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Frosty undone by Supercars teen wildcard

Teenage Supercars wildcard Jack Smith has been savaged after a debut drive that has cost Mark Winterbottom the chance for a podium.

Winterbottom had looked set for a first podium finish of his Holden career, heading home behind the DJR Team Penske one-two punch of Scott McLaughlin and Fabian Coulthard in Tasmania.

That was, until Smith, a Brad Jones Racing wildcard entry, forgot to yield to Winterbottom in the dying stages of Saturday afternoon's race at Symmons Plains.

Ordered to stand aside by officials, Smith finally did so but his delay allowed Shane van Gisbergen, with fresh tyres, to make up ground and pass Winterbottom shortly after.