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New Zealand made a triumphant return to the Supercars championship calendar since the demise of the much-loved Pukekohe Park Raceway – as Taupō delivered…
After an enforced hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Grand Prix is at last back on the Formula One calendar for the…
Five-years is a long time in motorsport, let alone the general state of the world – especially given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic…
It’s cherry blossom season and for Formula One, the Japanese Grand Prix is at its earliest in the year as it has ever been…
The question remains where the Australian Grand Prix winner will be in 2025 and whether it’ll be somewhere his value can truly be appreciated.
Lando Norris led Aussie teammate Oscar Piastri to a sensational third and fourth at Albert Park, the team's first podium in Melbourne since 2014.
With shortened sprint races due to being relegated out of the pit lane, there are question marks around its future as a Formula 1 undercard.
From Albert Park A fortnight after having surgery for appendicitis and sitting out the Saudi Arabian race, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has returned to claim…
The hype and hysteria around Albert Park has at last led to this moment, as the Formula One field gets set to contest the…
Proudly donning the iconic bleached mullet, as well as a David Boon-esqe moustache – the Finnish driver has gone full bogan.
It was more than a decade ago that Australian F1 fans were treated to two homegrown drivers featuring on the grid for the Australian…
The 2024 Formula One season has only just begun, with both the curtain raising Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix run and won by…
There was an ominous sensation of deja vu and collective groans following the 2024 Formula One season opener, as reigning three-time world champion Max…
The 2024 Formula One world championship is officially underway, with a record-breaking 24-race season commencing under the lights of Bahrain on a Saturday evening.…
Formula One is set to be a record-breaking 24-race season in 2024.
The Supercars championship is back in 2024 with the title fight being as open as ever, after a controversial off-season seeing reigning champion Brodie…
Settling into the 760-odd km drive home from the humble township of Bathurst in Central NSW and the jewel that is the Mount Panorama…
The Silly Season for 2025 has begun early after Lewis Hamilton’s shock decision to defect from Mercedes to Ferrari sending the F1 circus into a frenzy as to who will replace him.
“Dream the impossible and speak it into existence. You've got to work for it; you've got to chase it; and you've got to never…
Formula One has formally rejected the bid by Andretti Cadillac to join the grid as the sport’s eleventh team from 2025, releasing an emphatic…
A bit Mansell-esqe seeing him mixing it with the young guns. Yeah, there was no doubt about his ability or his talent – just shocking career choices. Alpine were a bit foolish to let him go, but we all know how good they are with driver retention… And after the lambasting from Laurent Rossi recently, they’re an organisation that anyone would probably want to stay away from.
I like being proven wrong (maybe not completely) about Aston Martin and Alonso’s decision to go there. Overall it is down to the teams to get their acts together and take the fight to Red Bull and none of this ‘have F1 or the FIA to intervene and nerf them’ malarkey. Aston Martin is the proof of a team getting their act together and making those gains organically.
The renaissance of Fernando Alonso
Thanks Stuart. I’d have been happy for SVG either way, he’s already penciled in to be one of the all-time greats as Scott McLaughlin had in recent years. But if he can pick up another title or two, then good on him. I’ve also felt for years he’d be awesome overseas. Loved it when he was doing Blancpain GT racing and IMSA, so I hope he will still do that or NASCAR as he wishes and be successful like Scotty has been in IndyCar.
Supercars Perth SuperSprint talking points: Epic Race 7 scrap between hardheads, van Gisbergen signs on
Reynolds made some remarks about parity after the Sydney test and SVG in Newcastle said it was hard to follow in these cars because the tyres get cooked too quickly.
Supercars talking points from the Melbourne SuperSprint
It was real nice being there to see the RB7 demo with Lawson at Bathurst. Stood on the outside of Turn 1 and you could hear the V8 as it blasted down Conrod Straight 😱
What a successful year looks like for each F1 team in 2023
Considering how fast last year’s car was by seasons end, the ATR penalty ain’t going to hurt them any time soon.
Everyone's a winner in the Formula One team boss merry-go-round
It was getting the board/shareholders to sign off and invest in the wind-tunnel that comes online through the middle of this year and will begin impacting design and development for 2024. If that doesn’t see them up there by 2026, then you can say the revival has failed. 2022 was an odd stumbling block and yeah I hope Oscar does well this season. He kind of has to, given the publicity from last year around the McLaren deal.
As for Andretti, I would love to see F1 give him a crack. He is making a lot of noise, which isn’t the best – but when you’ve got premium sponsors/investors lined up from the US, OEM support from one of the biggest manufacturers in the world (even if they’re not going to be making PUs straightaway) and readiness to build a new state-of-the-art base – the gatekeeping from the existing teams needs to stop and let the talking happen on the racetrack.
Everyone's a winner in the Formula One team boss merry-go-round
A total brain melter of a situation.
It’s a shame for Max, as barring yesterday’s reprimand, he’s driven like a champion this season and has been a league above the rest.
