Shane van Gisbergen

Last year's champ Shane van Gisbergen said he'll get in trouble if he speaks his mind on the controversial...

"It's a completely different change for the sport. There is something about being the champion driver, and the ambassador for the sport. "He's very articulate when he wants to be. Maybe one of the best drivers ever. Thank you." Can you talk us through the move at turn nine?" Van Gisbergen replied, "Yeah, it happened. He's come in today angry about how it is, but there is a duty of care. "You've come up here to answer questions. "Mate, come on. Newcastle, it's great to be here again. Thanks to everyone for coming out again.

In a wild 24 hours, the superstar Kiwi was sensationally stripped of his Race 1 victory at the Newcastle 500 following a protest. Triple Eight was found guilty ...

It’s a bit disappointing to hear that sort of behaviour from Shane. You never heard an Allan Moffat or Russell Ingall not answer a question in a press conference. As one of the highest-paid, the absolute bloke who has been the benchmark operator. “He has a duty. As reported by foxsports.com.au, van Gisbergen at one point put his hand up and bluntly refused to answer questions directed to him by Supercars press conference moderator Chad Neylon. “You can have a villain …

Concerns over being critical of the Gen3 platform appear to have driven Shane van Gisbergen's bizarre media shutdown after winning today's Supercars race in ...

But you do off the track have a duty and that’s not right." there is no one in this industry that in any way, shape or form would ever contend on his driving talent and his ability. So I'll focus on my driving." And it goes down the wrong way. Thank you" – when fielding questions. All our talking was done on track.

Shane van Gisbergen has been roundly criticised for his uncooperative performance in the latest Newcastle post-race press conference – but whose fault is it ...

“You’ve just got to tune it as you go. In Skaife’s defence this time, only a brief clip of the press conference was played on television before he offered his assessment, and once must consider the possibility that he was not aware of the context which followed (that is, that van Gisbergen was attempting to remain silent due to apparent blowback to Gen3 comments, rather than because of the disqualification). It is ironic, however, that Skaife should seek to criticise one driver for not talking in a press conference after quipping that he “fell out of love” with another for commenting openly about Gen3. [The television commentator/RACE board member/Gen3 figure said van Gisbergen’s behaviour was “not right” and that “respect is really important”](https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/03/12/skaife-critical-of-svg-respect-is-really-important/), while seeming to infer that the #97 Camaro driver was smarting from the controversial disqualification from Race 1. However, in trying to deduce to whom the reference was made, it is worth winding the clock back just over a day, to a particular moment on the television broadcast. Van Gisbergen was hardly the only driver who was unwilling to speak openly in a press conference during the weekend, or indeed on the record to journalists on any number of other occasions of late.