Australian Grand Prix – Race 5 Results
Will Brown – Car #1
Race 5 – 3rd
Drivers’ Championship Standings – 2nd (387 points)
“It was a great race to move up two spots again and get on the podium. We seem to be really consistent. I’m really good at getting seconds and thirds, I just need to start winning. But overall, consistency is a big thing. But I’m happy with where we’re at, but the safety cars were a bit annoying to be honest. The late race starts, then the safety cars meant that we didn’t get much racing. So, it’s very hard to get Nick or Cam or make a race of it, but that’s life.”
“I never really got a chance to have a dive at him, to be honest. I got close enough maybe on the second to last lap, then made a mistake when I was trying to bump him. It wasn’t too bad, but they were pretty in control of the race. Well, they’ve (Matt Stone Racing) have got our setups at the end of the day, they buy Triple Eight setups. I’m racing the exact same car as mine out there with the same setup. It’s hard to find a weakness in their car because generally we have the same weakness as them.”
Broc Feeney – Car #88
Race 5 – 4th
Drivers’ Championship Standings – 3rd (349 points)
Teams’ Championship Standings – 1st (736 points)
“I just got wheel spin off the start. Then I tried to make a move on Cam (Hill), but Nick (Percat) got through. But congrats to those guys (Matt Stone Racing). Great job from them. Obviously, most of the race was under safety car, but also probably first time for me following a car this weekend. So, I think if we would’ve got out front, we would’ve been fine. But following, I certainly struggled.”
“I just wasn’t strong enough to get close enough to pass in certain areas, I was fast for half the track and slow for the other half, which really made it hard for me. They (Matt Stone Racing) won here last year. They know what they’re doing. The top five cars in that race are either Triple Eight cars or Triple Eight customers. So, it’s great for us. We’ve obviously rolled out really strong and all those guys are doing a fantastic job.”
“For us, disappointing that we couldn’t convert, but we’ll try again tomorrow. I think quality-wise we’ve been really strong all weekend. We’ve tried a few things over the last couple of days, but I think qualifying is just about limiting your mistakes. But everyone’s going to be faster in qualifying in the morning, so we’ve still got to be better.”
