As has been the case across the weekend so far, van Gisbergen looked to have a pace advantage on the field in the early stages of the 20-lap finale.
He barged his way past the likes of Cam Waters, Nick Percat and Mostert in the first five laps, before jumping Dick Johnson Racing pair Will Davison and Anton De Pasquale with his Lap 6 stop.
However Walkinshaw Andretti United’s pit work was even slicker than Triple Eight’s, Mostert taking his service on Lap 7 before resuming right in front of van Gisbergen.
Still, at that point it looked like van Gisbergen had Mostert’s measure – until Lap 9 when he locked his front-left into Turn 9.
The resulting flat spot took the wind out of van Gisbergen’s sails, Mostert able to charge into the distance and grab a second win for the weekend.
“We weren’t that competitive on the soft at the start, but the boys did a fgamastic pitstop and we stuck to our strategy. That’s what you’ve got to do, put Shane under pressure. He obviously had a beast…
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