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A ‘non-event’ for Sunday’s Melbourne Super Sprint racing sees PremiAir Racing and the rest of the Supercars field now launching straight into preparations for the journey to the next event on the calendar, which will start almost immediately.
The field had lined up in heavy rain for the 10.25am race start, with Richie Stanaway and the #62 PremiAir Racing Camaro in P4 and Jimmy Golding and the #31 PremiAir Racing Camaro in P21 following yesterday’s qualifying.
With the rain intensifying as they waited on the grid, the seventh race of the 2025 championship and the fourth for the weekend was commenced under safety car, allowing the drivers, teams, and officials to assess the conditions.
After three laps, the race was red flagged and the field was brought into the pit lane while further assessments were made, with the decision ultimately made to declare the race at that point given the conditions and scheduling limitations in play. No placings or championship points have been awarded.
Interviewed after the race, PremiAir Racing Competition Director, Ludo Lacroix, said he believes Stanaway in particular had the potential to advance to a podium result thanks to his talent on wet tyres had the race gone ahead, but that the decision was the right one, especially given the style of racing which has unfolded this weekend (see quote board below).
As well as putting safety at the forefront, the decision today also ensures the field has straight cars ready for their trip across the ditch for the next round of the Supercars Championship – a trip which will start very soon indeed.
Shipping containers will be delivered to the Albert Park circuit tomorrow morning at 10.00am, with the teams now tasked with servicing and turning around their cars ready to be packed away ready to start their journey to the Taupo Super 440 (April 11-13). For event information, visit www.supercars.com
QUOTEBOARD: MELBOURNE SUPER SPRINT – Sunday 16 March, 2025
Ludo Lacroix – Competition Director, PremiAir Racing
“Today obviously has been a non-event, with the decision made to not restart the race and to declare it as a non-result for all competitors,” Lacroix said.
“For Richie in particular I think it is a case of what could have been – being P4 and with what he has in his car and himself on wet tyres, he had the potential to move up and perhaps could have gotten our first podium of the year.
“Jimmy was much further back obviously, P21, and would have had a lot to deal with, the visibility would have been very bad back there.
“For the show and for us – the Supercars family – the weekend has not been exceptional in terms of quality in my opinion.
“That is just my opinion – I am probably more of a purist and a lover of motor racing, rather than just crashes and getting safety cars…so I think it was the right call, even if it is a bit of a case of what could have been for us.
“Now we get to work getting ready for New Zealand, having straight cars at least makes that process a little easier given the quick turnaround to be packing the containers tomorrow morning.”
