van Gisbergen replied, "Yeah, it happened. Our talking was done connected the way today. Thank you."

For the remark, van Gisbergen was lashed by Skaife.

The six-time Bathurst 1000 victor suggested determination was an onus connected van Gisbergen to beryllium an ambassador of the sport.

"Although you mightiness not privation to marque immoderate much comment, you really person a work arsenic a custodian of the athletics to accidental what you request to accidental astir the results and what's gone connected today," Skaife said connected Fox Sports' coverage.

"Obviously, helium won't beryllium liking disqualification from yesterday. He's travel successful contiguous aggravated astir however it is, but determination is simply a work of care. There is thing astir being the champion driver, and the ambassador for the sport.

"If you're a media idiosyncratic from anyplace successful this country, and you privation a remark astir Supercar racing, the archetypal idiosyncratic you inquire is Shane van Gisbergen.

"There's nary 1 successful this manufacture that successful immoderate way, signifier oregon signifier would ever contend connected his driving endowment and his and his quality is extraordinary. Maybe 1 of the champion drivers ever.

"He's unbelievable, but you bash – disconnected the way – person a duty, and that (behaviour) is not right."

Garth Tander, who won 2 Bathurst 1000 titles with van Gisbergen, said determination was a deficiency of respect shown.

"He is amended than that, and helium doesn't request to bash that benignant of stuff," said Tander.

"He's precise articulate erstwhile helium wants to be. He tin get his constituent crossed erstwhile helium needs to be.

"You don't request to play those games."

Although van Gisbergen's absorption mightiness person been a hangover successful portion from the disqualification – suggesting helium was driving "angry" arsenic a effect – his hesitancy to sermon the incidental with Mostert seemed to stem little from the clash itself but from being "bitten successful the arse" for comments helium made astir the caller Gen3 cars.

Last year's champion has been reserved successful his stance towards the new-for-2023 touring cars, offering small successful the mode of remark to day for fearfulness of backlash from Supercars.

On Saturday, van Gisbergen spoke of the car's weaknesses and inability to travel intimately owed to overheating tyres – a occupation the preceding Gen2 cars besides suffered.

He was asked whether his stubbornness with media did helium oregon Supercars immoderate favours.

"I tried to conscionable knuckle down and absorption and past I said a batch of worldly yesterday, tried to unfastened up a spot more, and possibly it's spot maine successful the arse, truthful I conscionable absorption connected driving," helium said.

"I said the information astir the cars I conjecture and tried to beryllium honorable and it goes down the incorrect way."

Van Gisbergen's comments reportedly did not spell down good with Supercars executives.

David Reynolds, who besides featured successful the property league aft finishing third, suggested arsenic much.

"They don't privation america to accidental thing negative," helium said.

"It's a wholly antithetic alteration for the sport. We drove the aforesaid cars for 10 years and we loved those cars and for america this is conscionable different.

"The absorption mightiness not beryllium the champion reaction, but implicit clip it mightiness get better. We mightiness get amended astatine driving these cars and mounting them up. It's a agelong road."

The disqualification of van Gisbergen and his teammate Broc Feeney, who finished 2nd successful contention one, meant Cameron Waters took the archetypal triumph of the Gen3 era.

Mostert was 2nd with Cameron Waters 3rd for Tickford Racing.

It's expected Triple Eight Race Engineering volition entreaty the disqualification.

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