UNDERSTANDING THE RACE FLAGS


Black with Orange Disc: Displayed with a car's number to indicate to a driver the car has problems likely to endanger the driver or others. The car must enter the pits on the next lap.	Red: Used by the Clerk of the Course to signal a stop to a session or race. Drivers must slowly proceed to pits/grid without overtaking. Shown at all flag points. May also be used to close the circuit.	Yellow: Single waved - slow and be prepared to take evasive action Double waved - extreme danger ahead, be prepared to stop. In both cases overtaking is prohibited until passing a green flag at a following flag post.


White: Slow-moving vehicle ahead.	Chequered Flag: Signal for winner and end of a session or race.	Blue: (Waved) Another driver is trying to overtake. In races it is waved at a car about to be lapped.


Black: Displayed with a car's number. That driver must stop on the next lap.	Yellow with Vertical Red Stripes: Track surface has deteriorated and may be slippery in the area beyond the flag.	Black & White Triangle: Displayed with a car's number to indicate driving in an unsportsmanlike manner.


Green: All clear. Also used to signal the start of a formation lap. May also be used to open the track.	Yellow with SC Board: Safety Car on Circuit overtaking is prohibited until passing a green flag at a start/finish line.	Australian: Used to signal start of race if starting lights fail.

SHANE VAN GISBERGEN

Shane spent his formative years racing ATVs on natural terrain motocross tracks and a Quarter Midget on speedway ovals before a brief but typically successful dalliance with karts. Since then he has been on a fast track to major Australasian success. In 2010, driving the SBR #9 SP Tools Racing Falcon, Shane has already shown signs that have marked him as a future star of V8 Supercars.

TIM SLADE

Slade stamped his mark as a man to watch in 2006, when he finished runner up in the Australia Formula Ford Championship. Since then he has also seen success in the Fujistu Development Series and this year is entering his second fulltime season in the V8 Supercars main game racing alongside his SBR teammates in the #47 Wilson Security Racing Falcon.