McLaughlin 公約するs to 回復する Supercars lead
The message from Ford gun Scott McLaughlin to Shane 先頭 Gisbergen after the Holden 星／主役にする snatched away his Supercars series lead at Tailem Bend, South Australia was simple - bring it on.
先頭 Gisbergen turned an 89 point 赤字 into a 19 point lead at The Bend 跡をつける, an hour's 運動 from Adelaide, after a dream 週末 for his Red Bull Racing team.
The Kiwi 嵐／襲撃するd to victory in Saturday's 120km opener before finishing second behind RBR チーム仲間 and 統治するing Supercars 支持する／優勝者 Jamie Whincup in Sunday's 200km finale at the $110 million 回路・連盟.
McLaughlin could only manage sixth and 10th それぞれ after never getting his 長，率いる around the 需要・要求するing 18-turn, 4.95km 回路・連盟.
While he 認める losing the lead "sucks", McLaughlin 公約するd to 会合，会う RBR's challenge as the series moves into the high 火刑／賭けるs enduro 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs starting with next month's Sandown 500.
Asked about 先頭 Gisbergen's 脅し, McLaughlin 宣言するd: "Bring it on. We will just have to work for it.
"There are a lot of things we have to sort as a team but we just have to keep working hard - 押し進める onwards and 上向きs."
McLaughlin's DJR Team Penske 乗組員 never got the car balance 権利 at The Bend, joining the many other drivers who slipped and slided around a 跡をつける considered the most technical on the Supercars' schedule.
But the 25-year-old believed there were encouraging 調印するs at the Supercars' newest 回路・連盟.
"It was a 堅い 週末 but we 兵士d on, we never stopped trying," he said.
"It sucks (losing the series lead) but at the end of the race we 現実に 設立する a decent balance in the car.
"It's just too bad it is 365 days until the next one here."
RBR have created ominous 勢い before the enduros after Whincup's victory on Sunday 確実にするd they became the greatest winning team in Australian 小旅行するing car history.
The Brisbane-based team notched 勝利，勝つ No.181 since their inception 15 years ago, （太陽，月の）食／失墜ing 伝説の Wal kinshaw Andretti 部隊d (以前は known as Walkinshaw Racing) as Supercars' greatest ever outfit.
Still, McLaughlin has not given up hope on 倒れるing RBR this year and （人命などを）奪う，主張する his maiden Supercars 選手権 after Whincup sensationally 否定するd him in 2017's final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.
"Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to (the series lead) but I am sure we will get it 支援する later, there are plenty of （競技場の）トラック一周s to come," he said.
"Hopefully we have really good 速度(を上げる） at the enduro races like we did last year.
"I am excited about that. 現実に I am more excited to get out of this 共同の."
