Supercars: Fabian Coulthard breaks through in 2019 as Anton de Pasquale grabs maiden podium

After seeing teammate Scott McLaughlin taking win after win this season, Fabian Coulthard finally has one of his own.

Coulthard won the Sunday race ahead of McLaughlin, leading home the second Shell V-Power Racing 1-2 in as many days at Phillip Island.

It was Coulthard's first win in 11 months following Sunday success at Winton in May 2018.

The Shell Mustangs were again a class above - but Coulthard flipped the narrative on Sunday. 

After McLaughlin won the start from pole, Coulthard jumped his teammate during the first round of pitstops and never looked back.

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Coulthard retained track position after the second round, and crossed the line in the 45-lapper just 0.679 seconds ahead.

Anton de Pasquale was a shining light for Penrite Racing in third, which marked the 23-year-old's maiden Supercars podium.

De Pasquale held off a fast-finishing gaggle of Tickford Mustangs, with Will Davison, Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters filling spots four through six.

Shane van Gisbergen finished seventh, with Rick Kelly, Tim Slade and Nick Percat rounding out the top 10.

Jamie Whincup's disappointing weekend ended with a 12th-placed finish, just ahead of Saturday podium-finisher Andre Heimgartner.

The race started with Todd Hazelwood being turned by James Courtney, who was hit with a 15-second penalty for the incident. 

Hard luck for the youngster Hazelwood at the race start.#VASC pic.twitter.com/JSkwwhkLW2

— Supercars (@supercars) April 14, 2019

Hazelwood would recover to 16th, but karma would catch up to Courtney - the 2010 champion copped a tyre blowout during Saturday's race, and after the Hazelwood drama, Courtney suffered two further blowouts.

However, all smiles were reserved for Coulthard, who closed the gap to McLaughlin at the top of the championship standings.

"We work so hard as a team, Scott has had a lot of wins this year, which is a credit to all those guys, they’ve done a fantastic job," Coulthard said.

"To finally get one is awesome, I can’t thank my crew enough.

"I’m not sure what happened to Scott on one of his outlaps, because I was expecting a red car to go blowing past.

"But thankfully we had great pitstops, we had a fast car, it looked after its tyres, it ticked all the boxes."

Back in @VirginAustralia Victory Lane 😎

Well done @FabianCoulthard 🤙#VASC pic.twitter.com/5jkomMQhY5

— Supercars (@supercars) April 14, 2019

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