A scuffle between Toyota driver Anthony Davidson and Ferrari 458 driver Piergiuseppe Perrazini has resulted in a spectacular crash at the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours in France. Davidson has since been diagnosed with a broken back. After clipping the Ferrari, Davidson in the Toyota LMP1 hybrid spun 360 degrees, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
David Russell substitute for injured Greg Murphy at Hidden Valley
David Russell will substitute for the injured Greg Murphy in the #51 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore for this weekend’s SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley in Darwin. The Queensland driver piloted the Kelly Racing Holden earlier in the year in Tasmania when Murphy was still recovering from the heavy accident […]
Will Davison vs Jaime Whincup V8 Supercars battle to continue in Darwin
V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup is currently the hunter instead of the hunted, but he’s confident he can get one on points leader and Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison at a circuit the Holden driver has won at twice in the past three years, Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway. Whincup trails […]
Lewis Hamilton wins 2012 Canadian Grand Prix, Webber has engine problems
Lewis Hamilton has won the 2012 Canadian Formula One Grand Prix after a strategic battle with some of the championship top-runners. The McLaren driver passed Fernando Alonso – who was on a one-stop strategy – with ease late in the race to cruise to victory. The Spanish Ferrari driver then […]