Calm down Scott McLaughlin fans - there is no chance his Bathurst 1000 title is stripped, according to at least one Kiwi supercars legend.
Greg Murphy has rubbished suggestions the 26-year-old New Zealander will be disqualified from Sunday's Great Race, following controversy surrounding teammate Fabian Coulthard.
That leaves Sunday's results provisional, meaning speculation surrounding McLaughlin and Alex Premat status as race winners.
Motorsport Australia will try and determine if Coulthard's actions affected the race result, but Murphy is adamant McLaughlin's win will stand regardless.
"No, absolutely not - there is no way they will take that away from him (Mclaughlin)," Murphy told Newshub.
"Scott didn't play a part in any of the alleged offences. He was just going about his business.
"I really don't believe that the actual outcome of the race was affected."
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Two more safety cars inside the final 10 laps could prove to be the saving grace for the DJR Team Penske outfit, which saw several cars pit for fuel, including fourth-place finisher Jamie Whincup.
Murphy believes the issue was resolved on track when Coulthard copped a pitlane drive-thru penalty for the offence.
A four-time Bathurst champion himself, Murphy has been appalled at the social media backlash that has targeted Coulthard.
"It shouldn't be something that we should focus on and from what I gather there is some disturbing stuff going on with Fabian with some of the public reaction to it," he said.
"Anyone that is sending terrible social media messages and calling him names - those people should be disgusted with themselves.
"That needs to change.
"This is the biggest race of the year and there is a lot at stake. There have been plenty of situations in the past similar to the one that happened the other day - the penalty was applied and I think we should move on."
Mclaughlin and runner-up Shane Van Gisbergen are both childhood admirers of the now supercars commentator.
Murphy has developed a close relationship with both Kiwi flyers and admits to being a nervous wreck as the race was winding down on Sunday.
Not since he took the chequered flag first in 2004 has a New Zealander won the Bathurst 1000.
"It was incredible. My heart rate was raised and I was anxious for both of them. It got to that point where I was pretty confident one of them was going to win it, but you never know.
"It's been a fairytale year for Scott, but it would have been an incredible moment for Sanhe when you think about the race being taken away from him a few years back.
It's understandable that right now he's probably wondering what he has to do to stand on that top step.
"Incredibly proud of both those guys but I felt a huge amount of emotion for Scott because what he has achieved this year has just been so incredible."
And who was there to greet Mclaughlin as he ecstatically leapt out of his car in victory lane? His mentor.
"It was really special and to be honest I was really struggling at that point to hold back the tears. The best part of my job all weekend was to have that chance to be the first to congratulate him.
"I feel privileged to have been in that position."
But despite that monumental moment that almost seemed like a passing of the torch, Murphy believes both van Gisbergen and McLaughlin have already achieved beyond his means.
The current Kiwi core which also includes Coulthard, Andre Heimgartner and Richie Stanaway - all had moments of success at the biggest race in Australia on Sunday.
"He's (McLaughlin) been running out front with his own torch for a very long time, as and Shane and the other Kiwi lads.
"They have all proven that they deserve to be where they are and I'm in awe of what those guys - all those guys are achieving.
"The torch was passed a long, long time again.
"We focus on what Scott and Shane do a lot but what Andre was doing, Fabian and Richie, we can't forget that.
"This championship is a very difficult one to be a part of and you have to put in the hard work to stay there."
The investigation into the safety car incident will be concluded at the gold Coast round in two weeks.
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