Highlights: Will Davison wins Bathurst after Whincup cops penalty

Only because Whincup was blocking Tander while trying to let McLaughlin back in. Which you are not allowed to do.

Whincup did a failed overtake and lost control of his car and hit McLaughlan. In an attempt to rectify the mistake he slowed to let McLaughlin back in but also attempted to hold off Tander who was trying to get past Whincup. If you watch the replay closely you can see Whincup brake check Tander as he goes to overtake and force Tander to hit the back of Whincup milliseconds before McLaughlin hits Tander. Whincup was the cause of the accident and him trying to fix his mistake and not suffer a penalty took out 2 of the leading cars in the race. Whincup was most likely going to win the race but his mistake cost podiums for two other drivers. I'm sorry but I think the penalty was deserved for Whincup, McLaughlin and Tander didn't do anything wrong.

The race was 'won' in a meeting room already, remember a guy that lead the race for exactly ummmmmm zero seconds of 161 laps is somehow a winner??? Successful appeal or not the result has a 'black eye' in my opinion.

Jamie Whincup is clearly the most talented and better driver. All the others are a bunch of jealous sooks. Whincup's move has Peter Brock all over it and the green eyed monster is coming out in Phil me thinks. To say his brother wouldn't approve is a load of crap. Good luck Jamie hope the protest goes well you definitely have a case to be answered. If Jamie was around in the 70's and 80's they would be singing his praises.

The teams (and drivers) have big incentives written into the contracts with sponsors for both the overall Championship placings and for Bathurst on it's own. It would be the team chasing the bonus $ from sponsors that is motivating the appeal.

"It is all about how long their sponsors Logos/Paint Livery are on the the screen for and the winners car usually gets more “air time” in the various forms of media. The real race is how long each sponsor gets TV air time" Yeah, but they aren't going to get any additional air time now. It's not like they will re do the podium. And, there will be inevitable booing if the race result was overturned and a LOT of bad press. I hardly think the sponsors want to be associated with that, or a ridiculous "win at all costs, in any fashion" mentality. The best decision is to just cop this and move on.

Do you think his & the teams "sponsors" who are only in it for the money will just accept they were "robbed"? Whether or not Whincup wins is not the point to them. It is all about how long their sponsors Logos/Paint Livery are on the the screen for and the winners car usually gets more "air time" in the various forms of media. The real race is how long each sponsor gets TV air time. They measure it down to seconds. It's where the money comes from to fund the sport and pay the drivers. They will fight for their investment. Catch 22 here. The sponsors are only in it because the team/driver or sport has fans they can sell/market too. Without them the sponsors are not there, simple. On the other hand if the fans are upset by the decision and walk away the sponsors will go too and the sport evaporates. Usually money & television rights parties win in the end. Real Catch 22

And it would have been even more reckless to maintain speed and get off the racing line in the path of an out of control McLaughlin who you knew was "somewhere" to your right at great speed and cop it straight through the drivers door. You would seriously risk your life like that even if you made an initial mistake? I think Not. You have a split decision to decide and self preservation automatically kicks in and takes priority. Tander was the same. He had a split decision to decide on whether to pass. Her did not read it right and took the wrong option. No doubt if you ask him if he had that time again in 20/20 hindsight he would not have attempted that pass and taken them further down the line.

Then he should have redressed on the start finish/mountain straight. This isn't a video game, you can go a couple of corners without getting a penalty and then redress where it is SAFE to do so. I wouldn't call slowing on the the racing line, blocking another car safe.

Whether or not whincup was harshly punished or not is now irrelevant. What is important is that Whincup is going to appeal and he needs to be talked out of doing it. This would be an awful way to "win" the race and would leave a bitter taste in everyone's mouths. He'll just have to accept that he was robbed and move on. Snatching a win in a back room is just the wrong thing to do.

Whincup deserves to be punished. He lost control of his car and hit McLaughlin, pushing him off the circuit. McLaughlin then caused the second incident by dangerously rejoining the circuit.

