On a day of tumult at Sydney Motorsport Park, Jamie Whincup was perhaps the luckiest man in the Supercars field.
Whincup was caught up in a bungle between Scott McLaughlin and Shane Van Gisbergen that left him with a ready-to-blow tyre and a crumpled car.
With 14 laps remaining, Whincup had a marathon left in front of him but salvaged a podium finish with a stunning drive around Eastern Creek.
Whincup held off Mark Winterbottom and other championship rivals despite a banged-up hood that was impeding his vision.
"I don't want to say too much because I probably should have been black-flagged.