Former F1, Indianapolis 500, and IndyCar Champion Jacques Villeneuve will race in the Pepsi Max Crew V8 Supercar at The Sucrogen Townsville 400 next month. The Canadian will drive the Holden Commodore usually occupied by Bathurst legend Greg Murphy on the Townsville street circuit event on July 6-8. Villeneuve said […]
Josh Barnett
Mark Webber denies speaking to Ferrari about replacing Massa in 2013
Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber says he has had no discussions with opposing F1 team Ferrari after rumours continue that he will replace struggling driver Felipe Massa at the Italian juggernaut in 2013. While he wouldn’t deny that he’d like to join the Prancing Horse, Webber says he doesn’t […]
Audi wins 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans in form finish style
Audi has taken a third straight outright win at the famous 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans (or ’24 heures du Mans’ to locals) and did it style, filling all three spots on the podium. Reigning champion trio Marcel Fässler (Switzerland), André Lotterer (Germany) and Benoît Tréluyer (France) of the […]
TeamVodafone 1-2 finish in race two at Hidden Valley
TeamVodafone has stopped rival Ford Performance Racing’s hot form with a 1-2 finish from Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup respectively in race two at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin. After Whincup took out the first race yesterday, Lowndes got one back on his reigning champion teammate, passing him for the […]
Jamie Whincup wins race one at Hidden Valley
TeamVodafone Holden driver Jamie Whincup has regained the V8 Supercars championship lead after a win in race one at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin. Whincup brought it home ahead of the Ford Performance Racing duo of Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom who both had dominated qualifying. The reigning champ started […]
FPR fill V8 Supercars front row at Hidden Valley
Ford Performance Racing continue to be the pace setters in V8 Supercars with their three drivers filling the first three spots in qualifying for the first race of the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway. Mark Winterbottom posted the best time of 1:08.5587 early in the qualifying session but […]
Summernats’ Chic Henry enters ACT Australian Motorists’ Party election
The father of Summernats Chic Henry has entered as leader of the Australian Motorists’ Party for the 2012 Australian Capital Territory election. The former owner of the classic Canberra car event will run in the northern suburbs electorate of Ginninderra when the ACT goes to the polls in October. It’s […]
Australian John Martin gets LMP2 pole for 2012 Le Mans 24 Hour
Australian John Martin has set the fastest time in the LMP2 class for Saturday’s 80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race in France. Martin and his co-drivers, Tor Graves of Thailand and Jan Charouz from France, will start from 14th position in the number 25 ADR-Delta team’s […]