Round 2 of the 2025 Supercars championship, the MSS Security Melbourne Supersprint was run Thursday to Sunday, March 13 to 16 2025.
The 4 short races that make up this event were a support category to the famous Australian F1 Grand Prix held at Albert Park, Melbourne.
Supercars have been a support category since 1996, the year after the F1 Grand Prix moved to Melbourne from Adelaide.
As a support category, the Supercars races are kept short (thus the name “SuperSprint”) and are time certain.
In the pre-race sessions:
Ryan Wood was fastest in Practice 1
James Golding was fastest in Practice 2
Broc Feeney was fastest in Qualifying for all 4 races. That is pretty good going.
In Race 4 Broc Feeney started on pole position and alongside him was teammate Will Brown.
Cameron Waters who won all 3 races at the 1st event of the season (the Sydney 500) started 22nd on the grid because of a bad run in Qualifying.
Broc Feeney got the jump off the start line and led into turns 1 and 2 for the first of 19 laps. He was followed by Will Brown and Cameron Hill in 3rd.
A few laps in, yellow flags were flown to warn drivers of “obstacles” ahead. A group of ducks were meandering on the track and must have been a surprise to the race leader Broc Feeney as he came screaming down the track.
Soon after they reached the middle of the race Macauley Jones tapped the back wheels out from under Aaron Cameron. Cameron spun off the track into the sand-trap and got stuck. The first safety car was deployed for his rescue.
On the restart Broc Feeney was still leading. His teammate Will Brown putting in a good challenge. They created a few seconds gap back to the rest of the pack.
Feeney held strong and kept the lead over Will Brown. In the end he crossed the finish line 1.093 seconds ahead of Brown. It was then 3.7 seconds back to Cameron Hill in 3rd place.
A really nice finish for Feeney and Brown of the Red Bull Ampol Racing Team.
Race 4 Results:
1st Broc Feeney – Red Bull Ampol Racing 2nd Will Brown – Red Bull Ampol Racing 3rd Cameron Hill – Matt Stone Racing
For Race 5 Broc Feeney was once again on pole position with Cameron Hill alongside him.
Cameron Hill got the jump off the start line and led into turns 1 and 2 for the first of 19 laps. Nick Percat got away to an amazing start from position 3 on the grid and tried to go around the outside of Cameron Hill. It didn’t work so he had to stay put for the time being.
Ryan Wood made contact with Jack Le Brocq sending him into the fence at turn 5. The safety car was deployed to remove Le Brocq. He would not be returning to the race.
The restart was on lap 4. The front runners were still the same, Hill, Feeney then Percat.
On lap 7 the next safety car was deployed to rescue David Reynolds out of the turn 1 sandtrap after being hit by Thomas Randle. The second safety car deployment was affecting the race flow as it was such a short race of only 19 laps.
On the restart the leaders had not changed places and the field was tightly packed.
Feeney lost second place to Nick Percat and then lost another spot to his own teammate, Will Brown.
Cameron Hill held his lead from that very first lap. Leaders were packed close together so there was no room for error.
In the end Cameron Hill crossed the finish line a mere 0.574 seconds over teammate Nick Percat. Will Brown follow in at 3rd place .25 of a second later. Now, that is a tight finish!
Race 5 Results:
1st Cameron Hill – Matt Stone Racing 2nd Nick Percat – Matt Stone Racing 3rd Will Brown – Red Bull Ampol Racing
Will Brown was 2nd on the grid alongside pole sitter Broc Feeney for the start of race 6.
As they took off Will Brown got the jump and led into turn 1 and 2 followed by Broc Feeney for the first of 19 laps.
The first lap turned into a bit of a calamity. Matt Payne was spun around at turn 1. Thomas Randle was also spun around sending him to the very back of the field. David Reynolds got spun around at turn 6. Brodie Kostecki was trying to go around the outside of Ryan Wood but he ran wide at the second last corner losing a few spots. Cooper Murray had a massive lockup after out-breaking himself. James Golding went off the track at turn 11 and got stuck in the gravel trap. The safety car was then deployed and the first lap wasn’t even completed.