But come on, there’s so much that the FIA have to answer for from this race, as well as whatever their 2021 cost cap findings are.
Bizarre finish to Japan GP sees Verstappen crowned F1 champion again
Yeah I’d love for them (Sky/Merc) to put a sock in it too, but inconsistency after inconsistency I just want the FIA to actually put their foot down and show they’re not a joke of an administration. I’d have the same stance of punishing cost cap infringement if it was Haas, so the fact Red Bull is mentioned makes no difference to me.
F1 cost cap breach sanctions will be the FIA's litmus test
Given the payout he’ll be getting from McLaren, he should drive on a cut price deal or for free if he gets a seat next year.
What are Daniel Ricciardo's options in this F1 silly season?
Is there a better candidate than Binotto out there though? They’ve moved Team Principals on in the past, yet the same issues persist.
This year's Formula One title is the peerless Max Verstappen's to lose
Gutting for Pato to be out of the mix after ‘Crashville’ in his own words. I’m curious though how the points system works in IndyCar and if Scotty McLaughlin is still in with a reasonable shot, being 58 points behind?
2022 IndyCar series: Music City Grand Prix talking points
I saw it as Shane absolutely humiliating the competition. ‘Oh thank you kind sir for offering the redress, but I’d rather you take the penalty,’ even though either way he was going to win that race.
Talking points from Supercars' Townsville 500
Thanks for the write-up Andrew, can’t wait for this race!
2022 Indianapolis 500 – Qualifying Weekend talking points
Yes, McLaren have an American driver in Herta though they’d be mad to rush him into F1 this soon. He’s still not a proven consistent runner in IndyCar for my liking and would be no improvement on the form Ricciardo is showing. If there wasn’t such an obsession for having an American driver, then O’Ward would be the choice off the back of his near-title win last year. But then again, he’s had an inconsistent start to 2022 also. 😂
2022 will be character-building for Mercedes, but don't ring the alarm bells
Thanks Jacko. I think Grove did apply for dispensation to race Payne, despite him not having all the Super License points required to race in Supercars. But then elected not to go further and instead give him a full season in Super2.
Winning the Super2 title I guess automatically guarantees a spot on the Supercars grid, which is how Feeney got in ultimately.
Talking points from Supercars' Sydney SuperNight
And Mercedes will be quick for many years to come with Russell leading the way as well.
At last! Mercedes sign Russell and look to the future
There was a tweet someone put out saying what luck Russell has, if Mercedes end up slower than Williams with the new regulations next year. 😂
At last! Mercedes sign Russell and look to the future
I think with that Mat, is that they are being a bit cautious about the Sprint being its own thing. Obviously the point of it is to make the weekend building up to the Grand Prix more exciting, without taking away the grandeur of the main event itself. I agree too that the standard qualifying has been more exciting to watch now, especially there’s no longer that feeling that you already know who’s going to get pole at the end of Q3.
Still I believe that the Qualifying should set the grid for the Sprint and the latter set the grid for the Grand Prix. It does remind me of the format they used for the Sandown 500 endurance race and I recall enjoying watching the sprint for the grids on the Saturdays. As well to your proposed schedule, I would too prefer having Quali before the Sprint on Saturday but F1 wants to give Friday something to show as well for weekend ticket holders.
Ultimately, I’d have left Quali alone as is. But now that we’ve gone down this route, I do feel as an occasional substitute it would be nice. Still I’d love to have a proper Top-10 Shootout/Superpole at tracks like Monaco or Spa and purely put the emphasis on one driver getting one attempt to record that one perfect lap.
Was F1's Sprint experiment a success?
Success ballast though is so contentious on its own and feels too artificial. Even compared to the aero changes we got throughout the last couple of years. Nothing will happen this year, but there’s going to be a lot of pressure on Gen3 to get the parity spot on.
Supercars Townsville 500 talking points
That would be worth considering and I’d be down for that! Especially to see Hampton Downs get a shot on the calendar.
Supercars Townsville 500 talking points
Yeah sadly he did, despite the podium appearance on Saturday.
Supercars Darwin Triple Crown talking points
Having now gone through another lockdown and given I don’t forsee any change from the Federal Government on travel restrictions, it’ll definitely be cancelled.
The decision Formula One should make on the 2021 calendar
Worst case scenario at the moment is that Japan, Mexico, Brazil and Australia also drop off the calendar. Then if you add an extra race in Austin and then Turkey comes back again, there’d be 21 in total which would be enough to satisfy the TV deals. F1 still hope that even China will be able to feature.
The decision Formula One should make on the 2021 calendar
Thanks Andrew!
Look Dan keeps talking about his driving style not suiting the McLaren, but surely that can only go so far considering his teammate has already 2 podiums this season. Guess we have to play the long term game with this one.
Monaco Grand Prix: Formula One live race updates, blog
Yeah we haven’t seen an SVG vs Brown encounter yet this season. Great to see consistency from them though to be at the pointy end of the field.
Supercars Tasmania SuperSprint talking points: Cracking teammate battles, frustration for key contenders