The Run Home: "We haven't seen them under pressure like this..."
Jul 17, 2026 · 27 min · 9 segments
2015 Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom and Supercars.com Editor James Pavey debrief the key Townsville talking points
Jul 17, 2026 · 27 min · 9 segments
2015 Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom and Supercars.com Editor James Pavey debrief the key Townsville talking points
Talk us through that performance, because that, I think, is a bit of a championship statement from Brodie Kostecki.
Who stepped up for sure? And I think that middle stint when he did 32 laps on a set of tyres, it was really, really strong.
And we did jump on board at one point during the commentary and listened to his car.
And Being there from experience, I know when you come out of turn two, lap 20, and you grab the throttle, normally you get that little bit of wheel spin when you pull second or third gear, just on the left kink on the run up to three.
And to do that after 20 laps, I can tell you on a soft tyre at Townsville, is really, really tough to do.
So not only that, when Cam Waters on younger tyres passed and got to second, Brodie Kostecki continued to drive away.
So he just went until he ran out of fuel, pitted, put a set of tyres on and effectively did 20 laps home.
So that middle stint is one of the strongest things middle stints we've seen in the modern era really as supercars and people are analysing that trying to work out how he did it I don't know if anyone knows probably only Brodie and George Cummins his engineer but that was such a strong stint and a statement in this championship too because tyre life and car speed are they don't normally go hand in hand and he made it work really well
But is Brodie Kostecki, you think, Matt Payne's chief contender for this year's Sprint
Cup? Well, at the moment, yes, because, you know, Brock Feeney and we'll cover Triple Eight.
And he's, I think he pulled 200 points or something on Brock Feeney in the last round and a half.
Talk us through that performance, because that, I think, is a bit of a championship statement from Brodie Kostecki.
Who stepped up for sure? And I think that middle stint when he did 32 laps on a set of tyres, it was really, really strong.
And we did jump on board at one point during the commentary and listened to his car.
And Being there from experience, I know when you come out of turn two, lap 20, and you grab the throttle, normally you get that little bit of wheel spin when you pull second or third gear, just on the left kink on the run up to three.
And to do that after 20 laps, I can tell you on a soft tyre at Townsville, is really, really tough to do.
So not only that, when Cam Waters on younger tyres passed and got to second, Brodie Kostecki continued to drive away.
So he just went until he ran out of fuel, pitted, put a set of tyres on and effectively did 20 laps home.
So that middle stint is one of the strongest things middle stints we've seen in the modern era really as supercars and people are analysing that trying to work out how he did it I don't know if anyone knows probably only Brodie and George Cummins his engineer but that was such a strong stint and a statement in this championship too because tyre life and car speed are they don't normally go hand in hand and he made it work really well
But is Brodie Kostecki, you think, Matt Payne's chief contender for this year's Sprint
Cup? Well, at the moment, yes, because, you know, Brock Feeney and we'll cover Triple Eight.
And he's, I think he pulled 200 points or something on Brock Feeney in the last round and a half.
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