Russell Ingall applauded his championship winning team-mate Marcos Ambrose for the part he played in an incident that cost bitter rival Mark Skaife the first race win of this yea🔯r in the fourth round of the V8 Supercar Series in Darwin.

Ingall was one of the𝔍 players in the now infamous "race rage" incident at Eastern Creek last year when he made contact with Skaife, sending him spinning off💖 the track. The clash was made more infamous after a furious Skaife got out of his car and waited for Ingall to round the next lap before gesturing aggressively at his rival.

A spectacular move made by A🎀mbrose today brought back all those memories. It was made even more dramatic when Skaife limped across the line and stopped his c♑ar just past the finishing line before walking back to his team garage.

Ambrose did likewise when a steering problem caused by the incident stopped his car near the first corner and he was forced to get a lift on the back🐟 of a motorbike. The problem had allowed Ingall to slip through and win the race.

This time it was Ingall's team-mate Ambrose that played a leading part in today'🅷s incident when he crept up the inside of Skaife⛎ on the last corner of the last lap.

Somewhat iron꧒ically it meant that Ingall snuck through the carnage to win the short sprint rac♌e that Skaife had led from the start having taken pole position.

"It was really good to see the championship leader having a go on the last corner of the last lap - he should be applဣauded for it," Ingall said.

"It was a brilliant move, I wish I𒅌 had have done it. I don't think this should be seen as being vindict🎉ive. I hope it is not made into something that it is not."

Skaife's reply was "every dog🤡 has his day", adding it was the first time in his distinguish🦹ed career that he had lost a race on the last corner.

"It's not a move I thought he would make given his lead in the championship," Ska🐼ife said. "I saw him o🐼n the inside but just didn't think he would do it."

Ambrose, who retained his series lead by🐎 finishing third when his steering malfunctioned after the incident, hoped that Skaife would not be bitter against him.

"As long as he plays by the rules like we all do I'm sure he will be fair," Ambrose said.

"I'm sure in a week or two he will look at the incident and realise that he could have finished the race anyway. If he's got any ▨malice towards me that's a shame. I race fairly and honestly and have done so for my entire car🔜eer.

"I went for it on ins𝓡tinct. I had no inten𒀰tion of going for a manoeuvre like that but the opportunity was there. That's the way I have raced my whole career.

"We are an ag✃gressive co𝔉ntact sport that is governed by the rules and we are thankful for that in terms of our safety."

If Skaife were to take any consolation from the incident it would be that his ൩team-mate Todd Kelly was able to follow Ingall and pass Ambrose to finis🦩h second. Skaife limped across the finish line to finish 14th.