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Video: Racing – Whincup And Other Famous ‘Last Lap’ Fuel Disasters

Jamie Whincup’s “oh no” look said it all…


Jamie Whincup’s “oh no” look said it all. The chequered flag at this year’s action-packed Bathurst may have only been half a lap away, but he was up on Skyline and his Commodore was sucking air. 

Gutted probably doesn’t get close after so many weeks - and months - of preparation. And to have victory in the hand, to have worked so hard, and then for it to slip away on such a twist of fate. 

But young Mostert in the Ford took the win. And deserved - he pushed when he knew Whincup was vulnerable. His elation at the flag in equal measure to Whincup’s despair. 

And Shane van Gisbergen’s despair. And Winterbottom’s, and all those claimed in the day against the barriers; some victims of their own errors, some victims of others, and yet more simply victims of the mechanical and physical stresses of one of the world’s toughest motor races.

But Whincup isn’t alone. Motor racing is full of such ‘defeat snatched from the jaws of victory’ stories. 

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