HOT SHOTS: Famous faces.
The Race of Champions has brought some champion drivers to Sydney. Who can you identify from this shot on top of the Harbour Bridge? Two Aussies on the left, Seb Vettel on the right, to give you a start.
Paul Gover
ALAN HAMILTON GONE
He turned down the chance to be a factory racer with Porsche to run the family business in Melbourne.
He finished second at Bathurst in 1977 alongside Colin Bond in the 'other' Falcon.
He lost the Australian Touring Car Championship to Norm Beechey in 1970 after scoring more
FOUR AUSSIES AT LE MANS
Yasser Shahin and Matt Campbell will be joined by Stephen and Brenton Grove to fly the Australian flag in France during the most competitive 24-Hour contest in modern history.
Aston Martin is back in action as eight contenders – Alpine, Aston, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota – fight for superiority in
COUNTDOWN TO CONTROVERSY
It's that time of the year again – when Netflix drops the latest series of its super-popular F1 soap opera Drive To Survive.
The full package will go live on Wednesday, that's March 7, ahead of the first race of the 2025 season at Albert Park.
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RACE RAP: Monday, March 3
SvG falls at the end. Shane Van Gisbergen was a contender again when the NASCAR circus hit the road course at the Circuit of the Americas. The quick Kiwi qualified sixth and ran in front from the get-go in Texas, but got shuffled back in the pack after the final
HOT SHOTS: Ground shaker.
Yes, the ground truly shakes – and even two pairs of earplugs is not enough – when a Top Fuel dragster launches from the line. This is Peter Xiberras, the Supercars team owner, in action in his preferred style of racing in Perth.
TESTING IS DONE
George Russell edged Max Verstappen for the final bragging rights in pre-season testing in Bahrain.
But . . .
Russell's benchmark time on the final day of testing was not as quick as Carlos Sainz managed for Williams the previous day, as warmer weather took the edge off cars' one-lap