Supercars: Scott McLaughlin wins Albert Park finale as Chaz Mostert seals Larry Perkins Trophy

James Pavey

Supercars: Scott McLaughlin wins Albert Park finale as Chaz Mostert seals Larry Perkins Trophy image

Scott McLaughlin won his third race of the weekend at Albert Park, but Chaz Mostert took home the Larry Perkins Trophy.

Mostert trailed home McLaughlin to the flag in race 6, but following the Kiwi's non-start in race 5 - which Mostert won - the Supercheap Auto racer ended up with the most points for the weekend.

Prior to Saturday evening's race 5, McLaughlin and Cameron Waters came together on their way to the grid.

However, the 2018 series champ bounced back on Sunday to win the race 6 sprint, which was shortened after a crash for Macauley Jones. 

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Mostert started from pole, but McLaughlin won the race to turn 1. Eventual third-place finisher Jamie Whincup also got past Mostert, but the Ford pilot muscled past on lap 3 to set after McLaughlin.

One lap later, Jones was sent into the turn 9 fence after contact with Garry Jacobson, and the safety car was deployed.

The field made a tentative restart as McLaughlin and Mostert pulled away, and that's where the front-runners stayed to the chequered flag.

With three podiums - including a win - for the weekend, Mostert ended up with the Larry Perkins Trophy, with Whincup - who took his 200th career podium - his closest challenger.

Chaz Mostert

Tickford duo Cameron Waters and Will Davison rounded out the top five, with Mark Winterbottom, Tim Slade, David Reynolds, Lee Holdsworth and Scott Pye completing the top 10.

Shane van Gisbergen's horror weekend continued - the 2016 series champion started fifth, but fell back through the pack before running Fabian Coulthard wide at turn 13 on the second lap.

Coulthard had to use the escape road and dropped to 22nd before eventually finishing 15th. However, van Gisbergen was handed a 15-second time penalty for the incident and was classified a lowly 22nd.

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RACE 6 RESULTS

Position Driver Car Margin
1st Scott McLaughlin Ford  
2nd Chaz Mostert Ford +0.804
3rd Jamie Whincup Holden +3.833
4th Cameron Waters Ford +5.064
5th Will Davison Ford +5.446
6th Mark Winterbottom Holden +8.298
7th Tim Slade Holden +9.007
8th David Reynolds Holden +10.891
9th Lee Holdsworth Ford +11.000
10th Nick Percat Holden +11.615
11th Scott Pye Holden +12.223
12th Anton De Pasquale Holden +13.149
13th Todd Hazelwood Holden +16.198
14th Andre Heimgartner Nissan +20.385
15th Fabian Coulthard Ford +20.566
16th James Courtney Holden +21.190
17th Simona De Silvestro Nissan +21.759
18th Garry Jacobson Nissan +21.888
19th James Golding Holden +22.604
20th Rick Kelly Nissan +23.479
21st Richie Stanaway Holden +25.498
22nd Shane van Gisbergen Holden +28.715
23rd Jack Le Brocq Holden +1:27.483
DNF Macauley Jones Holden  

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AFTER RACE 6

Position Driver Car Points/Margin
1st Scott McLaughlin Ford 500
2nd Jamie Whincup Holden -31
3rd Chaz Mostert Ford -63
4th Will Davison Ford -87
5th Tim Slade Holden -110

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