Soon after the restart Nick Percat passed Broc Feeney for second place and was 0.508 seconds behind the leader Will Brown.
The second safety car was triggered on lap 7 after Cooper Murray got bogged in the gravel trap at turn 11.
On the restart there was only 4 minutes left on the clock. Will Brown was looking strong for his first race win of the year, while Broc Feeney was being rear gunner so that Nick Percat wasn’t able to attack the leader.
Percat then ran into power steering issues. With less than 4 minutes to go he chose to press on. After all, he was in a podium finish position.
It took the pressure off the two Red Bull Ampol Racing drivers in the lead. Percat was busy staving off Will Davison and Brodie Kostecki’s attempts to take his podium finish.
Will Brown crossed the finish line first and Broc Feeney followed just over half a second later.
Even with the power steering problems, Nick Percat held the other contenders back and took a very well earned 3rd place. He was 4.703 seconds behind Feeney.
It was so tense watching Percat’s last lap and hoping he could hang in there.
Race 6 Results:
1st Will Brown – Red Bull Ampol Racing 2nd Broc Feeney – Red Bull Ampol Racing 3rd Nick Percat – Matt Stone Racing
It had already started raining before Race 7 began and conditions were looking hazardous.
Once again Broc Feeney was to start from pole position with Cameron Hill alongside him.
When it was time to start the conditions worsened and the decision was made to start under safety car (rolling start). As they commenced the warm up lap the rain really came down and sheets of water were covering the track.
Due to the busy schedule of the AGP weekend there was no time to ‘wait it out’ and the race was called off.
It was a big disappointment with no points awarded for the final race.
Never mind, we have the Taupo Super 440 coming up on April 11-13.
On the weekend of 26th and 27th of March 2022 was the Ned Whiskey Tasmania Supersprint.
This year marks the 49th time this event has been at Symmons Plains Raceway. This year’s event comprised of 3 races of 44 laps each. It’s a short track of 2.4 km with 7 turns. For these Supercars a lap is just under 50 seconds.
Chaz Mostert came to this event as the current championship leader for the first time in his Supercars career.
Garry Jacobson reached a milestone starting his 100th Supercars championship race on Saturday.
The weekend also provided the opportunity for the defending series champion, Shane Van Gisbergen to move passed the total race win tally of two former Supercars champions, Garth Tander and Scott McLaughlin.
Mark Winterbottom was poised to take over the mantle as the most experienced Supercars driver at Symmons Plains Raceway by the end of the weekend. It was also Mark Winterbottom’s 46th start at this track. He has finished every race at Symmons Plains Raceway. OMG! What an amazing achievement!
For this year’s newcomer to Supercars Brocq Feeney, it will be his first time at this track.
So, as you can see it was promising to be a great event.
In the pre-race sessions:
Will Davison was fastest in Practice 1
Shane Van Gisbergen was fastest in Practice 2
Cameron Waters was fastest in Qualifying.
In race 3 Cameron Waters started on pole position with Will Davison alongside him. The 19 year old rookie, Brocq Feeney earned himself 3rd and Shane Van Gisbergen started 5th.
At the start of the race Cameron Waters got the jump and led into turns 1 and 2 while the cars behind battled for positions.
Will Davison tried to go around the outside of Cameron Waters on the opening lap, but he couldn’t find the right space to make the move. Brodie Kostecki took advantage and moved up to 2nd behind race leader Cameron Waters, pushing Will Davison into 3rd place.
Shane Van Gisbergen was on the charge passing cars left right and centre. Anton de Pasquale was amazed by the driving from Shane Van Gisbergen.
Walkinshaw Andretti united pitted Nick Percat in car 2 early because of damage.
Thomas Randle went out in the weeds on lap 1 and so did Macauley Jones on lap 2.
For the opening few laps Cameron Waters was enjoying the clear air.
The cars back in the pack pitted early on to get clear track.
The first driver to pit was Jake Kostecki in car 56, because he was getting held up by other cars.
Cameron Waters stayed out because he had track position.
Will Davison pitted first so his teammate Anton de Pasquale didn’t have to double stack if the safety car was deployed.
