A thrilling final stint from Matt Campbell helped seal the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour victory for the #912 EBM Porsche crew in a thrilling finale. Campbell, Dirk Werner and Dennis Olsen took a sensational first win at Bathurst for Porsche after a seven-car shootout to the flag in the final 30 minutes, with Campbell’s bold […]
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Hyundai World Rally Championship exile Hayden Paddon will compete in the new Global Rallycross Europe series in 2019. Paddon was left on the WRC sidelines when Hyundai signed former Peugeot World Rallycross driver Sebastien Loeb to share its third car with Dani Sordo this season. The New Zealander will race a new single-make spaceframe Pantera […]
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Formula 1 fans are waiting for new-look cars to emerge next month, with an aerodynamic rules revamp forcing teams to produce very different front and rear wings. The push to get rid of the outwash effect of previous wing designs, and help reduce turbulence for following cars, is aimed at trying to increase the chances […]
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Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird won ABB FIA Formula E’s second race in Santiago after fending off a late attack from Mahindra Racing driver Pascal Wehrlein. In what was officially FE’s hottest ever race, 14 drivers finished an attritional affair that featured collisions throughout the field, while some drivers – including Wehrlein – had to battle battery […]
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Oliver Jarvis claimed a first pole position for the Mazda Daytona Prototype international in qualifying for this weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours. The Briton set a 1m33.685s aboard the Joest-run #77 Mazda RT24-P in the middle of the 15-minute qualifying session for the opening round of the IMSA Sportscar Championship. Ricky Taylor got closest aboard the […]
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Garth Tander has been confirmed as Shane van Gisbergen’s co-driver at Triple Eight for the 2019 and ’20 long-distance Supercars races. It was announced on Wednesday that three-time Bathurst 1000 winner Tander will be replaced at Garry Rogers Motorsport by Richie Stanaway this season, as part of a multi-year sponsorship deal with Boost Mobile. While the […]
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Toyota will bring back the legendary Supra name to Super GT next year after revealing a concept version of the racecar at the Tokyo Auto Salon on Friday. The Japanese manufacturer first used the Supra in Super GT’s forerunner the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) in 1995 and enjoyed plenty of success over […]
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Reigning Supercars teams’ champion Triple Eight has unveiled its new livery for the 2019 season, and has announced that Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup will partner for the endurance races. The team revealed its new look for full-time drivers Whincup and points runner-up Shane van Gisbergen at its season launch at Dalby Aerodrome in Queensland, […]
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Hyundai’s decision to sign Sebastien Loeb has left Hayden Paddon “high and dry” for the 2019 season, forcing the Kiwi out of the World Rally Championship. The 2016 Rally Argentina winner had set his sights on remaining with Hyundai, but Loeb’s arrival has ended those hopes. Hyundai management insisted dialogue was ongoing with Paddon, but Autosport’s sources have indicated […]
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Hyundai has announced Sebastien Loeb will contest six rounds of the 2019 World Rally Championship, sharing an i20 Coupe WRC with Dani Sordo. Autosport had revealed on Wednesday that Loeb had agreed to join Hyundai, and his two-year deal with the starts with next month’s Monte Carlo Rally. Nine-time champion Loeb had returned to the WRC […]
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