I can understand the heartbreak of the situation BUT the Team Manager should be shot for not putting the co-driver in at the fuel stop. It was observed that things were not right with him and IMHO the black flag for the wheel spin was a result of fatigue. Putting the co-driver in in the first place would have avoided not only the drive through penalty but the extra stop to get Reynolds out.
That would have put them over a minute further up the road and probably on the 2nd step of the podium.
Despite having blue blood, I think the win for Lowndes and Richards is a great outcome as I would follow Craig if he drove a billycart.

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