At the end of the first quarter of the race Jack Le Brocq went off the track at turn 2. As he hit the sand trap, he broke the right front suspension. The car was still driveable, but he still headed straight for the pits.
The cars further back in the pack were battling for positions.
Chaz Mostert got up the inside of James Courtney to move up to 10th position.
Shane Van Gisbergen got up the inside of Will Davison who had worked his way back into 2nd place. Moments later Shane Van Gisbergen then took the race lead off Cameron Waters. The Dick Johnson Racing Team reacted, it was now the best time to get Will Davison to bring in car 17 for his compulsory pitstop.
The cars now following Shane Van Gisbergen were battling for 2nd 3rd and 4th.
By the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen was still in the lead and looking in shape for his 2nd win of 2022.
Mark Winterbottom turned David Reynolds around at turn 4 and copped a drive through penalty. Chaz Mostert was tailing the two drivers and had nowhere to go. He had a head-on with Reynold’s spun car. Chaz Mostert suffered a lot of damage to the right front and was forced to head into the pits. Reynolds got off lightly and continued driving.
Shane Van Gisbergen held his lead through the second half of the race.
As the defending champion he appeared confident and drove flawlessly. As he came across the line he had just under a 3 second lead over Will Davison and a further spread of almost 3.5 seconds over Cameron Waters.
Chaz Mostert finished 23rd and Broc Feeney held up well finishing 5th.
Results for Race 3
1st Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
2nd Will Davison – Shell V-Power Racing Team.
3rd Cameron Waters – Monster Energy Racing Team.
In race 4 Shane Van Gisbergen started on pole position with his teammate Brocq Feeney alongside him.
Brocq Feeney got the jump of the start and led into turns 1 and 2, then pulled away from the pack with his teammate Shane Van Gisbergen playing rear gunner.
In between turns 6 and 7 there was contact between Jack Le Brocq and Andre Heimgartner. It was a brutal run in before the first lap was complete the red flagged was out so they could clean up the mess.
The race resumed with a rolling start and Brocq Feeney got the jump again with his teammate Shane Van Gisbergen right behind him.
While Brocq Feeney was in control of the race, he had full backup from Shane Van Gisbergen.
Further back Mark Winterbottom was moving up through the field really quickly.
Also back in the pack Garry Jacobson was putting in a fierce challenge to Chris Pither.
The other cars came in early because they were getting held up.
Scott Pye was behind his teammate Mark Winterbottom acting as rear gunner.
In the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen took the lead off his younger teammate. Brocq Feeney knew he couldn’t pass Shane Van Gisbergen so worked hard at keeping in 2nd place.
Cam Waters and Tim Slade were pushing hard against each other. Tim Slade lost control sliding sideways onto the grass and getting air under all four tyres. On landing it seemed the car should surely roll but it didn’t! A miracle! He kept sliding and crossed the track further ahead. Amazingly didn’t get collected by any other drivers. That’s 2 miracles in about 2 seconds.
Up the front the drivers were holding their positions. Chaz Mostert was chasing down David Reynolds for third place but there wasn’t much opportunity to move up.
Broc Feeney crossed the line only 2.4 seconds behind Shane Van Gisbergen. They were followed by David Reynolds with Chaz Mostert hot on his tail.
It was a brutal race with four drivers served NC’s (Not Complete); Jack Le Brocq leaving before the end of the first lap, Jake Kostecki on lap 7, Andre Heimgartner on lap 11 and Thomas Randall so close to the end on lap 39.
Shane Van Gisbergen had now earned 2 wins from 2 starts for the weekend. The defending champ was showing what he is truly made of.
Results for Race 4
1st Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
2nd Brocq Feeney – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
3rd David Reynolds– Penrite Racing.
In Race 5 Will Davison started on pole position with Jack le Brocq alongside him.
At the start of race Jack le Brocq took the lead into the first turn with Will Davison dropping in behind at 2nd.
I was amazed that Jack le Brocq was leading during the opening stages after the damage to his car 34 on the first lap of Race 4.
On lap 2 he locked up of the front wheels at turn 4 and slid out onto the grass. He dropped down the order big time.
