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Supercars: 2014 Bathurst winner Chaz Mostert is on a high after victory at Phillip Island and is determined to keep-up the pace in Perth.
- May 3rd 2017
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Former driver Greg Murphy says “dobbing” is part of the sport. Picture: Jerad Williams
SUPERCARS teams will be warned to “dump the dob’’ after more than 80 emails were sent to race control by teams “telling on’’ rivals for making infringements during the Phillip Island 500.
In farcical scenes that plunged the first 250km blast of the Victorian round into controversy, eight cars were slapped with race-ruining penalties for crossing a pit-lane line that had never previously been policed.
The Daily Telegraph has learned the kneejerk reaction that led to the offending cars slugged with severe time penalties was prompted by an email sent from a team that alerted race control that DJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin had made a breach.
Scott McLaughlin (C) was robbed of victory at Phillip Island after a rival team “dobbed” on him.Source:Getty Images
McLaughlin was vying for victory when he was slapped with a pit-lane penalty that robbed him of his winning chance.
And then the floodgates opened.
Race control received more than 80 emails on the Race LAN system with teams pointing out infringements made by rivals.
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The unprecedented flood of finger-pointing forced officials to review footage of alleged breaches.
Another eight cars were stung following the electronic complaints.
In a bid to stop another tit-for-tat round of penalties at this week’s Perth Super Sprint, beginning on Friday with practice, Supercars will send a memo to teams warning them that the LAN is to only be used for “matters relating to your own team’’.
Pit lane at Bathurst. Picture: Tim HunterSource:News Corp Australia
News of the looming “dump the dob” edict divided opinion with Bathurst hero Greg Murphy claiming “dobbing’’ had always been part of the sport.
“There is nothing new about it,’’ Murphy said.
“It is a tit-for-tat thing. If you get done by something at some stage then you will want other teams to get done for the same thing if they do it too. It is a bit of pay back I suppose.’’
Murphy said teams would always be out to gain an advantage in the high-stakes sport.
“It is just a part of the competition,’’ Murphy said.
“If you can gain an advantage then you go for it. Everyone is looking for an advantage in this sport. You have to try and get everything you possibly can. It comes down to the smallest of things and at the end of the day you have to work out how you want to play the game.
“Some will go down that path (of alerting officials) but I think you find nearly all will once they have been pinged for it themselves. It is hard not to want revenge.’’
Former driver Greg Murphy says “dobbing” is part of the sport. Picture: Jerad WilliamsSource:News Corp Australia
Murphy admitted the plague of pit-lane penalties at Phillip Island was not likely to be repeated.
“Sometimes these things present themselves,’’ Murphy said.
“But it is not something you see every day. Is it right or wrong? I am not sure. But you have to remember there is a lot at stake.’’
Murphy called for consistency after it was revealed that several cars that also crossed the offending line were not penalised during the controversial race.
“Was everybody that did the same thing penalised?’’ Murphy said.
“And they weren’t. In my eyes that is where it becomes a problem.’’
Originally published as Supercars snitches warned to ‘dump the dob’
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