{"id":393532,"date":"2026-04-23T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/393532\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:46:16","slug":"supercars-news-will-brown-reveals-unseen-triple-eight-teammate-tangle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/393532\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Will Brown reveals unseen Triple Eight teammate tangle"},"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\tWill Brown with engineer Andrew Edwards at the Christchurch Super440. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n

Brown detailed on Lucky Dogs that he was hit by Walls moments after a pit stop that included repairs to the rear diffuser of his Red Bull Ampol Racing Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n

That damage had been inflicted amid the confusion when Safety Car boards and flags were waved at some posts in error on the opening lap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brown struggled for speed as a result but was unaware of the damage until being told by the team that his pit stop would be a long one due to repairs.<\/p>\n

He emerged from the lap 20 stop in 20th on the road, directly ahead of Walls in the team\u2019s new-for-2026 third entry.<\/p>\n


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\u201cI get back out there and I\u2019m raging, like a little bit angry at this point,\u201d Brown recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I get out there, warming up my tyres, Jackson Walls is coming down the main straight and I was like, \u2018oh, I\u2019ve got four tyres, Jackson\u2019s just gonna let me go\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI come through Turn 2, come through Turn 3 and he shows the nose into four, locks up, hits me in the rear, my rear diffuser drops down again.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything they just fixed, literally three corners into my next stint, my own teammate has undone!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Damage to the rear diffuser of Will Brown\u2019s Mustang. Image: Fox Sports<\/p>\n

While noting \u201cwe get in a lot of trouble if you hit each other\u201d, Brown could barely contain his laugher as he recounted the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not believe it. I was in the car, I was like, \u2018guys, Jackson just hit me\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Brown struggled home 17th in that race before banking a fourth, a 13th and a sixth in the remaining heats.<\/p>\n

He led teammate Broc Feeney to the flag in Race 2, having undercut his fellow Red Bull Ampol driver by only taking two tyres in his pit stop.<\/p>\n

Team manager Mark Dutton explained to Speedcafe post-race that Brown was told to let Feeney by, but only if he was holding his teammate up.<\/a><\/p>\n

Brown affirmed Dutton\u2019s explanation that no team orders were broken as Feeney\u2019s charge faded during the closing laps.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day\u2026 we don\u2019t force either of us to make a strategy,\u201d noted Brown of the scenario.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarty (Feeney\u2019s race engineer Martin Short) chose the strategy of doing four tyres.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe chose the strategy of doing two tyres and, just in that race, our strategy worked out better.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not that we didn\u2019t listen to team orders. When he got there, I was like, \u2018well, I don\u2019t really think I need to let him pass, he\u2019s not on me\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe never got to my rear bar at any stage.\u201d<\/p>\n


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