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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.

A New Drive For Australian Motorsport

A New Drive For Australian Motorsport

The future of motorsport in Australia will be driven by a single umbrella organisation. The newly-created Australian Motorsport Council will provide a united approach by combining the resources of the bodies responsible for car, motorcycle, kart and drag racing. The Council is not replacing any of the functions of its

More Supercars Sprints in 2021

More Supercars Sprints in 2021

Lessons from the Covid championship in 2020 will be carried into next year’s Supercars title fight. Short sprints will again form the bedrock for the battle, with seven of the 12 championship events carrying over with the three-race SuperSprint format that worked so well this year. There will also

Consolation Prizes In Abu Dhabi

Consolation Prizes In Abu Dhabi

Too little. Too late. If only the 2020 grand prix season had begun the way it finished in Abu Dhabi, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull finally taking a win on merit from the Mercedes-AMG super-team. Mighty Max converted pole position into a solid success in the desert, even surviving

Supercars Grid Filling Fast

Supercars Grid Filling Fast

Tim Slade at CoolDrive. Fabian Coulthard at Team Sydney. David Reynolds at Kelly Racing. Brodie Kostecki at Erebus Racing. That’s the way the final places on the Supercars grid for 2021 are looking, although only one deal is currently confirmed. CoolDrive Auto Parts is finally going public with its

Back To The Future For Alonso

Back To The Future For Alonso

Yas Marina is echoing to the musical scream of a V10 Grand Prix engine through the final weekend of the 2020 Formula One season. Renault is using the end of its yellow era in F1, and the start of the Alpine generation in 2021, to create a little magic for

Youlden Has Bold Comeback Plan

Youlden Has Bold Comeback Plan

Former Bathurst winner Luke Youlden is going all-in for a double-edged return to racing in 2021. He will be back behind the wheel but also working in the background to help the next generation of young racers on the track to a professional racing career. The key to the new

Piastri Tests Well For F2 Debut

Piastri Tests Well For F2 Debut

Christmas has to wait for Oscar Piastri. He will be in quarantine lockdown in Melbourne when the bloke in the big red suit does his thing on December 25. But the youngster already has his special gift for 2020, his race place in the FIA Formula 2 championship for 2021,