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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.

Alonso Fast-Tracks His F1 Recovery

Alonso Fast-Tracks His F1 Recovery

A broken jaw will not stop Fernando Alonso from making his grand prix comeback as scheduled. Even as rumours swirled about super-sub Nico Hulkenberg being put on stand-by at Alpine, including time in the team’s simulator in England, Alonso has made things clear. “Thanks for all your wishes, I’

Family Travel In Business Class

Family Travel In Business Class

Turn on the television at the moment and you’re likely to be struck by competing commercials for Australia’s two newest SUV family wagons. Both advertisements are quirky and fun, show a cavernous cabin and plenty of happiness, and push the case for an early test drive. Yet, ironically,

The Best Electric For Now

The Best Electric For Now

There is endless talk about electric cars in Australia but the showrooms numbers show their lack of real impact. Tesla was the favourite battery-powered car down under last year, but even Elon Musk’s giant vanity project only produced 3430 deliveries in 2020. To put that into perspective, Tesla sales

Motorsport Takes Another COVID Hit

Motorsport Takes Another COVID Hit

Another Covid catastrophe has knocked the wheels off the TCR Australia Series and put uncertainty back into the Supercars season. Karting has managed to dodge the impact of the latest snap lockdown in Victorian, and the knock-on restrictions on entry to Queensland, but top-level racing is reeling again. The second

Goddard Shocks On Top At QR

Goddard Shocks On Top At QR

Baking hot weather at Queensland Raceway worked for youngster Zane Goddard at the first pre-season test of the Supercars season. Goddard banked a quick time within the first 30 minutes of the track opening and his 1 minute 09.0257 mark stood for the rest of the day despite the

A Crossover To Make Driving Fun

A Crossover To Make Driving Fun

It’s not easy to find the right parking spot for the Ford Puma. Some people see it as a curvy hot hatch and others think it’s a compact SUV. For me, coming from a time when the original Puma was a two-door sporty coupe in the 1990s, the

Tander Tops Television Team For Supercars

Tander Tops Television Team For Supercars

Garth Tander is headed back to the top of Supercars racing. After doing the deal as a driver, with multiple Bathurst wins and a touring car championship, he is now being groomed for a leadership role on the Supercars broadcast team. He will take the place of Mark Skaife in