TRIPLE Eight Race Engineering has three pole positions and three wins from seven races this season, but don’t expect to see managing director Jamie Whincup jumping for joy anytime soon.
For all that success, Triple Eight is in unfamiliar territory sitting outside the top two in both the drivers’ and teams’ championships.
Broc Feeney enters Taupō holding third in the points. Will Brown is way down in 13th. Their efforts combined have Triple Eight third in the live pitlane order behind Tickford Racing and Grove Racing.
For perspective, the last time they finished outside the top two in the teams’ championship was in 2006 – Whincup’s first season driving for the squad.
“High performance is about consistency and we haven’t been as consistent as we’d like,” Whincup told V8 Sleuth.
“We’ve won races, so we’ve performed at a high level, but we haven’t been consistent and no one is more disappointed in that than I am.
“It’s not something we accept and we’ll make sure we do better moving forward is all I can say.”
Feeney’s Albert Park crash aside, much of the focus has been on Brown’s various woes, but that’s not a narrative Whincup is buying into.
“It’s not one or the other. Both cars have been inconsistent, so we need to improve that,” he said.
Triple Eight is this year fielding three full-time Supercars Championship entries for the first time since 2018, having struck a deal to run the SCT charter which underpins the Jackson Walls-driven Mustang this season and next.
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