MOTORSPORT: Mclaughlin leads Mustang domination
Mostert takes F1 GP overall as Supercars moves to slow Ford MustangsFord young guns Scott Mclaughlin and Chaz Mostert have led a Mustang domination of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship round at Albert Park.
DJR Team Penske Shell driver McLaughlin won three races but failed to start one after an out-lap crash with Monster Energy Mustang driver, Cam Waters, on Saturday afternoon.
Mostert won that race and managed two seconds and a fifth in the other three races to secure the Larry Perkins Trophy.
The Mustang clean-sweep, which also included pole position for the four races – three to Mclaughlin and one to Mostert – has done nothing to quell demands from rivals for the new Ford to be slowed.
Acknowledging that issue, Supercars will test the centre of gravity of the Mustang, Holden Commodore and Nissan Altima in Melbourne on Monday as it investigates technical parity changes ahead of the next round in Tasmania in early April.
After his Adelaide and Albert Park wins McLaughlin leads the championship with 500 points, 31 points ahead of factory Red Blue Holden Racing driver Jamie Whincup. Mostert is third, 63 points further back.
Whincup’s team-mate Shane van Gisbergen had a shocking weekend with an engine failure, a wheel falling off and a driving penalty to drop from second to 11th in the championship chase.
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