Team Penske’s first foray into V8 Supercars has endured a rough start. Could its problems be solved by adding a second car for 2016? Andrew van Leeuwen investigates. In hindsight, trying to kickstart a V8 Supercar programme with one car, a new team, and a driver who hasn’t raced in the series for over a decade was always going to be difficult. For two reasons, the decision to go for the single car model was a risky one. For starters, having two cars and two engineering teams will simply result in faster solutions being found when problems arise. And secondly, perhaps most crucially, when the list of potential questions marks over performance extends to your driver, not having a...
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