Why replacing Supercars' GOAT with a teenager is worth the risk for T8

By:

Andrew van Leeuwen

Sep 1, 2021, 3:37 AM

On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. But as Jamie Whincup takes up a team principal role and hands his car to Broc Feeney, it's one that he is confident will be rewarded in the fullness of time - time which wasn't afforded to Whincup in his early days

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“Honestly, we’re fortunate enough that if you put every driver in Australia in a room and made them put their hand on a lie detector, and asked what team would they like to drive for, they would say DJR Team Penske or Triple Eight. That then means that, hopefully, if we wanted to go and talk to someone else we could.”

That was Triple Eight boss Roland Dane speaking in early 2018 about a looming generational shift within his team.

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Andrew van Leeuwen is Motorsport.com's Australian Editor and provides award-winning coverage of Supercars. He started his career working for Australasian Motorsport News in Melbourne, working his way into the top digital editor role before relocating to Mainz, Germany, in 2012. During his three-year stint in Europe he covered a number of series, including the DTM, while working for Autosport, before returning to Australia as part of Motorsport.com's global expansion in early 2015. Alongside his Motorsport.com commitments Andrew is one-third of the successful Below the Bonnet podcast. He lives in Perth with his wife Anne, kids Nico and Billie and chihuahua Coco.