Shut The Gate. The Horse Has Bolted.

Scott McLaughlin, DJR Team Penske, AGP. (C)

    Australians are well versed in colloquialisms and are renown for it. Down Under we have a saying, "Shut the gate. The horse has bolted." Translation. It's too late to stop something that has already happened.
    The first four rounds of Supercars for 2019 have been run and won. Ford's new Mustang has claimed the victory spoils in dominant fashion. 9 wins out of 10 races with 8 pole positions. Defending Supercars champion, DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin has 7 of those wins coupled with 6 pole positions. With Supercars being a parity category, after further testing through Computational Fluid Dynamics, this has prompted Supercars to decree some aerodynamic tweaks to the Mustangs ahead of this weekend's round at Barbagallo Raceway, Perth. After ballast adjustments at the start of the season to both the Mustang and ZB Commodore to bring them into line with the Nissan Altimas, now the Mustangs have to sport smaller rear wing endplates and a lower rear wing Gurney flap plus a reduced undertray extension. 
    Whenever a new make enters competition, there's quite often a perception of some sort of advantage. Whether it be mechanical or aerodynamic, the teams running the established makes nearly always cry unfair. Remember last season when the new ZB Commodore came fresh out of the blocks and won? But how much of it can be contributed to the car and how much of it is down to the driver and team? Maybe the Mustangs need to be reined in. Pardon the pun. We also think that we can all come to the same consensus when we say what a massive boost it was to Dick Johnson Racing when they orchestrated a collaboration with Team Penske a couple of seasons ago. Every category of motorsport always has a dominant team, and right now in Supercars, DJR Team Penske are reaping the rewards of that partnership. With Scott McLaughlin at the top of his game, who's to say the parity adjustments to the Mustangs will stop their winning momentum? Are DJR Team Penske and Scott McLaughlin simply in a class of their own at present? If not, how come Tickford Racing who are also running Mustangs, not on the same level?
    So, to translate. Is it too late to shut the Supercars paddock gate because the McLaughlin Mustang has bolted?

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