{"id":86133,"date":"2025-08-21T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86133\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:41:08","slug":"supercars-news-will-brown-calls-for-harsher-penalties-after-spear-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86133\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Will Brown calls for harsher penalties after \u2018spear tackle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCam Hill runs Zach Bates off the track at Ipswich. Image: Supercars<\/p>\n

Hill was dealt a drive-through penalty in the 200km Sunday race having twice made side-to-side contact with the rookie on the main straight.<\/p>\n

The Matt Stone Racing driver\u2019s infringement was deemed to constitute dangerous driving, which relates to \u201cany intentional action by a driver which creates serious risk to others\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hill later said his actions were in response to being \u201cleant on\u201d by Bates<\/a>, explaining he was \u201ctrying to tell him to back down\u201d but \u201cdidn\u2019t mean to knock him off\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bates and Matt Stone both subsequently condemned Hill\u2019s actions, with the team boss declaring it \u201cone of the silliest things I\u2019ve seen happen in a race car in a while\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

The deliberate nature of the contact raised questions of whether Hill should have faced further sanctions beyond those handed out in-race.<\/p>\n

While officials noted the penalty applied was consistent with that imposed for similar breaches in the past, Brown has called for a rethink.<\/p>\n

Zach Bates is hit by BOTH MSR cars and he ends up off the road!<\/p>\n

Follow the action live with our Live Timing: https:\/\/t.co\/mDWXIwVczr<\/a>#RepcoSC<\/a> #Supercars<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NdSZrsOGEm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Supercars (@supercars) August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The incident came in the same race that Ryan Wood received a 15-second time penalty for spinning Brown \u2013 an action officials classed as careless driving.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m torn because I think something more should be done than just a drive-through,\u201d said Brown of Hill\u2019s act, speaking while sitting alongside Bates on the Lucky Dogs podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Woody did on me, somebody accidentally takes someone out, I find that just an accidental head-high in rugby, but if someone does what Cam did, I look at that as like a spear tackle.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe literally ran you from the full left side, hit you three times, and then didn\u2019t even stop when he knew there wasn\u2019t a car width left, he actually put you off the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was fully intentional and they actually should do something more about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stone slams own driver over \u2018hot head\u2019 Ipswich clash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Asked what punishment he thinks would be appropriate; Brown suggested parking the driver on Friday at The Bend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think sit out first practice at Tailem Bend or something like that, that\u2019s not too bad that it ruins everything, or you miss a round, but it\u2019s bad enough\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is going \u2018oh, I got hot under the collar\u2019. It\u2019s going to teach them that when they get hot under the collar there\u2019s a bigger consequence than just a drive-through or a stop-and-go.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a level of frustration and then there\u2019s doing that. I think you\u2019ve got to be able to hold your emotions in enough to not do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bates finished the race in 20th after a subsequent collision with Hill\u2019s teammate Nick Percat, who received a 15-second careless driving penalty for contact between the cars at Turn 2.<\/p>\n

Hill was classified 24th after his pit lane penalty and now sits 12th in the championship, 108 points behind the 10th place Finals cut-off.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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