The return of V8 Supercars Championship to Sydney Motorsport Park (formerly Eastern Creek Raceway) will take place on the traditional track layout, despite the circuit’s newly finished track extension. The V8 Supercars will be on track on the Saturday and Sunday, with 36- and 56-lap races, respectively. V8 Supercars CEO […]
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Sebastian Loeb wins 2012 WRC Acropolis Rally in Greece
World Rally Champion Sebastian Loeb has extended his lead in the 2012 points standings with a comfortable victory in the Acropolis Rally despite a tyre puncture. The Frenchman finished 40 seconds ahead of second placed Citroen teammate Mikko Hirvonen. Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala completed the podium. Loeb lost three minutes […]
Video: Will Power taken out as Dario Franchitti wins Indianapolis 500
Australian Will Power has crashed out of the famous Indianapolis 500. Will Power’s terrible luck at ‘the Brickyard’ continued after being caught up in another driver’s accident midway through the race. On lap 78 of 200, A.J. Foyt Racing’s Mike Conway crashed into a wall as a result of breaking […]
Neal Bates wins QLD round of Australian Classic Rally Challenge
Rally champ Neal Bates and Coral Taylor have taken out the Australian Classic Rally Challenge of the International Rally of Queensland in their retro Toyota Celica RA40. Bates, a four-time national rally winner, dominated 17 of 18 stages during the two-day sunshine coast event. The rally wasn’t without incident for […]
Mark Webber wins 2012 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix
Australian Mark Webber has won the 2012 Monaco F1 Grand Prix after holding off Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg on the famous Monte Carlo circuit. This is Webber’s second win at Monte Carlo in three years. Apart from a lap one, turn one incident which saw Romain Grosjean, Paul Maldonando and […]
Australian WRC star Chris Atkinson wins Asia Pacific Rally round in QLD
Australian Chris Atkinson has taken out the third round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Along with Belgian co-driver Stephane Prevot, Atkinson came home almost four minutes ahead of second-place Alister McRae of Scotland. New Zealander Brian Green was over 11 minutes further back in […]
Video: Conor Daly GP3 crash at F1 Monaco Grand Prix
American GP3 Series driver Conor Daly has walked away from a spectacular crash at the Formula 1 Grand Prix event in Monaco. The 20-year-old Lotus driver became airborne after hitting the back of Russian driver Dmitry Suranovic’s car who moved across as he tried to pass him coming out of […]
Mark Webber gets pole position for 2012 Monaco F1 Grand Prix
Australian Mark Webber will start from pole position in the 2012 for the Monaco Grand Prix despite setting the second fastest time in qualifying. German Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher set the fastest time in Q3, but a five-grid-places penalty for his incident with Bruno Senna in Barcelona sees him demoted […]