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Climbing Australian motorsport’s biggest mountain – Bathurst’s Mount Panorama – in a $500,00 V8 Supercar was a “pinch yourself” moment for Sunshine Coast carpenter Jack Sipp.
“To be finally sitting there on the grid in a Supercar was a pretty special moment,” Sipp, 25, said.
“I’ve watched it (Bathurst motor racing) since I was a young fellow.”
He was behind the wheel of a car formerly driven by Supercars legend Jamie Whincup when he lined up for Eggleston Motorsport in the Super2 Series race at the weekend.
“Obviously it was my first time there, so I had to do the right thing and get through the weekend and get in as many laps as I could and bring the car home in one piece,” he said.
Inside Line: Why Max Verstappen is now my favourite driver
2 March, 2021
Before the shooting of the messenger begins, let me begin this piece by saying that it purely is an opinion piece about the journey of a Formula 1 fan – me – and not an official news piece to go all militant on me over.
It is no secret that Lewis Hamilton has been my favourite driver from the day his story came onto my radar years ago during his time in F3. There was a talent worth watching as I had done when a certain Ayrton Senna da Silva (before he opted for Senna) made his debut in Formula Ford all those years ago.
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