Whincup was on the racing line when redressing but to get off the racing line he would have had to move right side of the track where he knew the direction McLaughlin was coming from. If he moved off the racing line he would have crashed into McLaughlin. He had no choice but to stay there, just track layout. Is that Whincup's fault?. He just cannot disappear can he? There is no way he would be expected to fall off the track to enable a pass. That is just not safe on slicks at big speed on grass. If staying left and slowing down is not redressing well what is? He had to redress there, there was no choice. he obviously wanted to avoid the fate of Kelly. Truth be told if Tander backed off slightly, allowed McLaughlin to pass he would have easily passed both of them further down the line. Whincup had no choice at that part of the track. Tander rolled the dice, it went to crap and now he wants to blame others for his misjudgement

I do agree with you that Whincup is not wholly to blame for the running off, but it was his decision to redress when he did. Whether he did so because of good sportsmanship or to avoid a potential penalty we don't know. The redress rule doesn't say when you need to redress, it would be up to the stewards who would see a reasonable time to do so before adding a time penalty/stop go penalty, like what happened with Rick Kelly in relation to his crash with Chris Pither. Also, you asked when is it legal to block someone on the racing line. Whincup was on the racing line, and stayed on it when he tried to redress. Thats not okay. If you redress, you move off the line. He stayed on the line and blocked Tander, who had nothing to do with the incident before. Whincup failed to redress, and also caused a collision by backing Tander into the path of McLaughlin. Thats what the officials gave him the penalty for, even though he did not directly collide with the cars. Ultimately its up to the stewards to decide whether Whincup redressed in a safe place to do so. The fact that he redressed in a corner, on the racing line, blocking another car and ultimately causing a collision is why he deserved his penalty.

I was Tander's fault. Drove straight into the back of them

Rubbish. He felt he had to redress and did so immediately. And why? because the "Rules" state if you redress there is no penalty. Also the rules state that if you do not redress it is 10 championship point penalty. There is no mention in the rules of a 15 second penalty nor is it what was told to the drivers in the briefing before the race. You cannot make up the rules as you go along. You also have to bear in mind that it was Tander's selfish driving of trying to pass them both during a redress that ended McLaughlin's day not Whincup. In the worst case it should be a 10 championship point penalty to Whincup only and a race win. That is if you follow the rules. If you don't see it that way ... well that amounts to common cheating. You also have to bear in mind that it was McLaughlin who made the first error. He clearly missed the racing the line. Whincup got passed his pillar in control of the car (no locked wheels or sideways drifting) and if you look closely McLaughlin attempted to block Whincup passing. Since when is it legal in racing to try to block someone on the racing line? Looking at it terms of the Rules How was his penalty justified?

To be honest of all the drivers who deserve the blame it is Whincup. First off, had Whincup not attempted to redress at the Chase, McLaughlin would have rejoined behind Tander, meaning that when Whincup redressed on the start/finish straight he would have lost the place to Tander. So he irresponsibly slows up at the chase, backing into Tander and allowing McLaughlin to get alongside. McLaughlin would have struggled to keep control coming out of the chase, given that the tyres would have no grip, meaning that his collision was inevitable. Had Whincup not slowed down, McLaughlin would have rejoined safely behind. Its Whincup's desperation to keep the effective race lead that resulted in this rash move. Whilst he is not 100% to blame, his penalty was deserved.

Yes, Whincup definitely made the first error, but the following carnage came as a result of errors made by the following drivers. His error does not exonerate them of responsibility, they are still required to make the best decisions and liable if they do not. I would be fine with a much less penalty, like redress that he was attempting, but to snatch away an entire weekend of sheer dominance is taking the result off the track and putting it in a boardroom, BS that I do not want to see happen in any sport!!

I agree he was the best driver but I still see Tander as being the villain here. He tried to scam the lead from both of them.

I was a Scott Mc fan, but seriously, Whincup was best by far all weekend, to be screwed so bad after one racing error is silly, if rugby league had a result so influenced by a 'referee' the mob would go nuts!!! He led well until safety car, lost that lead to due to anothers error, it then occurs again with the timing of a safety car gifting via lottery teams a bonus depending on their strategy a bonus through sheer luck. The best team, the best driver by far all week was car 88, To take that result off him is WRONG.

McLaughlin went just off the racing line in the corner. Whincup pounced and got to the pillar of the Volvo. Tander them tried to capitalise and was really the cause of the contact. Just like in football a player just cannot "disappear" neither can a Whincup racecar. What is Whincup supposed to do? Tander hit him as well as McLaughlin Bottom line is If Tander had not tried to "shove" his way in there would have been no accident. For some Marshalls who are supposed to be "so" experienced (we won't mention the Butt heads name) got it sadly wrong. Went for the "popular" or "crowd" decision. Shame on them. About as credible & consistent as the NRL Bunker. And no, I was not going for any of the 3 involved to win.