Will Davison now had the lead with the unenviable issue of having Shane Van Gisbergen right behind him in 2nd place.
While the leaders were pulling away, the drivers back in the pack pitted early because they were getting held up by other cars.
Mark Winterbottom was battling with Jack le Brocq for positions 6 and 7.
By the middle of the race all the pitstops were complete and Shane van Gisbergen took the lead of the race.
Although the leading pack was tight it seemed Shane Van Gisbergen could not be passed. He had total control.
He was followed across the finish line by pole sitter, Will Davison and Anton de Pasquale with a desperate David Reynolds less than half a second behind him.
Shane Van Gisbergen had a great weekend earning 3 wins from the 3 starts. What a way to start the year!
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Hi to all you Supercars Fans around the world!
On the weekend of 26th and 27th of March 2022 was the Ned Whiskey Tasmania Supersprint.
This year marks the 49th time this event has been at Symmons Plains Raceway. This year’s event comprised of 3 races of 44 laps each. It’s a short track of 2.4 km with 7 turns. For these Supercars a lap is just under 50 seconds.
Chaz Mostert came to this event as the current championship leader for the first time in his Supercars career.
Garry Jacobson reached a milestone starting his 100th Supercars championship race on Saturday.
The weekend also provided the opportunity for the defending series champion, Shane Van Gisbergen to move passed the total race win tally of two former Supercars champions, Garth Tander and Scott McLaughlin.
Mark Winterbottom was poised to take over the mantle as the most experienced Supercars driver at Symmons Plains Raceway by the end of the weekend. It was also Mark Winterbottom’s 46th start at this track. He has finished every race at Symmons Plains Raceway. OMG! What an amazing achievement!
For this year’s newcomer to Supercars Brocq Feeney, it will be his first time at this track.
So, as you can see it was promising to be a great event.
In the pre-race sessions:
Will Davison was fastest in Practice 1
Shane Van Gisbergen was fastest in Practice 2
Cameron Waters was fastest in Qualifying.
In race 3 Cameron Waters started on pole position with Will Davison alongside him. The 19 year old rookie, Brocq Feeney earned himself 3rd and Shane Van Gisbergen started 5th.
At the start of the race Cameron Waters got the jump and led into turns 1 and 2 while the cars behind battled for positions.
Will Davison tried to go around the outside of Cameron Waters on the opening lap, but he couldn’t find the right space to make the move. Brodie Kostecki took advantage and moved up to 2nd behind race leader Cameron Waters, pushing Will Davison into 3rd place.
Shane Van Gisbergen was on the charge passing cars left right and centre. Anton de Pasquale was amazed by the driving from Shane Van Gisbergen.
Walkinshaw Andretti united pitted Nick Percat in car 2 early because of damage.
Thomas Randle went out in the weeds on lap 1 and so did Macauley Jones on lap 2.
For the opening few laps Cameron Waters was enjoying the clear air.
The cars back in the pack pitted early on to get clear track.
The first driver to pit was Jake Kostecki in car 56, because he was getting held up by other cars.
Cameron Waters stayed out because he had track position.
Will Davison pitted first so his teammate Anton de Pasquale didn’t have to double stack if the safety car was deployed.
At the end of the first quarter of the race Jack Le Brocq went off the track at turn 2. As he hit the sand trap, he broke the right front suspension. The car was still driveable, but he still headed straight for the pits.
The cars further back in the pack were battling for positions.
Chaz Mostert got up the inside of James Courtney to move up to 10th position.
Shane Van Gisbergen got up the inside of Will Davison who had worked his way back into 2nd place. Moments later Shane Van Gisbergen then took the race lead off Cameron Waters. The Dick Johnson Racing Team reacted, it was now the best time to get Will Davison to bring in car 17 for his compulsory pitstop.
The cars now following Shane Van Gisbergen were battling for 2nd 3rd and 4th.
By the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen was still in the lead and looking in shape for his 2nd win of 2022.
Mark Winterbottom turned David Reynolds around at turn 4 and copped a drive through penalty. Chaz Mostert was tailing the two drivers and had nowhere to go. He had a head-on with Reynold’s spun car. Chaz Mostert suffered a lot of damage to the right front and was forced to head into the pits. Reynolds got off lightly and continued driving.
