The Latest Breaking News from Van Gisbergen

The reigning champion has been embroiled in a feud with series legend, commentator and Supercars Board member Mark Skaife since the season-opening Newcastle 500.

Triple Eight duo Shane van Gisbergen and Broc Feeney were stripped of first and second position from the opening leg of Newcastle 500 on 11 March, with Tickford's Cam Waters declared the eventual winner of the race.

The Newcastle 500 should have gone down as a great success for Supercars. The Aussie category last weekend pulled off something that just weeks ago seemed impossible. Its teams delivered 25 reliable, beautiful, and actually quite fast Gen3 cars for the first round of the new season. The racing was…

The Race 2 winner all but refused to engage with press in the post-race media conference this evening, continually reeling off the same line – "Thanks to my team, our cars were awesome. All our talking was done on track. Thank you" – when fielding questions.

There was a heated battle between the pair in the closing stages of the race, both drivers making contact with the other as van Gisbergen executed a classic overcut strategy.

Shane van Gisbergen has taken victory in race two in a controversial beginning to the new Gen3 Supercars season.

There was a heated battle between the pair in the closing stages of the time certain race, both drivers making contact with the other as van Gisbergen executed a classic overcut strategy.

Rivals Tickford Racing and Walkinshaw Andretti United protested the two Red Bull-backed Camaros following Saturday's season opener in which Shane van Gisbergen headed home team-mate Broc Feeney.

The Red Bull Ampol drivers have been 'excluded' from the race results.