The Run Home: Unpacking the 2025 Elimination Final
Oct 30, 2025 · 34 min · 9 segments
In a new series, Riana Crehan, Mark Winterbottom and James Pavey delve into the big Finals talking points
Oct 30, 2025 · 34 min · 9 segments
In a new series, Riana Crehan, Mark Winterbottom and James Pavey delve into the big Finals talking points
Before we get stuck into the details of the finals, firstly, I want to talk about the track, Frosty, because... you know, there was a lot of chat all weekend about the curbs and how they were different.
The resurfing, of course, it turned four and 11 cars were right from lap one in practice were breaking the lap record.
I mean, from your point of view, what were you thinking about, you know, just how quick those cars were going?
Well, I'll give you some perspective because every year we go to the Gold Coast and we complain about the curb sensors being on.
As drivers, we go to the driver's briefing and always any questions and the hands go up and we say why have we got curb sensors because i think it looks average when you see cars getting bass horsemanship flags on lap 10 of a race um times deleted all that side so super cars listen they've done the right thing um by the drivers they've listened they had to keep some on which i saw or turn eights um the right hander at the back chicane on to stop you just four wheeling the whole thing but what it did was it makes the car that footage of the cars going airborne four wheels off the ground is that's going global there's people all around the world talking about it But we've been asking for that as drivers for many years.
We didn't see pit lane drive-through penalties, which was seen over the years for abuse of the curbs.
The only downside to it is that you used to save up your curb strikes and use it as a lucky dog prize thing to pass someone if you had a card up your sleeve type thing.
So pros and cons, but I think the curb sensors being off was so good for the sport.
There was a few complaints about it, but it's what we've been asking for for the last, I guess the last 20 years we've been asking for the curb sensors off.
Yeah, and I think we're glad as well that we didn't get some of that weather that we were talking about.
And I'm kind of glad we didn't get the weather that we're getting today on the weekend because I felt like we didn't need rain to make it more exciting.
I think looking to the end of Sunday's race, and we'll get to it in a second, but when the safety car came out with that incident between Anton and James and then Chas having to defend for his absolute life against Brock, if it was raining, it probably wouldn't have been the case.
You're probably getting guys tiptoeing around or there probably would have been another accident, would have been another safety car and would have been denied that grandstand finish.
So, you know, sometimes we look at Bathurst and we'll say, oh, the rain made that race, but ultimately we got the grandstand finish we deserved and there was drama to go with it.
Before we get stuck into the details of the finals, firstly, I want to talk about the track, Frosty, because... you know, there was a lot of chat all weekend about the curbs and how they were different.
The resurfing, of course, it turned four and 11 cars were right from lap one in practice were breaking the lap record.
I mean, from your point of view, what were you thinking about, you know, just how quick those cars were going?
Well, I'll give you some perspective because every year we go to the Gold Coast and we complain about the curb sensors being on.
As drivers, we go to the driver's briefing and always any questions and the hands go up and we say why have we got curb sensors because i think it looks average when you see cars getting bass horsemanship flags on lap 10 of a race um times deleted all that side so super cars listen they've done the right thing um by the drivers they've listened they had to keep some on which i saw or turn eights um the right hander at the back chicane on to stop you just four wheeling the whole thing but what it did was it makes the car that footage of the cars going airborne four wheels off the ground is that's going global there's people all around the world talking about it But we've been asking for that as drivers for many years.
We didn't see pit lane drive-through penalties, which was seen over the years for abuse of the curbs.
The only downside to it is that you used to save up your curb strikes and use it as a lucky dog prize thing to pass someone if you had a card up your sleeve type thing.
So pros and cons, but I think the curb sensors being off was so good for the sport.
There was a few complaints about it, but it's what we've been asking for for the last, I guess the last 20 years we've been asking for the curb sensors off.
Yeah, and I think we're glad as well that we didn't get some of that weather that we were talking about.
And I'm kind of glad we didn't get the weather that we're getting today on the weekend because I felt like we didn't need rain to make it more exciting.
I think looking to the end of Sunday's race, and we'll get to it in a second, but when the safety car came out with that incident between Anton and James and then Chas having to defend for his absolute life against Brock, if it was raining, it probably wouldn't have been the case.
You're probably getting guys tiptoeing around or there probably would have been another accident, would have been another safety car and would have been denied that grandstand finish.
So, you know, sometimes we look at Bathurst and we'll say, oh, the rain made that race, but ultimately we got the grandstand finish we deserved and there was drama to go with it.
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