The Run Home: Kostecki vs Cameron, flying Feeney, penalties and more

I think, you know, the first night in practice when Golding went P1, Lots of people were saying he's P1 because he ran three sets of new brand new tires.

And there's always the, I'll be better tomorrow type philosophy.

But then the next day they delivered the next day they delivered and they just continued to keep delivering.

So, uh, no, I didn't expect that at all.

I don't think anyone did.

So at one point they were leading the team's championship.

They were going to be position one in pit lane ahead of triple eight Tickford.

djr like the list goes on they were the dominant team of the weekend in terms of two drivers so um but they've got a good team like there's a guy there dennis who's here who he's not a crew chief he's not a team manager he's like a performance engineer and he's very very good he was at team 18 when i was there so when he's around i don't doubt anything and then they've implemented triple eight then they've got a brand new driver and the new engineer and there's a lot of reshuffle going on there, but they look like they belong.

They were fast, consistently fast.

It wasn't just one day, it was every day they were in the top 10.

But the thing they need to do now is learn to race, learn to pit at the right time.

And that's where AAA beat them Friday night was experience.

There were a few wobbles as well.

I think hearing about in pit lane, there was a bit of scuttlebutt about wing angle on the golden car, and they seemed to get away with that, and they started from the front row.

But I think you're right.

I think there were probably some opportunities missed for those guys, which is hard to say, really.

Kind of unfair, because it's the first time they've been close to having two cars on the podium.

But to not win that race on Friday, do you think that will galvanise them to really move forward and think about strategies from this point onwards?

I give them two mindsets.

If I was team owner, Tim Blanchard, I'd look at it two ways.

One, if this is our only chance to win for the year, we failed.

but if they do what they did they're going to get a lot of opportunities this year and that's about learning and developing so that's the hard part in this sport a race win is so difficult when you're up against the caliber in the pit lane and if it is your only chance you look back and you stew on that and have nightmares for for the next couple of months because a race win like i said so difficult so when you're in front don't throw it away but If you can learn from it and at the Grand Prix qualify back up the front and pit stops aren't an issue there, but not make same mistakes going forward, then it's okay.

But we'll see.

A couple of months, it'd be nice to go chat to Timmy Blanchard and say, hey, how do you feel about Sydney? And if he's had four wins, he won't care.

If he's had zero wins and no podiums again, that'll be a missed opportunity.