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Paul Gover

Paul Gover

Paul Gover has rallied, raced and reported since the 1970s in the most varied career of anyone who has picked up a pen in Australian motorsport.

Re-Set Time For Supercars Leaders

Re-Set Time For Supercars Leaders

The biggest victims of the carnage at Hidden Valley are counting the cost of the chaos in the first race of the Darwin Triple Crown. Anton De Pasquale failed to finish in his Shell V-Power Mustang, while Shane Van Gisbergen could only manage 13th after a pitstop mishap in his

Darwin Dramas Work For Mostert

Darwin Dramas Work For Mostert

A catastrophe in the pits cost Shane van Gisbergen an easy win in the first of three Darwin dashes in the Repco Supercars Championship. The championship leader snatched the lead into the first corner and was looking unstoppable in front, helped by a chaotic opening lap behind him, until the

Super Not So Soft

Super Not So Soft

The injection of super-soft Dunlop tyres into the Repco Supercars Championship did not produce the expected impact as Jamie Whincup ran quickest in Friday practice at Hidden Valley Raceway. The new tyre was not as speedy as expected and there was no sign of the predicted – and hoped-for – degradation that

F1 Mates In Indycar Reunion

F1 Mates In Indycar Reunion

The crazy mates from Haas F1, Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean, will play together again in IndyCar. The pair could barely avoid colliding when they raced side-by-side in grands prix but now they will be direct rivals from clashing teams at the Road America course in rural Wisconsin. Magnussen has

Changing The Channel In Darwin

Changing The Channel In Darwin

The biggest upheaval in touring car television for more than 20 years will change the look, feel and sound of the Supercars telecast from Darwin. The absence of Neil Crompton, who is recovering from prostate cancer, has triggered wholesale changes to the broadcast and the on-air presenters. It will also

Chaz Stays On Track

Chaz Stays On Track

There is more to Chaz Mostert’s decision to stay at Walkinshaw Andretti United than security and a fatter pay cheque. He and his right-hand engineer, Adam De Borre, still have work to do and Mostert is convinced it could earn him a Supercars championship. But even if he never

Tough Times In Motown

Tough Times In Motown

The reality of racing in IndyCar was rammed home to Scott McLaughlin on the mean streets of Detroit. His weekend started with a crash after just five laps of practice on the bumpy and unyielding Belle Isle street course and, although he showed impressive speed at times, he only managed