If you can't beat them, join them.
Supercars great Mark Winterbottom has made the stunning admission that he is leaving Ford because his car can't compete with Holden's Red Bull Racing (RBR).
The ex-series champion dubbed "Frosty" will draw the curtain on his 13-season career at Ford heavyweights Tickford Racing at this weekend's season finale Newcastle 500 after signing with Holden's Irwin Racing for 2019.
The 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner will next year replace Lee Holdsworth at Irwin Racing in a Commodore constructed by Triple Eight Engineering, the same makers for all-conquering Holden outfit RBR.
Shane van Gisbergen will try to extend RBR's dominance when he fights it out with Ford's Scott McLaughlin for the 2018 series championship at Newcastle.