Shane Van Gisbergen held his lead through the second half of the race.
As the defending champion he appeared confident and drove flawlessly. As he came across the line he had just under a 3 second lead over Will Davison and a further spread of almost 3.5 seconds over Cameron Waters.
Chaz Mostert finished 23rd and Broc Feeney held up well finishing 5th.
Results for Race 3
1st Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
2nd Will Davison – Shell V-Power Racing Team.
3rd Cameron Waters – Monster Energy Racing Team.
In race 4 Shane Van Gisbergen started on pole position with his teammate Brocq Feeney alongside him.
Brocq Feeney got the jump of the start and led into turns 1 and 2, then pulled away from the pack with his teammate Shane Van Gisbergen playing rear gunner.
In between turns 6 and 7 there was contact between Jack Le Brocq and Andre Heimgartner. It was a brutal run in before the first lap was complete the red flagged was out so they could clean up the mess.
The race resumed with a rolling start and Brocq Feeney got the jump again with his teammate Shane Van Gisbergen right behind him.
While Brocq Feeney was in control of the race, he had full backup from Shane Van Gisbergen.
Further back Mark Winterbottom was moving up through the field really quickly.
Also back in the pack Garry Jacobson was putting in a fierce challenge to Chris Pither.
The other cars came in early because they were getting held up.
Scott Pye was behind his teammate Mark Winterbottom acting as rear gunner.
In the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen took the lead off his younger teammate. Brocq Feeney knew he couldn’t pass Shane Van Gisbergen so worked hard at keeping in 2nd place.
Cam Waters and Tim Slade were pushing hard against each other. Tim Slade lost control sliding sideways onto the grass and getting air under all four tyres. On landing it seemed the car should surely roll but it didn’t! A miracle! He kept sliding and crossed the track further ahead. Amazingly didn’t get collected by any other drivers. That’s 2 miracles in about 2 seconds.
Up the front the drivers were holding their positions. Chaz Mostert was chasing down David Reynolds for third place but there wasn’t much opportunity to move up.
Broc Feeney crossed the line only 2.4 seconds behind Shane Van Gisbergen. They were followed by David Reynolds with Chaz Mostert hot on his tail.
It was a brutal race with four drivers served NC’s (Not Complete); Jack Le Brocq leaving before the end of the first lap, Jake Kostecki on lap 7, Andre Heimgartner on lap 11 and Thomas Randall so close to the end on lap 39.
Shane Van Gisbergen had now earned 2 wins from 2 starts for the weekend. The defending champ was showing what he is truly made of.
Results for Race 4
1st Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
2nd Brocq Feeney – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
3rd David Reynolds– Penrite Racing.
In Race 5 Will Davison started on pole position with Jack le Brocq alongside him.
At the start of race Jack le Brocq took the lead into the first turn with Will Davison dropping in behind at 2nd.
I was amazed that Jack le Brocq was leading during the opening stages after the damage to his car 34 on the first lap of Race 4.
On lap 2 he locked up of the front wheels at turn 4 and slid out onto the grass. He dropped down the order big time.
Will Davison now had the lead with the unenviable issue of having Shane Van Gisbergen right behind him in 2nd place.
While the leaders were pulling away, the drivers back in the pack pitted early because they were getting held up by other cars.
Mark Winterbottom was battling with Jack le Brocq for positions 6 and 7.
By the middle of the race all the pitstops were complete and Shane van Gisbergen took the lead of the race.
Although the leading pack was tight it seemed Shane Van Gisbergen could not be passed. He had total control.
He was followed across the finish line by pole sitter, Will Davison and Anton de Pasquale with a desperate David Reynolds less than half a second behind him.
Shane Van Gisbergen had a great weekend earning 3 wins from the 3 starts. What a way to start the year!
Results for race 5
1st Shane Van Gisbergen – Red Bull Ampol Racing.
2nd Anton de Pasquale – Shell V-Power Racing Team.
3rd Will Davison – Shell V-Power Racing Team.
The next event is the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix from the 7th to the 10th of April.
