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 […]
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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 […]
Ford Performance Racing to run four cars in 2013 V8 Supercars season
Ford Performance Racing will expand to four cars in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship after reaching a three-year deal with Racing Entitlements Contract owner Charlie Schwerkolt. Schwerkolt’s entry, which he currently leases to Dick Johnson Racing, will become a second car in FPR’s secondary outfit Rod Nash Racing which currently […]
Marcos Ambrose to start NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 on front row
Australian NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Marcos Ambrose will start this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the front row after setting the second fastest time in qualifying to his Richard Petty Motorsports teammate, Aric Almirola. On RPM’s home circuit, the former V8 Supercar champ topped the time sheets […]
2012 BMW M5 manual transmission announced
BMW has announced a six-speed manual transmission option for the mighty 2012 BMW M5. The option was recently revealed at a private event in California, USA. Unfortunately, the manual option will not be introduced in Australia. PerformanceDrive spoke with BMW Australia’s Scott Croaker about the chance of getting a stick-shift […]
Porsche now available in Forza 4 Xbox game
When creators of the awesome Xbox 360 Forza Motorsport games were developing Forza 4, they ran into difficulties when trying to get Porsche on board. The issue was related to Electronic Arts and the rights to Porsche in games. It seems those difficulties have now subsided, as the next downloadable […]
Toyota GT 86, Lexus LFA, Nissan GT-R class wins at Nurburgring 24
Some of the best sports cars available on the market today have done very well at the Nurburgring 24 Hours event over the weekend, with the Gazoo Racing Toyota GT 86, Lexus LFA, and a Nissan GT-R all obtaining class wins. Good news for Toyota 86 fans, the Gazoo Racing […]
Refurbished Eastern Creek Raceway now Sydney Motorsport Park
Thanks to a $12 million co-investment deal between the NSW Government and the Australian Racing Drivers’ Club (ARDC), Eastern Creek has been given a complete makeover. The facility’s name has also changed to Sydney Motorsport Park. It’s now the only permanent racing circuit venue in the Sydney area, so it’s […]