Caruso, De Pasquale dispute late clash

Michael Caruso and Anton De Pasquale have differing views of the late-race tangle that left the former’s Nissan Altima heavily damaged.

Caruso was sent careering into the tyre barrier on the inside at Turn 11 after a hit in the rear from De Pasquale’s Holden on lap 61 of 70.

The former was out on the spot with heavy front-end damage, while De Pasquale went on to finish a difficult weekend in 18th.

Caruso felt the rookie was clearly at fault for the crash, slamming the youngster for not coming to see him after the race.

which we’ll pull out tonight, but the rail is essentially still straight, which is a good thing,” said manager Scott Sinclair.

“We’ve decided now to stay as planned here and we’ll be able to fix it up to perfectly raceable and safe level for Ipswich.

“Just for our own peace of mind, we’ll then pull it apart again after that.”

The crash ended a horror weekend for Caruso, who had failed to start the Saturday race after stopping on the warm-up lap with an electrical issue.

He was then turned around at Turn 2 on the first lap on Sunday by Nissan team-mate Simona De Silvestro, falling to the back of the field. 

“We showed good speed but came away with absolutely nothing," he said.

"We got truned around at the start by Simona, which was always going to make the race hard, but we did our best to fight back.

"It was a pretty big hit as well, but she apologised afterwards."